Follow The Seasons: Your Color Guide SimplIfied
Getting our nails done is always the highlight of the day but sometimes, picking the right color can be quite challenging. When there are too many exciting colors to choose from, we often find ourselves staring at the color book for way too long. Here’s a simple tip to narrow down your options and accelerate the selection process: Follow the seasons!
Too Many Options
I lost count of the amount of times a client looked at the color book and exclaimed “Wow! There’s so many options!”. These clients usually take the longest to make a decision, overwhelmed by the choices available. It is, however, totally normal. The more options available to us, the more difficult it is to pick one.
Picking The Right Color
A new set of nails generally lasts for about a month. That’s a long time to have one specific color sit on your fingernails, dancing in front of your eyes day in and day out. For that very reason, selecting the right color is a crucial step of the process when getting a manicure.
If you choose the wrong color, the highlight of your day could potentially become the irritation of the month. If you pick the right one, however, the highlight of your day will also brighten each of the 21 to 35 days following your appointment. Depending how well you maintain your nails. A period of time for which you will be harvesting compliments left, right and center.
Follow The Seasons
The easiest way to quickly select a color that you will absolutely love seeing on your nails, is to follow the seasons. As you can see on the image below, whether it’s winter, spring, summer or fall, each season has its dedicated color palette. If you have a palette you like year round, no need to overcomplicate things.
If you can be quite indecisive on the other hand, referring to the seasonal color palette will make your life ten times easier. It will reduce your options, which will then allow you to narrow it down even more to the colors you personally like. Choosing from that simplified selection will help you confidently and swiftly pick the right color for you. A color that will keep you in awe all the way up until your following nail appointment!
Conclusion
In short, when it comes to getting your nails done, selecting the right color is super important for your long term happiness. Especially when doing nail art and extravagant designs. That being said, when we face too many choices, it becomes more difficult to make the right one. By narrowing it down to the colors you like within the current season’s color palette, you gain the ability to make your life easier and confidently pick the right color within seconds!
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