Guides
Brow shape for your face shape: arch, peak and tail
How to map your brows with a pencil and a mirror, and which arch height, peak position and tail length suit oval, round, square, oblong, heart and diamond faces.
How to measure your body shape: bust, waist and hips
Measure bust, waist and hips the way fitting professionals do, then read your body shape from two simple ratios. Plus the common mistakes that skew the numbers.
How to measure your face shape at home (the right way)
Four measurements decide your face shape. Here is how to take them with a ruler and a mirror, the mistakes that skew them, and how to read the result.
Seasonal color analysis, explained: the 12 seasons and how they work
What seasonal color analysis is, where it comes from, and how undertone, depth and clarity place you in one of twelve seasons, each with its own palette.
Gold or silver jewelry? How to decide, even when you're neutral
Whether gold or silver suits you depends on your undertone, your hair and your contrast. A two-minute test, and what to do when both look fine.
Oval vs oblong: the two measurements that settle it
Oval and oblong faces are easy to mix up. One ratio, length divided by width, and one look at your jaw tell them apart, and change which styles suit you.
Rectangle body shape: dress the line, don't fake the curves
A rectangle body shape has balanced bust and hips and a gently defined waist. How to dress it with structure, vertical lines and smart waist definition.
Warm vs cool undertone: four tests and how far to trust each
Find your skin undertone with four at-home tests: veins, metals, white vs cream and your natural coloring, plus which ones are reliable and which ones mislead.
Olive undertone, explained: why both palettes feel slightly off
Olive skin has a green-grey cast that confuses warm-vs-cool tests. How to recognize an olive undertone, the colors that flatter it and the ones that turn it sallow.
Round face: elongate and refine (without overdoing it)
The best hairstyles for a round face add height at the crown and length below the chin. What to ask your stylist for, and the cuts that work against you.
Heart face shape: glasses that balance a narrow chin
A heart-shaped face is widest at the forehead and narrows to the chin. These frame shapes, widths and colors balance it, and these ones make the top heavier.
Soft Summer or Soft Autumn? Three drapes that tell
Soft Summer and Soft Autumn share the same muted softness and differ only in temperature. Three side-by-side drape tests settle it with scarves you already own.