What Color Are You?

Read on to find what colors look best for your skin tone: Are you Winter, Summer, Autumn or Spring?

Why is it that when you slip into that fabulous red dress or your favourite blue shirt, your spirit is instantly lifted? That special piece of clothing can make you feel beautiful and radiant. Aside from the fit and material, the color could be the major attraction.

Color is our best weapon when it comes to fashion. A flattering shade can give your skin and appearance a healthy glow. Conversely, the wrong hue can give you a sickly, washed-out appearance.

Colors and Seasons

Your complexion and coloring determines which colors work best on you. Take careful analysis of your skin tone, natural hair color and eye color. To help find the undertone color of your skin, look at the inside of your arm in natural daylight. Then, with the help of the list below, decide which season most accurately describes your complexion. Once you know your season, you will have a personalized guideline of colors and shades that work best for you.

Winter

Winter is a cool tone. People with winter complexions have blue or pink/rosy undertones. Skin can be pale and porcelain white, yellowish-olive, or dark. Winters are generally brunettes with deeply colored eyes. Many Asians and African Americans fall into this category. Natural white-blonds may also be winters.

Best Colors for Winter

Those with the winter color profile have a lot of depth to their coloring and a lot of contrast between their hair color, eye color and skin tone. Winters should wear hues that are sharp, stark and clear. You will look best in intense, rich colors, like black, navy blue, red, and hot pink. These powerful shades will compliment your coloring. For lighter colors, wear bright white or icy pastels, such as like cool blues, pinks and yellows.
Worst Colors for Winter

Avoid dressing in earthy tones and subdued colors like beige, orange and gold. They will make you look faded and ashen.

Summer

Summer is also a cool tone and like winter complexions, the summers among us have blue or pink undertones. Skin is very pale and pink. Summer coloring usually occurs in natural blonds, and even pale-skinned brunettes with pale eyes. If you’re a trying to discriminate between winter and summer, winters are usually brunettes and summers are mostly natural blonds.

Best Colors for Summer

Summers have a low level of contrast between their hair, eye color and skin tone. For you to look your best, choose soft neutrals and pastels, as well as muted colors with cool undertones. Powder blue, dusty pink, mauve, lavender, plum, and pale yellow are all great color choices.

Worst Colors for Summer

Avoid intense, vivid hues because they will look harsh and drown you out. Nor should you wear earth tones. Stay away from black and orange.

Autumn

Autumn is a warm tone and people with this complexion have golden undertones in their skin, like a pale peach, golden beige or golden brown. Many redheads and brunettes with golden brown eyes fall into this category. However, golden blond and black hair coloring can also fall into this range.

Best Colors for Autumn

You have a lot of depth to your coloring and skin tone. Rich golden, spicy and earthy colors will accent your complexion. Therefore, look for a warm undertone when selecting a color. You can wear both muted and rich warm colors that are seen in autumn leaves and spice colors, such as camel, beige, olive, orange, gold, and dark brown. You will also look great in a rich warm grey.

Do you not just love this dress? I am partial because I am an Autumn too.

Worst Colors for Autumn

Stay away from clear, bright colors and black and white, which will make your look tired and faded. Also steer clear of pastels and blue tones, which will look cold against your complexion and give you a pale appearance.

Spring

Spring is also a warm tone. People of this complexion have subtle golden undertones and are usually creamy white or peach. Springs have extremely light, ivory skin color. People of this coloring are usually natural golden blonds, auburn, or strawberry blond redheads. Springs also have very clear, light blue and green coloured eyes. Freckles and rosy cheeks are also characteristics of this group.

If you can’t decide weather you are an autumn or a spring, springs tend to have pale eyes while autumns have dark eyes.

Best Colors for Spring

Springs can wear very pale, soft colors, such as peach, camel, golden yellow,golden brown, and aqua. You will also look fabulous in ivory, bright greens, true reds, clear blues and coral.

Your colors may be particularly hard to find because they can never be too muted or too dark.

Worst Colors for Spring

Avoid black and white, which are too contrasting for you. Also stay away from dark, dull colors.

And even if you can’t determine your “season”, you will often know when a color looks great on you. The perfect color has the astonishing ability to brighten your look and lift your spirit!

Big Bold Wedges

Bright colors, unexpected textures and notice-me accents up the fashion factor on these bold wedges that are so-right-now...

"Wood, leather and suede wedges can go day or night! Anything with rope, cork or fabric is a great casual option" -Nicole Chavez, celeb stylist

The Latest & Greatest

These Spring Must-Haves are now available in size 6-11 online at Twigg!!

Orange Pleated Flats $22

Red Button Flats $22

Purple Button Flat $22

Mustard Suede MaryJane Wedges $28

Teal Wooden Wedge with Buckle $28

**All shoes are $2-3 less when purchased at a party

World Shoe & Accessories Convention in Vegas

Level 1 of 3 of the WSA--my feet started hurting just thinking about all the floors; yet they were already drooling (feet do that, some call it sweat) at all the amazing new styles.

This year's shoe convention, WSA-It Pays to Think Inside the Box, was amazing. Not only is it amazing to see all the new styles of shoes, but just the amount of work, creativity, and effort that goes into these trade show booths is inspiring.

One thing is for sure, you don't want to be wearing any of these sexy shoes below the day of the convention; I would actually recommend some type of orthopedic/athletic shoe. After 3 stories of nothing but shoes at the Mandalay Bay, I'm surprised I still have feet.

This year's theme--catchy don't you think?

Just some of the amazing trade show booths these companies come up with.

This booth was my favorite--I wished I could have taken more pictures, but it was complete with black crystal chandeliers. I wanted to live there.

New MaryJane-style pumps-get on my feet!

Denim and Studs--look for it this season

Who isn't a sucker for these chained, jeweled flats. It's like heavy metal meets comfortable

Just looking at these sandals made me dream of far away beaches and sunshine.

Taking last year's style and giving it some depth--can't go wrong here.

Classic shape with some stitching--It's "sew" cute, and with patent leather material--just stop.

Again with the sunshine and beaches, but maybe for lunch at a cafe in the Mediterranean

We saw this sandal in quite a few places--I love the color and movement

So we've toyed with the idea of starting a little girls line--this definitely increased our desire--Can we say Twigglets? What mom doesn't want her daughter wearing these little sandals?!

The clog sandals! Earthy leather and wood soles give a boho vibe, but the platform and super-high heel up the sex appeal.

Let's just say we learned a lot and are super excited for this upcoming year and all the new fashions!

The Rules on Jewels

Flats have come a long way from their orthopedic ancestors. We love that People Style Watch (one of our Bibles) feels the same way. When we saw this jeweled flat we exhausted our resources to find it. With a little help from the style gods, we bring this Style Watch favorite to you. The jewels can dress up any ensemble without overpowering. It's kind of like earrings for your feet. Why should the ears get all the attention?

Flats have become a staple in any woman's wardrobe. They are great with a pair of jeans; skinny, straight, or bootcut. They also look great with a tailored trouser for those working women. Of course they are a tall girl's best friend. So whether you're a teacher, student, mom, career woman, or all of the above-these are for you...for $30 to boot-or should we say "flat".

***PS-Twigg is heading to UT for a week and stopping in Vegas on our way home for an exciting Shoe Convention. If you are wanting to save on shipping, please place your orders today and we'll load em up and bring them your way. Be on the look out for our post after the convention; there's sure to be many exciting styles for spring. We'll probably need some input on which styles to bring on board.

-Twigg

First Post & FAQ's

For our first post, we think it would most appropriate to start by answering some of the most common questions we get asked about our company or hosting a party:

1. The biggest question is, "Is this your company or part of a pyramid scheme?"

Answer: This is OUR thing! We have a passion for shoes; it's that simple. We are not interested in making millions of dollars in a weeks time or driving around pink Cadillacs. We're interested in shoes and want to share affordable style with other Recesionistas (Fashionistas on a budget because of the recession in case you were wondering about the term).

2. Do I have to DO anything for the party?

Answer: Nope, well except invite your friends. There is never any pressure to buy. It's just a girls night. We will send you invitatons and you tell your friends. Then just make some snacks or have your friends bring them, hang out, chat and try on shoes!

3. What if I don't live in Southern California? Do you travel out of state?

Answer: We are a very small business, so most of our parties will be in Southern California. We started a website so we could share the wealth with everyone, because unfortunately it doesn't always make sense for us to drive 500 miles to sell one pair of shoes-though we'd love to. If we can get a few parties booked in one location and it makes financial sense--we'll be there! We are planning on heading to AZ the 4th week in Feb--if you are a "Zoni" and you love shoes, book a date! We will be headed to Vegas and Utah soon as well so stay tuned!

4. Do you design your own shoes?

Answer: We wish we were that good. We are buyers not designers. What we love to do is check out shoe vendors all over the nation and find the best styles and sell them to you for a great price!

5. What happens if you don't have my size? Can you special order it?

Answer: We order the shoes in what they call "runs". Each run comes with a certain number of each size--once we're out, we're out. We can reorder another run, but we only do that if we can tell we will be able to sell out of another run. (Which we've done--check out the Snake Skin Peep Toe--they look good on EVERYONE).

Tip: If you want it, get it while it's hot.

6. Do I get the shoes at the party or just order them there?

Answer: We bring ALL our inventory with us. Who doesn't love instant gratification?

7. How do you keep them so affordable?

Answer: Magic. Just kidding. Like we said, we're not here to make millions, just enough to keep our shoe addiction fed. We buy them direct like any other shoe store, but our store front is either your living room or the web--both incredible places to do business. By cutting out all that overhead, we can keep costs where they should be--affordable.


Here's to our first blog! Feel free to comment here or e-mail us at info@twiggshoes.com. Check back often, as we love to solicit feedback on new styles we're thinking about picking up as well as just sharing valuable style tips and other random info.

-Twigg