Redhead Fall 2013 Color Report: Acai

I am very excited about Acai being named one of the Pantone Colors for the fall. Acai, as any other purple, is a great color for any redhead, natural ginger or a doll with dye. I absolutely love purple (I have a set of office supplies to match my obsession) and I feel like the royal color is a perfect match for every girl with flaming red hair.

Cintia Dicker is gorgeous in a light acai hat.

Love the purple and red hair combo!

 

Jessica Rabit? Check. Purple gloves? Check. Purple eyeshadow? Check!

Acai by Pantone is great to combine with other fashionable Pantone colors, such as Turbulence, Vivacious, or you can let Acai do the magic all by itself.

Dyed redheads, such as Christina Hendricks, look stunning in Acai. Both purple dresses are very flattering on her, even though I can talk about the frumpy cut for hours.

Jessica Chastain is usually pretty fierce with her color choices, and she simply looks glowing in Acai. 

The same goes for Amy Adams. Deep purple color is a great choice for formal wear, evening and cocktail dresses and little more formal pieces as well. It looks great shiny or matte, embellished or plain. You can't go wrong with the jewel inspired color (and yes, you can call Acai the jewel of nature).  

Want to bring some Acai into your fall wardrobe? Here you go! 

 Cap toe flats from Old Navy - only $20!

Rockstar Skinny Cords, also from Old Navy.

J.Crew has great cocktail dresses in Acai, they are little on the pricey side, but also very quality made and honestly, to die for. Arabelle is absolutely flattering on anyone, any size or shape. 

Mirabelle dress by J.Crew

Arabelle dress by J.Crew

Even Kate Spade knows that purple is great for redheads and has a gorgeous natural redheaded model posing in their light acai coat.

How much do you like to wear purple, my fellow redheads?

XOXO,

The European Redhead

Turquoise Jeans, Brown Boots

I am known for absolutely overthinking my clothes and my new morning routine is a prime example of how I get dressed. I left my office job about two weeks ago and returned back to working from home. And since I am home full time (not meaning being home and doing nothing, just... being home and available) I am responsible for morning school drop off and afternoon school pick up. Me and my five year old jump on my bike and in fifteen minutes we are standing in front of his school. 

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Biking, however, presents a fashion challenge, since it's super cold in the morning, hence the boots and sweater, plus I can't wear skirts. I am really not gravitating towards the same jeans every day, even though I admit it will be easier. I love to pre-plan my outfits, because I have plenty of colorful jeans and sweaters and of course, I don't want to look like a stereotypical stay-at-home-mom. Believe me, I see them in flocks every morning, in pajamas, slippers, yoga pants, leggings, hoodies, unwashed faces, uncombed hair, ill fitting skinny jeans... No, I may be a mom, but I am not one of them. (If you feel offended, good for you.) 

Jeans: Wet Seal ($4)

Sweater: Thrifted ($1)

Boots: Payless Shoesource

Bike: My beloved Huffy Nassau

What do you wear when you ride your bike?

XOXO, The European Redhead

CY06

Sounds foreign to you?

Sounds like a secret code?

Yes, it is. It is a secret code to my skin.

Yesterday I went to Sephora and had my skin matched. And this is my skin tone.

CY06.

Yes, I don't know what it means either, but I know what makeup should I wear and that it will cost me about $50 to look natural.
But let's start from the beginning.
Sephora recently introduced a tool called Color IQ that will scan your skin and tell you your exact skin tone. They matched all possible skin tones to their makeup, so the tool will tell you what exact shade to buy to look your best. No more guessing! No more trying makeup that is either too dark or too light. Now you will know for sure.
The lovely Sephora makeup girl in a sixties inspired smock took the scanner and scanned three spots on my body, my inner arm, my neck and my face. After a couple of seconds the scanned beeped and revealed a number, or rather a secret code - I am a CY06. Then it showed me about 100 different products suitable for my skin tone and I could narrow the selection down according to my skin type, type of coverage I am looking for, consistency of makeup and so on.

I was recommended to start using the Laura Mercier Silk Cream Foundation in Beige Ivory, so I requested a sample to try at home. I really want to know if it's worth the $40+ price tag. But since I just ran out of my favorite CoverGirl foundation, I may as well try to buy it sooner than later.

XOXO,
The European Redhead