Colour Me Confident: Change Your Look - Change Your Life! (Colour Me Beautiful) Paperback – 15 Jan. 2006

I am a bit of an expert on this specialist subject of mine, having looked for a good makeover book for years and having had nearly all of them at some time! I also teach Textiles and am interested in identity and clothing in theoretical studies, so its a bit of an professional thing too. But even as a professional, you can get it wrong, especially in an area dominated by the youthful and beautiful!This updated version of the old Colour Me Beautiful system (four seasons) is a much more reliable and modern approach it seems to me. Under the old system, Deep Autumn ladies such as me were urged to wear dark brown shoes (so dull!) and avoid black. The new approach, based on your colour depth, brightness or softness, etc takes much more account of personal preferences and a modern, edgier look. I do think it might be still difficult for some people to judge their group just from the book though, and I would certainly back this up with a consultation by a CMB consultant if in any doubt at all (one of the best outlays of money you will ever make, and only about the cost of a good colour and cut). I take the point some ladies make about being told black is not in your catergory, then being told how to wear it - this does initially seem contradictary. Looking closer though, it is not; some groups just require it not being worn so close to the face, or with bright jewellery in their own range to lift the whole effect. Most of these tricks and most of this information is based on good scientific fact; the Munsell colour system is used throughout the fabric dyeing, clothing manufacture and hairdressing industries.Anyone who has ever studied Art and Design will also be very familiar with many of the concepts; this book uses those same "rules" essential to good design.If you get into all this and want to take it further, I would suggest the next books to look are Sue Donnelly's (all excellant) and the intriguing Fashion Feng Shui by Evana Maggiore. Sue Donnelly is a FFS practitioner as well as a CMB Master consultant. Both FFS and SD have fascinating websites,(you can only buy the FFS book via the website) and you can also hear an hour long taped interview about FFS. It was a bit of a pain ordering from the US, but it came quickly and was personally signed. If Amazon uk sold it, I would review it too, but to date, they don't.Life is a complicated enough affair nowadays, without worrying about what to wear, so anything that simplifies the process is good news as far as I'm concerned! The great thing is, once you "get" the basics, you can relax and have fun with your clothing again. An an older woman, I admit to having lost it at times, but these have steered me back on track and I've met some fascinating people along the way.

I bought this on a whim after seeing the masses of black in my wardrobe! I was very pleasantly surprised as I normally find these types of books basic and repetative.You choose your "colour" based on hair, skin and eye colour and then you are shown colour charts on what colours suit you. Some are quite surpirsing but absolutely correct! The best thing is they are easy to remember and once you have learnt a few basic colours you learn to recognise other colours that suit you (and perhapes more importantly what doesn't!).The only reason I haven't given it five stars is due to the section on clothes shapes. The drawings are unclear and you can't always tell what the difference in shape between items is.I've recommended this book to friends and my wardrobe is now full of colour with just a couple of pairs of black trousers!

I already knew of this book and realised that wearing the right colour can make you look so much better, same as the wrong colour can make you look drained. To buy a sample set of your best colours on their website is £35-40. So buy 2 copies of the book secondhand (at 0,01p), one to keep and read. Use the other one to cut out your chosen colours and carry them with you when shopping!It's a nice quality book, in my opinion the best one for the job even though not the latest version of it. I showed it to my friend and she bought it too and we shared a book for cutting up.

I'm a professional makeup artist and we have a far simpler way of working out what colours suit people. It's based on their skin colour and tone. The problem is that most people don't know how to work this out and so this book is some help.I think it over complicates things but the best tip of all is look at yourself in a full length mirror and really ask yourself 'does this look good on me' or is it just you want it to look good on me. And another important thing, don't ever go shopping when you need something. You are less likely to find something. If you see something you like, try it on and, if it suits you, and you have the money, buy it!

This is an excellent book and well worth a read. It is especially good if having a colour consultation, it re-inforces the consultation and explains things further.It is easy to read. There are 6 main sections - time for a change; choosing the right colours for you; size doesn't matter - shape does; finding your style; putting it all together and making your wardrobe work.It is definately worth purchasing in order to save you money in the wardrobe department. The section on shape is excellent, make the most of yourself and your shape.Ideal for a new you!

Really simple clear text with great printed colour swatches. Because the official CMB fabric swatch sets are so expensive, I bought 2 of these books (at the lowest price!) and kept one at home for reference and cut up the other one to make my own swatch booklet for my handbag.

Having found the original Color Me Beautiful in a charity shop and found it a great book, I bought this one just to see what it was like. It's good, and there are some brilliant ideas, but I think the original is the best as far as colour seasons are concerned. However, that't not to say it isn't good in it's own right and I shall enjoy reading and picking it up every so often for a browse as I do the other one.

A well written book with colourful pages and plenty of information on sorting your wardrobe out to suit your natural colouring.I would recommend it - the only difficult part is deciding which colour scheme you belong to. This is rather vague on some points.It makes a great gift for a sister or mother.

This book is very helpful if you want to understand what colors are yours, which works the best for you, also a lot of good tricks with mixing, shapes etc.

Libro in inglese scritto in maniera comprensibile a tutti e molto dettagliato.

love this book

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