The Winter Beauty Room
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Your natural colouring provides valuable clues when it comes to selecting both hair colour and makeup.
The recommendations below are designed to help you make choices that work with your colouring rather than against it, allowing your features to remain the focus.
Hair Colour Guidance
As a Winter, cooler hair colours generally create the most harmonious result.
Beautiful options include:
Ash Blonde
Platinum Blonde
Ash Brown
Cool Brunette
Espresso Brown
Blue Black
These shades work alongside the natural coolness found within your colouring and often create a fresher, more balanced appearance.
Your Best Hair Colours
If you're adding highlights or dimension to your hair, I would recommend asking your colourist for:
Cool highlights
Ash highlights
Neutral-cool balayage
Silver-toned brightness
During a consultation, we often see how even a small amount of warmth can alter the overall appearance of the face. Keeping highlights cool helps maintain harmony throughout the hair.
Highlights & Balayage
Hair colours containing significant warmth can sometimes overpower Winter colouring.
Examples include:
Honey Blonde
Golden Blonde
Copper
Auburn
Caramel
This doesn't mean these shades can never be worn, but they may require more effort in terms of styling and makeup to create the same balance achieved naturally with cooler shades.
Colours To Approach Carefully
Transitioning To Grey
Many Winter clients are pleased to discover that natural silver and grey hair often integrates beautifully into their palette.
Silver already exists within your colour family, meaning the transition can often feel softer and more harmonious than expected.
If you're embracing your natural grey, I would encourage you to continue choosing cool, clear colours around the face to complement the transition.
Makeup Guidance
When selecting foundation, look for shades described as:
Cool
Neutral Cool
Pink Based
The goal is always to create a natural match to your complexion rather than introducing additional warmth.
Foundations that appear heavily yellow or golden can sometimes work against your natural colouring.
Foundation
Winter colouring often shines in lip colours that many people initially consider too strong.
Beautiful Winter lip colours include:
Rose
Raspberry
Berry
Plum
Wine
Blue-based Red
Many Winters find that stronger lip colours appear surprisingly natural once they begin wearing shades from their palette.
A matte finish can also be particularly flattering, helping to complement the clarity and strength of your natural features. Winter colouring often has the ability to carry definition and contrast beautifully, making bolder lip colours feel both elegant and effortless.
Lips
Some of the most flattering blush tones for Winter colouring include:
Cool Pink
Rose
Berry Pink
Raspberry
Look for shades that create freshness within the face rather than warmth.
Blush
Eyes
Beautiful eye colours for Winter include:
Charcoal
Silver
Navy
Cool Taupe
Plum
Gunmetal
When it comes to eyeliner, black and charcoal can look particularly striking and harmonious.
Winter Makeup Collection
I've curated a collection of Winter-friendly makeup products to make shopping a little easier.
Inside you'll find recommendations for foundations, lipsticks, blushers, eyeshadows and everyday favourites that align beautifully with Winter colouring.
Please note that some of these links may be commissionable, meaning I may receive a small affiliate payment if you choose to purchase through them. This comes at no additional cost to you and helps support the continued development of FJÓR and The Colour Room.
Click the information button beside each product for the exact shade for your season.