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Complete Guide

Wine in the store. Gray at the window.

Deep Winter, used.

The Deep Winter Complete Guide turns your season into makeup you can name, outfits that work and the words for a colorist.

$29 once, two books and phone files

Know your season? See how to use it.

Tell me when it is out

Opens with the site. The heads-up also joins The Palette Post.

No subscription. Free swap to any season within 30 days of buying.

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Deep Winter guide, book 1 cover: the cover of Book 1, the guide, with the season name in dark plum letters and a fan of paint chips, with olive.Deep Winter guide, book 2 cover: the cover of the lookbook and toolkit, the second of the two books, with the season name.
Deep Winter Complete Guide, Book 1 and Book 2

01 Softer or bolder

Softer or bolder.

Deep raspberry, your everyday lip, two amounts. Pick the amount by the day, and the shade stays yours.

Softer

Deep raspberry#B0215FSheer

One dab, pressed in with a finger.

Bolder

Deep raspberry#B0215FFull coat

A full coat.

02 What you own

Start with your makeup bag.

You do not need to replace anything today. Sort your lipsticks into three piles.

  1. Keep

    Same family as a palette shade, and about the same depth.

    Berry#8B1F4FRuby#A5122FPlum berry#6F2457

  2. Adapt

    Press it on sheer with a fingertip, then put Berry on the center of the lip.

  3. Replace later

    Use it up. When it runs out, buy Berry.

    Berry#8B1F4F

03 Before you decide

Two reds that look the same in the store. One is yours.

The guide answers this one shade at a time: which is yours, and what to do with the one that is not.

Yours

Cool red#A5122F

In the Deep Winter lip family.

Not quite

Brick red#8E2D1F

Leans orange, from Deep Autumn. Wear it low, away from your face.

See a 4 page sample (PDF) No email. Softer or bolder, a palette page with codes and the olive skin page.

04 Inside, page by page

Turn the real pages

Drag sideways, or tap a page to see it larger.

  • Deep Winter guide, book 1 cover: the cover of Book 1, the guide, with the season name in dark plum letters and a fan of paint chips, with olive.
    Book 1 · coverYour season, in two books
  • Deep Winter guide, book 1 palette page: page of color swatches, each with its name, HEX, RGB and CMYK, with colors such as ruby, berry, deep raspberry and cool burgundy.
    Book 1 · p. 13Your palette
  • Deep Winter guide, two sister palettes: page that puts the season next to its two neighbors on the wheel, with a strip of colors for each, with colors such as olive, pine, teal and berry.
    Book 1 · p. 21Two sister palettes
  • Deep Winter guide, note for deep skin: page of notes for deep skin with a row of best colors, what goes wrong and the fix, with colors such as berry, ruby, black and plum.
    Book 1 · p. 30A page for deep skin
  • Deep Winter guide, lip on a deeper lip: page of eight lip shades as flat color blocks at sheer, half and full coverage over a deeper, cooler lip, with colors such as berry, ruby, plum and deep raspberry.
    Book 1 · p. 35Lip on a deeper lip
  • Deep Winter guide, why bases go gray or orange: page on why a base goes gray on deep skin or orange on olive skin, with a jawline test to do at home, with colors such as black and olive.
    Book 1 · p. 47Why bases go gray or orange
  • Deep Winter guide, rescue your closet: page of four fixes, in order, for a piece in a color that is not yours: distance from your face, proportion, texture and pattern, and one of your colors at the neck.
    Book 1 · p. 59Rescue your closet
  • Deep Winter guide, book 2 cover: the cover of the lookbook and toolkit, the second of the two books, with the season name.
    Book 2 · coverLookbook and toolkit
  • Deep Winter guide, book 2 outfits drawn for you: page of two outfits drawn flat in the palette, with lip, eyes and metal listed, with colors such as ruby, black, silver and fuchsia.
    Book 2 · p. 7Outfits drawn for you
  • Deep Winter guide, book 2 combination book: page of three color combinations at one contrast level, with colors such as deep cool brown, black, cool burgundy and black plum.
    Book 2 · p. 13The combination book
  • Deep Winter guide, is it mine?: page of three yes or no questions to ask while holding a color under your chin by a window, with colors such as camel, mustard, rust and olive.
    Book 2 · p. 18Is it mine?
  • Deep Winter phone palette, the neutrals family page: phone-sized page with a swatch and a name for each neutral of the season.
    Phone palette · p. 4A family page
  • Deep Winter guide, phone palette, one color page: phone-sized page for one color with its name, HEX, RGB and CMYK and three pairings, with colors such as midnight navy, cool white, sapphire and ruby.
    Phone palette · p. 9One color, one page
  • Deep Winter makeup phone PDF, lip on a deeper lip: phone-sized page of lip shades drawn over a deeper, cooler lip, marked as a screen estimate.
    Makeup phone PDF · p. 18Makeup, over a deeper lip
  • Deep Winter phone wallpaper 1 of 4: a lock screen on cream paper with flat swatches of the season colors and a painted corner, the top left clear for the clock.
    Wallpaper 1 of 4A wallpaper
  • Deep Winter palette check, the gray strip: page with a strip of nine gray steps to print and cut, and the steps to use it at a window.
    Palette Check · p. 1The gray strip

05 Two ways to wear it

Two ways to wear it.

A color from a sister season does not have to leave your closet. The Deep Winter guide says where it goes.

Full, near your face

Ruby#A5122FDeep raspberry#B0215FPlum#5C2A5F

Tops, scarves and a lip. These are yours, so they go where the light meets your face.

Low, away from your face

Deep teal navy#1B3A44too strong, Deep AutumnWarm black-brown#231A14too warm, Deep AutumnBrick red#8E2D1Fleans orange, Deep Autumn

Close, but a little off near your face. Trousers, skirts, shoes and bags.

06 Your skin

Your skin picks your page.

Five pages, one for each skin depth. Pick yours.

Olive skin
Deep Winter guide, book 1 note for olive skin: page of notes for olive skin with a row of best colors, with colors such as olive, deep emerald, emerald and teal.
Book 1, page 28

What goes wrongOrange-based colors pull orange.

The fixPick berry rose over coral, and a rose-leaning berry over an orange-leaning red.

Tan skin
Deep Winter guide, note for tan skin: page of notes for tan skin with a row of best colors, what goes wrong and the fix, with colors such as berry, ruby, plum and royal purple.
Book 1, page 29

What goes wrongAn orange bronzer looks yellow on a cool tan.

The fixChoose a taupe or neutral brown bronzer.

If you call yourself morena or trigueña, this page is likely for you.

Deep skin
Deep Winter guide, note for deep skin: page of notes for deep skin with a row of best colors, what goes wrong and the fix, with colors such as berry, ruby, black and plum.
Book 1, page 30

What goes wrongWhite-base pastels go ashy.

The fixChoose blush and highlighter with a clear or tinted base, in deep, cool shades.

Fair and medium have their own pages too.

07 What is inside

What is inside.

  • Book 1Your Deep Winter palette with names and codes, makeup shade by shade, a page for your skin depth and the words to take to a colorist.
  • Book 2Outfits drawn in your colors, the combinations that go with them and a check for any piece you are not sure of.
  • Phone filesYour colors and your makeup shades, one to a screen, to open in the store.
  • To keepPhone wallpapers, a gray strip to print and a free swap to any season within 30 days.

Your first five buys

  1. A top in cool white
  2. A dark neutral in midnight navy
  3. Denim: dark indigo, black denim, raw denim
  4. A lip in berry
  5. One accent in sapphire

Sold alone, without the swap: Phone Palette, $9 See inside and Makeup Kit, $12 See inside.

Shop these shades: a list picked by color for Deep Winter lives on this site, with a shade to look for if one is gone. See the Deep Winter finds

08 Before you buy

Is this for you?

For you

  • You know (or half know) your season and still buy shades that read wrong.
  • You want an everyday routine you can repeat.
  • You want to start with what you own.

Not for you

  • You want someone to tell you your season from a photo. The free test comes first: about 6 minutes, no photo.
  • You already shop your palette with ease.
  • The problem is fit, tailoring or skin care.

09 Asked often

Questions that are hard to ask

A guide that forgets deep skin?

Deep skin has its own page, Book 1 page 30, beside olive, tan, medium and fair.

Between Deep Winter and Deep Autumn?

The free test says so. The guide holds both side by side, and the swap is free for 30 days.

Does it list brands?

No. It teaches you to read the shade by its name and code. A list picked by color for Deep Winter is free on this site, on the Makeup pages.

Can I return it?

Instant downloads are not refundable. A wrong season swaps free within 30 days of buying.

Your colors, picked to let your face come first.

Opens with the site at $29, the same here and on Etsy. One email when it is on sale, plus The Palette Post.

Deep Winter Guide + Manual, $45, against $53 bought separately. Between two seasons? Both guides, $49 against $58 bought separately, with Deep Autumn or True Winter. Compare them side by side

Deep Winter guide, book 1 cover: the cover of Book 1, the guide, with the season name in dark plum letters and a fan of paint chips, with olive.