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Complete Guide

Fresh coral on the card. Brown on you.

Light Spring, used.

The Light Spring 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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Light Spring 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.Light Spring guide, book 2 cover: the cover of the lookbook and toolkit, the second of the two books, with the season name.
Light Spring Complete Guide, Book 1 and Book 2

01 Softer or bolder

Softer or bolder.

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

Softer

Warm pink#F08E8ESheer

One dab, pressed in with a finger.

Bolder

Warm pink#F08E8EFull 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.

    Coral#F4776ACoral pink#EC6477Light warm red#E0503F

  2. Adapt

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

  3. Replace later

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

    Coral#F4776A

03 Before you decide

Two pinks 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

Coral pink#EF6274

In the Light Spring lip family.

Not quite

Light raspberry#D86A91

A bit dark, from Light Summer. 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.

  • Light Spring 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.
    Book 1 · coverYour season, in two books
  • Light Spring guide, book 1 palette page: page of color swatches, each with its name, HEX, RGB and CMYK, with colors such as aqua, warm cobalt, turquoise and sky blue.
    Book 1 · p. 13Your palette
  • Light Spring 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 coral, emerald, sky blue and periwinkle.
    Book 1 · p. 22Two sister palettes
  • Light Spring 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 coral, aqua, poppy and clear rose.
    Book 1 · p. 31A page for deep skin
  • Light Spring 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 coral and light orange.
    Book 1 · p. 36Lip on a deeper lip
  • Light Spring 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 black.
    Book 1 · p. 48Why bases go gray or orange
  • Light Spring 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. 60Rescue your closet
  • Light Spring 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
  • Light Spring 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 coral, light camel, light navy and yellow gold.
    Book 2 · p. 7Outfits drawn for you
  • Light Spring guide, book 2 combination book: page of three color combinations at one contrast level, with colors such as sand, stone, warm gray and light camel.
    Book 2 · p. 13The combination book
  • Light Spring 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 light navy, black, burgundy and icy gray.
    Book 2 · p. 18Is it mine?
  • Light Spring 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
  • Light Spring 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 soft brown, warm ivory, light camel and aqua.
    Phone palette · p. 9One color, one page
  • Light Spring 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
  • Light Spring 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
  • Light Spring 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 Light Spring guide says where it goes.

Full, near your face

Coral#F4776ALight warm pink#F7A6A0Light orange#F9B97A

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

Low, away from your face

Cream#F6EAC8too bright, True SpringGolden tan#C9A06Atoo bright, True SpringCamel#B98B52too bright, True Spring

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
Light Spring guide, book 1 note for olive skin: page of notes for olive skin with a row of best colors, with colors such as coral, fresh green, aqua and turquoise.
Book 1, page 29

What goes wrongBlue-leaning pinks turn gray.

The fixPick coral or warm pink over a pink with blue in it.

Tan skin
Light Spring 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 coral, light orange, soft yellow and turquoise.
Book 1, page 30

What goes wrongA very pale pink goes flat.

The fixChoose coral pink or a clear warm pink with some pigment.

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

Deep skin
Light Spring 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 coral, aqua, poppy and clear rose.
Book 1, page 31

What goes wrongWhite-base pastels go chalky.

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

Fair and medium have their own pages too.

07 What is inside

What is inside.

  • Book 1Your Light Spring 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 warm ivory
  2. A dark neutral in soft dark brown
  3. Denim: light to medium wash, warm blue
  4. A lip in coral pink
  5. One accent in sky blue

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 Light Spring lives on this site, with a shade to look for if one is gone. See the Light Spring 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 31, beside olive, tan, medium and fair.

Between Light Spring and Light Summer?

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 Light Spring 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.

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

Light Spring 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.