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From: sophie@mnetor.UUCP (Sophie Quigley)
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Subject: Re: color me beautiful
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Date: Thu, 18-Jul-85 10:49:19 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul 18 10:49:19 1985
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> I would like to hear comments on "Color Me Beautiful",
> by Carole Jackson. Does she know what she's talking about? I think
> the pictures in the book are very convincing but I don't know if I
> trust Jackson not to have tampered with something besides the colors.
> Maybe partially because the differences are so dramatic. Or maybe this
> stuff is something that everyone knows. And does any of it apply to men?
> After all, there are two different versions of "Dress for Success".
> Perhaps men are only allowed to wear blue and gray.

I have been "coloured beautiful" by a friend of mine who read Jackson's
book, and learned how to do it, and I am certainly pleased with the 
results.  In my colouring session, I got to participate as much as my
friend did in choosing the colours, and I did have to admit that there
was a very clear difference between the way my face looked depending
on the colours put next to it.  Some of them really made me look very
dull and some of them brought out colour into my cheeks.  I was so
enthusiastic about it that I went out with her when she coloured some
other people and basically learned how to do it.  I have "coloured"
a few people, mainly friends.  It is very easy, the only problem is 
that you need a lot of material in order to do it properly.

My friend coloured my mother and me at the same time.  The results were
quite interesting.  My mother is a fall who, at the time, had a winter
wardrobe.  I turned out to be a winter who had a fall wardrobe.  As we
are both about the same size, we just switched wardrobes (there was
quite a bit of haggling going on).  My father was so envious of us that
my mother "coloured" him.  He was also a winter with a fall wardrobe.
He's been changing his into a winter one gradually, and he looks really
great!  With all of this, my mother inherited quite a few clothes!

There are books for men which deal with style and so on.  The basic colour
idea is the same.  I never did pay much attention to the parts about fashion
and makeup in the woman book, so I can't really say much about it.
-- 
Sophie Quigley
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