https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wearing-pastelsdo-you-wear-shades-that-dont-look-the-best-on-you Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:19:34 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wearing-pastelsdo-you-wear-shades-that-dont-look-the-best-on-you/page/2#post-292044 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 00:55:35 +0000 Marley 292044@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No I don't - there are plenty of colors that look good on me, so I just stick to them - I really don't see the point of wearing colors that aren't flattering on me! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wearing-pastelsdo-you-wear-shades-that-dont-look-the-best-on-you/page/2#post-291992 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 23:09:42 +0000 Steph 291992@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Cileena, with your red hair and warm-toned skin, I'm sure olive and rust really are fantastic colors on you. However, I bet that there are some pastels you can wear (granted, maybe only a few). I'm thinking that if you look for pastels that have yellow/warm tones, you might be able to find something that works--not all pastels have to be cool in tone. I'm thinking peach, buttermilk, and maybe even a light, mossy green? </p> <p>I do sometimes buy colors that are probably not my best colors, but if I like the outfit and I don't look horrible, I will purchase it anyway. I find that a lot of very deep colors wash me out, as do very pale pastels, but I have been known to purchase them. I probably don't wear them as much as colors I think are truly flattering, but there aren't a lot of colors that I absolutely refuse to wear. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wearing-pastelsdo-you-wear-shades-that-dont-look-the-best-on-you/page/2#post-291904 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 20:46:42 +0000 FoolOfATook 291904@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I was so busy typing I realized I did not answer the question! Ha! Colors with yellow undertones don't look good on me so I stay away from them. But I'm not naturally attracted to them. Black and grey don't look so great by my face so I wear them with something else (a scarf or a cardigan) to break it up. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wearing-pastelsdo-you-wear-shades-that-dont-look-the-best-on-you/page/2#post-291900 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 20:37:27 +0000 FoolOfATook 291900@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's funny, but when I was younger, I wore pastels well. But as I've gotten older, my hair has natually darkened to a medium brown. So consequently, the pastels still look ok, but a darker tone now suits me better. When I was in high school, I had a periwinkle sweater and I never failed to receive a compliment on how well I looked because it suited my skin tone so well. Why did I ever get rid of that sweater?!? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wearing-pastelsdo-you-wear-shades-that-dont-look-the-best-on-you/page/2#post-291893 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 20:03:05 +0000 Ornella 291893@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>As with any color that does not suit me, I don't wear pastels. After working out which colors work for me, I would be too self-conscious if I wore any. That's just not me.</p> <p>And when I see others, whom such colors suit well, wearing them and looking just beautiful, it just reinforces my choice not to go down that alley. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wearing-pastelsdo-you-wear-shades-that-dont-look-the-best-on-you/page/2#post-291842 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:42:09 +0000 chewyspaghetti 291842@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting- I'm another fair skin, dark hair person, but I think that some pastels do look good on me. Actually, a lot- pale icy greens and blues, mauvey pinks and light lavenders, as well as peachy/coral colors. I just try to use the mirror or photos to decide if something works or not. I won't wear something that looks horrible, but I will wear something that is not my *best* color. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wearing-pastelsdo-you-wear-shades-that-dont-look-the-best-on-you/page/2#post-291833 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:33:29 +0000 Isabel 291833@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am not a pastel fan....probably because they don't look good on me. I am alot like Janet but my undertones are more pea-ish, and I LOVE orange and yellow. So I also stick to things like hangbags, a leather bracelet, yellow shoes, or a belt. I can get away with very, deep toasted oranges which aren't matte or flat. The only color I wear that is really not too appealing on me is camel. But I always wear a scarf or a bright necklace or earrings. I would also wear a collared shirt underneath camel. I won't do anything in camel that I can't wear something with it near my face or layered. So I don't do camel/light tan t's or button down shirts.</p> <p>Now, on my lower half is a different story. I have a lovely yellow flowered summer skirt that I love ! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wearing-pastelsdo-you-wear-shades-that-dont-look-the-best-on-you/page/2#post-291830 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:23:02 +0000 Janet 291830@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I also have the pale skin/dark hair combo, with slight pinkish undertones, so I don't look great in most pastels -- blue/green tones are the exception. I also don't look good in most orange or yellow, but I love orange, so sometimes I just wear it anyway (usually just workout jackets or tee shirts). </p> <p>Yellow is probably the hardest color for me to wear, and consequently the color I have the least of in my wardrobe. I'll stick with my yellow slingbacks (in summer, great with a navy and white dress!), and mustard bag. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wearing-pastelsdo-you-wear-shades-that-dont-look-the-best-on-you#post-291827 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:19:48 +0000 Mac 291827@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Definitely, I do wear colours that aren't my best. I have a lavender pea coat that I adore - got it on sale and swapped the tacky buttons for ones that I love. With my yellow undertones and pale skin, it's not as flattering as camel or rust would be on me, but I feel like a crocus or a freesia every time I put it on and go out in the drab, slushy winter. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wearing-pastelsdo-you-wear-shades-that-dont-look-the-best-on-you#post-291820 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:10:47 +0000 mamaKate 291820@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Although I buy tops and scarves in colors that flatter my skin tone (guess what? rust &amp; olive top the list), I still find ways to use some of my favorite pastels (e.g. sea green, shades of peach), in shoes, swimsuits, belts, bracelets, and handbags which don't sit near my face. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wearing-pastelsdo-you-wear-shades-that-dont-look-the-best-on-you#post-291814 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 17:57:38 +0000 Cilleena 291814@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You're right Sarah! Make-up helps a lot. It makes it possible for me to wear colors that wash me out without looking sick. You are probably instinctively wearing colors that work for you. I haven't seen you wear anything that didn't look great on you. Plus, having lighter hair and warm, if not tan, skin tone gives you a lot of flexibility. I bet you have a lot of cross over color groups...probably winter, spring and summer colors. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wearing-pastelsdo-you-wear-shades-that-dont-look-the-best-on-you#post-291766 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 16:27:17 +0000 Sarah 291766@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I honestly have no idea what colors look best on me, and what ones I should avoid. I just try to wear colors I like (including pastels).<br /> Makeup helps a lot, too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wearing-pastelsdo-you-wear-shades-that-dont-look-the-best-on-you#post-291765 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 16:24:49 +0000 Cilleena 291765@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting replies. My problem is that I LOVE pastels. When I paint a room or pick out artwork, it tends to be pastel colors. My bedroom is pale pink, bathroom light blue, halls beige, my favorite color is a pale butter yellow that is in my daughter's room. I love how soft and easy on the eye they are. But, I read recently that we should paint our homes with colors that flatter us. Hmm, I'd have to totally redecorate.</p> <p> Funny because a few colors that I really don't care for, but look great on me are rust and olive. I remember as a teenager, my mom would try to get me to wear those colors because she knew they looked great on me and I would RESIST like crazy. I'm still doing it too. Haha! I don't have a single olive piece of clothing in my wardrobe...that isn't an orphan that my mom bought me. And one rust jacket that my husband bought me...again, never worn. </p> <p>I am learning to like colors that look good on me and a few I always liked. Still, I may have to go more blonde for the spring so the pastels work a little better for me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wearing-pastelsdo-you-wear-shades-that-dont-look-the-best-on-you#post-291667 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 10:18:03 +0000 Dawn 291667@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ever since I added some more red and blonde shades to my hair, I can wear pastel blue. I haven't tried pastel pinks yet but I'm looking forward to trying the honeysuckle pink or a paler shade which Pantone are saying will be the colour of S/S. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wearing-pastelsdo-you-wear-shades-that-dont-look-the-best-on-you#post-291659 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 10:04:10 +0000 Louise 291659@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Another pale skinned, dark haired lass here who can't do pastels. I don't miss pastels but whether that is because they wash me out or whether I wouldn't like them even if they did look good on me I'm not sure? x </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wearing-pastelsdo-you-wear-shades-that-dont-look-the-best-on-you#post-291653 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 09:27:07 +0000 RoseandJoan 291653@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Like Maya has stated pastels are my freind, I require less make-up when I wear pastels. But come Autumn and the jewel tones appear I have the same problem, if I bite and buy a colour which is too strong for me it often becomes an orphan so I have learned to resist. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wearing-pastelsdo-you-wear-shades-that-dont-look-the-best-on-you#post-291561 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 04:17:19 +0000 Anonymous 291561@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Except for light grey, I don't like wearing pastels, nor do they look good on me. I can and do wear colors of a brightness similar to Angie's purple today. Besides, pastels just help older women to become invisible.<br /> Deep reds, hunter green, and teals are colors I like very much but don't love me back. I use them in my home. There is deep red in every room, but it doesn't look good near my face. Tomato or a coral red is a much better choice for that. I do still wear some of those dark colors and add a scarf or bright chunky beads to make them work if the piece is loved inspite of it's color. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wearing-pastelsdo-you-wear-shades-that-dont-look-the-best-on-you#post-291559 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 04:10:06 +0000 Jonesy 291559@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm the same: I don't like pastels nor do I think they look good on me. Luckily there are so many other fab colors to choose from! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wearing-pastelsdo-you-wear-shades-that-dont-look-the-best-on-you#post-291552 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 03:45:47 +0000 Kate 291552@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No pastels here. I mostly stick to my autumn colors. I look better that way, and it makes it MUCH easier to mix and match all of my clothes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wearing-pastelsdo-you-wear-shades-that-dont-look-the-best-on-you#post-291541 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 03:15:04 +0000 Anchi 291541@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like pastels in small doses, and if close to my face I pair them with another color that looks good on me. </p> <p>I love darker shades like periwinkle, rose, butterscotch, celadon, mauve, etc. -- but I don't know if those shades count as "pastels", exactly. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wearing-pastelsdo-you-wear-shades-that-dont-look-the-best-on-you#post-291540 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 03:08:11 +0000 Maya 291540@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Julie, Lisa, and Tanya all look amazing in pastels. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wearing-pastelsdo-you-wear-shades-that-dont-look-the-best-on-you#post-291534 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 02:53:56 +0000 catgirl 291534@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I can't wear pastels, unless you count soft grey as a pastel. I also don't wear variations on peach, beige and white. We are talking about up close to my face, right? Pastels make me feel sickly and are a bit too feminine for my taste. I will wear a certain light blue, and lighter colors when I am tan.</p> <p>I think they are lovely on people who wear them well, though. So who does? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wearing-pastelsdo-you-wear-shades-that-dont-look-the-best-on-you#post-291517 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 02:04:22 +0000 taylor 291517@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Cilleena,</p> <p>I am with you. I love pastels but they don't love me back. I just don't do it any more at all I just feel less than fab all day and it really affects my mood.<br /> Maya, I am really sallow and I also wear bright coral with pure white underneath and feel fab. But put browns near my face and it is REALLY remarkable how bad this makes me look!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wearing-pastelsdo-you-wear-shades-that-dont-look-the-best-on-you#post-291509 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 01:33:56 +0000 Maya 291509@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm, I am also on the yellow side and I wear coral. </p> <p>I always find it fascinating to hear what colors people won't wear and why they won't wear them. It's so variable and often conflicting.</p> <p>It reminds me of this:</p> <p><a href="http://tomandlorenzo2.blogspot.com/2010/03/2010-kids-choice-awards.html" rel="nofollow">http://tomandlorenzo2.blogspot.....wards.html</a></p> <p>If you scroll down to Lea Michele, and the commentary on her, it really gave me a "wait a minute..." moment. I have similar coloring to her and she looks pretty good in that milkshake pink dress.</p> <p>That's why I never say never when it comes to color. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wearing-pastelsdo-you-wear-shades-that-dont-look-the-best-on-you#post-291503 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 01:19:18 +0000 yardshark 291503@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>"ANYTHING peachy/coral looks awful on me, I have yellow undertones in my skin"</p> <p>Me. Too. Although I can do some sea greens (actually what I really like on me is chrome green* and on up to citron), but plums can be iffy. Has to be just the right shade or it looks frumpy somehow. So interesting, the nuances of skin tones.</p> <p>*(not what Google brings up in a search! It's more like...hmm...well, sort of like a light olive but not that yellow.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wearing-pastelsdo-you-wear-shades-that-dont-look-the-best-on-you#post-291500 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 01:16:28 +0000 Aida 291500@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I too rarely wear pastels (more because I don't like them, and luckily most don't look too good on me ) but I do find various specific blush colors that work which I like. My suggestion for you is to take a stronger color you like that's flattering and for spring just use a lighter but still saturated version of it. An example for me, turquoise/teal turns into aqua for spring. And black turns into gray or white, though I still wear black in spring/summer. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wearing-pastelsdo-you-wear-shades-that-dont-look-the-best-on-you#post-291493 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 01:07:59 +0000 Barbara 291493@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I never wear pastels. With my very fair complexion, they wash me out horribly! Rich, saturated colors like purple, turquoise, teal, fuchsia and red are my favorites. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wearing-pastelsdo-you-wear-shades-that-dont-look-the-best-on-you#post-291490 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 01:02:25 +0000 Maya 291490@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I do occasionally wear colors that look less than great on me, but I don't wear colors that look awful (and pastels fall into the awful category). My blue ruffle dress is a good example. It's a little too icy and not quite saturated enough for me, but it's dark and has a nice sheen to it (which you can't see), and was basically otherwise perfect:</p> <p><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v35/ranabow/IMG_2479.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://img.photobucket.com/alb.....G_2479.jpg</a></p> <p>I also wear gray even though it's not ideal. </p> <p>I can't imagine putting so many restraints on what I wear and passing up a perfectly fab piece just because the colors aren't "mine," but some people find it convenient to be restricted because it makes things simpler and more streamlined. </p> <p>It's all about what you feel happy in, I guess. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wearing-pastelsdo-you-wear-shades-that-dont-look-the-best-on-you#post-291489 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 01:01:22 +0000 Cilleena 291489@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ah, I see I'm in good company. With the soft pastel colors coming out this time of year to herald in the spring, it sometimes bums me out that I can't wear them. Oh well...</p> <p>Kristine, I do love the way plum looks on my skin, but ANYTHING peachy/coral looks awful on me, I have yellow undertones in my skin and it makes me look sallow. Sea green is a little better, but it does something weird with my skin too. My best colors are brown, rust, burgundy, navy, deep pink, deep purple and olive. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wearing-pastelsdo-you-wear-shades-that-dont-look-the-best-on-you#post-291484 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 00:53:32 +0000 Kristine 291484@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't wear pastels either, they wash me out. I try not to wear colors that don't look good on me, with the exception of black or white, which I'll warm up with a necklace or scarf. </p> <p>I bet you'd look great in one step more saturated than pastel- coral, plum, sea green, etc. </p>