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The pink matched. On you, a blue edge.

True Spring guide, book 2 cover: the cover of the lookbook and toolkit, the second of the two books, with the season name.
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True Spring · Book 2
True 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.
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True Spring · Book 1

True Spring Complete Guide

$29 once, two books and phone files

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  • True 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
  • True Spring guide, book 1 palette page: page of color swatches, each with its name, HEX, RGB and CMYK, with colors such as coral, orange, tangerine and burnt orange.
    Book 1 · p. 13Your palette
  • True 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, warm pink and orange.
    Book 1 · p. 22Two sister palettes
  • True 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, poppy red, orange and golden yellow.
    Book 1 · p. 31A page for deep skin
  • True 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, coral pink, warm red and brick red.
    Book 1 · p. 36Lip on a deeper lip
  • True 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 colors such as orange and black.
    Book 1 · p. 48Why bases go gray or orange
  • True 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
  • True 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
  • True 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, camel, warm navy and yellow gold.
    Book 2 · p. 7Outfits drawn for you
  • True Spring guide, book 2 combination book: page of three color combinations at one contrast level, with colors such as camel, khaki, warm taupe and golden tan.
    Book 2 · p. 13The combination book
  • True 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 cool gray, warm navy, black and deep burgundy.
    Book 2 · p. 18Is it mine?
  • True 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
  • True 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 warm brown, cream, camel and warm turquoise.
    Phone palette · p. 9One color, one page
  • True 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
  • True 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
  • True 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

Before and with the guide

The same week, with a guide

The pink blush matched the card. On your cheek it has a blue edge.

True 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, coral pink, warm red and brick red.
Book 1 · p. 36

See the shade before you buy it.

Light shades darken toward brown over a deeper lipBook 1, page 36

An app said True Spring. A friend said Bright Spring.

True 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, warm pink and orange.
Book 1 · p. 22

Put your season next to its neighbors.

Some of their colors work for you.Book 1, page 22

On the video call the dusty gray sweater flattens your face.

True 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. 60

Move it, and keep it.

The piece nearest your face sets how your skin reads.Book 1, page 60

Your skin

Your skin picks your page.

Olive skin
True 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, grass green, warm turquoise and teal.
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
True 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, orange, marigold and coral pink.
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
True 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, poppy red, orange and golden yellow.
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.

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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.

See a 4 page sample (PDF)

What to expect

After you pay

Payment
One payment. No subscription, no renewal.
Files
They arrive by email, to keep. Bought on Etsy, they are in your Purchases, same files and price. Nothing ships and nothing expires.
Swap
Any season, free, once, within 30 days of buying. A swap, not a refund. How to ask
Help
Write to [email protected].

The spec sheet

Everything in it, counted

  • 57named colors
  • 5skin pages
  • 105color combinations
  • 30days to swap, free
Pages
2 PDF books, 71 and 46 pages. Phone files: 78 and 75 pages.
Colors
57 named colors with HEX, RGB and CMYK. Page 36: 9 lip shades.
Formats
PDF, US Letter and phone. 4 wallpapers, a 2 page Palette Check, 88 extra files.
Swap
Yes. Any season, free, once, within 30 days of buying.
Contents
  1. Book 1 · pp. 6 to 10Check it at homeGray strip, window, fabric swap.
  2. Book 1 · pp. 11 to 21Your 57 colorsName, HEX, RGB, CMYK.
  3. Book 1 · pp. 22 to 25Compare the neighborsTwo sister palettes to print.
  4. Book 1 · pp. 26 to 31Your skin pageWhat goes wrong, and the fix.
  5. Book 1 · pp. 32 to 57Makeup, hair and metalsLips, blush, eyes, hair, metals.
  6. Book 2 · pp. 3 to 17Dress it14 outfits, 105 combinations.
  7. Book 2 · pp. 18 to 28Shop with itThree questions, online and secondhand.
  8. 88 filesThe extras folderOutfit formulas (18 outfits), stickers, a diary.

Do the math

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Added up, the ones you do not wear can come to more than the True Spring guide, which is $29.

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Included

What you do not pay for

  • $0Subscription
  • $0Photo upload
  • $0Blurred preview
  • $0Wrong-season swap

The guide is $29, the same here and on Etsy, with no strike-through price, no countdown and no coupon. A wrong season swaps free within 30 days.

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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 True Spring and Bright Spring?
The free test says so. The guide holds both side by side, and the swap is free for 30 days.
Must I give up black?
No. Page 17 marks black as a color to handle with care, and the next page says how to wear it.
Can I return it?
Instant downloads are not refundable. A wrong season swaps free within 30 days of buying.
Worth $29, with free quizzes?
The test is enough to start. The guide is the plan, with codes and outfits.

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Your plan, your page.

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The whole True Spring guide

  • 57 named colors
  • Makeup, outfits, hair
  • Swap free for 30 days

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True 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.

Your colors, picked to let your face come first.

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