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Soft wine on the shelf. Black by lunch.

True Summer 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 Summer · Book 2
True Summer 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 Summer · Book 1

True Summer Complete Guide

$29 once, two books and phone files

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Turn the real pages

  • True Summer 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 Summer guide, book 1 palette page: page of color swatches, each with its name, HEX, RGB and CMYK, with colors such as rose, raspberry, soft fuchsia and cool pink.
    Book 1 · p. 13Your palette
  • True Summer 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 lavender, rose and heather.
    Book 1 · p. 22Two sister palettes
  • True Summer 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 rose, plum, raspberry and soft fuchsia.
    Book 1 · p. 31A page for deep skin
  • True Summer 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 raspberry, rose, mauve pink and cool pink.
    Book 1 · p. 36Lip on a deeper lip
  • True Summer 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 Summer 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 Summer 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 Summer 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 raspberry, charcoal blue, cool navy and silver.
    Book 2 · p. 7Outfits drawn for you
  • True Summer guide, book 2 combination book: page of three color combinations at one contrast level, with colors such as cool gray, light slate, rose and rose taupe.
    Book 2 · p. 13The combination book
  • True Summer 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 orange, warm yellow, warm brown and charcoal blue.
    Book 2 · p. 18Is it mine?
  • True Summer 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 Summer 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 cool navy, cool white, charcoal blue and rose.
    Phone palette · p. 9One color, one page
  • True Summer 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 Summer 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 Summer 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

Wine lipstick, soft on the shelf. Over a deeper lip it sinks toward black by lunch.

True Summer 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 raspberry, rose, mauve pink and cool pink.
Book 1 · p. 36

See the shade before you buy it.

Deep shades sink toward near black over a deeper lipBook 1, page 36

An app said True Summer. A friend said Light Summer.

True Summer 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 lavender, rose and heather.
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 orange scarf outshines your face.

True Summer 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 Summer guide, book 1 note for olive skin: page of notes for olive skin with a row of best colors, with colors such as rose, cool green, cool aqua and blue-teal.
Book 1, page 29

What goes wrongCoral and orange pull yellow-green.

The fixPick rose or cool pink over a pink with orange in it.

Tan skin
True Summer 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 rose, raspberry, orchid and cornflower.
Book 1, page 30

What goes wrongA very pale pink goes flat.

The fixChoose rose or a clear cool pink with some pigment.

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

Deep skin
True Summer 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 rose, plum, raspberry and soft fuchsia.
Book 1, page 31

What goes wrongWhite-base pastels go chalky.

The fixChoose blush and highlighter with a clear or tinted base, in cool, 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: 75 and 77 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

Count what went in the drawer.

Added up, the ones you do not wear can come to more than the True Summer 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.

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 True Summer and Light Summer?
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 Summer guide

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

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

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