HOW TO MATCH YOUR MAKEUP & HAIR WITH YOUR OUTFIT

[@shannanolan]

You make all my little, am I crazy to be this pedantic about color, I need more makeup when I wear black, moments make sense.

[@kackie]

i am so glad. either we're both sane or we are insane together.

[@LisaF_]

I just had an epiphany! This is why I always need a punchier lip or blush color to look normal and non washed out. I’m pale olive with varying shades of dark brown hair (depending on my mood) But I’m naturally more high contrast. 🤯 And I also like putting on my blouse before doing my makeup, because I always end up looking better in the end. Now I know it’s because I am actually matching the contrast or lack of contrast with what I’m wearing without realizing that’s what I’m doing-I just didn’t know the reason why it works for me! I learn so much from your videos!!!

[@kackie]

To hear someone say they had an epiphany is my personal medal of achievement so thank you! Yeah I always have to give myself a pep talk when I'm doing my makeup while my hair is wet. I'm like who IS that. Why is nothing working?? 😂

[@Tinic1108]

Same! I'm a medium-deep olive with black coffee hair, and I NEED eyeliner to feel put together. Also I've basically lived in black turtlenecks since I was 3 years old. I own 5 right now, and I'm shopping for 2 more.

[@cs-yq5ed]

I love Colour Theory class! Here's an apple for the teacher. 🍎

[@dame-c-beauty]

I always said that if you are tired and you don't want anyone to notice, wear glitter eyeshadow and no one will notice.... Turns out I have chronic fatigue syndrome lol. Also, one winter, when I was a receptionist at a hair salon, I had bleach blonde hair and was wearing a white dress shirt, and a client didn't see me at the reception desk cause she said I blended into the white wall too much.

[@kackie]

HAHAHA your humor is excellent.

[@mommylap]

I think high contrast lipstick works to “waken” you up for the outside eye too.

[@KatieMcLellan-zh6ul]

Re: your white shirt story - all I can picture is the scene from Garden State where the printed shirt matches the wallpaper 😄

[@baileydubs]

I love doing casual t and jean shorts, with done up makeup for some reason, makes the outfit look cuter without having to dress up 😂

[@mredulasinghahluwalia]

i love how easily you taught us so much about makeup!

[@meepmoopmeep1]

I naturally have light brown hair. I have been dyeing it copper for the last year and wanted to back to my natural color, but my stylist ended up making it a very dark, (almost black)brown. I do like it, but it is wild how it changed my makeup preferences. All of a sudden I’m wearing Smokey eyes and pale glossy lips on a daily basis and feeling amazing lol

[@kackie]

DAAAANG I love this for you!!

[@jennismith2]

Could you do a video showing an example of lighter contrast makeup? I feel like a lot of makeup content online is geared more towards higher contrast (probably because like you said, it shows up well on camera). But as a low contrast person that doesn’t work for me. I find it hard to judge how much is too much and how little is too little…

[@irisheyesmegan]

🤯 Mind. Blown. I FINALLY understand why my look feels off without a bolder lip. It clicked when you started asking "where are my eyebrows?" My hair, eye color, brows, and even lashes are higher contrast against my pale skin. My lips are the one exception. So it looks like my lips are missing unless I dial up the contrast to match my other features!

[@anadanaya]

Hi Kackie, I used to be a high contrast person (dark hair and light skin) my eyes are golden brown, so brown eyeliner and a red lip was all I needed. Now that I aged and let my hair white, I became a low contrast person (only my brows and lashes are dark now). All this to say that your video helped me in this change and in the ways I will approach makeup. Thank you

[@melissabee8522]

Sometimes I wish I could just meet you at a coffee shop or someplace safe and ask you to tell me what my undertones are and what to look for in clothes and makeup and stuff because I feel so hopeless 😂

[@amandaterrio4823]

I feel the same way.

[@amymccall5263]

Same!

[@heathertighe792]

I want her to do one on one consults SO BADLY. It could be on Zoom even. She could charge ANYTHING!!!

[@jenniferdunstan4794]

Same!!

[@ldavies3280]

I got 2 colour analysis sessions, and they disagreed. Now my confidence in buying clothes and makeup is shot to pieces. I think the best way is to take this brilliant advice, and then take a good friend to do real shopping in an actual shop, and check out actual things close to a window if possible.

[@Esther_endures]

Just attending a freaking masterclass on a Thursday night. Absolute gold. Nothing but a standing ovation. And also perfect timing as I am trying to figure out how to makeup my face to match a fun wedding where bold pattern dresses are encouraged.

[@TheTarafan]

I am extremely low contrast (natural blonde with fair skin and greenish gold eyes) and I am always trying to make myself more high contrast so I look less ghostly 😂 I now have purple hair, I do crazy graphic makeup and I wear all black! I love how in-depth your videos are about all of this 💜

[@thaysagomesmartins6315]

As a fellow painter, I love this video! I wish I could like it a thousand times! I do this to myself almost every day 🙃

[@kackie]

🥹🥹🥹🥹

[@spruhakurlekar261]

I watched this video for entertainment (because I'll watch anything Kackie puts out). I'm pretty happy with my system of matching outfits and makeup based on "vibes". But I was delighted to find out that my brain subconsciously goes through the same process that Kackie talks about! It's nice to be validated by a professional hehe 😂

[@elizabethmb2451]

This was great, thanks. I love wearing colour, my style word is fun BUT I’m often more conservative than I think I need to be with my makeup for fear of too much colour all over looking clownish. Some guidance around this would be awesome.

[@SJ-le2vc]

I have that issue too. Heavy or bright makeup makes me kind of freak out because I don't like people looking at me like that, I guess?

[@brianne9]

Very helpful. I tend to do my makeup with wet and darker looking hair pulled back in a bun and the I go out in sunlight with my hair down as it dries and think 'wow, that's bolder than I intended'.

[@beatdizzy]

I have definitely done this 😮😂

[@AnnieKay-yp5gy]

I have rewound sections over and over. This is PLATINUM content! Out of all of the color theory videos I have not been able to select a favorite...this one is permanently bookmarked. Thank you, Kackie!!

[@bigwildonion]

So helpful! This expanded my thinking about contrast. I'm going to take texture and finish into consideration more.

[@kathleenmoortel5449]

I don’t know what we have done to deserve such top tier content 🥹 👏🏼 great job Kackie!

[@kackie]

Thank you!!

[@Kristin.wheeler]

This is a masterclass. This was the best video ever! ❤

[@jcs1090]

Since I left my hair go grey/silver, I look best with a deep but bright mauve (pink + blue no brown hue). Looks gorgeous. Love Laura Mercier’s Mauve Merveilleux lip color so much.

[@tofteys]

Don’t be mad but I think you’re medium / medium-high contrast and that you rock that black dress from the get-go. ❤

[@sdbolen3414]

Off topic, but i just did my contour and blush with a big fluffy brush and game changer.

[@Ch-revolutionary62]

I would Love a video how you pick your style word and how you found and use your boy style word ❤❤❤ love this video really informative, it’s made several things finally click still trying to work out what colours work best for me I’m a chameleon fair olive that can do both warm and cool and depending on mood low ir high contrast. Drown the colour in grey and it’s great for me lol

[@jillholod34]

Wonderfully helpful. Thank you so much!

[@Cherryblossum101]

So, are we talking 'value scale' for the face?!❤ Courtney

[@kackie]

Yeah pretty much. I meant to mention it would be helpful to grayscale a photo of oneself to see contrast more clearly if they have like, a fashion color in their hair or something.

[@OL-fw8sf]

Love this video title. People don’t do these makeup to outfit videos enough IMO 🎉😊

[@juliemoses1909]

I love these color videos! I am over 60 and have lost contrast. When I put makeup on, I add contrast back in. I hope it helps make me more healthy and youthful looking.

[@blamecanada20]

Omg yes! This is what I’ve been struggling with. Especially with my décolleté! After a full face of makeup my chest/neck/shoulders can look off compared to my face and hair. I think I’ll try a liquid bronzer w/ lotion combo to combat that. Or a shimmery sunscreen ❤

[@yensid4294]

Contrast is often overlooked in favor of labeling colors warm or cool in the Beauty Sphere (That's problematic in & of itself since the concept of visual temp is over simplified & many fair people think they have a cool undertone when they don't. And foundations often pull far too yellow or pink) The idea of soft, or low/medium contrast doesn't seem to exist when discussing skintones & overall coloring. If you have a lot of yellow or red in your hair but visible pink in your skin, it can be very confusing. Doubly so for people with hazel-ish eyes that may contain both warm & cool colors. Soooo, people who would be "neutral" skintones are probably blended (warm & cool) or soft/muted. Change your haircolor drastically, & your contrast level changes too. Regarding black: I still wear black but when I do, I leave a lot of skin showing around my face (lower neckline) & bump up my makeup a little. A brighter lip, a smokier eye. Oddly, white looks worse on me than black because I need some contrast. If a color is too close to my skintone or too soft (grey) it washes me out much more than black or any deeper color. I never thought of myself as high contrast, but in a B&W photo, my skin looks very bright & my hair reads dark. Kinda wild.

[@TurtleJulia]

Yes! A lot of pale foundations lean pink, less so now than ten or twenty years ago when there were like 3 super pale foundations to be found, because people thought that seeing redness meant a pink undertone. My neck is actually a super pale olive, and like you said, my eyes are hazel, so I don't wear super "cool" colors on my lids because it looks weird, even though I can only wear "cool" lip colors or clothes.

[@beatdizzy]

OMG I just realized I have warmish hazel eyes and coolish blueish lips 👄

[@Ch-revolutionary62]

Ye that’s me yellow tone in hair pinkish skin and grey green blue central hetrochromia eyes that change in light. It’s taken me months to figure out I could be a fair olive undertone but mainstream make up I end up not bothering with as it’s just not suiting me most of the time. Now I get it i have an unusual contrast level.

[@kathleenmoortel5449]

I LOVE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!! I remember when I tried to find a video on this concept. I only found one video from Angie Hot & Flashy on picking makeup for my clothes. Always love an appearance from editing Kackie 😊

[@Docinprocess2323]

Love color theory! Makes makeup and clothes way easier to buy. Color Class is a great channel to learn more about

[@Lana_lana_2000]

The Queen Musia mascara is phenomenal! It looks very natural, my go to mascara!

[@sea_g0at]

thank you legitimately so much for this video. i’ve struggled with this forever and have never found answers that made sense to me. you’ve legitimately made a big impact on my personal feeling of confidence when it comes to this aspect of style ❤

[@frogtrenchcoat]

i've heard u talk about contrast a lot b4 but i nvr quite got why i as someone that has quite light skin & not very dark brown hair & brown eyes, and altogether could be described (coloration wise) very similarly to you felt like i was much more high contrast, but once you started talking about black & eyes i realized my eyes basically come across as black a lot of the time n how big a role that plays. there's some more contrast between my lips n the skin around them too, and the density of my eyebrows certainly plays a part. based on titles n thumbnails i don't feel the need 2 click on these videos of yours because i simply don't have any of the issues they're meant to help with but i've long since realized there could always be something for me to learn :]

[@brendaalbaugh8927]

Love the idea of pick a word! Mine has always been jeans. Give me anything denim and I’m happy. Thanks for tips on contrast. Makes a great deal of sense. Thanks!

[@blazingstar9638]

MY NEW FAVOURITE

[@LydiaTarine12]

Hello from a mid contrast person who doesn’t really struggle with overall cohesion in my looks! I still watched this because I enjoy perspectives and also want to be and to better express what I pick up on that makes me choose one thing or another when I put a look together. 🙂

[@jodybennett8800]

Thank you Kackie! You rock!

[@amandaterrio4823]

I’m glad you like the way you look because you really are beautiful!

[@deborahbinnie5652]

I get it! Thank you. I now know I am a high contrast person and wear black regularly because it suits me, whereas I can't wear light brown without good effect.

[@lisgelfling1031]

I've only been on a makeup journey for a year, and I've learned a TON from your channel. Not only from your tips, tricks and know-how, but believe it or not, as a beginner with no one in my personal life to learn from (my younger sister does not stray too much from her look), I've found some of the tricks to be intuitive, and then I hear the explanation as to why in one of your videos! I love exploring the innumerable permutations between combos in my wardrobe and now my makeup: it's too much fun!!!! So thank you, very very much! *karate kid song* "You're the BEST- around!!!!!!!!"

[@briannagandersen]

Great video! Can you please link the style channel? ❤

[@caitlinstark9321]

Talking about strong lines being higher contrast. I think that's where I've always struggled. My coloring is relatively low contrast but I'm fairly angular. So there's a really fine line between too much and not enough.

[@kackie]

Yeah and there is something to be said for medium contrast. Carving out your own little set of secrets specifically for you.

[@valariebrown3768]

Wow. Just wow. I need a minute to sit with this.😮

[@ZackRekeSkjell]

After I realised my level of contrast I started getting more clothes that reflect this. That made it easier for me to wear less makeup, but I still have some items that require a bit more work. It’s a lot of fun to play with levels of contrast, but it was definitely something that changed in my thinking of colour and how they suit me instead of just what I like looking at.

[@beckyjohnsen3128]

This was awesome! Exactly the information I was looking for! Thank you!❤

[@roxannelarochelle7234]

This video couldn't be at a better time for me. Im currently getting ready for a kids birthday party and later in the day im going at a concert 😅 so i need to amp up the contrast and ill probably will be dressing in black also so thank you for this !! :D ❤❤

[@elisasegal8153]

My favorite look you've ever done. LOVE.😊😊😊

[@CaraLindsey]

Really helpful! I find I look terrible in black, but I'm going to try this high contrast (I'm low contrast) idea and see how it can flip the script so to speak.

[@coachmindy]

Thanks for this. Helpful and entertaining.

[@karenguy6767]

Could you illustrate this same thing with navy? I’m low contrast and look blah in black. But Navy works better and I’d love to know why and how to enhance this color with makeup.

[@michelleasj]

The BESTTTTTTTT video I seriously love these you are so good at explaining all of this!!

[@theolivetone2097]

Hey Kakie! I have a question for you since you’ve been doing KZbin a while. What bronzer colors or brand would you recommend for fair neutral golden olive skin tone? You have neutral golden skin tone and I can see in bronzers which would look great for you. But throw in olive and it’s another challenge.

[@darlosmurf148]

What an excellent video! I have learnt so much from this and it makes so much sense. Thank you so much 😊

[@mariannetracy4248]

Kackie knocks it out of the part again! I'm beginning to feel like I AM getting a college degree on this site. Love it.

[@kackie]

🥰🥰🥰

[@sarahisafruitcake]

I liked this video before I even started watching. I am loving the color theory videos!!!

[@sarahjones6323]

This is great, and I would love more videos about making makeup work with different clothing! I often feel trapped by the color of my clothes limiting the colors I can wear for my makeup

[@cris-amv]

This video is amazing! As always (the other ones in this series too), but this is top!!! Please do more of these!!

[@queenmusia]

We love 2053 Mascara on you sm! You look gorgeous! 🖤

[@heatherLcharron]

As part of the color theory series...would looove an episode on adjusting foundation shades! Also maybe which brands offer olive foundation shades. I'm desaturated light medium neutral olive (I think) and the struggle is real. There's tons of examples and advice on reddit and what-not, but it would be really neat to see you mixing shades and showing what happens 😊

[@YouMatterandMakeupToo]

Totally agree!

[@mommylap]

As always, I delight in you playing color scientist, and found this video interesting and helpful, with you talking about hue, depth and temperature all together. As someone who grew up high contrast, and has gotten gray, it explains why I’m often unhappy with what works for me makeup and clothing-wise in the past, because my gray strands soften my contrast significantly. So when I add a temporary fashion color to my hair, I get my contrast back in a way that serves me better than trying to replicate my original ashy dark brown. Anyway, thanks for articulating all this in one video, it really helped gel the concepts for me!

[@Lpstpaul]

Kackie has the BEST bone structure for a turtleneck- I die❤❤❤

[@lalajobo]

this is very helpful, i like this series. i’m struggling so much with what to wear the last several years, i embraced my long grey/brown hair, and i feel i look washed out often, regardless what color i wear! i just do a lot of ponytails and buns, but i want to wear it loose. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@kackie]

I am always surprised at how light a color has to be to flatter me. My comfort zone is just WHITE on WHITE 😂

[@lalajobo]

@@kackiei have been wearing more white tops, sad to say goodbye to all my grey ones, they do NO favors. 😂

[@RachelKowalski-u9m]

Except I need to know where you got the robe from the first cutaway! So cute!

[@kackie]

Etsy! Thank you! I'm a robe slut hahahaha

[@laurelievr]

Loved this video! (FYI - love ALL of yours but this one was especially great and useful)

[@BethSicilia-q2g]

Wow - you have just explained to me why “committed” makeup, influencer makeup, neat hair, black clothes - why it all looks so harsh and aging on me - I am low contrast! I know from experience that a lighter hand with makeup looks better that when I cave to YT pressure and use bronzer and lots of blush and lip color. What you demonstrated makes sense to me!! I need to find my own way with color. Thank you!

[@kackie]

☺️☺️☺️ I love helping!!

[@KristenAnderson-gu8bu]

You look amazing! Thanks for the tips!

[@KrishnaWashburn]

I loved learning how to emphasize contrast, and now I really need the reverse! Can a ultra high contrast person (Rare Beauty liquid blush in Lucky, the extreme hot pink one, looks totally skin native on me) use makeup to create a lower contrast look? I love the idea of softening the hair to create a blurred, less contrasted line and I'm definitely going to try that, but what about makeup? I have been fantasizing for twenty years being able to wear a beige lipstick -- or a beige sweater for goodness sake -- without things looking super weird. I want to dress up like a 2015 Kardashian for just one day! Please help in this endeavor!

[@gingerhalo123]

Im high contrast (light medium warm olive and black hair and dark eyes) and I’ve always wondered why the no makeup makeup looks terrible on me. It’s only when I started figuring out this type of stuff that I realized why! I need contrast.

[@patriciakeegan4228]

You make it make so much sense! Now….I just have to pull it together! 😮

[@saxophone2143]

Can I ask which is the brush you use with the yellow handle to apply your powder? Thanks x

[@janiemurray1929]

As someone with light brown hair, green eyes and light green skin that tans golden... I am moderately high contrast in the winter, but in the summer when I tan my hair, eyes and skin are effectively the same shade of khaki and I have to turn everything on it's head 🤣

[@mbergie1313]

Omg what is this coloring called?!? 😂 I’m the same ish but with slightly ashy dark blonde hair, warm hazel eyes that go from green to gold, and pale olive skin that also all blends in during the summer but looks more stark/contrasting in the winter

[@TG-jp3tc]

My dark olive complexion goes the other way: high contrast in summer and low in the winter. 😅

[@janiemurray1929]

@@mbergie1313 I truly don't know!! 🤣 the real downside is that when I'm pale I just look like I'm decomposing...

[@mbergie1313]

@@janiemurray1929 omg same. I don’t become the pretty milky pale, I just become more and more translucent and all you see are blue, purple, and green veins 🤡

[@sydneybristo22]

I LOVE the look of low contrast just didnt know thats what it was. Now i think i need to really change my clothing bc i wear too much black bc i am heavy plus size.

[@demi2641]

I absolutely love your insights and isms. Thank you! 😘💯👌

[@reformingbeauty]

the wild hair look BEFORE you slicked it back. I liked all of it. None of it looked off to me 😅 I fins no matter what colors I use my eye makeup ALWAYS looks the same 🤔 unless I use a colored eyeliner smoked out. I don't like the harsh line look on my eyes.

[@emilym8943]

Wow. This explains a lot. I have dark hair. When I try to do natural everyday makeup, it disappears. I'm not quite sure how to apply it without having a full face.

[@brockit79]

You're very clever and explain it really well. New Kackie fan here.

[@kackie]

🥹

[@PamperedWife]

This video was so good! Thank you.

[@tarski7420]

So helpful, thank you!!!

[@MsXrayTech.]

Hello there Kackie! I think that high contrast look is a very nice look for you!!!! Of course the original makeup look was also a great look on you, however increasing the contrast accentuated all of your natural beauty. As an X-ray Technologist, I know all about contrast and saturation, so you are totally speaking my language, LOL!!! Anywhooose, I think your makeup always looks great and a “makeup” version of smooth and natural looking skin! Luv all of your content! You are GREAT!!!💕🐩💕

[@AnnieKay-yp5gy]

Can we lobby for a Kackie Color Wheel to be published? With the pointers called out as she does in her videos?😁🥰

[@beaherzberg]

This is such a cool video. I’m super high contrast and wear lots of eye makeup and a big black wing like Nicolette on the daily. The issue I struggle with is that I don’t know how to “amp up my look” for fancy events - it tends to just look the same. How much further can I take it? Ya know? Kackie, or anyone else have advice for a fellow high contrast?

[@ah57588]

Fellow high contrast person 👋. Maybe consider playing with texture and temperature? I find for formal events I always play with textures in clothing like sequence and glitter to give an extra oof, and thus on the eyes I love going for really bright silver glitter on the with a matte black smokey eye. I also find cause I'm so cool toned, oranges look crazy high voltage to the point of me needing a lip liner to help make the color a little more native to me. On the other hand a black lip is just native to my skin so it's not what I do when I want more oof. Warm tones just pop off my skin so I use it when I want a little something I really like actually taking a picture of myself and basically getting the hexadecimal codes of hair, eyes, face etc with a dropper tool to then use them in making some color palettes. It can be a really fun way to see how colors work on you without actually buying a bunch of makeup

[@sea_g0at]

thank youuuuuuu 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@ShellLise]

Love these vids K😍

[@yamilletrivas8041]

You have created what people think are "artsy" people! Ha. I loved this 🪄 magic sorcery spells that you cast as you transform. It is wholly you, yet not our everyday you. Loved this video.

[@yipon5]

I am interested in your contrast theory with someone that has truly very little contrast, fair with blonde hair. In that yes it doesn't take much to see color on said type of person but for people with those natural values often do do ok with black

[@jessicamota9779]

THIS EXPLAINS SO MUCH

[@naturalchicgirl9218]

Which do you prefer Westman Atelier new concealer or Sarah Creal concealer?

[@likewise6867]

i like messy hair! 🤍

[@kayannaottaway3381]

How does this work as a deep autumn. I have darkened my hair a bit so I think I’m moving from medium contrast to a bit higher. Eye makeup in fun colors is what I’ve yet to get. I have moss, olive, amber hazel eyes. My hair is mahogany ash and my skin is around Mary Kay beige 7 , w6 to 6.5 Ioreal color match. I’d love to know how to really to my makeup but interesting colors using deep autumn

[@tbear8839]

One of my North Stars is “southwestern”. If I’m uncomfortable in what I’m wearing I add a piece of turquoise jewelry and I instantly belong in what I’m wearing. I love actually naming and owning this concept ❤

[@mirandahein5344]

I love this description of contrast! My challenge is still that my eyes are so dark that they’re almost black, and my skin is very pale, and my hair is reddish auburn… so I don’t ever feel truly low contrast or high contrast, rather a combination of each. Any tips for this strange combo?

[@mirandahein5344]

Wow! Never thought about trying to mattify for increased contrast! Or about adding pure white! Excited to try.

[@nicolinabriganti1646]

STUH-NING ❤❤❤

[@WendsSc]

❤ love this. Thank you

[@kkmarzipan]

Ahh Kackie I feel like I need your safe advice. I am so pale/light hair/light eyes/low contrast to the point that in any photo I am an amorphous blob. But trying to lighten the lights and deepen the deeps makes me feel like there are ONLY mid nothings to work from, or I feel like I have 80lbs of makeup on. Lol maybe you need to fly me in for one of those Lisa Eldridge style vids.

[@kackie]

Okay so it's all relative and what would increase your contrast to 100% might be like 25% saturation on anyone else. Start with your bronzer and contour even on your eye look and see how those colors can increase intensity without you looking or feeling overdone 🤍🤍🤍

[@haveyoumetmay]

You are so the kind of nerd I can relate to 😅 ❤

[@sineadrooney480]

Love your videos! The in depth colour chats are great 👌 But, I have a problem...I'm arty... I paint... I've done a photography degree... I understand colour, light etc etc But I STILL can't figure out whether I'm high/low contrast and cool/warm undertones 🤦🏼‍♀️ I swear that I'm different on different days... Sometimes I see cool icey pink in my skin, other days I'm pale but sallow... Sometimes my lips disappear, sometimes they're really quite a deep mauve (compared to my whiiiite face) Sometimes my hair and brows look the same colour as my skin and I look like a beige egg ... Sometimes they don't 🤷🏼‍♀️ Who am iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii?

[@elissae3280]

Totally un related to the concept of this video (lol) but where is that velvety looking robe from???? I’ve seen it make cameos on your insta and was like I need to know when it popped up in this!