So, let’s figure out how to determine your appearance type using the Kibby method
To determine the subtype, you need to know that the theory is based on the principle of separation into Yin and Yang (feminine and masculine). It is the set of these traits that makes a person unique.
Depending on the manifestation of female and male traits (height, weight gain, bone structure, physique, facial features), the stylist divided women into five main types: Natural, Dramatic, Classic, Romantic, Gamin and their subtypes, which we will consider further.
Also read about methods for determining appearance type according to Kibbey and Larson.
Description of the Thirteen Subtypes of Kibby
Soft Natural
from medium to small, no more than 171 cm.
The "Fresh and Sensual Lady" has an angular bone structure, but softened by the fullness of the body. Facial features with full and blunted angles, eyes from large to small, round in shape. Small wide nose or slightly out of proportion, full lips, soft cheeks.
The shoulders are wide and square. Limbs of medium length or short. The palms and feet are medium sized and curvy, or slightly small and wide.
Soft Naturals have a small waist relative to their chest and hips.
The figure can be classified as “Hourglass”, but not pronounced.
When you gain excess weight, your body becomes plump, soft and dense. The upper arms and legs accumulate fat deposits most quickly .
Natural
from medium to high, no more than 174 cm.
“The Girl Next Door” is charismatic and open. Soft Yang manifests itself in her, this is expressed by a slight broadness and angularity, there is a disproportion of features.
Her eyes are small to medium in size. The cheeks are tightened; as a rule, they do not change with excess weight. The shape of the lips is straight and thin.
Their bone structure is angular with slightly blunted edges, slightly straight and square, like the contour of their face. Shoulders are broad.
Hands and feet are medium in size, can be large.
The pure straight guy has a lithe, lean, yet muscular, straight figure. Straight hips and toned chest. Elongated arms and legs. The waist is long.
Excess weight is distributed around the waist, resulting in a stocky, square-shaped figure.
Flamboyant (bright) Natural
from medium to very high, from 165 cm and above.
A “free-spirited woman” is tall, has long legs from Yang and wide, rounded bones from Yin, a flexible body, feminine, and at the same time strong. Their facial features are open and broad. The shape of the lips is straight and thin. The eyes range from very large, open to straight and small. Sunken cheeks.
The figure is straight, wide, angular. The chest and hips are toned. They have muscular arms and legs. The FN does not have an “Hourglass” figure.
As you gain excess weight, your face becomes plump and plump, your body stocky and square. Fat deposits accumulate around the waist.
Soft Dramatic
from medium to high, from 165 cm and above.
“Diva/Diva” with a strong dominant Yang and a touch of Yin. Facial bones, prominent and sharp, with an exotic touch: large eyes, full lips and cheeks.
The bone structure is large, angular, expressed in the shoulders, wrists, palms, and feet. The limbs are long, the shoulders are wide.
If MD is not thin, then his figure is curvy in the chest and hips. The waist is medium, can also be full.
Excess weight is visible on the softer parts of the body: the face, upper arms, chest, waist, hips.
Dramatic
from medium to high, from 165 cm and above.
"Majestic Lady" , an extreme manifestation of Yang. There is an angularity in their appearance, all lines are sharp. Facial features are always sharp. The eyes are almond-shaped or slit-shaped. The cheek areas are sunken. Lips are straight, may be thin, narrow.
The structure of the bones on the face is expressive, sharp (nose, cheekbones, chin). An elongated bone structure with sharp angles, resulting in long arms and legs. The shoulder design is square or narrow.
The body is quite narrow in width. They have a flat chest, narrow hips, and usually no pronounced waist.
When you gain excess weight, your thighs and upper legs become heavier, unlike your upper torso.
Dramatic Classic
medium, up to 171 cm.
The “laconic lady” is proportionate, slightly angular in bone structure and facial features. Eyes are medium to large. The lips and nose are slightly pointed and medium in size. Cheeks are lifted.
The shoulders are narrow, square or pointed. Square palms and feet. The nose, cheekbones, and chin are pointed or square.
Being at ideal weight, the figure is neat and compact. Chest – waist – hips are evenly proportional. The waist is short and high.
In DK there are exceptions: the figure looks like a not pronounced “Hourglass”.
Long or medium length arms and legs.
Excess weight is distributed from the waist down. The figure takes on the shape of a pear.
You can learn more about the classic family in the article “Type of appearance of the classic family according to Kibbey and Larson”
Classic
average, from 162 – 171 cm.
Balance of Yin and Yang, from here and “Sophisticated Lady” . All facial features, as well as the figure, are symmetrical and proportional. The bone structure is average. The shoulders are pointed, conical.
Everything is proportional in form, the body is flexible or sinewy.
Excess weight is distributed evenly from top to bottom.
Soft Classic
from average, no more than 168 cm.
“Graceful Lady” type is proportionate, round, with soft and symmetrical, non-exotic features. They have large eyes, soft cheeks and full lips.
MK has a figure with soft or rounded corners. The arms and legs are moderately short in relation to the body. The size of the palms and feet are medium to small, slightly wide.
Shoulders are conical or sloping.
The figure tends to be slightly plump. Uniform proportions, chest - waist - hips, the waist is slightly high.
With excess weight, the body becomes soft, facial features become lush. With excess weight, the figure takes on a denser appearance.
Romantic
from medium to miniature, from 165 cm and less.
“Dream Maker” , this is how the famous image maker called the owner of extreme Yin with delicate features and curvaceous curves. Romantics have a shortened vertical line, wide bones, but graceful and not large. The shoulders are rounded and sloping. Small palms and feet.
Their facial features are sensual, rounded, curvy, graceful, slightly wide, but not angular. Lips are full. Large expressive eyes.
The figure resembles an hourglass with curvy arms and legs.
As you gain weight, your face becomes dense and your body becomes rounded.
Theatrical (theatrical) Romantic
from medium to miniature, from 165 cm and less.
“Femme Fatale” combines the softness of Yin and the angularity inherent in Dramatics.
TRs are small and delicate with slightly sharp angles such as the nose, cheekbones, chin, shoulders. Small hands and feet.
A bright hourglass-shaped fig with thin bones.
When you gain excess weight, your waist remains clearly defined. The face, arms, and thighs become plump.
Soft Gamine
from 166 cm and below, usually miniature.
The combined essence of the “Temperamental Young Lady” is manifested in the feminine form of the rounded features of the figure and miniature stature, with an angular bone structure.
Delicate contour with slightly pointed nose, cheekbones and chin. The design is round with doll-like features. Legs and arms are short.
When you gain weight, your figure becomes round and accumulates in the chest and hips. The face becomes plump and the upper arms may become soft. This type feels extra pounds, even if this is not the case.
Gamine
from 166 cm and below.
“The Girl with a Twist” combined two opposites in her appearance. Miniature stature. Small bone size from Yin and straight, slightly pointed Yang lines. Big eyes, thin lips, sometimes medium.
The shoulders tend to be narrow, square or conical. The arms and legs are long, but the palms and feet are medium to small in size.
Thin figure with toned chest and hips, sinewy muscles
Excess weight appears around the waist and hips, rarely higher.
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ALL ABOUT COLOR TYPES A long time ago I started studying shades and color types, having thoroughly processed more than one hundred megabytes, I decided to make my own complete informational and educational article with normal examples.
ALL ABOUT COLOR TYPES from DIANE STELLA
What is a color type?
A color type is the set of shades that nature has given you. There are 4 color types in total, which conveniently fit into the season. Each season has its own palette. A person can only belong to one color type, that is, he belongs to either WINTER or SPRING, or AUTUMN, or SUMMER.
How are colors distinguished?
— Colors are separated by temperature
— Colors are separated by saturation
How to determine your color type?
There are 2 ways. 1st is an experiment with rags and 2nd is a search for matching signs. I defined myself by the 2nd.
I want to immediately make it easier for everyone to self-determinate themselves. Most Russian women are SUMMER by color type.
When I was trying to define myself, I mistakenly believed that I was SPRING.
So you need:
- Put your hair in a ponytail
- Lighting - daylight from the window
- Take fabrics:
- light orange or light blue or green - Spring
- fuchsia or black or snow white – Winter
- soft pink or lilac or pale blue - Summer
- brown or brick or dark green - Autumn
Apply it to your face and try to determine which ones do not fit exactly. If the colors are yours, then the face will be fresh, rested, if not yours, the face will be tired, every wrinkle will be visible, and if there is a pimple or redness, then they will appear even larger and even brighter.
Hair is determined only by natural hair, not dyed hair; if dyed, try to remember your native color.
Signs
Spring - warm, light, clean (saturation) color type - freshness and purity
This color type is rare for Russia. Often confused with the Summer and Autumn color type. Swedes, Dutch, Germans, Scandinavians
General description:
skin and lips:
transparent, thin, with a warm soft golden or peach undertone, the blush is a subtle milky pink. The lips have a warm natural red color, which is fundamentally different from the soft bluish cold color of the lips of summer and winter.
freckles:
Sometimes they are not gray like Leta’s, but golden or golden brown.
hair:
more often light: linen, honey, golden brown, sand. As children they were all blond. With age, hair darkens, but does not lose its golden tint. Even if the hair is dark-dark brown, it still has a reddish-golden tint, not only in the sun, but also in the light of a lamp.
eye color:
the most diverse: from blue, gray to golden brown. There are practically no dark or pronounced green shades.
Tan:
On very fair skin, the tan will have a red tint. The middle one has a golden bronze color.
There are several varieties of Spring:
Warm - can be confused with Autumn.
The main difference between these types is the color of their skin and hair.
Spring type hair does not come any darker than honey blonde, and its shade is golden, without a reddish copper tint.
Spring is never sparsely saturated, dull, calmly blond, it is always a radiant, intensely golden appearance. Spring, unlike autumn, tans easily and blushes easily. Autumn seems a little pale compared to spring; people of the autumn type do not have a blush on their cheeks. To finally make sure that you are spring, you can do a color test - apricot versus red-brown. Dark brown, perfect for autumn, is too dark for spring. Apricot, on the contrary, well emphasizes the radiance of spring, but is too primitive for autumn, it seems vulgar.
Light - the appearance mixes warm and cool shades, so you can use both spring and summer colors.
The word “light” is key for you when choosing colors.
Very dark colors make you unhappy and tortured.
Bright - a mixture of Spring and Winter.
Both types are characterized by contrasting appearance (expressive colors of eyes, skin, hair) and brightness. The difference between Bright Spring and Winter is that any type of spring is always warm (but compared to Warm Spring, Bright Spring is more neutral), and Winter is always cold. Bright Spring's hair, eye and skin colors are always lighter than Winter's.
Any colors you use should be bright and clean, but you should avoid dark, pale and muted colors because... they completely extinguish your natural “aliveness”.
Autumn - dark, warm, muted color type - luxury and nobility
This color type is often confused with Winter.
skin and lips:
The complexion is quite intense and distinctly warm. It has a peachy hue and golden highlight. Unlike the spring color type, the skin does not look transparent and the blush rarely touches the cheeks.
freckles:
red, can cover the entire body
hair:
red, golden-red, copper, golden-copper, chestnut-red. Even dark hair will have a sufficient red tint.
eye color:
it can be icy blue, bright blue, emerald green, transparent light green, golden brown with yellowish specks.
Tan:
doesn't tan well.
Autumn also has several varieties:
Warm - Such “warm” girls look best in colors typical of autumn - brown colors of fallen leaves, yellow and red, pumpkin-orange, fragrant cinnamon. Rich and warm colors are in perfect harmony with the natural golden coloring of their owner.
It is best to choose medium-toned colors, not too dark, but not too light.
Warm Autumn sometimes overlaps with the Warm Spring color type, so it is allowed to use colors from the palette of this related color type.
Deep - RICH, BRIGHTLY EXPRESSED
*rich (dark) eye and hair color *light to dark skin This type is often confused with Winter
The deepest and most pronounced autumn shades are suitable for a rich Autumn - dark chocolate, tomato red, green shade of fir needles. These colors will emphasize the brightness of this type. It is very good to combine such deep colors with bright ones for contrast. Avoid light pastel shades and light earth tones, they will dull your natural depth. Saturated Autumn is Autumn turning into Winter, it is less bright than Warm Autumn. Remember the month of November in nature - the former diversity of shades is no longer there.
Soft is a mixture of Autumn and Summer types.
This type is characterized by a combination of warm and cold tones in appearance.
*eyes are quite light, with a “soft” tint, sometimes interspersed with gray
*skin with a slight cold undertone. It is often difficult to determine which type to classify it as - warm or cold * hair is light or brown in “mouse” shades
For Soft Autumn, the softest autumn shades are also suitable. They should not use saturated colors, as for Warm Autumn, or as deep as for Saturated, due to the fact that they will contrast too much with the muted color scheme of this type. The color range offered by Soft Autumn is quite soft and neutral, you can wear both soft warm and soft cool shades. Avoid flashy colors!
Winter - dark, cold color type - clarity and contrast
skin and lips:
mostly light, pale, clean; rarely - dark, olive in color. The blush is subtle pink, cool, lips are cool pink or with an olive tint
freckles:
almost not
hair:
black, brown with a silver or blue tint; very rarely - white (in combination with dark eyes, dark skin)
eye color:
always clear, rich: black, dark brown, dark blue, light cold green, emerald, violet, gray-blue, amber. A sharp contrast between the iris and the white (white with a bluish “backlight”). Eyebrows and eyelashes black
Tan:
rarely good, but for southern girls - olive color
Several varieties of Winter:
Cool - The main rule for this type is not to use warm colors!
Cool colors that highlight the beauty of Cold Winter should be rich, not pastel. For example, pale blue and light lavender will look faded against such a bright appearance.
The peculiarity of this type of Winter is that many of its representatives at a young age were closer to the Deep Winter type, and with age, the natural shades of skin, hair, and eyes became colder and softer.
This type is closest in color to Cold Summer. Therefore, you can safely use the color palette recommended for this related color type - raspberry, plum, rich and cool pink. These same colors are recommended for use in makeup.
Deep - saturated
* Rich (dark) hair shade * Rich (expressive, juicy) eye shade * Skin can be either very light or dark There are warm shades in appearance, this is especially often characteristic of skin tone
The rich natural color scheme of this type allows you to safely wear active and pure colors, such as scarlet, rich blue, and pure neutral colors - rich charcoal gray, black and white. People belonging to the Winter color type are among those few who are adorned with the color black. Deep Winter is a mixture of Fall and Winter, so the deepest fall colors (dark chocolate, dark green) will also suit this color type.
Bright - PURE *bright, sparkling eyes - blue, hazel, green *snow-white whites of the eyes * light skin, with a slight warm tint *hair - dark brown or black
Bright Winter looks best in outfits consisting of items in pure and bright contrasting colors. For example, combining snow-white with dark blue. Black suits this type; it will look especially advantageous in combination with bright colors. You can afford the most daring, “sparkling” colors - ruby red, emerald green, sapphire blue. Bright Winter is Winter turning into Spring, so you can safely indulge in such bold spring shades as bright coral and cool yellow.
As I already wrote, the SUMMER color type predominates in Russia, so I want to tell you about it in more detail, what to wear, what colors, and so on. This will be in the next post.
