Free Colour Guide from House of Colour

 

Expert Colour Analysts House of Colour, have this week launched a free downloadable Guide to all the Spring /Summer seasons colours as featured in the High Street for women. 

The free guide highlights the upcoming strong emphasis on colour in women’s wear and gives clear notes as to which colours will be found and how the different looks can be worn.

Click here for free colour guide
Helen Venables, Director, House of Colour Ltd. comments ‘We hope this free guide will encourage people to be brave and embrace the hot trend for colour this season. There’s so much out there with last year’s trend for colour blocking in contrasting, clashing colours evolving into more tonal mixes being worked together. If you don’t know which colours flatter you it can be too scary to use any colour at all or there’s a tendency to stay with the one or two colours we feel safe in. But there is a vast explosion of colour out there and we don’t want anyone to miss out on the fun!

Individual colour analysis is a highly desirable service providing a lifetime of benefits to the client; both financial and in terms of self confidence. During the session, clients see for themselves which colours make them look amazing and understand why. The palette of colours suggested will all complement each other, as well as the individual wearing them and so mixing and matching in the wardrobe becomes easy.’

‘The colours women choose for their make-up is of course also affected by fashion trends and this season the neons are back but having the underlying knowledge about which colours will make you look natural, healthy and vibrant rather than garish and even older than you are, is confidence building and means experimenting is fun.’

House of Colour have a network of colour consultants throughout the UK and internationally. They are the only company in the industry to hold the coveted Investors in People Gold award which ensures clients benefit from the highest standards of in depth colour analysis. ‘There’s never been a better time to discover what colour can do for you!’ said Helen

FACTFILE:
Established in 1985: House of Colour are an organisation with over 140 consultants around the world. The only company in its field to hold the prestigious ‘Investors in People’ award highlights its cultural focus on empowering the individual making it the leading British colour and image consultancy.

House of Colour consultants follow the most intensive, thorough and ongoing training available to operate exclusive franchise areas; with vacancies in the UK and globally, many franchisees are looking for additional consultants to work with them.

www.houseofcolour.co.uk

Happy 35th Birthday To Us! And The 'King Of Colour' Has Done It Again...

Daniel Galvin OBE is renowned for being the ‘King of Colour’. During the 1960s he invented ‘Crazy Colour’, he modernised the highlighting industry with his ‘Brickwork’ technique and throughout the second half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st has been continually developing his art by coming up with new, innovative ways of creating the perfect hair colour.

2012 marks 35 years of business for Daniel Galvin and his Marylebone salon and to celebrate this, Daniel has launched a revolutionary new way of colouring the hair. Our new exciting technique is called Finger Painting by Daniel Galvin and is a free-flowing, effortless look produced by gradually coaxing and teasing the colour through the middle to the tips of the hair with the fingers rather than applying the colour using combs and brushes and baking it in foils.

Using a specially prepared formula Daniel lifts the colour that already lies within the natural pigment of the hair, producing a hue that is a few shades lighter than the original and thus delivering a soft, uncontrived effect. Similarly, the finger weaving produces a gentle, more unaffected appearance, avoiding harsh, angular foil lines.

Daniel is thrilled to once again bring a new colouring procedure to the industry: “My key professional aim is to ‘Enhance Natural Beauty’ and I feel that this technique perfectly demonstrates that philosophy. This is such an ideal method for me – by using my hands I’m really getting in touch with my canvas and forcing to the surface that inner natural beauty.”

Own A Colour Charity Initiative Proves That Boys No Longer like Blue the Best

Thousands of Britonss have taken part in the new global Own A Colour fundraising initiative, which is raising crucial funds for UNICEF, the world’s leading children’s organisation. In a surprise twist on gender stereotypes, most men are ditching blue shades in favour of red hues, turning tradition on its head to disprove the old adage, ‘blue is for boys’.

The Own A Colour website offers the chance for everyone to buy their own personal colour for a minimum donation of at least £1 per colour. Faced with more than 16.77 million colours to choose from, 39% of red-blooded men veered towards the colour of passion when shopping for their colour.

Men also showed their romantic side when buying colours as gifts, with 44% of men opting for a shade of pink or red for friends and loved ones.

Pink packed the biggest punch in the popularity stakes and proved to be the most popular colour overall, with 21% of Britonss purchasing a shade of pink. Yellow and green were the least favoured colours.

Own A Colour has the potential to help UNICEF transform the lives of millions of children across the globe. The initiative is powered by Dulux, that has a mission of ‘Adding Colour to People’s Lives’.

Michael Newsome, Director of Fundaraising at UNICEF UK said, “UNICEF is really excited that people from all over the world are snapping up colours. There are plenty left so get onto www.ownacolour.com to join in the fun. At the same time you could save a child’s life, so why not?”

Matt Pullen, Marketing Director Dulux UK said, “Thousands of people in the UK have bought a colour to raise money for UNICEF and current colour choice trends show men prefer to see red! It is great to see the characteristics such as passion, warmth and romance are not just the preserve of other nationalities such as the Italians. The Own A Colour initiative has shown British men aren’t afraid to show their true colours in aid of such a worthy cause.”

Global Own A Colour buying patterns show the UK shares its love of red with Japan, Taiwan and China, where red is the colour of joy, good luck, happiness and prosperity.

Visit www.ownacolour.com for more information and to purchase your own colour for a £1 and help transform a child’s life.

House Of Colour re-brands. Should you, too?

House of Colour feels that they recognise we all need to refresh and rebrand our look as we can get dated and lag behind the times, so they have just rebranded their company to reflect this.

They engaged the services of brand specialists and then as a company they enjoyed the process of working together and with their partners, clients and the wider world to define their values.

“ Everyone within the organisation now knows that everything we do needs to be measured against the following words: Quality, Credible, Colourful, Relevant, Engaging, Supporting, Aspirational, Successful and Profitable and Integrity,” said a spokesperson.

"At a time when Colour is hitting the shops in glorious combinations, blocks and patterns there cannot be a better time for anyone to find out which colours work for them.

"Walking through the high street being wowed by the visual displays often sends us into total panic – because we don’t always know what will work for us."

The spokesperson added: “The knowledge we share with clients helps them discover exactly which colours will work and just how much of them they can wear. To wear a bright colour from top to toe, you need to be confident you can pull it off.

“You need the assurance that comes from objective, scientifically based evidence that you have seen with your own eyes. Even then some people only feel brave enough to start with small tops and accessories gaining courage as they go. Then we’re ready for that amazing maxi dress or polo shirt in our best colours once we’ve received enough compliments to believe that it really does look amazing.

Is it time for you to refresh and rebrand yourself with colour and style? To increase your shopping confidence? Find out more at www.houseofcolour.co.uk.

FACTFILE:
Established in 1985: House of Colour is an organisation with over 140 consultants worldwide. It's proud that it is the only company in its field to hold the top UK ‘Investors in People’ award which highlights its focus on empowering the individual making it the leading British colour and image consultancy.

House of Colour consultants follow the most intensive, thorough and ongoing training available to operate exclusive franchise areas; with vacancies in the UK and globally, many franchisees are looking for additional consultants to work with them. So if you feel you want to find out more about being a colour consultant, why not take a look at their website?