Soft Summer 🌫️

Soft Summer is the cashmere sweater of color seasons: muted, cozy and quietly expensive-looking. Your coloring is cool-neutral and gently blended, with no single feature shouting for attention. Skin may be light to medium beige with a slightly grayed or olive-ish cast, and it can look sallow in bright or very warm colors. Hair is often ash brown, dark ash blonde or mousy brown, and eyes tend to be gray-green, soft hazel or muted blue. Your magic is in dusty, smoky shades like mauve, rosewood and muted berry. Neon brights and stark contrast will wear you, while soft colors make you glow.

Best blush for Soft Summer

Muted, slightly grayed blushes look like your own coloring turned up a notch: dusty rose, soft mauve, rosewood and muted berry. Choose soft matte or satin finishes, since high shimmer can look busy against your soft coloring. Bright pinks and clear corals can look painted on. Blend color softly on the apples and up toward the cheekbones, keeping the edges diffused so it reads as a gentle shadow of color.

Best lip colors for Soft Summer

Your lips love shades that look like they've been softened with a drop of gray: mauve, dusty rose, rosewood, muted berry and plummy pink. A rosy-mauve nude is your everyday hero. Satin and creamy finishes keep it soft, while super-glossy or neon formulas can feel jarring. Avoid orange, clear coral and hot pink. Your best red is a muted berry red or soft raspberry rose, rich but with the brightness dialed down.