Yes you read the title correctly, as a makeup artist this statement makes me cringe. Why do dark skin women think their complexions limit their choices when it comes to makeup colors? Recently as I was doing a bridal consultation and helping a client with color suggestions she made the statement, “I have dark skin so I can’t wear a lot of colors.” I wanted to shake her and say snap out of it, beautiful, you can wear any color you want. Dark skin is so beautiful as a matter of fact I love to play with pastel colors like pinks, oranges and reds on darker skin. These colors look gorgeous on darker skin. As most of you know I enjoyed working with Ebony Magazine on the September 2011 edition Beauty Awards issue. While flipping through the pages I came across this photo, it stopped me dead in my tracks. I thought of every dark skinned client I ever had and I just wanted to show them this photo and say bam!! Do you see this??? This model is beautiful with vibrant colors and so are you.
