The Juicy Beauty Word

Ahhh, magenta! It had to be one of my favorite, if not the favorite, Crayola crayon colors growing up. Pantone, the fashion industry's go to color matching system, has chosen Viva Magenta 18-1750 as the color of the year for 2023. What color is Magenta? Magenta is a pinkish purplish red. There can be many variations of magenta. Some can be more purple. Some can be more red. Never-the-less, all shades of magenta are mixes of red and blue.  Magenta is a similar color to fuchsia. Fuchsia is more purple than magenta. Magenta is redder than fuchsia just to give you a clearer visual. The Viva Magenta color may not look quite the same color as the Crayola magenta.  I think it is a bit redder than the crayon. Pantone refers to Viva Magenta as a nuanced crimson red tone. It is an empowering, fun, joyful color. Just think of red lipstick and how good you feel wearing it. Bold and confident. We need a strong positive color for 2023 after dealing with the pandemic and all its fallout. Viv...

Summer is my favorite time of year for color. I love all the vibrant colors in the garden; the flowers, the butterflies and the little hummingbirds with their iridescent feathers.  The sky always looks extra blue on a summer day. Then, there is the contrast between the the green trees and the blue sky. And the summer sunsets are always amazing especially over the water at the bay. Summer nail polish colors are my favorite too! Give me bright, bold, shimmering color. The Zoya Dreamin' Collection for Summer 2021 gives me some of those bright colors I crave! There are six colors in the Dreamin' Collection, 4 creams, 1 neon cream, and 1 outstanding shimmering mermaid shade! The neon cream requires 3 coats for full coverage. The other 5 cover beautiful in 2 coats.  I recently wore Darla on my toes for my daughter's bridal shower. It was the perfect pink to coordinate with our romantic pink garden theme. Plus, it was just perfect with the roses on my dress!!! I called on my cre...