Muted Summer is all about softness, harmony, and subtle elegance. Discover muted colors, mineral makeup, and accessories that will accentuate the natural calm and balance of your beauty.
Muted Summer – harmony and subtlety of neutral tones
Muted Summer is a beauty type full of softness, balance, and subtle contrast. It looks most beautiful in muted and smoky colors—neither too bright nor too dark.
- Complexion: Usually with a neutral or cool undertone; light or beige.
- Eyes: gray, green or blue (often subdued, with a hint of gray).
- Hair: ash blonde to medium brown.
Your beauty dislikes sharp contrasts and intense colors. Black, snow-white, or neon hues can overshadow its natural charm. Soft pinks, muted greens, taupe, or gray-blue make you look fresh and harmonious.
How is Muted Summer different from other types of Summer?
- Cool Summer – looks best in clear, cool shades of pink, blue and lavender.
- Bright Summer – distinguished by whitened, pastel colors, emphasizing the etherealness.
- Muted Summer – prefers muted, neutral and slightly smoky colors that give the style coherence and balance.
Your colors – subdued, smoky, harmonious
You look best in:
- bases: gray, taupe, navy blue,
- accents: sage, steel, dirty pink, lavender.
Avoid: pure black and snow white, as well as bright, neon colors – they are too contrasting and sharp.
Mineral makeup for a muted summer – naturalness and softness
Reach for neutral, matte and slightly smoky shades that harmonize with subtle beauty and do not create too strong a contrast.
Pink
- Romantic – light, candy pink,
- Rose – subtle, subdued pink,
- Soft Petal – a creamy pink with a delicate finish,
- Sugar Bloom – muted pink.
Bronzer
- Truffle – a subdued, neutral shade,
- Cafe au Lait – light and neutral, good for soft modeling.
Shadows and pencils
- Eyeshadows: Margarita (dusty pink), Platinum (steel gray), Lilac (candy purple),
- Pencils: Catmint (pastel purple), Forest Sky (cool gray), Midnight (noble brown with a purple hint).
Mouth
- Clover – a cool, daytime pink,
- Pink Apple – a muted, cool pink.
Style and accessories for the Muted Summer
- Clothes: muted colors – grays, muted pinks, blues and beiges; muted denim is a safe base.
- Jewellery: silver, white gold, delicate matte finishes; stones in muted shades (agate, rose quartz).
- Nails: smoky pinks, cool beiges, grays – instead of intense reds and neons.
- Hair colors: natural shades with cool, ash tones – without strong contrasts and golden reflections.
Mineral makeup ideas
- For everyday use: coverage or mattifying foundation, Sugar Bloom blush, Margarita eyeshadow and Pink Apple lipstick.
- For work: Rose on the cheeks and a bit of Midnight eyeliner, smudged with your finger to softly define the eye.
- For the evening: Platinum on the eyelid, Forest Sky as eyeliner and Clover lip pencil.
