That’s quite the compliment. Thank you so much! I’m blushing.

Totally. Such an important thing to point out. We're not all Snow White. It's all about what colours make the skin look healthy, not about the hair.

Thank you for your kind words. I'm so glad you found it helpful! There's more content for Bright Winters on nordicsimplicity.com

@@JorunnHernes. I’m so excited to see color analysis content, from a Scandinavian perspective. I’m American-Swedish? with relatives in both countries. I have noticed that, both traditionally and today, many Swedes use a lot of bright colors in clothing, home decor and even architecture. I just saw a Scandinavian-looking woman analyzed and found to be True Spring, despite very fair skin and the lightest yellow-gold hair possible. I was determined to be a mix of Light and Bright Spring, as I have a lot of brightness, high chroma, yet only one of three high contrast, darker features (Olive/Gold eyes on very fair, Warm-Neutral skin. It’s unusual to see fair skin and hair in True Spring and Bright Spring, in the U.S. Is this more common or accepted in Norway? I wonder if we Swedes wear many bright colors, comfortably, because we know they look good on many of us! Cultures do seem to reflect the colors of their people, at least traditionally. I would love to hear your opinion on whether or not many Nordic people handle brightness well, or if these are just colors our cultures have, traditionally, preferred and continue to use, for dressing (to a greater degree than the neutral American suburbs and urban hipsters. I was often considered “dorky,” for liking bright clothing, in school and peer groups, in the U.S. Or do Nordic people simply prefer bright colors, because of the need for light, in the long Winters, or perhaps a combination of both? P.S. Please excuse errors in punctuation. I can’t see what I’m typing, or edit without erasing, due to an error, either on YT or my device. I am, in fact, American Swedish…the question mark is an error! 😂 🇸🇪💛🇳🇴

@@sciencenotstigma9534 Hello! Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I actually see that people in Scandinavia tend to wear more neutrals than bright colours, and people whose skin tone can handle brights often shy away from their bright colours in order to not look conspicuous 🙂 but the further north you go in Scandinavian the brighter the colours of the houses seem to get, strangely enough. And the traditional costumes often have bright colours, look here: www.visitnorway.com/typically-norwegian/bunad/. There is a theory out there that traditional clothing of indigenous people often takes its hues from the skin tones of the people. There are several interesting blog articles about that topic on the website colorDNA: www.colordna.com/colour-theory/human-diversity

Oh that’s so sweet of you to say. I’m so glad you found it helpful!

Thank you for your kind words, but no need to thank me. It's only how it should be.

Thank you so much Karen! It is nice and cheery, isn’t it?

@@JorunnHernes Very. Delightful. 😌

Yes! What many fail to mention about colour analysis Seasons is that it is not so much about how you look, but which colours make your skin look healthy and radiant! Consequently, as a Bright Winter you may not look like Snow White, but it is the Bright Winter clear, highly saturated colours that brings out the best in your skin!

Oh Leticia that makes me so happy to hear! I'm glad it struck a chord with you.

I am SO glad you found it helpful!

Oooh I love Swarovski crystals. I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

I am a Spring, with characteristics Light, Bright and Warm-Neutral, in that order. My relatively neutral skin tone, bright, medium green/gold eyes, high chroma golden/ strawberry hair and brightness of skin tone had me “diagnosed,” recently, as in in-between Light and Bright Spring, by color analysis. Are light to medium, warm colored Swarovski crystals and moissanite harmonious with Light/Bright Spring, also? I wear several such crystals, as rings, earrings and pendants, every day…usually about 3-5 dainty rings, in addition to earrings and, often, a small gemstone pendant, too. I avoid ice blue, white (except my engagement and wedding band, and dark stones. The one exception is a white moissanite necklace/earrings set, for very occasional formal events. For daily wear, I prefer light to medium colors that are high in chroma…always have. I love hearing a Scandinavian perspective, as I am half Swedish, with relatives in Northern Sweden 🇸🇪! Do you share the common American definition of Bright Springs as having darker hair and/or eyes than other Springs? I don’t have dark hair, but I do have a lot of brightness and contrast between eyes and skin, with a more neutral skin tone than Warm Springs and many Light Springs, but lean too warm to be Summer.

Hello fellow BW! So glad you liked it.

Hello Nama, thank you for your kind words. It makes my heart sing when my content inspires others!

I couldn't agree more. Most days, I define my brows, put on lipstick and I'm done! I love it that when I wear my colours I don't need a lot of makeup.

Awesome! Thank you!

Thanks so much! I do love this fresh fuchsia colour.

Kati, I'm so glad the video was helpful!

Indeed. Colour is everything :-) Glad you liked the video.

I do feel for you. It can be such a shock and that's why I made this video. It takes time to get used to the thought. And remember, you don't have to wear all those colours at once. Wearing your clear, lovely neutrals and then a small pop of colour, even just as a scarf or a lipstick, makes a huge difference in bringing out the clarity of your eyes and the translucency of your skin. Did you know you can sign up for special emails for Bright Winter, designed to help you with all this? Look here: www.nordicsimplicity.com/bright-winter-community/

I’m opposite of you. I think I’m autumn but I prefer brighter palette like bright winter

Dear Milena, I’m so glad you found it helpful! There’s a lot more content about BW on nordicsimplicity.com

Glad you enjoyed it

Hello Anael, one of the things I like about the sciART system is precisely the fact that it places absolutely no emphasis on hair- or eye colour during the draping. It is only confusing if we do. It is the skin and the skin only that reveals your sciART Season. Your hair colour will never be a deciding factor in determining it. That said, your natural hair colour will look absolutely stunning when you wear your Season's palette, just like your skin does!

I'm so glad you found it helpful, Shelly, and welcome to the cheerful colours of Bright Winter!

Hellooo! I'm so glad you liked the video.

Thanks for letting me know that you like it, it means a lot to me!

So true! Colour trumps style, and price...

So nice of you to say. I'm so glad you enjoyed it.

Hello and thanks so much for this encouraging comment!

Dear Kirsti, I will definitely consider that!

Awww you're so sweet to say this. Thank you so much for watching!

@@JorunnHernesI , too, am inspired by your video! I’m subscribing to your channel, today! ❤

Glad you liked it!

Oooh there's an idea! Thanks for the tip. I'll definitely put that on my list of "what to do next"!

and please for bright spring too :)

...I'm currently working on a Premium class for Bright Springs, like the Bright Winter Masterclass...

Oh my, that's quite the compliment! I'm glad you find my voice soothing. I carry the TCI Classic fans to give to my clients as part of their colour analysis (I am not allowed to sell these separately). You can buy Classic and Corporate fans directly from their website! The Corporate fan is nice, has a wider variety of neutrals in each Season. Indigo Tones fans look lovely, but I have never seen one in real life, only on images online.

@@JorunnHernes Right, but I was wondering if you only shop with one or the other, or both.

@@brightwinter9334 Ah, I understand. I shop with the regular fan. I find it easy enough to harmonise with that, and I don't want to carry more than one fan in my bag . I wonder if the corporate fans were created in order to not scare off men with too may colours!!! But you'd have to ask Amelia in TCI about that.

@@JorunnHernes 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Wouldn't surprise me if that is one, if not the main reason why Amelia created them! I am trying to wear the full range, but I won't buy every single gradient because some just look the same. I know I wouldn't even think about buying a "khaki" shirt (bw corp 1.4), "army olive" shirt (bw corp 1.5-3.1) and "stone" pants (bw corp 1.2) without it, so it's quite valuable!

@@brightwinter9334 Yes, khaki is tricky, so easy to end up with an Autumn vibe!!! Personally, I prefer harmonising with the whole fan instead of hunting for the exact match to a square, though.

Icy and pastel colours are a very interesting topic. I will certainly address that, either in an illustrated article or a video. Great tip, thank you!

Thank you, and yes, I have noticed. A very thin, almost translucent skin is very common among the Bright Seasons, and also in springs, generally.

Thanks for the suggestion! I'll definitely put it on my to-create-list :-)

@@JorunnHernes Ah I have just found your ‘white for Autumns’ vid, this helps greatly, so thank you 💐

I'm glad you found your Season! Look up nordicsimplicity.com for more inspiration!

Hello Misu, the colour charts are from True Color International! This is their website: truecolour.com.au/

Ah... hair colour is tricky, because the chemical hair colours almost always turn warm with time, no matter how cool brown your hairdresser is able to make it to begin with. We have two podcast episodes dedicated to hair colouring for the different Seasons! Check out ep. 11 and 12 here: www.nordicsimplicity.com/podcast/

@@JorunnHernes Thank you 😊

Cool and ashy brown. The only decent cool brown I found was the dark brown fron Khadi . Ok, it is a plant green mess but i always get a brilliant deep brown with blue shimmer, just like my own natural color. I just love it!!!

I would go for something transparent and easy to use, but never ever compromise on intensity. For a nude effect on Bright Winter, go for transparency, not muted. Something like Clinique chubby stick in Chunky Cherry, or Trinny London Sheer Shimmer in Ellie, Trinny London Lip Glow in Tallis. Just to name a few.

@@JorunnHernes thank you so much, that make sense. Love your channel. Best regards

Hello Lynn, it's been a while since I recorded this, but I think it's Dior Addict 536 Lucky (since that is the one I usually wear). There is another Dior lipstick called Lucky Star which I bought by mistake once, and it's the same colour but it's full of glitter so I didn't like that one at all. I think I actually tossed it, which is something I rarely do... But the 536 Lucky is one of my staple go-to everyday lipsticks, not too dark or dramatic but has enough intensity to brighten my face.

@@JorunnHernes thank you so much..

I would think that classic winter refers to what we would call True Winter in the system I work in. True Winter is the true cool Winter, Bright Winter is warmed by a little bit of Spring sunshine, and dark Winter has a little smidge of Autumn glow. But make no mistake, all three are definite Winters. But if you say Classic Winter, my associations go towards True Winter.

Thank you.

Hello Becky, you are of course entitled to your opinion! I would love to hear more. It might be an interesting topic for a blog post. You can write to me at jorunn (at) nordicsimplicity.com if you prefer. I would love to hear from you!

@Jorunn Hernes most importantly your hair is not dark :)

@Jorunn Hernes it would be difficult for me to picture you in a bold emerald color. You are very sweet and I think it would overpower your sweetness. I personally would look at spring. It's possible a light spring yellow would flatter you well. If you try it let me know :)

@@beckykirby1400 When I was young my hair was a deep dark brown. But now that I've grown older, my hair is a silver shade. But in the sci/ART colour analysis system we don't lock you in (or out) of a Season based on hair colour. There is a great many varieties of hair colour possible in any Season.

@@beckykirby1400 Ah, well, Becky, I think we can agree to disagree. There are several bold emerald colours in my Bright Winter palette, and I do not think it difficult to picture it on me. But good job catching the hint of Spring! Because Bright Winter is a cool/neutral Winter with a little bit of Spring influence, there is a bit of Spring sweetness to the Bright Winter colours. But Light Spring green would be taking the Spring influence a bit far. I may look light because I have lost the contrast that my dark brown hair gave as my hair turned silver, but the Bright Winter colours are definitely still the ones that makes my skin glow and my dark blue eyes twinkle.

Hello Kathrin, thank you for sharing your opinion. And yes, it is quite common for a low contrast Bright Winter to be mistaken for a Light Summer. When I was young(er), my hair was dark brown and my contrast level was higher. But the Bright Winter colours are still the ones that make my skin radiant.