Fashion trends may be fickle, but colour analysis insists your palette is for life. For Luxembourg-based Melanie Reuter, the practice is drawing a growing clientele – and turning a passion for drapes and undertones into a thriving side business.
"You see, this palette here yellows her face." Melanie Reuter puts a warmly-coloured flag over Stefania Glezos' shoulder. "Whilst this one livens it up." She folds a cool flag in various shades of blue and purple across the other shoulder. Then she picks up two drapes: one in a cool grey, another one in a warm beige to strengthen her point. More drapes and flags, more direct comparisons. Sometimes we immediately see her point, sometimes we struggle to see the exact difference – yet, Melanie knows what she is talking about, pointing out that one set of colours define the jawline more than another, and her comments are met with enthusiasm by Stefania, who, as we learn, has been typed a so-called 'true winter'. Her palette consists of cool, highly-contrasted colours, uninfluenced by autumnal warmth (which would turn her a 'dark winter') or spring's lightness (which would turn her a 'bright winter').
What's usually important before starting a session: Clients should wear no makeup, no jewellery, and have no dyed hair – if the latter is the case, the head has to be covered during the analysis. Melanie herself wears a white cape to avoid influencing her reading of clients' undertones. One such 90-minute costs 120 euros. "It is a one-time investment. It last for life, your season doesn't change. So you can adapt your shopping habits gradually", Melanie says.
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