Joy Overstreet, Portland’s personal color analyst, seasonal color analysis, ColorStylePDX.com

First Impressions: you get just a few seconds

After my divorce twenty years ago I signed up for a dating app. Every day the app’s algorithm would cough up a series of profile photos it thought I’d like. (“Like you, he has a cat.” “Like you, he doesn’t smoke.” Wow. They found my soulmate!) I’d look at each one for no more than […]

Denise Lampron, Color Consultant

When less is more – a limited palette makes it easy

As I told my color colleague in LA, Denise Lampron, I am color-greedy. I like having a lot of options in my color palette, even though I mostly use just a few of them in a season. When I saw her palette had about half as many color sticks as I do I was intrigued, […]

Jewel-Tone Summer, custom color palette by Portland's personal color analyst, Joy Overstreet

Anatomy of a Face

Mask mandates are about to be lifted in many areas across the country. I have mixed feelings about this shift. Dropping our masks means we can see each other smile, but it also means scary times for people with compromised health conditions. For the sake of those folks (and myself as an older person) I […]