Image Consulting Business & Motherhood

Ever wondered how a woman juggles motherhood as well as running her own business? Colour Me Beautiful’s Samantha Birkwood sure does!

Samantha currently manages her own professional image consulting business ‘Image & Style’ in both Hong Kong and Macau, seeing clients from all walks of life, from bankers and lawyers to stay at home mums.

Her specialties include Fashion, Style, Color and Image Advice, Business Dressing, Wardrobe Weeding, Bridal and Weddings, Teens as well as Business and Corporate Training.

For personal consultations, Samantha conducts them at studios on both coasts, or in the comfort of her clients’ homes. For corporate consultations, she sees clients at their place of business.

And she does all of this while taking care of her 1 year old daughter with another one along the way!

Samantha understands the demands of a busy lifestyle, being a working mother herself. With her background in the corporate world, including positions in Project Management, Marketing and Public Relations, she fully understanding the ins and outs of running your own business.

She has also been busy with attending events, bazaars and functions to let more people know about the benefits of image consulting. Samantha loves helping her clients, and goes the extra mile to keep them updated on the latest styles and trends for the seasons.

Samantha has recently teamed up with Hong Kong’s ‘Love It’ boutique store, offering customers their very own personalized colour analysis, helping them identify colours which complement them, and colours which wash them out.

A one of a kind store which imports their favourite boutique labels from around the world to Hong Kong, Love It only carries one or two of each pieces of each size of clothing, so customers never have to worry about running into someone else wearing the same thing!

Samantha’s advice and tips on colours, paired with the philosophy behind Love It is assisting customers to be more confident in making their shopping choices.

Take a sneak peak at Samantha at some of her events.

Here she is showing a client what colour category she belongs to according to her skin tone and the colour of her eyes and hair. For example, does she have light coloured hair and eyes? In that case, she would belong to LIGHT category. Or if she has dark hair and dark eyes she would be a DEEP.

Here are all the tools Samantha used to conduct a style and colour analysis on Love It’s customers, including a full set of colour drapes, colour swatches, style mood boards, scarves and Colour Me Beautiful books. These tools are all provided by Colour Me Beautiful, one of Europe’s largest image consulting firms. 

In the images below, Samantha is assisting a client at a colour party to learn her best make up colours that suit her skin tone and how to apply them - a fun way to get a group of girls together and learn some new make up techniques!

This Thursday, November 1st from 2:30 to 7:30 pm, Samantha will once again be offering free 5 minute colour consultations at the Love It store. Come along with a friend and enjoy this service whilst shopping at this cute little boutique on Hollywood Road!

Are you a mother yourself too and would like to embark on your own supplementary business where you can pursue something you love, re-ignite your creativity and make a difference in the lives of other women? Then becoming an image consultant might be just the perfect opportunity for you! Click here to find out the list of our upcoming image consulting training courses and sign up today. Email us at info@colourmebeautiful.hk for more information.

The importance of Colour

If someone were to ask you "What's the underlying hue or tone to your skin?"...would you know the answer?

What about "What are the colours that complement your hair and eyes the best?"

For those of us without an artistic bone in our body, this may come as somewhat of a challenge.

And this is precisely where Colour Me Beautiful image consultants come in.

Our 58 consultants are all equipped with the most up to date knowledge of colour analysis, using the colour wheel system created by Alfred Munsell, helping you analyze the best colours to wear in both your makeup and your wardrobe. Do you belong to the category of Light, Deep, Warm, Cool, Clear or Soft? Which season would you be classified under - Spring, Summer, Autumn or Winter? Well, this all depends on your colouring!

For example, ladies who fall under the category of Autumn, you're natural coloring is fiery, earthy, golden and natural. Just think of autumn leaves and the autumnal landscape. You can wear both muted and rich, warm colors like exotic spice colors. Moss, rust and terra cotta are all complementary to your colouring. 

Those of you who belong to the ''Clear" category-you possess dark hair, eyebrows and eye shadows, with either clear blue, green or hazel eyes. Your most prominent feature are your beautiful, sparkling eyes that pop. For your makeup, choose bright colours such as teals or rich purples for your eye shadows to draw attention to your best asset. 

Colour Me Beautiful consultants will carefully help identify your category step by step, then show you your best colours using a selection of colour drapes carefully placed next to your face for optimum visualization. Upon receiving your colour consultation you will also receive your very own colour swatch for you to take out every time you go shopping!

Shopping can be made so much easier and more efficient once you are equipped with the knowledge of colours to avoid as they wash you out, and colours that will make your eyes pop and your face glow.

Not only do our consultants offer this service, but they also organize special events and parties where they offer fashion advice, breaking down the top trends of the season and teaching you how to work them practically according to your lifestyle, body shape and budget.

Take a look at some of our Colour Me Beautiful consultants in action.

Here are Veena, Elise, Alex and Annette at Coach helping the women know their most flattering colours in order to buy that perfect handbag or pair of shoes.

Here is Eve at the Cambridge ribbon cutting ceremony event.

 

And here are consultants Elise and Samantha helping women in the audience identify their must have colours and colours to avoid.

Here are Eve, Elise and Veena with Cathay Pacific's management team at an event where Colour Me Beautiful consultants styled and did colour consultations for Cathay's beautiful flight attendants.

Interested in getting your colours accessed by one of our consultants? Click here to contact one of the them!

Considering joining our wonderfully diverse, international team of image consultants? We offer a variety of training programs on all areas of image consulting for both men and women! Click here to find out which one you're most interested in. 

Image Consultants in Action

Ever wondered what a day in the life of an Image Consultant is like? Well take a look at Colour Me Beautiful HK's very own Carla Naisbitt in action as she consults and styles a group of women right in their own homes.

A vivacious head turning Brazilian beauty with a spectacular room presence, Carla is fluent in both English and Portuguese, and currently works as an international, jet setting image consultant. She runs her image consulting business in the cosmopolitan cities of Hong Kong, Singapore and Sydney, seeing clients in all 3 locations!

Carla has had vast experience working with real women of all different ages and body shapes from all over the world. She specializes in conducting workshops for small groups, as she believes this is the most cost effective and fun way for anyone to enjoy a head to toe makeover.

Check out Carla as she hosts a colour party for a group of friends in the comfort of their own house.

Here she offers a colour consultation where she helps women identify the colour category which they belong to by accessing the colour of their eyes, hair and skin tone.

Next, she places the colour drapes, teaching them how to identify the range of colours and hues which suit them best.  She also helps identify the colours which don't suit the women.

By understanding their own colours, these women are now equipped with the knowledge to purchase new additions to their closets in the colours and shades which complement them best. The women can take away their own colour swatches which assist them in their next shopping trips!

Feel free to email Carla at carla@colourmebeautiful.hk to find out her new workshop dates in HK or when she will be in your city next!

Interested in having your very own personalized experience in learning your best colours for both your wardrobe and makeup, how to choose the best styles and cuts for your body type, and how to incorporate the season’s hottest trends into your wardrobe? Look no further! Colour Me Beautiful offers colour, style and makeup consultations. Check out our various consultations packages here.

Trying to look for some fun, interactive activities for your friend's hen night, bridal shower, baby shower or just simply organizing a girl's night in? Why not try one of our party packages! Get to know your own unique style personality or the best make up colours to suit your lifestyle with one of our party themes.

Inspired by a day in the life of our image consultant Carla Naisbitt? Why not follow in her footsteps and embark on your very own image styling business? Like Carla, you can develop your own personalized schedule and see clients wherever you are in the world! Whether you would like to pursue such a business on a part time or full time basis is all up to you. It's never too late to pursue a career in fashion and beauty you've always dreamed about!

Take a look at our various training programs run by Europe's leading image consulting agency, and pick the one which suits your interests and goals best.

For more information, contact us right here at Colour Me Beautiful HK for more details. Call us at 2522 2592 or email us at info@colourmebeautiful.hk.

Your dream career in fashion! 

Are you passionate about makeup and fashion? Do you love styling and shopping for your family and friends? How would you feel if you could transform your hobby into your very own business? 

Well, we here at Colour Me Beautiful HK have just the answer for you! 

If you have always dreamt of being your own boss and work according to your own schedule, then becoming a professional Image Consultant would be perfect for you! Or, if you're simply looking for a supplementary business, where you can earn a profit doing what you love in your spare time, then having your own image consulting business would be a fun and colourful way to earn some extra income.

Colour Me Beautiful can help you accomplish your dreams and more! We will teach you the ins an outs of running your own image consulting business, offering you the most up to date, comprehensive knowledge of the beauty industry. 

Not only will you have the opportunity to be trained by Eve Roth Lindsay, an international fashion designer and SCMP’s Style Guru, who will impart to you rich knowledge from her years of experience in the fashion industry, but you will also automatically be linked to a network of fashion and business savvy individuals like yourself! 

54 Image Consultants currently represent Colour Me Beautiful HK. They are made up of men and women from diverse international backgrounds, who all have a passion for helping people realize their full potential of their personal image. Listen to what some of them have to say about their training as an image consultant:-

"Eve, you are such an inspiration, and i simply loved the training week! It not only gave me a new career, but also a new identity of which i am proud of."-Waltraud Bryan, Consultant.

"Thank you so much for teaching me how to be an image consultant and I'm proud I'm part of the Colour Me Beautiful HK organization. I've been looking for a career in the fashion industry for years! You've really changed my life." - Elise Weber, Consultant.


Our consultants may work from their home where they can allocate space for a studio. Some go on to establish themselves in commercial enterprises. You could be the next one to join this team of entrepreneurial fashionistas!

Whether you are a stay at home mum, or a single girl in the city, a career in image consulting is a great way to build a mobile, personalized business. Even if your circumstances mean that you often relocate to different cities or countries, a business in image consulting will offer you the flexibility of having clients anywhere in the world! 

Our goal is to help you build a long term successful business where you are in control of your time, and where you can achieve a satisfying work and personal life balance. To assist you in making your business a success, you will have the proven resources and brand awareness of Europe's leading Image Consultancy behind you. 

Train with us today!

Join our Colour Stylist Training Program and become an Image Consultant in just 6 days! Be your own boss and help transform people’s self confidence today. Training starts from September 10th to 15th. 

Not only will you be able to learn makeup tips, techniques, and application methods, you will also be taught how to conduct a Colour Analysis on your clients, identifying colours which will enhance their skin tone and suit their personality. You will receive 135 colour drapes for conducting such an analysis, as well as your very own colour swatch wallet in your personal colours.

On top of that, you will be trained as a Personal Stylist in the art of wardrobing, creating capsule wardrobes, wardrobe weeding and use of accessories to complete an outfit. Lessons on fabrics, cutting, shape and style will be given, equipping you with the knowledge you need to conduct professional Style Consultations. You will be taught structured theory of assessing the body shape, proportion, scale and personality of your clients to ensure a thorough, successful evaluation.

You will get the opportunity to apply all the theoretical concepts you have learnt on a live model, as well as during a hands on shopping excursion, where you will learn to conduct an actual makeover session.

All the training you receive will automatically qualify you to become a professional Colour Stylist, in which you can start seeing clients immediately! You may choose to be given referrals by Colour Me Beautiful, or go ahead and pursue your own image consulting business.

Whether you choose to pursue this career as a full time or part time basis, you will enjoy the benefits of doing something meaningful-helping people look and feel good about themselves. Who knows? You might even change somebody’s life. 

Want to learn how you can transform your career in no more than ten days? Call us on: (852) 2522 2592. Or, if you’d prefer, drop us an email at: info@colourmebeautiful.hk.

You can find out more about our training and the dates here.

You can also check out more about what we do on our website.

How to…Keep your Cool

It’s hotting up outside which means you’re more likely to get flustered faster when you’re out and about.

Whether it’s stress at work, home, or you’re just plain boiling running around doing errands on time, you’re going to need all the help you can get from your outfit choice.

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Here are some tips to help you keep cool:

Step into the Light! Skip dark colours and opt for white or light-coloured neutrals. They'll absorb less heat. Pastel blues, mint greens and dusty pinks are in style and perfect for keeping cool.

Stay Dry! If sweating is a problem, avoid solid silks or heavy linens. This will avoid any unsightly stains.

A whole lot of holes! Take advantage of open-weave fabrics like mesh or lace. The looser weaves have built-in ventilation - and are bang on trend!

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The sun has got his hat on! A wide-brimmed floppy hat keeps you shaded, makes you look super chic, and helps protect your skin from harmful UV rays all at once.

Read the label! Always go for natural fabrics like cotton. There are synthetic, high-tech materials on the market, but it's hard to improve on cotton, which actually keeps moisture from your skin.

Lighten your load! Trade that huge handbag for a smaller, lighter bag.

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Chill out!  Choose relaxed silhouettes like gauze sundresses, filmy camisoles or breezy skirts. Avoid too-tight anything: it's unbearable in the heat.

Remember these tips when you're next out shopping and enjoy a cool and relaxed summer.

Father’s Day Special

If we’ve got it right, you Dads will be out and about with the family in the sun over the coming weeks so we thought we’d give you a tip or two about summer’s biggest men’s trend: shorts!

Here’s some do’s and don’ts…

1.      Don't wear baggy long shorts unless you are golfing.

2. Don't wear gym/athletic shorts during a dinner out, a day out around town; you're screaming "I've given up."

3. Don't wear cut-offs or jean shorts ("jorts") unless you’re lucky enough to be in your twenties.

4. Don't overload the pockets of your cargo shorts. 

And here are all the things you should be doing!...

1.      Do wear flat front khaki shorts. Don't like khaki? Then opt for a nice charcoal, black, olive, stone or navy color. You will look put together and stay cool and comfy.

2.      Do wear a cool pair of board shorts if you are at the beach. But remember, if you are nowhere near water you will look like a poser!

3.      Do wear linen shorts if you are going to an upscale party and it’s just too hot for pants. Pair them with a nice leather or fabric sandal and a short sleeved linen shirt. You will make heads turn.

4.      Do invest in a trendy short. If you are a fashion forward guy, then you could try some cargo shorts and capris.

Dads and Grads

Are you stumped on what to get the dads and grads in your life? We’ve got all the inspiration you need! 

Hair Style

He’ll want to look good for the big day so booking him in for a proper hair style will be a welcome treat.

Skin Care

This is a terrific way to introduce skin care to guys who would not go out and buy products for themselves. Skin needs to be treated with a little more TLC when it’s shaved so often.

Watches and Cufflinks

A limited budget doesn't mean you can't wear a neat watch. There are plenty of options out there these days. Cuffs can add individuality to a man’s suit so be playful!

Colour Splash

If he is afraid of wearing colour then a cotton or linen scarf might be a good way to add some to his outfit without committing to too much.

Fashion

Sweaters are a key element in any man's wardrobe and are a great transitional weather item for when summer days turn to cooler nights.

Like jeans, polos have become a staple in many a male wardrobe. Colourful tees with fun designs make an excellent gift that’s a bit different.

Bags

Our men have their hands full at the best of times. And what with laptop, papers, keys, phone and lunch, they’ll need all the help they can get. A leather satchel or sophisticated briefcase will sort the problem.

Makeovers 

If you are at a loss and not sure what style or colour suits him, then give him a Colour or Style Consultation from Colour Me Beautiful. It's such an easy gift to give and best of all, one size fits all.

The Power of Colour!

It’s official. Colour actually changes the way people look at you. Psychological studies have now proven that colour can affect the way other people think you are feeling. The women who took part in the psychological study wore different coloured t-shirts. She was judged to be most attractive when she was wearing a red top, followed by white, blue and green. This is the power of colour! It is also why it is so important to find the perfect colours for you.

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Colours set different moods and environments and affect your mind and body in many different ways. We use colour to decorate our homes, to send greetings cards and make food interesting. These ways of using colour can communicate more than we think. So start communicating through the way you dress and give off all the right vibes!

Traditionally, this is how different colours have been perceived:

Red- is a very intense colour. It symbolizes strength and power. It can create excitement and is an attention grabber. It is an encouraging color and often helps with confidence. It is commonly associated with passion, desire and romantic love.

Pink- is an offset of Red. It carries a feminine meaning. It is also associated with romance, love and friendship.

Orange- is warmth and energy. It encourages happiness, vibrancy, and creativity. It says you are social and outgoing. Orange can even stimulate appetite!

Yellow- is a happy and optimistic color. It is very energetic and stimulates mental activity.

Green- is the color of Nature. It symbolizes growth, harmony and fertility. Green is said to have great healing powers and is the most restful color on the eyes. It is also associated with the ocean.

Blue- is often associated with trust, loyalty and faith. It produces a calming effect. Wear blue and say: I am tranquil, calm and serene.

Purple - is often associated with royalty and power. It can aid in creativity. Different shades of purple effect someone in very different ways. Light shades, may stimulate romance and memories. Darker shades can be quite mystical and magical. Purple is a universal colour and will look good on everyone.

White- The meaning of white has always been associated with pureness, goodness and innocence. It helps promote mental clarity and says that you are self-confident and organised. Finding your ‘right white’ is something our Colour Me Beautiful Consultants can help you with! Use white as a base for any outfit.

Brown- Brown means stability and reliability. It also brings about the feelings of approachableness and a feeling of wholesomeness. It is directly connected to the earth.

Getting to know colour is what we specialize in, here at Colour Me Beautiful HK. Our consultants are experts in the area and will assess a client’s natural colourings and style to find the exact shades and tones they should be buying to make the most of themselves.

The way we feel and the way we approach everyday life is based on how we present ourselves. This is something that all too many people overlook. If you get frustrated when you see beautiful potential go to waste and want to work to make people feel good about themselves, then Colour Me Beautiful HK has the way for you to do it.

If you would love to find out more about what you can learn as a Colour Me Beautiful Image Consultant, check out our website or read more of our blog right here!

We have Training coming up this month so if you are looking for a new career in colour and fashion then our six day intensive program could be the perfect thing for you! You can find out more about our training and the dates here.

Want to learn how you can transform your career in no more than ten days? Call us on: (852) 2522 2592. Or, if you’d prefer, drop us an email at: info@colourmebeautiful.hk.