fair hair (pale gold or flaxen), blue eyes, with or without a
rose flush: this is one of the few types that can wear blue-white. All
cool, refreshing colors; cold silvery blues, pale greens, pale grays,
black, even the shiny black of satin, are all becoming. Heliotrope,
purple, cool violet, pink and lavender may be worn. It may be
mentioned here that, while there are many other colors she _can_ wear,
the cool blonde will never be better dressed than when adhering to the
colors that rightfully belong to her, and to her alone. Her style is
never more charming than when arrayed in sheer, floating, gauzy
materials. But since winter must come, silks, velvets and all wools
are at her disposal in the desired shades. Amethysts, emeralds,
sapphires and opals should be her jewels.
Almost Any Color.
The golden blonde gradually deepens in color as time passes on; she
has usually gray-green or hazel eyes, and a warm, rosy skin. It is a
type that has a wide range of color from which to choose.
Warm reds and even flame-color can be worn, but ambers, yellows and
fawns will be the more harmonious. Warm pink, too, black, brown, warm
greens, cream-white, turquoise-blue, violet, purple and warm gray.
This same type with pale, clear skin, instead of the roseate blue,
must choose very different shades. Olive-greens, all soft
yellow-greens, cream and transparent white, pale peacock and
turquoise-blues, pale amber, mauve pinks, shades of amethyst and
heliotrope are all suited to this type.
Pearls, opals, moonstones, turquoise and topaz, all flowers may be
worn, also pansies, sweet peas, and pale tinted roses.
All blondes, save the cool blonde, deepen in color as time goes on.
Let them watch for this, drop their palest tints, and adopt a few
warmer hues.
Occasionally, we see a blonde in whom this deepening process has
turned the hair to a golden brown, brought out the warm golden tints
of the skin, and with it the blue eyes. Here the mistake is often made
of ignoring the blue eyes. This should never be done. Fawns and old
golds are good for this type. Browns, deep, rich pinks, blues, all
greens but the palest, bluish grays, cream-white and pansy-purple.
Gray Hair.
Premature gray hair has a picturesque and charming effect, often
giving beauty to what might otherwise prove a commonplace countenance.
There are several types to be considered. Greenish gray hair,
premature or natural, accompanied with brown, or dark gray eyes
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