It’s that most wonderful time of the year! Where the flowers are blooming and the birds are singing and everything is turning green. I really love the spring and the life it brings back to the earth! A huge trend that I’ve been seeing right now is pastels. Quick note: if you see some mint green pants, don’t hesitate, just buy them! They are selling like hot cakes!
I think that pastels are perfect for the spring and you couldn’t get more festive for Easter.
Shades such as whites and greys are great to pair with pastels!
(shirt: forever21, pants: marsalls)
Okay, you might say that you don’t look good in pastels, but that’s not true! You just have to find which shade suits you. Interestingly enough, when choosing what color looks good on you, it has to do with the color of your skin tone. I always thought it had to do with the color of your hair! Well, the natural color of your hair is taken into account, and so is your eye color, but lets focus on your skin tones today.
If your skin tone is WARM (tan, olive, or beige skin) then greens, yellows, reds, and oranges look really good on you. If your skin tone is COOL (fair or pale skin) then pinks, blues, purples, and greens look really good on you. This pallette board is a great source in finding that perfect pastel to enhance your complexion!
Since I have pale skin, I chose pinks, purples, and greens for this post.
I REALLY wanted some mint green pants but I couldn’t find them anywhere! I settled for the skirt instead. It’s just off of being a pastel, but when paired with a light pink top, it worked!
(shirt: marshalls, skirt and scarf: forever21)
Here’s an inspiration board to help give you some ideas for whats hot this season! Or should I say pale?
Which pastels would look best on YOU?
For more fashion inspiration check out my blog at dardame.blogspot.com!
And for even MORE Spring fashion inspiration, check out this fun round up of ideas:
Shelley says
Ooo! I love the yellow skirt and pastel wedges. I need to get me some pastels!
Missy says
Fun colors – thanks for the inspiration! I am loving yellow – and now I know it is one of my colors – even better!
Angie C says
This looks very helpful! Just FYI, I am olive skin tone, with dark blonde hair and green eyes. YELLOW LOOKS HORRID AWFUL on me- it makes me look green. Some greens also look terrible on me. Peach, pink and lavender are fab though!!
darlene says
I totally understand! I have fair skin and blues are not quite for me. Sometimes it’s about finding the right shade of color to make it work 🙂 You sound like a beautiful woman and I couldn’t imaging any color looking bad on you!
Cristi says
I love the mint green skirt and pink top!! Great choice!! Thanks for the spring inspired post!!
Stacie says
Where did that green/white/pink bag come from?? I want it!!
darlene says
http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/shop?query=pastel+purse
not a bad price either!!
Judy H. says
I wish we could have received a bit more direction on the pastels that “look best on us”. Even something like “warm yellow orange” or “neutral pink peach” to give us (me) a little more direction. Thank you
darlene says
I will try to be a little more specific in future posts 🙂 Thanks for the guidance! What would you classify your skin type as? Lets start from there.
Nats says
I really like the first top, grey from forever21 worn with the white jeans. Did you get that recently? As I’ve looked on their website and can’t find it! Gutted I really love it, want it 🙁 xx
darlene says
Hi Nat! I did get that recently.. less than two weeks ago. I hope it’s still there! It’s more of a lavender color, if that helps your search a little 🙂
Nats says
Ok thank you. I’m looking at http://www.forever21.com, just checking that’s right? Thanks again xx
Valerie says
Hey Darlene! Great post. Love all your combinations of pastels. Speaking of Green, check out these Avocado pants at Talbots. More in the bright category, but they are Green indeed. I’m not usually a Talbots girl, but these are pretty cute, I have the blue pair. 30% off today too!
http://www.talbots.com/online/browse/product_details.jsp?id=prdi28517&rootCategory=cat70008&catId=cat1250051&sortKey=Default§ion=Regular&conceptIdUnderSale=cat70008&intcmp=20120314_homepage_leftnav2_denim