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As a color and style consultant@houseofcolourdallas, Ginny Hudnut knows a thing or two about how clothes impact the way we see ourselves.What she shares about color analysis might surprise you, in all the best ways!

“In short, color analysis is an appointment where you learn which palette of colors flatter you most. There are many benefits to this, but one of my favorites is that it give your freedom!

Color analysis empowers you to be confidant in wearing the colors that look amazing on you and be free to pass up colors that aren’t doing you any favors. I like to think of wearing your colors as meeting your potential. When you nail your best hues, you look and feel healthy, alert, and beautiful!

Wearing the wrong colors can make you look tired, sick and dull. And, well, those colors were meant for someone else.

I love knowing that I don’t need an army green jacket because it’s not going to flatter me while it looks amazing on so many others. Knowing your colors helps you to be comfortable in the skin that God gave you and embrace your unique, natural beauty.”

If you have questions for Ginny, she’d LOVE to answer them!!! PM her about her services and see what she offers @houseofcolourdallas. Maybe you’re even thinking an appointment with her could be the Christmas that keeps on giving!

I’ve had fun style adventuring with you this week, & I hope you feel more equipped to shop well as you approach this season of giving.

Photo credit: The talented Baylee Grambling @ Unsplash.

Girl, next time you post a photo of yourself doing something fun — playing at the beach, eating dinner with girlfriends, snuggling with your younger sibling, be ready.

There is always someone out there who does not want your good.

There are some people who are not your people. Yes, there are girls (and boys, alike) who will call themselves your friends in the hallways but who choose to whisper crude and vicious names for you, covering their own mouth and the listener’s ear with a cupped hand, attempting to hide their words. But the words, spilled out all over, spoken quietly from one person to the next, travel quickly and get exaggerated, like messages in an elementary game of “Telephone.”

And those kinds of words, the crude and vicious names — they hurt.

Even when someone justifies, “Well, it’s true.”

Listen, Lovely. Only people who completely love you know what is true about you.

Did you hear that? I called you Lovely.

Your birth name or your adopted name might be Brooke or Elizabeth or Jane. But keep this in mind, and train yourself to hear Your Maker’s voice as He whispers your name into your ear. Your Creator has always called you Lovely. From your very beginning, you were beautifully crafted and uniquely made.

But I am sure you have been called other names that eat away at your joy and crush your spirit.

Fat.

Flaky.

Weakling.

Beanpole.

Ugly.

Hoe.

Nerd.

Loser.

Idiot.

Have you ever wondered: Why do I hear these names repeat themselves to me more often than Lovely, especially when I look in the mirror? [Read more…] about Listen, Lovely. Can You Hear Your Name?