Which Skin Tone Are You?

The Fitzpatrick Scale

The Fitzpatrick Scale is a numerical classification schema for the color of skin, developed in 1975 by T.B. Fitzpatrick, a Harvard dermatologist, as a way to classify the response of different types of skin to UV light. It remains a recognized tool for dermatologic research into skin of color.

The scale itself measures several components: Genetic Disposition, Reaction to Sun Exposure and Tanning Habits, and the questions below will allow you to correctly identify your skin tone more accurately via the Fitzpatrick scale.

Answer each question as accurately as possibly, keeping a running total as you progress. For instance is your answer was “dark brown” on question one, you would score three points, and if it was “Blonde” in question two you would add one point to that total, making four.

Once you have finished the test, you can compare your score with the skin tone chart provided.

What’s your eye colour?

0:  Light blue, light grey or light green
1:  Blue, grey or green
2:  Dark blue, dark grey or dark green. Light brown or hazel.
3:  Dark brown
4.  Brownish black.

What’s your natural hair colour in the area of treatment?

0:  Sandy red
1:  Blonde
2:  Dark blonde, chestnut or light brown
3:  Brown
4:  Black

What’s your natural skin colour in unexposed areas?

0:  Reddish
1:  Pale
2:  Beige or olive
3:  Brown
4:  Dark brown

How many freckles do you have in the unexposed areas?

0:  Many
1:  Several
2:  Few
3:  Hardly any
4:  None

If you stay in the midday sun without protection (sun cream) what normally happens?

0:  Painful redness and blistering or peeling
1:  Mild blistering and then peeling
2:  Sometimes burns and peels
3:  Rarely burns
4:  Never burns

Do you go brown after being in the sun for a while?

0:  Never
1:  Rarely
2:  Sometimes
3:  Often
4:  Always

How brown do you usually turn?

0:  Not brown at all
1:  Very light tan
2:  Medium tan
3:  Dark tan
4:  Very dark tan

Is you face sensitive to the sun?

0:  Very
1:  Quite sensative
2:  Normal
3:  Resistant
4:  Never

How often do you tan?

0:  Never
1:  Rarely
2:  Sometimes
3:  Often
4:  Always

When was your last tan?

0:  Over 3 months ago
1:  2-3 months ago
2:  1-2 months ago
3:  Weeks ago
4:  Days ago

Skin Tone Results

0-7 Points Total – Type I

Very white or freckled skin, always burns with sun exposure (often people with red or blonde hair and blue eyes).

8-16 Points Total – Type II

White skin, usually burns with sun exposure, tans with difficulty (often people with light brown or blond hair and blue, green or hazel eyes).

17-25 Points Total – Type III

White or olive skin tone, sometimes burns with sun exposure, tans gradually (seen in people with any hair or eye colour).

26-30 Points Total – Type IV

Brown skin, rarely burns with sun exposure, tans with ease.

Over 30 Points – Type V, VI

Dark brown/black skin, very rarely burns with sun exposure, tans very easily.

Celebrity Lip Analysis

Which celebrity would you say has perfect lips?

You’re about to find out, and what’s more, you can achieve the same perfection with permanent makeup.

For me it is Angelina Jolie and this sexy beautiful photo typifies true beauty, however. It’s a question I get asked every week, usually followed by a request to have lips like their favourite celebrity.

I can wave my magic hands and certainly give you as near to with permanent makeup by blushing in a lip colour to enhance lost pigment, refresh your definition to give you more youthful lips and if your lips allow it a full lip colour blushed throughout -24/7 lip colour, no smudged lip colour, just permanently beautiful.  But there are many other factors involved in having perfect lips – genetics being one and a great aesthetic doctor.

Firstly let’s have a look at who really has the most perfect lips and what is defines perfect.  So let me ask the question – whose lips would you like to have?   Scarlett Johannson, Halle Berry,  Beyonce Knowles, Monica Belluci or my favourite again Angelina Jolie?

Like I said, I thought Angelina’s lips would top the list without a doubt, but the question has finally been answered with the help of scientific precision, and the answer I found was surprising.

An American biometrics specialist has developed lip-reading software, which uses a scientific formula to rate lips on a 10-point attractiveness scale called the Baileys Lip Attractiveness Software is the brainchild of ‘Lipologist’ Dr Kendra Schmid.

The formula analyses lip proportion, size, fullness, texture, colour and shape. The entire key points I analysis when enhancing your lips with permanent makeup.  

Although, both Jolie and Johansson scored high on the global top lips list, the winner is Italian actress and fashion model Belluci, who took away the first spot.

Bellucci achieved a 10 for lips that are full, smooth and ideally proportioned so that the height of her lips is two-thirds the width.

Johannson scored second with 9.66, Halle Berry third with 9.61, Beyonce Knowles scored a 8.65, and Angelina Jolie rounded out the top 5 with 7.89.

“This is a world first in biometrics; using formulas to objectively score lips according to the characteristics of size, shape, texture and colour,” News.com.au quoted Schmid, as saying.

The top five are:

1. Monica Bellucci

2. Scarlett Johansson

3.  Halle Berry

4.  Beyonce Knowles

5.  Angelina Jolie

Here we are then ladies with the facts as to who has the perfect lips. Whether you agree or not they are all beautiful, stunning women.  These women inspire me to excel in my own beauty and health but it must not be forgotten that being healthy and happy is your wealth and inner beauty. 

If you aspire to having just one feature on your face that is perfect I will use my professional expertise in permanent makeup and wealth of knowledge in aesthetics and cosmetic surgery to guide you in the safe direction to achieve this.  Call me for a  lip perfect consultation call 07980 578252 or visit my lip portfolio for more beautiful lip photos.

Tips for Great Brows!

I’m often asked, “Tracy, how do I get great brows like <insert celebrity name here!>?”

Predictably enough my answer is usually, “come and see me”.   But not everyone is in a position to make the step up to stunning permanent makeup, so here’s a few important points you can follow to improve your existing brows!

1. Only use sterilised tweezers as this will prevent infection, spots appearing
2. Using a eyebrow pencil look in the mirror and draw the start point, finish point and that all important arch/curve point (for a free tip sheet showing how to mark those areas contact me and I will email you a copy)
3. Always tweeze in the direction of hair growth.
4. Ensure you stretch the skin correctly so not to bruise the area when removing the hairs
5. Have good day light or a mag lamp to help the eyesight!
6. When finished. Wipe area with a soothing cream/lotion
7. Use a brow brush to brush the hairs into place
8. If necessary use brow gel to tame those mad wild hairs

Happy tweezing!  And don’t forget – if you’re in any doubt as to what permanent makeup can do for YOU, please call me for a free consultation.

Coming soon: How to improve upon dry colourless lips and many more tips to help improve your natural beauty. Tx