Elevated Style By Aliya

By Dion MayersPublished about a year ago • 3 min read

Aliya is also a speaker, and has provided virtual and in-person workshops within companies such as Google, The Network of Women NYC, JP Morgan Chase, Philip Lim, Urby, Luminary, and Signature Leaders to name a few. Balancing entrepreneurship, along with being a busy NYC mom of 2 boys, only reinforces her commitment to helping more go-getter women show up as their best selves!

What’s a common style mishap I see most in this new normal of Zoom life?

Wearing unflattering colors that don’t represent the true YOU or complement your complexion. So many are hesitant about color, simply because they don’t know how to make it work for them. I get it. That’s why I happily get to do what I do! Trust me, embrace color, and your style confidence blooms.

Every woman should define what I call her “Signature Power Palette.”

Power colors are different for each person, depending on personality and complexion. When helping clients identify their own style, how to wear color is a big part of that. The strategic placement and use of color can speak volumes.

Your Signature Power Palette can be a fun and powerful expression of your personality AND can make YOU stand out. However, color doesn’t always have to be bright and bold to make a statement.

No matter your age, body type, or profession, these top three tips will help you rock color in a way that represents your best self virtually and in person!

COLOR CONFIDENCE!

Know Your Undertone

Neutral Essentials + Power Colors

Don’t Forget That Face

1. Know Your Undertone

You are “warm” if your skintone has greenish or yellowish undertones. Think of shades of sunshine and fire; colors along that spectrum will complement this skin tone well. You’re “cool” if you have blueish undertones. Undertones have nothing to do with ethnicity. You can be very fair or very dark and have blueish undertones. Think of bright and muted jewel tones to compliment your complexion. You’re “neutral” if you can’t really tell or fall in between. Anything too bright can overwhelm “neutral” undertones. Instead try neutral colors in the middle of the color spectrum: salmon, olive greens, and off whites would be a good choice for a “neutral.”

2. Neutral Essentials + Power Colors = Versatility

When it comes to creating a simplified wardrobe you want to start with the base colors for your main essentials (what you wear the most) Next, add 3-5 colors within your Signature Power Palette to make your wardrobe versatile.

Imagine mixing and matching with ease and taking little to no time to decide what actually goes together?! #wardrobegoals