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Sopas Na Takuatung is a professional image consultant who also lectures at universities on make-up, colour and style. He sees his subject as contributing to a larger development in the life of his clients and students.
Story by Reeya Chaicharas
Do you know, colourwise, what tone group you are in? Or what the values and chromatics of your personal colour dominance are? If the answer is "no" or "not really but I'm confident that the colours I wear suit me" -- you might want to have a chat with Sopas Na Takuatung, co-founder of Colour N Style.
Opened a couple of months ago, Colour N Style is a professional image consultancy with a syllabus certified by the Ministry of Education.
"I want it to be recognised by the government to show its advantages to the progress of Thailand in this era of globalisation," says Sopas.
"We offer three courses, Colour, Style and Make-up. It pinpoints to each client exactly how he or she can enhance and develop his or her personal statement."
Sopas' entrance into this business began on the catwalks of Thailand some 15 years ago, along with the likes of Carmel Salvala, Linda Katancharoen, Nopphon Komarachun and Penporn Paitoon.
"During my days as a model, not much emphasis was put on the importance of the right type of make-up," he recalls. "The beauty advisers of cosmetic companies would do our faces. They all drew fierce eyebrows, eyelids were always green, cheeks bright orange and mouths red -- a complete contrast to the pictures of models in foreign magazines whose make-up enhanced their looks in such a natural way.
"I decided to invest in a make-up course in Australia so that I could do my own make-up for fashion shows, or at least direct the make-up artist doing my face. The course included make-up for women too, so I decided to put the skills I acquired to use professionally.
"I realised that there was more to basic colour schemes and rules than the general complexion classification of fair versus dark. I had all these questions which nobody in Thailand could answer.
"Then I heard of Colour Me Beautiful, an institution in Virginia, USA which focussed on 'colour analysis'.
"According to American analysis, Thais fell under 'winter' category which is based on a high contrast look -- black hair, dark eyes, dark brows with a fair complexion. But there are different types of fair such as fair with a yellow undertone or blue or pink, which they didn't take into consideration. By the end of the year I still felt that the answers to my questions were incomplete.
"But at least it had given me a basic understanding of how colour worked, of style or 'bodyline' and social etiquette. I used what I'd learned as guidelines to bring out the best in my clients, though always had the feeling I could have done a better job."
This dissatisfaction with his personal performance, stemming from his need for a more detailed knowledge of the Asian complexion, led Sopas to continue his studies and research.
"After a few year's experience dedicated to the complexion, I have conducted many classes and provided colour analysis to different types of clients. It has answered all my questions in relation to colour and how it should be used.
"You wouldn't believe the kaleidoscope of undertones in a complexion. In dark skin they range from yellow, purple, red, green, charcoal to black."
He saw that Thais don't fall under one category alone.
"They fall under both the warm tone and the cool tone," he said. "These are derived from the colours associated with each of the four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter. And these factors must be taken into account before a person can be classified into one of the six categories: warm, cool, deep, bright, soft and light.
"I tell my clients that before you can achieve success in your career, you have to be able to sell yourself; and in order to sell yourself you must know yourself and how to choose the most attractive or tempting packaging."
But how do you tell which is your category?
"From the natural colour of you skin, eyes and hair with natural daylight as the indicator," says Sopas.
"First I have to find out under which of the two major groups a client falls, warm or cool. So I sit them in front of a mirror with no make-up on their face in the path of natural daylight.
"The face is the best indicator, as it is the part of the human body that we see first and is responsible for making first impressions. Besides, the face is our most expressive feature; it reflects our every mood.
"I start by draping a warm coloured swathe of material across the shoulders and then a cool coloured one. The wrong colour immediately makes your face droop, while the right colour brightens it.
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