For makeup artists

Seasonal Color Analysis for Makeup Artists

Choose foundation, lips and eyes for the face in front of you.

A shade that looks perfect in the pan can turn grey or orange on the wrong skin. Know the client’s season and you go straight to undertones and intensities that work, then send them home with the colors to buy for themselves.

  • Sci\ART-certified method
  • No AI guessing
  • Your branding on Pro
  • Reports for women & men
  • First report free
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A makeup artist applies terracotta lipstick to a smiling client beside a palette in warm autumn shades

Why makeup artists analyze first

Faster shade matching

Warm or cool, soft or bright: their season narrows foundation, blush and lip choices before you open the kit.

Looks that suit, not just trend

Explain why a cool rose flatters them more than a warm coral, and clients trust your choices.

Kit sales that make sense

Recommend products in their season and clients buy because they understand why.

How it works

A couple of minutes before the brushes come out

Run the Hathaura Method at the start of a lesson or booking. Their season tells you the undertone, depth and intensity to work in. See all 12 seasons and their palettes →

  1. Hathaura analysis screen: rating a client’s hair on warmth, chroma and depth, with skin and eye sections below
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    You analyze with the Hathaura Method

    Rate your client’s hair, skin and eyes on hue, value and chroma. Hathaura combines your ratings with color values measured from their photo and scores their season the same way every time. No AI guessing, and the final call is always yours.

  2. Hathaura color picker: choosing a client’s signature color, accent colors and best neutrals from their Light Summer palette
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    You pick their best colors

    Choose their signature color, accents and best neutrals from their season’s palette.

  3. Hathaura Send Results window: email the client a link to their color analysis results
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    You send it, your way

    Email your client a link to their results or download the 20+ page PDF, with your logo on the Pro plan.

Build a kit for each season

Group your lipsticks, shadows and blushes by season and the right options are always in reach. Soft seasons need blended, muted shades; bright seasons can carry clear, saturated color.

After the session, the client’s report lists their best colors, so the lesson keeps working when they shop for makeup alone.

Two makeup kits arranged by season: warm autumn and cool summer shades with matching swatches
A kit for every season, ready for any client.

Services you can build around it

How makeup artists package color. Example packages only: set prices for your market.

Example

Color & makeup lesson

$150–300

Color analysis, a lesson in their shades and a product list

Example

Signature kit

$250–450

Color analysis and a curated kit of products in their season

Example

Event-ready

$200–400

Color analysis before a big event, then the application on the day

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Keep clients coming back

New launches, new seasons and new events are all reasons to book again with an artist who knows their colors.

  • Seasonal makeup refresh lessons
  • Kit top-ups in their shades
  • Bridal and event bookings for clients and their friends
  • Group lessons and color parties

Your brand on every reportPro plan

A beauty guide with your name on it

Their season, best colors and makeup guidance, under your brand.

  • Your logo on the cover, in color or black and white
  • Your name and title with a personal “Prepared by” signature
  • Your brand colors on the lines and accent bar of every page
  • For women and men with wording tailored to each client

From $49/month · first client report free · 30% off your first month

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Hathaura branding settings: your name, title and a choice of three signature styles for “Prepared by”
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Frequently Asked Questions

How does color analysis help a makeup artist?

Knowing a client’s season narrows foundation undertone, blush, lip and eye choices before you open your kit, so matching is faster and the result suits their natural coloring rather than a trend.

Does the report include makeup guidance?

Yes. Women’s reports include makeup guidance for their season alongside their palette, neutrals and colors to avoid, so the lesson keeps working when they shop on their own.

Can I fit an analysis into a makeup lesson?

Yes. A guided analysis in Hathaura takes 30 seconds to a couple of minutes, so it works as the first step of a lesson or an event booking.

What if a client loves a shade outside their season?

You always make the final call. Use their season as guidance: often a softer or warmer version of the shade they love will flatter them more.

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