I was around when the whole find your season color trend came around the first time (I think I was a spring) and I have occasionally picked up books on the subject again over the years. It’s kind of fun the first time. These books never work for me now though because for the last 15 years I have been hennaing my hair and my complexion, eyes and hair are now different seasons from each other.

According to this book and others I have read, I’m supposed to change my hair color to match my light, cool complexion. Henna doesn’t work that way. You don’t pick a color in a box. It permanently stains your hair over your natural color, so dark brown hair might be burgundy and light blonde goes light, bright red. I love my hair color and it is profoundly me, and suits my complexion and eye color no matter what these books say. I tend to wear colors that bring out my fiery hair color like greens, blues and browns, but go for shades that work with my skin tone. Those pastel spring tones of my teens don’t suit my current coloring or my current personality.

All that said, if you want to find your colors this is an updated take on it. It makes it far more complicated than the original (there are now all kinds of subcategories) but there are lots of photos and the people shown are wonderfully diverse.

I read a temporary digital copy of this book for review.