About Me
How does one define themselves? Who am I and what do you want to know? Is it where I grew up? My hobbies? What I do for work? The music I listen to? Or something else?
First off, my name is Amy Nelson. I grew up in South Texas where seasons didn’t exist and heat and humidity did.
I love music, I played the flute in band/marching band and tenor saxophone in jazz band, and I can talk about Taylor Swift for hours if people let me. I like staying on top of pop culture and can tell you where most of the 2000 Disney Channel icons are now.
I’m competitive and love playing sports, particularly basketball and pickleball, and have a love/hate relationship with running. I recently fell back in love with reading, my librarian mother is so proud!
I love my family and friends - watching movies with my dad, going for hikes with my mom and sister, scream-singing in the car with my nieces, and exploring new restaurants, bars, and cities with my friends.
Most importantly, I know what it’s like to not feel comfortable in your skin. I know what it is like to not trust yourself and question who you are. There are many ways to discover yourself, to find self-worth, and to feel confident. Knowing your true colors is not the end all be all in feeling yourself, but it did help me. My goal is to help as many people as I can, become just slightly more comfortable and confident in who they are when they leave my studio.
My Color Journey
Feeling authentic in my own skin was always a struggle for me. I could never figure out the formula to feeling beautiful, confident, powerful, and me. I have struggled with my body image and self confidence for as long as I can remember. After I graduated college, I decided enough was enough. I read books, watched YouTube videos, absorbed so much content on makeup, hair, and fashion thinking that would be the key to finding myself. Spoiler alert, it didn’t work. However, I did learn valuable skills and learned what did not work for me.
Early 2022, I started seeing Color Me Beautiful pop up everywhere. I tried to analyze myself and decided that I was a Light Spring.
This worked for a while, but there was a lot of colors in this palette that I didn’t feel comfortable in. I started to think it was my fault and that I just was incapable of looking good in anything. Dramatic, I know!
In February 2024, I decided enough was enough. I clearly wasn’t able to figure this out on my own and I needed professional help. I decided seeing someone in person was crucial and ended up finding a lovely personal color analyst in Portland, Oregon. I was then classified as a Floral Spring!
I loved these colors! But as time went on, I still felt off. I felt too bright, like they made me pop too much. While I loved the colors, I would put on an article of clothing in that bright red or purple and immediately go with cute, but too much for today. I found myself craving the reason why I felt this way.
In June, I packed my bags, and drove the ridiculous 12 hour journey to San Jose, California to be officially trained as a color analyst by the brilliant Olga Kamova at the Image and Color Institute International. I had no idea how much I didn’t know about colors, personal color analysis, and color seasons. This method takes a personalized and holistic approach to determining someone's personal colors. Once I truly understood the history and process, everything clicked. I feel like I have found myself and that I am confident in who I am - therapy helps too!
I am an Iridescent Summer.
