Imagine you buy a new outfit the day before an event. You congratulate yourself for being so organized and on-top of things. But wait, do you need new shoes now too?
A skin-tone heel is one of the most useful shoes you can own. Buy a pair and you never have to wonder if you have the right shoes for a new outfit again. It works with any outfit of any color. A skin-tone heel will both disappear and give you height.
It does take some practice to see your skin-tone and recognize a match. Shop for skin-tone shoes in-person, not online, in bright daylight hours, and bring a friend. Have your friend tell you when you’ve found a match, then compare the perfect match to the others and figure out if your skin has more yellow, red or whatever color. After you can discern your skin-tone, you can try buying skin-tone items online. But you won’t know for sure if it’s a match, until you see the item in-person and in daylight. You will return more shoes than you keep if you buy them online.
What about skin-tone sneakers, sandals or flats? Are they useful? Skin-tone flat shoes don’t have the same magic of invisibly giving height, but they are an easy outfit staple. For example on a summery trip wearing shorts, your legs are showing and a skin-tone sneaker or sandal will work great with anything you wear.
When do skin-tone shoes not look good? Your head and your feet are the visual book-ends of any outfit you wear. Sometimes you are going to want a stronger finish, a stronger color on the feet, to pull it all together. If you have a question about an outfit, try it on and see. But the magic of skin-tone shoes won’t happen unless the color match is right on.