My name is Karina Leacock and I am your Colour Analyst and Image Consultant for Wakefield, Holmfirth and Penistone. My objective is to encourage and show you how you can look your best every day no matter what stage you are in life. This is about you, your image, your confidence and your wardrobe.

When you look good, you feel good, so why not look and feel good everyday? Learn how to be one of those people who have just “got it.”

Let me tell you my story………… I relocated to Yorkshire quite a few years ago and all the “best things in life” started to fall into place. I experienced the House of Colour journey as a client and had so many light bulb moments. It was an amazing confidence boost and helped me gain the knowledge to wear colours, cuts and styles that made me look fantastic as I dressed my body shape and expressed my personality through my clothes.

It was amazing how small changes had such a huge impact on the way I judged myself and how people perceived me.

Of course as life changes, so do requirements. During pregnancies I maintained a fabulous capsule wardrobe and now that I have young children I still maintain an interesting, on trend wardrobe which suits my lifestyle.

So what is the next step………………. Book a Colour Class and I will demonstrate how you too can look your best in colours which suit your natural skin colouring. Follow this with a Personal Image Class where we look at your body architecture and how to dress to accentuate your strengths and create those optical illusions around the bits you’re not so keen on. Understand your personality and how to express this through your clothes and accessories. Revisit your make-up in the Make-up Class and learn application techniques, day and night makeup and how to do those smoky eyes!!!!

I run classes at weekends and during the week from my studio based in Oxspring which is just outside Penistone.

Classes are informative, fun and relaxing. Once you’ve been you will wonder why you didn’t come years ago.

So if you’d like any more information, please phone or email me. Scheduled classes are listed, but if these aren’t suitable then please suggest an alternative date.

I very much look forward to meeting you.

Regards

Karina

P.S. As Coco Chanel put it: "If a woman is not well-dressed one notices her for her outfit, but if she's impeccably dressed it's her that one notices"

Testimony:

My daughter persuaded my husband to buy me this as a Christmas gift. It was indeed `timely’. I’d entered the phase of `late middle age’ and to be blunt, I’d lost my sartorial compass. I was never what one could call a clothes horse but I’d begun to feel invisible. What did my image say about me? Did I even have an image? Having watched several episodes of What Not to Wear, I was treading a middle ground between boring and tragic. Oh, how I envied those defiant rule breakers who just didn’t care.
Karina was brilliant in that she inspired us all to make the most of our physical attributes and to identify clear steps forward. Style is not to be confused with fashion; style is your personal statement, your signature. Fashion changes but personal style reflects the inner `you’, whatever one’s age. Karina’s objective was to set us on the path to developing a practical & easy set of guidelines. By knowing what to look for when selecting clothing, anyone can feel good about their appearance, thus releasing time and energy to devote to weightier matters.

Anne-Marie, Leeds

My colour analysis session with Karina was the start of me re-building my confidence after having 2 babies in as many years. My journey began back in October 08 and its impact for me was both immediate and very emotional. I returned home with my new make up on and my children recognised the change straight away, they couldn't stop smiling and stroking my face! I was so shocked by their reaction I tried to introduce my new colour palate and make up gradually into my daily routine, but as soon as the compliments started flowing in I went all out! Gone is the black from my wardrobe and even though I have bought very few new clothes what I have co-ordinates and I know it suits me. Seven months on from the start of my journey I am looking forward to returning to a leadership role in a new school with considerable responsibilities, a position I gave up, partly due to lack of confidence, following the birth of my second child 2 years ago. This time last year I would never have even considered a new job let alone going to an interview!! Of course I wore my palate of colours and make-up and after being offered the post I was complemented on how lovely and professional I looked by a member of the interview panel! I believe that colour analysis has changed my life and it is the best investment I have ever made in myself.

Sue, Barnsley

I've had so much fun and the positive comments have been unbelievable. I went and bought a purple coat and absolutely everyone has commented on it. I am adjusting to wearing more vibrant lipstick and again people now think I've started to wear make up when all I've done is change my lip colour. I've started to be more bold in my colour choices and have moved away from browns and greens. The transformation hasn't been that hard but so many people have noticed how much better I look and are convinced I've lost more weight. I must admit I've always been intrigued about whether wearing the right colours made any real difference. Colours are very obviously the key. Thank you for a very inspiring morning. When I get some spare time I would love to come back for a style make over. I cannot thank you enough, I feel life is going to get more exciting and my confidence is sky high!

Sam, Mexborough

My next door neighbour announced she was having a colour analysis, style and imaging and a make up session for her birthday. My ears pricked up, as over twenty years ago I also had colour analysis and was found to be an Autumn. Have I “worked” my colours? – well yes to a certain extent but certainly not fully. So what was this style and imaging I asked – and found that it involved looking at your face and body shape along with “the real you” to discover your clothing personality. Well I had always been very “limited” in my dressing although I knew what I liked – but then nothing really went with anything and some clothes were never really worn. So twenty years on and aged 50 pus I decided it was time not only to start using my colours fully – but also dressing in a style that really does suit me. So a friend and I booked in for the style analysis (at this point she hadn’t had her colours analysed. We spent a fascinating day with Karina – and both learnt such a lot. I am a natural romantic and she a natural classic – and knowing each other as we have done for 24 years – we could both see how everything fitted together. It was a life changing and life enhancing experience – after Karina had looked at my face shape she told me to wear my hair off my face rather than covering my ears as it made me look younger. This I did from then and I can’t tell you the positive comments I have received– everyone loves my new look and how simply it was achieved just by tucking my hair behind my ears!!! Of course my friend decided she wanted to have her colours analysed before she completely revamped her wardrobe and as a 20 year old Autumn I decided to have mine reviewed. In addition we decided to have a short make up session to compliment the colour analysis After the style analysis obviously I had to concede to a little retail therapy! - using my colour wallet of course! And what fun I had – but best of all I knew it was a good investment (that always goes down well with your significant other!!!!).I knew I was buying clothes that would last and that were right for me – in both style and colour. We went yesterday for our colour analysis and make up session – another inspiring day – and more information to take in and digest – seeing my friend’s analysis as a Spring just reminded me how easy it is to look good simply by wearing the right shade of colour for you. The whole experience has been life changing for me – and I mean that most sincerely. I feel not just confident but completely comfortable and at home in my clothes now.. Although for me the pathway has been slightly elongated starting as it did 20 years ago, knowing my colour and my clothing personality has been essential for me to be able to build a workable wardrobe of clothes for all occasions. I would always recommend anyone thinking about having colour analysis to have the style and image and make up session as well as they compliment each other so intricately.

Jane, Oxspring

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