Ep 140 | Your Color Guru with Jeannie Stith-Mawhinney

Jeannie Stith-Mawhinney of Color Guru helps us shop efficiently by understanding what colors work best for us in our KonMari wardrobe.

Jeannie is obsessed with helping real women look and feel amazing in their clothes. She is the founder and CEO of Color Guru, where she helps women create the wardrobe of their dreams by analyzing their hair, skin, and eye color in order to give them their ideal color palette for clothing.

She teaches an online course called "Style Secrets for Everyday Women." Jeannie is a wife and mother of two girls in Arden, DE. Her work has been featured on the Design Mom blog, This Organized Life Podcast, and Philadelphia Style magazine.

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In this episode, you’ll enjoy:

  • Learning what a color palette is all about and how it can help you find more joy in your wardrobe
  • Can a color palette help you in your KonMari journey? Yes!
  • How Jeannie became the Color Guru and how she works with her clients
  • What are the different color “families” and how do they differ?
  • Jeannie and Kristyn go in depth about the revelations Kristyn learned from her own color consultation with the Color Guru
  • Discover new ideas and great tips for how to make your colors work for you

Jeannie's favorite tidying tip:
“I have arranged my clothes in order of color instead of type. I love that my colors all work together.” *If you follow Jeannie's suggestion that you should only buy things that work with things already in your closet, this will help you easily pull outfits together!

What sparks joy for Jeannie:
Jeannie has been thrilled with her blooming Peonies in her garden this year.

To connect with Jeannie, you can find her at YourColorGuru.com
And, she’s on Instagram @yourcolorguru

Just for Spark Joy Listeners:
The Color Guru is offering you 10% off of any color consultation or gift color consultation! The coupon code to use is “SparkJoy”.

Gems:
"It’s not our fault that we have trouble knowing what works for us colorwise, we are all just guessing."
"Wow, I don’t wear these colors, but they are in my home."
"We get so many messages about what we should want to buy, that we stop trusting our own intuition."

"Understanding your shape and style is important as well. Color and style all work together"
"Does this purchase work with at least five other things in my closet?"

You can find Karin Socci at The Serene Home
You can find Kristyn Ivey at For the Love of Tidy

Special Guest: Jeannie Stith-Mawhinney .

Om Podcasten

Welcome to Spark Joy, co-hosted by certified KonMari Consultants Kristyn Ivey and Karin Socci. Spark Joy is the podcast dedicated to celebrating the KonMari Method and the transformative power of surrounding yourself with joy; and letting go of the all the rest. Made popular by Marie Kondo, author of the bestselling book The Life-changing Magic of Tidying Up, the KonMari Method is a revolutionary professional organizing technique and way of life. Join us as we explore the world of KonMari and how the method impacts your home, health, wealth, family and well being. Spark Joy engages thought leaders and innovators in the KonMari universe. We share our experiences as KonMari Consultants, working with clients from all walks of life: families, empty nesting folks downsizing, young people setting up their first homes, and others. Look forward to practical tidy tips that will help you execute your own KonMari journey with ease and joy. Spark Joy wants to hear from you! Tell us your burning tidying questions or share stories about how KonMari has impacted your life. Find us at www.sparkjoypodcast.com, email us at contact@sparkjoypodcast.com to leave a question or comment for a chance to be featured on next week’s show. Join us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter via @sparkjoypodcast.Thanks for tuning in, and we hope your day sparks joy! NOTE: Spark Joy the podcast is not endorsed by or affiliated with KonMari Media, Inc. The opinions expressed on the show's episodes represent the views of the co-hosts and guests alone, and do not represent the corporate position of KonMari Media, Inc or the KonMari consultant community.