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Cheryl Sonnek
Minnesota Lake, MN
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I’m passionate about helping others feel confident and empowered! I look forward to working with you to find your best colors!
As a National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach who has worked in the wellness industry for over 20 years, I’m passionate about helping others feel confident and empowered. I've seen and experienced how feeling good about yourself sets your day up for success and impacts those around you. When I got my colors done, I realized Color and Style was another piece of the wellness puzzle that can contribute to helping you feel your best inside and out. Knowing your best colors and style helps harmonize your closet to brighten your true self and add simplicity to your day while shopping, getting ready in the morning, and choosing your makeup or hair color. I look forward to working with you! Please see the My Services tab for additional details on all the services offered.
My Studio
Join me in my color studio to find your best version of yourself and colors that enhance your natural beauty! I'm located south of Mankato, MN and my studio can accomodate individual or groups.
At my studio, I'm dedicated to helping you unlock your unique style and enhance your natural beauty!
My Services
I look forward to helping you feel confident and empowered!
Color Analysis
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Get dressed every day with purpose, ease, and JOY! A color analysis provides you with life-changing information. Using precision-dyed drapes and my extensive training I will prove to you the value of knowing your season; a palette of colors customized to your unique undertones. We apply this information to women, men, and children of all races, ethnicities, and genders. Your season will never change so this is information you can carry with you for a lifetime.
There are three parts to every color session. First is our world-class, scientific draping process that we have refined for excellence and accuracy over the past four decades. Next, I will provide advice on jewellery, watches, glasses, and when applicable: hair and makeup based on your season. Our makeup products will take the guesswork out of choosing colors that highlight your natural beauty. Finally, we'll dive further into your season and choose the best colors for your casual and professional life, discovering your list of WOW colors.
You will leave your appointment with a fan of your seasonal swatches and a brochure full of tips and reminders specific to you that you can reference later to make shopping and wearing your new colors a confident experience!
You should arrive at your analysis free of spray tans and makeup for optimal accuracy. No pictures will be taken without permission, nor are they shared on social media without your consent.
Style Analysis
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Discover the science behind personal style by unlocking the power of you. During a style analysis, I'll teach you how to combine who you are with how you dress so you can step out into the world looking fabulous as your authentic self. We consider your proportions, personality, and preferences to give you a style framework- we call this a “Clothing Personality. You will confidently know which fabrics, prints, patterns, and accessories, necklines, details, and silhouettes flatter your unique body architecture best. Because we factor your personality into this framework, our style analysis goes a step further to help you identify how you feel in different styles and pieces so your clothing not only looks great but also represents who you are.
For this appointment, you’ll bring 5–10 items from your closet that you LOVE and 5–10 that make you wonder why you don’t feel good when putting them on. We'll use this information to help you discover why you gravitated toward and loved certain pieces and what it is about the others that weren't working for you, so you save time and money in the future! At House of Colour, we believe clothing needs to be adjusted to you, not the other way around. It is our goal to make sure you feel your most confident as who you are and how you look right now.
You’ll leave with a book with detailed information specific to you that we'll fill out during the appointment and a Clothing Personality card with keywords that will help guide you when shopping. If you've already had a color analysis, this card can be inserted into your fan which will make shopping easy and efficient!
Wardrobe Edit
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This appointment is designed to take the knowledge you gained in your color and/or style appointment and apply it to your own specific wardrobe. I will help you filter through the pieces you don't wear so you can donate them and provide joy to someone else and keep your own closet free from clutter so you can better mix and match pieces in your wardrobe to create more looks with fewer items.
Advanced Color Analysis
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Advanced Color Analysis is an opportunity revisit your season, refresh your seasonal color knowledge and build upon the foundation of your personal color analysis. It’s something you may want to explore at least three to six months after your initial House of Colour color analysis (I am happy to discuss ideal timing with you).
During this appointment, we'll dive deeper into the specifics of your season and show you color combos, and more makeup options, and provide guidance specific to you.
You will leave your appointment with an Advanced Color guide in your season where we will log all color and make up combinations (we rate them too!) for future reference. You may pair this guide with your fan and color brochure you received at your first color analysis to further customize your look.
Sessions take approximately two to three hours and we will review 40+ color combinations in your season.
Personal Shopping
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My House of Colour personal shopping service will make finding new clothing, shoes, jewellery and accessories hassle-free. As your personal stylist, I will be offering you my time, via this service, as your very own personal shopper. You can personalize how I use this time so that it is completely tailored to your objectives and desires.
Whether you are looking for the perfect outfit for a special event, refreshing your closet for the latest season, or just want expert guidance on how to continue looking your best, my personal shopping services are shaped around you and your goals.
There are a number of ways for you to personalize our House of Colour personal shopping service, for example:
- We can shop together in person
- I can conduct online personal shopping for you, buying items that I know work with your unique features, characteristics and personality
- I can undertake online personal shopping for you, saving items I believe would illuminate you and you can browse and buy at your own pace later.
Let me help you get to clothes you love faster, easier and with my expert guidance, so you can wear what fits, what flatters, and what feels like you with ease.
Testimonials
See what others had to say about the power of colour and style!
As a mom of four and a woman who is running a business, I cannot even tell you how grateful I am for this service!…
View TestimonialAs a mom of four and a woman who is running a business, I cannot even tell you how grateful I am for this service! The last two days it has literally taken me minutes to get dressed because I put on these clothes that I know complement my skin tone. I absolutely love it and feel confident and amazing! I don't have a lot of extra time in my world in general so to not have to think about picking out an outfit and wondering if it looks good and taking extra time to do my make up to make sure its balanced is a total game changer. I work in the world of beauty and I wish this service was a part of every humans journey. I feel it allows us to focus less on the outside and let the inside beauty shine through which is what matters.
April
"What an absolute FUN day at House of Colour Mankato. First off, the second you walk into the studio you're immediately surrounded with a white,…
View Testimonial"What an absolute FUN day at House of Colour Mankato. First off, the second you walk into the studio you're immediately surrounded with a white, bright space that is welcoming and quite cozy! I could have curled up in her corner chair and read for hours. Start to finish, what a fun experience and so glad I did it. Check out her beautiful site/space and consider finding out what season of colors you are!
Bree
"You are the best!! You give me peace of mind and the most wonderful ideas!! I am so happy I found my season with you,…
View Testimonial"You are the best!! You give me peace of mind and the most wonderful ideas!! I am so happy I found my season with you, pure game changer!
Betsy
“I thought my colour analysis was life changing, but my style session was where the magic happened. I love learning more about myself and my…
View Testimonial“I thought my colour analysis was life changing, but my style session was where the magic happened. I love learning more about myself and my body. House of Colour Mankato helped me understand my authentic self and I CAN'T WAIT to manage my wardrobe to align with my style!! From planning a capsule wardrobe to setting a budget, Cheryl will help you down to the smallest accessories or fit."
Molly
Since receiving the color analysis I feel more confident in myself and at peace with my identity in where I should put my focus. I…
View TestimonialSince receiving the color analysis I feel more confident in myself and at peace with my identity in where I should put my focus. I remember how during the analysis I kept saying that some of the colors were magical for me. I don't usually talk like that, so you know what I was experiencing was really powerful for me. I believe you are true to your professional mottos - that you see the individual and want each person to feel confident. I came out of getting my colors done by you feeling special and pretty in my own way. A lot people don't get that feeling growing up from their parents or as adults even from their significant other. You teach people to give that to themselves.
Thanks much!
Pam
I have recommended you to SO many people! You are so amazing at what you do! I can’t thank you enough ???? You were so…
View TestimonialI have recommended you to SO many people! You are so amazing at what you do! I can’t thank you enough ???? You were so patient and responsive and it was the best experience. I usually hate family photos and the stress of picking out outfits but you made it so fun and relaxing!
Lisa