I wouldn’t call myself a connoisseur of hair dyeing, but I know one thing for sure – wearing hair colour that doesn’t suit your face is a disaster. For that reason, today we are going to deal with a subject that has been already belabored a thousand times. Still, I’d like to add a few points that I consider crucial. Okay, so let’s start: How to choose the perfect hair colour for your complexion?
I guess we should begin with focusing on the most important aspects that have to be taken into consideration prior to changing hair color – no matter if you are going to have it done in a professional salon or at home.
Why dyeing hair using the color you like is a bad idea?
Just think for a while, do you always like the hair color of the people you look at? Not really. Even I rarely got my eye caught by somebody passing me on a street because the hair color s/he has is so mesmerizing. To be honest, I turn my head when I see a person with terrible hair color, when the shade makes a particular person look older or when it simply doesn’t suit skin tone even a slightest bit. And this one of the main reasons why poor hair color choice is so fatal.
A well-suited, perfect hair color guarantees us youthful look. What’s also worth mentioning, once the hair matches your skin tone, you can resign from applying heavy makeup. How is it possible? A suitable hair color prevents your face from looking too pale, for example. Sounds good?
What color should you dye hair with? A short hair color guide for the beginners
If you are currently wondering what color you should choose to dye the hair with, pay attention to two important issues. The fact whether a particular shade will suit you is determined by:
- your skin tone (warm or cool)
- eye color
Before you start looking for the right color: define your skin tone and eye color. Thanks to these two pieces of information, you will be able to reduce the number of possibilities. Choosing the most suitable hair color will become far easier then.
In a moment, I’ll walk you through the scheme of looking for the perfect hair color. Contrary to what you may think, it’s not that difficult. If you pay attention to a few aspects – which I’m going to mention later – you will learn fast how to choose the most suitable hair color for yourself. Perhaps, you will be also able to help your friends with this task!
DARK OR FAIR?
The very first thing that you should focus your attention on is the illusion. Our brain likes deceiving us sometimes, which might be troublesome even while handling a seemingly easy task such as choosing hair color.
The principle is simple: dark hair accentuates facial features in those people with fair complexion. When your complexion is dark, fair hair will make your face look slimmer. This is why some hair gives us ‘plumpy’ look whereas other hairdos make us look more slender and thin. Surprised?
FACIAL FEATURES
Another issue worth realizing concerns facial features. And these can be either sharp or soft. Now, choosing a particular hair color determines whether the very facial features of ours will be accentuated or masked. It’s worth realizing that dark hair makes our facial features more noticeable, fair hair in turn makes them less eye-catching. As simple as that!
How to choose hair color easily? Define your beauty type and match the right shade
Are you spring, summer, fall or winter? It all depends on your skin tone and eye color. It’s better to know this because various beauty types look better or worse with particular hair colors.
- Spring (peach-shaded fair complexion, blue or green eyes) should avoid ash-colored shades but go for warm tones such as gold, honey blonde, brown, warm red and this popular in recent months strawberry blonde.
- Summer (pinkish skin tone with cool tones, blue, green or brown eyes with gray notes) should go for either silver or ashy strands that light hair up, therefore you should choose platinum blonde or ashy-shaded blondes and bronze. Avoid mahogany, copper and other golden-shaded colors.
- Winter (cool tone, fair complexion, dark brown eyes, gray or deep blue) should warm up the looks with deep shades and enhance the natural hair color by adding blue-and-black shine, aubergine or mahogany reflexes.
- Fall (fair complexion, brown tones, green, blue or turquoise eyes) feels good when surrounded with natural shades such as warm bronzes: gold, copper, nutty shades, as well as blondes but not ashy – better go for warm blondes.
