Colouring Your Hair
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When considering a colour change you really want one that will enhance the rest of your features rather than detract from them. What the right colour can do to bring out your eyes or to make you look healthy is quite amazing. It's no good getting the same one as your friend or Jennifer Aniston as it may not have the effect you desire! These tips may help you find the colour for you:
If you have blemished skin avoid the solid all-over colours that are really very blonde or very dark. These two extremes are really only flattering to those under 25 and with clear skins.
If you have pinkish tones in your cheeks, across your nose or have a tendency to blush, avoid the pinky reds e.g. burgundy's, wine reds and mahoganies.
Your skin tone is categorized as being either cool (yellow based or dark) or warm (fair or pinkish undertones).
If you have cool skin tones the basic rule is avoid too much yellow in your hair colour as your hair and skin will begin to blend. Colour's that may work for you are:
Light ash-blondes,
Coffee and cendre/fawn mid-level blondes,
Flat browns,
Wine, mahogany and burgundy reds,
Aubergine/eggplant and blue/green dark browns and blacks.
If you have a warm skin tone avoid too much ash in your hair colour as this can make you appear pale and drawn. Try colours within these ranges:
Honey light blondes,
Strawberry and golden mid-level blondes,
Warm chocolate browns,
Ginger or orange based reds,
Dark browns with a hint of rust.
Your eye colour combined with how dark or light your skin is, plays a big part in how light or how dark a colour should be, to bring out your best rather than to wash you out. Try this for a guide:
Light eye colour with dark skin or dark eye colour with light skin: anything goes.
Light eyes with light skin: stay light/fair with your hair depth.
Light eyes medium skin/ Medium eye depth with light skin - try colours light to medium in depth.
Medium eye colour depth, medium skin - only the dark blondes and light browns are for you.
Medium eyes with dark skin/ Dark eyes with medium skin - stay with the dark to medium level colours in your hair.
Dark eyes, dark skin: you guessed it: dark hair too.
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When considering a colour change you really want one that will enhance the rest of your features rather than detract from them. What the right colour can do to bring out your eyes or to make you look healthy is quite amazing. It's no good getting the same one as your friend or Jennifer Aniston as it may not have the effect you desire! These tips may help you find the colour for you:
If you have cool skin tones the basic rule is avoid too much yellow in your hair colour as your hair and skin will begin to blend. Colour's that may work for you are:
If you have a warm skin tone avoid too much ash in your hair colour as this can make you appear pale and drawn. Try colours within these ranges:
VirtualHairCare.com is the only place to find out everything you would ever need to know about your hair. From the latest looks and styles and how to maintain them, through to practical stuff like how to get the best out of your next salon visit, what products are best for you and medical conditions of the hair and scalp. For all the latest about hair, check out Virtual HairCare
If you have a question you would like answered by our hair expert, go to...
Ask hair expert > Hair Care Extraordinaire
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