When you're choosing a hair color, it's not as simple as picking up a box and getting that exact hair color match. Many elements factor in when coloring your hair:
Your Skin tone, eye color, your natural and artificial hair color all play a big role in which hair color shade will look great on you.
Choosing the right colour is mostly down to personal preference and what suits your skin tone best. If you are unsure, here are some golden rules:
1. Choosing the correct shade:
L'Oréal Paris recommends staying within 1-2 shades lighter or darker than your natural hair colour. This will harmonise with your natural skin and eye colour.
2. Respect your natural skin colour:
Your overall natural colouring determines whether warm (golden tones) or cool (ash & pearl tones) will suit you. Take into consideration the combination of your skin, eyes and natural hair tones.
Warmer, golden skin tones or those with freckles will suit warmer shades such as reds, honey, caramel, copper, mahogany and auburn.
Cooler skin tones, those with a slight pinkish tinge or neutral skin tones will suit ash, pearl, chocolate, violet, cool chestnut and beige.
Blue eyes will be enhanced by copper tones.
Green eyes will be enhanced by violet/burgundy tones.
Brown eyes will suit all tones as brown is considered a neutral colour, however play up your golden brown eyes with warm tones or your deep brown eyes with cooler tones.
Choosing the right color for Indian Skin Tones
Hair Color is a great way to subtly and sometimes drastically change your entire appearance. The right hair color can make you look fab with very little effort. Choosing hair color for Indian skin can be more difficult than any other types. Women don’t realize that, what works on say Western hair, is not suitable for Indian skin tones. C’mon, how many times have you seen that very blonde aunty walking down the street and stared after her in horror. Another problem Indian women face is the inability to go crazy with hair color because of "what society thinks."
When it comes to natural colors, browns, reds and burgundy are favored by Indians. The undertone of the skin is very important when you choose a color. If you’re very yellow, you don’t want an ashy brown or gold, you will look jaundiced. Same goes for beauties that tend to go very red, if you choose red hair, you may look like a tomato! Definitely not a good look! But red highlights are a definite yes! All's well when in moderation.
2. Brown : Brown is probably the safest color you can go for. Again, go according to your skin. If you’re cooler, go for colors like mahogany. For warm skin, go for ash brown.
3. Burgundy : A very popular color that will look best on olive and yellow skin tones. It will suit darker girls.
4. Red : Red is tricky, there are a lot of shades in just red! If you’re fair go for a lighter red or copper. Not orange! Olive girls will look best with blue based reds which are darker. If you have very red skin, try to stay away from red, it will be an overdose of ruddiness.
5. Golden : I don’t think golden is a natural color on anyone with Indian skin but people do love it! So, I feel I should add a bit about it. A full head of blonde is not a winning look; it can make dusky women look very pale and sickly as well as olive ladies, even if they are fair. The best way to wear golden is with some brown tones and usually in streaks or highlights. Don’t go full gold. Not only is the gold "color" not flattering, but the hair when regrown is not a beautiful sight.
6. Black : Pure black or jet black is a no-no. Black makes your features appear harder and more haggard. It will look like a wig. Go for a dark brown ( No :3 Inoa )or darkest brown ( No 3.00) instead.
Highlights and Low lights :
If you go for all over hair color, do consider highlights or low lights. Not more than one or two shades lighter/ darker than your color. They add realism and dimension to the hair. Our hair is actually made of many different pigments, if you hold up your natural hair against the sun; you’ll see what I mean. Hair color removes this "natural look" by adding one solid pigment. Adding highlights/ lowlights can add softness and dimension to your hair.
Color Color which Color do you Choose?
Well its ought to be Red for me!!! What about you? My little girl Becky sporting her new look with red highlights. Well whats your favorite color ?
Your Skin tone, eye color, your natural and artificial hair color all play a big role in which hair color shade will look great on you.
Choosing the right colour is mostly down to personal preference and what suits your skin tone best. If you are unsure, here are some golden rules:
1. Choosing the correct shade:
L'Oréal Paris recommends staying within 1-2 shades lighter or darker than your natural hair colour. This will harmonise with your natural skin and eye colour.
2. Respect your natural skin colour:
Your overall natural colouring determines whether warm (golden tones) or cool (ash & pearl tones) will suit you. Take into consideration the combination of your skin, eyes and natural hair tones.
Warmer, golden skin tones or those with freckles will suit warmer shades such as reds, honey, caramel, copper, mahogany and auburn.
Cooler skin tones, those with a slight pinkish tinge or neutral skin tones will suit ash, pearl, chocolate, violet, cool chestnut and beige.
Blue eyes will be enhanced by copper tones.
Green eyes will be enhanced by violet/burgundy tones.
Brown eyes will suit all tones as brown is considered a neutral colour, however play up your golden brown eyes with warm tones or your deep brown eyes with cooler tones.
Choosing the right color for Indian Skin Tones
Hair Color is a great way to subtly and sometimes drastically change your entire appearance. The right hair color can make you look fab with very little effort. Choosing hair color for Indian skin can be more difficult than any other types. Women don’t realize that, what works on say Western hair, is not suitable for Indian skin tones. C’mon, how many times have you seen that very blonde aunty walking down the street and stared after her in horror. Another problem Indian women face is the inability to go crazy with hair color because of "what society thinks."
2. Brown : Brown is probably the safest color you can go for. Again, go according to your skin. If you’re cooler, go for colors like mahogany. For warm skin, go for ash brown.
3. Burgundy : A very popular color that will look best on olive and yellow skin tones. It will suit darker girls.
4. Red : Red is tricky, there are a lot of shades in just red! If you’re fair go for a lighter red or copper. Not orange! Olive girls will look best with blue based reds which are darker. If you have very red skin, try to stay away from red, it will be an overdose of ruddiness.
5. Golden : I don’t think golden is a natural color on anyone with Indian skin but people do love it! So, I feel I should add a bit about it. A full head of blonde is not a winning look; it can make dusky women look very pale and sickly as well as olive ladies, even if they are fair. The best way to wear golden is with some brown tones and usually in streaks or highlights. Don’t go full gold. Not only is the gold "color" not flattering, but the hair when regrown is not a beautiful sight.
6. Black : Pure black or jet black is a no-no. Black makes your features appear harder and more haggard. It will look like a wig. Go for a dark brown ( No :3 Inoa )or darkest brown ( No 3.00) instead.
Highlights and Low lights :
If you go for all over hair color, do consider highlights or low lights. Not more than one or two shades lighter/ darker than your color. They add realism and dimension to the hair. Our hair is actually made of many different pigments, if you hold up your natural hair against the sun; you’ll see what I mean. Hair color removes this "natural look" by adding one solid pigment. Adding highlights/ lowlights can add softness and dimension to your hair.
Well its ought to be Red for me!!! What about you? My little girl Becky sporting her new look with red highlights. Well whats your favorite color ?
i dont think hair color looks nice on indian skin tone i have tried wondering y to being an indian but na it looks bad
ReplyDeletemay be hair colors need to have a very well studied blend to make it look good
ReplyDeleteThank you Trisha for your views..
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