Choosing the Right Shade of Hair Color for Your Skin Tone
Changing hair color can be a fun way to transform your look, but choosing the wrong color can turn into a beauty disaster. The key to choosing the right hair color is determining which color and shade best suit your skin tone. A hair color that complements your skin tone can warm up your look, hide skin flaws and take years off your age. The wrong color can cause skin to look sallow and highlight flaws such as redness. There are several ways to determine what your skin tone is, enabling you to choose the perfect hair color. Does this Spark an idea?
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Pull hair away from your face and remove any makeup, leaving your skin completely exposed. Place a white towel or white piece of fabric around your shoulders, gripping it at the neck so it surrounds your face. If your face has a yellowish tint against the white, you have a warm skin tone. If it has a bluish tint, your skin tone is cool. Neutral skin tones will be somewhere between yellow and blue.
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Look at the veins on the underside of your arm. If the veins appear blue, you have a cool skin tone. If veins appear green, you have a warm skin tone.
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Put on a shirt that you feel is flattering to your skin and makes you look your best. If the top is a warm color like red, orange, green or rust, your skin is a warm tone. If the top is a cooler color like blue, purple or gray, your skin is a cool tone. If tops from both color families look equally flattering to your skin, you are a neutral skin tone.
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Consider your natural hair color. If your natural color is a warmer tone, go lighter or darker but stay within warm tones for the most flattering look. If your natural color is a cooler shade, choose cooler colors that are a few shades lighter or darker. It's best not to go lighter than the hair color you had as a baby.
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Choose a hair color to complement your skin tone. Warm skin tones look best in warm shades of blond, brown or reddish caramel, chestnut and copper. Cool skin tones look better in colors like ash or wheat blond, coffee brown and deeper auburn reds. Neutral skin tones will look good in any shade.
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Tips & Warnings
When choosing hair color, also consider the lightness or darkness of your skin tone. Darker skin tones should avoid light shades that can leave skin looking sallow.
Visit a wig store to try on different hair colors commitment-free.
References
- Photo Credit my red hair image by Frenk_Danielle Kaufmann from Fotolia.com
