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Your Most Flattering Hair Color

 

Text Box:   Text Box: Light, warm, yellow-red undertones. Your skin may have been described as ivory, peaches and cream, creamy beige or light golden tan. Your eyes are green, hazel, amber, or brown. Choose a hair color that is light and warm for the most flattering effect. This includes beige blonde, light golden blonde, strawberry blonde, light auburn, light brown with lots of golden or red highlights or golden blonde with red highlights.   Medium warm, yellow-red undertones. You may have been described as having tawny, deep golden brown or coppery skin. Your eyes are green, topaz, amber, cinnamon, or coffee bean in color.  Choose deep, rich hair color. Your best shade may be medium to dark golden brown, golden brown with red highlights, honey brown, chestnut, copper or mahogany.   Light cool or blue-red undertones. Your skin color might be called alabaster, rosy pink, rose beige or light pearl. Your eyes are light blue, gray blue, gray green or blue green. Choose a hair color that is cool or ‘ash’ in tone, such as white blonde, platinum or silvery blonde, taupe or light brown with wheat tones. Highlight any of these with lighter ash or platinum blonde.   Medium to deep cool tones. Your skin tone may be referred to as light olive, dark olive, gray-brown, dark brown or ebony and your eye color may be blue-green, deep blue, deep green, cool brown or black. Flattering hair color shades are plum, burgundy brown, dark brown, black, slate or any of these with plum or burgundy highlights. Whether you are using hair color to brighten your own shade, to create a completely new look, or to cover gray hair, it is one of the easiest and most exciting ways of expressing your individuality. But with the  hundreds of shades to choose from, it can be confusing. With all the choices, which is best for you?

There are undoubtedly a number of hair color shades that can be effective and attractive. However your color will be most flattering if you take into consideration your underlying skin tones and eye color. Your own natural beauty can be accentuated by a beautiful hair color when it blends with and enhances your skin tones.

Before making this very important decision, look at your skin and try to discern the underlying tones. You may want to ask your hairdresser or a friend to help. When this is done,  you are ready to make an educated choice of hair color.
 
 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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