Hair color for dark skin: how to choose and achieve the right tone?
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Swarthy girls attract attention and fascinate others with their beauty. Like all ladies, they often want to make changes to their image and make it bright and stylish. Therefore, they often resort to hair coloring. To find the perfect hair color for dark skin, it is important to take into account all the nuances and characteristic features of their appearance.
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Influence of color type
Color type is the natural beauty of every girl. There are four main types, each of which has its own ideal colors and shades. In order not to be mistaken with the choice of hair color, it is necessary to correctly determine your type of appearance and take into account all its subtleties.
The appearance of swarthy beauties, as a rule, refers to the winter or spring color type. But with the help of makeup or tanning, girls with a cold type of appearance can achieve an olive complexion.
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General recommendations for choosing a hair tone are as follows: owners of a warm color type are advised to choose dark and rich hair colors, but ladies of a cold type can afford to dye both light and dark shades. However, with the right choice of shade, even beauties of a warm color type can choose blond.
Tips for choosing a shade for swarthy girls, depending on the color type, may be as follows.
- Spring. This type of appearance is considered the brightest and sunniest. Its representatives look very gentle and feminine. They rarely have dark skin. However, the tanned "spring" is characterized by a bright blush. Light brown, wheat and honey colors are suitable for such girls. When coloring in blond, it is better to choose a warm shade.Red, gold, honey and caramel tones will perfectly complement the look. They will look natural and feminine.
As for non-standard staining options, then you should pay attention to red, wine, pink or red colors.
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- Summer... Summer-looking women naturally have olive skin. Their appearance is characterized as cold and calm. They go with hair colors such as platinum, pearl blond, ash or light brown. Ideally, the color you choose should have a golden or reddish tint, but it shouldn't be too flashy.
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- Autumn... This is an unusually bright, even catchy type of appearance. Their appearance is dominated by red, orange and gold colors. Experts advise avoiding cold tones when dyeing your hair. For a tanned beauty, dark, saturated shades are ideal. These are chocolate, chestnut, burgundy, bronze and other shades of brown. But the carrot shade or bright blonde should be avoided.
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- Winter... For a girl, a representative of the winter type, cold tones are characteristic. "Winter" is, as a rule, a representative of Asian appearance. Dark shades are suitable for such girls, and by nature they have raven-colored hair. Experts advise them not to make drastic changes in hair color. For a swarthy face, raspberry, blueberry or brown shades will be an interesting solution. You can lighten your hair slightly and dye it in such tones, or you can do highlighting or coloring.
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When coloring, Asian beauties are advised to avoid acidic, warm and too light shades.
If you still want to dye your hair blond, then you should give preference ashy shades. But you need to be careful, this color can emphasize the presence of wrinkles on the face. But if you want to create a bright and non-standard image, then various blue, green and purple shades.
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Depending on the natural color
To avoid damaging your hair too much, it's important to consider your natural hair color. Ideally, the new hair color should differ from the natural one by no more than two tones.
It is important to pay attention to which shades prevail in the natural color. For example, you can use highlighting in several shades that are slightly lighter than the natural color. This way you can add brightness to your hair without hurting it too much.
When dyeing dark hair in light shades, remember that this is a difficult and sometimes lengthy process. As a result, you can get unexpected results. With this staining, it is better to contact a specialist.
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But dyeing light natural hair is easier. You can choose both light and dark tones.
How does eye color affect the choice of tone?
One of the main criteria when choosing a hair shade is eye color. The right choice will emphasize the beauty of your eyes and make the image complete and unique.
- Green eyes... The beauty of such eyes is perfectly emphasized by all kinds of shades of chocolate, brown or red.
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- Grey eyes. Girls with such eyes are better off dyeing their hair in a rich and deep color. It is chocolate, nutty, cognac, chestnut or cherry. Bright shades will emphasize all the advantages of appearance and make your image more vivid. But you should not choose too calm and faded shades.
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- Brown eyes. The classic hair color for brown-eyed beauties is traditionally considered chestnut or chocolate. To make the look brighter, highlighting with red or caramel-honey tones is perfect. Also, this eye color will be beautifully combined with sandy or light brown hair.
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- Blue eyes... All kinds of shades of gold are perfect for blue-eyed girls. They look natural and bright, shining extraordinarily in the sun. For darker shades, chestnut or nutty shades are an excellent option.
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Useful Tips
In addition to the above recommendations, there are minor nuances that must also be taken into account.
If there is redness and rashes on the face, you should avoid red and red shades, as they will draw a lot of attention to skin imperfections. But cold shades will help hide them.
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Ideally, you should not resort to drastic changes, it is better to dye your hair in shades close to the natural hair color. This will help keep your hair dry and maintain its natural shine.
If you have gray hair, it is better to dye it in cold tones.
You also need to consider the length of your hair. According to experts, a short head of hair is an ideal option for both classic tones and the brightest and most unusual solutions. Long hair, on the other hand, is best dyed in traditional colors. If the owner of long curls still wants to add brightness to her image, it is better to choose highlighting, coloring, ombre or blonding.
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Beautiful examples
For a beauty with dark skin and brown eyes, coloring using the ombre technique is perfect. The transition from rich brown to a softer and lighter shade will make the image delicate and feminine.
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The beauty of dark skin with freckles will be emphasized by brown hair color with hints of red.
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Dark hair color will become a traditional solution for a dark-skinned lady.
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Ash color is a bright and extraordinary solution for brave girls.
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Wine hair color is another beautiful and original solution.
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Red hair combined with dark skin creates a charming and magical look.
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For lovers of cold shades with a warm color type, a graduated hair color from warm to cold will be the best solution.
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The vibrant fiery red hair color will help you create a charming and determined look.
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For information on how to choose a hair color by color type, see the next video.
Thanks for the article, everything is very clear and interesting, the photo is also super. I would like, of course, to try all the colors, but cold tones suit me.