Each person has a certain color type of appearance. And no matter how a woman tries to change her appearance - change her hair color using the shades offered by the palette, lighten the skin of the face, remove freckles, the color type will remain the same.
How to determine your color type
Color types are classified according to the seasons. It is customary to divide them into cold - winter, summer, and warm - spring, autumn.
How to determine your color type
There is an easy way to identify a person's color type. First, you need to follow a series of simple rules:
Sit in front of a mirror in natural light (bright sunlight or artificial light can distort the result).
The face should be without makeup, take off all jewelry.
If your hair is dyed, it is advisable to hide it by covering your head with a pastel shawl.
It is necessary to dress in clothes of neutral shades, to bare your shoulders.
After following all the recommendations, you need to apply any options to the face of monochromatic fabrics of different colors, carefully note how the skin color of the face changes. It is advisable to start with warm tones (peach, pale yellow), then move on to cold ones.
Different colors are reflected in their own way on the skin.
Some shades give the face fatigue, a painful look, make the skin color dull and gray, and highlight existing defects. Others refresh, rejuvenate, mask skin problems, make the eyes more expressive.
If, for example, pink, blue, dirty gray, blue tones are suitable for a girl, then her color type is cold - Summer or Winter. Peach and orange shades are expressed in a warm color type - Spring or Autumn. This also includes the colors of bronze, gold and rust.
The difference between cold winters and cold summers is the degree of saturation. Winter has bright cold colors (red, black, blue with silver, deep green). Summer is quieter, muted (blue, lilac, milky).
Cool blonde shade
Only warm shades are inherent in warm colors. Warm Spring is brightness and lightness (beige tones, shades of green, bright contrasts are allowed). Warm Autumn - soft, restrained, deeper (chestnut shades, brown range, elements of black and gold are allowed, a combination of blue and gray).
Choose from warm colors
At the present time, a lot of dyeing methods are offered to those whom nature has not endowed with blond hair. But it is one thing to decide to become a blonde, and quite another to understand which shade of blonde will look perfect on your hair, in harmony with the image as a whole.
There are many different shades to consider carefully and consider skin and eye color when choosing. Blond shades have their place in both warm and cold palettes.
Sand color is presented in light blond tones. Suitable for owners of a warm color type with brown, green and blue eyes.The skin of such girls is covered with a light tan, or differs in pink and peach tones.
Ladies of the warm type have light brown, red hair or hair that looks like the color of straw. A distinctive feature of this shade is naturalness and organicness. The highlight is hidden in the effect of sun-burnt hair.
Sand blond
Women choose this color for a number of reasons:
This tone is one of those that stands among natural ones, in this regard, it is suitable for women of any age category.
Intensive tinting is not required, the regrown hair at the roots is not noticeable against the general background.
To dye your hair in a sandy color, additional preparation (lightening) is rarely necessary.
The color remains on the hair for a long time, does not lose brightness and naturalness,
The sandy blonde of most of the tones in the palette most naturally gives a rejuvenating effect to the female look.
Golden blond
The golden color is distinguished by depth, sophistication and tenderness.
Looks beautiful on spring-type girls, for whom the following features are inherent:
Blue, blue, green eyes, brown with golden splashes.
Hair that resembles the color of wet wheat, with red highlights, brown and light brown.
Skin of warm tones with the presence of a blush.
Manufacturers offer a range of gold-tone options that range from light gold to dark gold, including hazelnut.
Beige tones, such as blond, combined with gold and ash.
Creamy tones, perfect for brown-eyed blondes.
“Venetian Blond” is a light red tone for those with fair skin.
Shades of noble gold in a pink tone. The effect is created through highlighted strands of honey, apricot and golden tones at the same time.
Shades of bronze. These include caramel, chocolate with a ginger tint.
Golden blond
Do not forget that hair dyed in gold quickly loses its brightness and becomes dull. Therefore, it is necessary to intensively care for your hair using special products.
Wheat blond
Blond shades are perfect for blonde women of Slavic roots with light eyes. The palette offers wheat hair color. For those with a delicate milky skin tone, it is advisable to focus on a dark wheat shade or honey color.
The overall look will look fresh and organic.
When choosing a tone, eye color is very important. For gray-eyed and blue-eyed ladies, golden, light, ash-wheat options are suitable. The wheat-ash shade is very beautiful, but not recommended for women with skin problems on the face. This tone will give the skin an earthy tint.
Blond beige is a rare color. Combines a light brown tone, shades of which resemble sand, caramel and wheat. The owner of an oriental appearance is not suitable for those with tanned skin and dark eyes.
Looks perfect on blondes and brown-haired women with white skin, soft features and light eyes. Suitable for ladies of a cold color type - Summer, Winter.
The beige shade creates a visualization of "rejuvenation", making the facial features soft and feminine. There are no problems with coloring for those who have naturally blond hair. The paint is soft and gives the desired shade. Brown-haired and brunettes require preliminary lightening.
Honey blond
Honey color is a tone that varies between dark and light shades. Looks great on women of warm color type, shading naturalness, emphasizing the brightness of the eyes, making them expressive.
Honey blond
The honey color looks perfect on women with light brown hair, brown and green eyes.
You can become a honey blonde at any age. The shade gives softness, a touch of romance, femininity.Stylists recommend using special professional masks and shampoos for shine and color retention.
Before dyeing, dark-haired ladies should lighten their hair in advance, and as a result they will get a caramel-honey look.
Strawberry blond
Strawberry Blonde is a trendy, light shade with a pinkish-peach haze, with a red undertone. This color makes the face younger, gives it freshness. But this beautiful shade is not for everyone.
The color is very tricky and requires special care in its selection. Spring color type is suitable for girls with soft skin tone. Looks perfect against a background of pale and light beige skin combined with light eyes. It is not recommended for owners of tan and dark skin, as it will make the image vulgar.
It is advisable to become a strawberry blonde from the hands of a professional who takes into account all the nuances of this color.
Strawberry blond
Rose quartz
Pink blonde is an unusual color, not suitable for everyone. It is important to keep the correct proportions before coloring. This procedure should be entrusted to a professional master. The palette offers tons of rose quartz shades.
For dark-eyed girls, brighter options in dark pink with a burgundy tint are suitable. Rose gold looks beautiful in contrast to dark eyes and slightly tanned skin. Girls with gray and blue eyes of a cold color type will suit any shade of pink.
You can stop your choice on a golden-pink version. For owners of green and brown eyes, it is advisable to give preference to pink quartz with an admixture of ash, which will complement the look with a twist.
Caramel blond
Caramel blond is a very rich shade, while delicate and fresh. Looks advantageous on the hair, creating an illusion between beige-blond and dark gold. Bright light can catch reddish highlights.
Recommended for autumn and spring women.
Caramel blond
Emphasizes the dark skin, highlighting its bronze or peach tone. Looks beautiful on natural blondes. Contains tones of gold and honey.
Ideal in combination with green and brown eyes. The color is not capricious, when dyeing it does not require preliminary lightening, regrown hair roots are lost against the general background.
Champagne
Champagne color is a sparkling shade, obediently lies on light brown hair, giving it a golden tint with an admixture of orange. Pink skin, eyes the color of a gloomy sky, and natural, light blond or chestnut hair color - this is where the champagne color belongs.
Individual strands can be dyed in this color, which will look elegant and sophisticated against the background of pale skin. Requires constant care and lightening of regrown hair at the roots. Looks good on thick, voluminous, curly hair.
Choosing cold colors
Cold blondes of the palette are devoid of brightness, catchy and shine. Their muffledness gives a special charm. Suitable for girls of the color type - Summer and Winter. Summer is characterized by dark skin with an olive tint. Winter emphasizes the transparency of the skin, the contrast of light hair and naturally dark eyelashes and eyebrows.
Girls with peach-colored skin and green eyes should not experiment with cold tones, since not a combination of colors will be strikingly striking and the image will lose its individuality.
Ash blonde
Ash blonde, or the image of the "snow queen", refers to the coldest tone. It is in perfect harmony with fair skin and light eyes. It has a grayish tint, which gives it a silvery naturalness, luxury and elegance.
Ash blonde
Suitable for long hair of any structure and volume, as well as short haircuts.
It is very important to choose the right makeup and outfit so that the image does not turn out to be faceless. To do this, it is enough to highlight the cheekbones and lips.
Many people consider the ash color boring and monotonous, but this is a big misconception.The silvery tone gives the hair a touch of nobility and sophistication. The ash color has a sense of versatility and style.
But remember that this color highlights all skin imperfections. Therefore, the complexion on the face should be healthy and even.
Platinum blonde
Of the entire palette of shades, platinum blond is the most insidious. This is the purest tone, but not for everyone. And it's not just about color types.
Platinum is a cold shade, devoid of yellowness and red highlights, so girls of a cold type (winter and summer) can safely experiment. Main conditions:
The skin is healthy, light, with an even tone, not combined.
Hair color - the lighter, the more ideal, the platinum pigment does not apply to light brown hair.
Eye color - bright blue, bright green, gray.
It is better for brown-haired women and brunettes to abandon this tone, due to the need for reusable lightening, and only then the coloring itself, which will harm the hair structure. Platinum is also not suitable for those with dark and tanned skin.
Cold blond
Cool colors are shades that have no sheen. Distinctive mutedness and restraint makes them original and relevant. Hair color can be light and dark.
Cold blond
Cool shades are primarily suitable for blondes and brunettes with pale skin. The cold color type is characterized by blue, green, light brown and eyes. These colors blend perfectly with cool shades.
It is advisable to choose a dye close to the natural hair color.
Curls will become even more natural and will be in harmony with skin tone and eye color. Cold shades are available in the palettes of all well-known manufacturers. Professional stylists, by mixing tones, create new unique combinations.
Pearl blond is not recommended for girls of the Spring, Autumn color type, as it can give the impression of a painful condition. To do this, you have to pre-lighten your hair, since the shine of pearls will not lie even on light blond curls.
Professionals advise pearl blond women 30-45 years old, who have fair skin and blue eyes.
A distinctive feature of this shade is a natural noble shine. Owners of dark skin should be careful in their experiments. The color will look artificial and unpresentable.
Girls with normal fair skin are not in danger. Warm notes should be added to the makeup and the image is ready. The disadvantage of this shade is the constant lightening of regrown hair, which leads to dryness and fragility.
Linen blond
Linen is the most reliable and natural color. Presented by mixing gray, white and yellow shades. Linen tone is soft and pale. Ideal because it adapts to any girl's image, emphasizing only its advantages.
It goes well with tanned skin and light-colored eyes.
Linen blond
The resulting image carries a bit of romance and mystery in the family. Blond ladies will have no problem becoming a flaxen blonde. It is enough to use a tonic that refreshes the natural look and does not spoil the hair.
For dark hair, repeated lightening will be required, and only then toning or coloring. Linen is often used for highlighting and coloring.
Dirty blond in various shades
The combination of all natural blonde shades has created a hair color called "dirty blonde". Such a performance must be entrusted to an intelligent master. Taking into account the color of the "dirty blond" type is expressed in the range of cold and warm colors.
This combination looks beautiful with dark or tanned skin. The stylist dyes several strands of the selected color, then tints the entire hair completely, creating a blur of color and smooth gradations of shades.
For dark-haired girls dyed in blondes, this is an excellent solution if there is no time to correct regrown roots.
Perfect for owners of unruly hair that cannot be dyed evenly.
For ladies of a cold color type, the palette offers platinum, strawberry and pearl blondes. A warm color type will take on shades close to natural color, also platinum and pearls.
California highlights
California highlighting is a procedure for dyeing strands without the use of foil, which makes it gentle and harmless. For such highlighting, several saturated blondes from the color palette are used at once. Suitable for light brown and dark hair.
California highlights
As a result of coloring, a transition is obtained from dark hair at the roots to lightened ends.
Lightening curls can be different in width and tone. On light brown hair, bed colors close in tone will look great. Colored curls are very popular for such highlighting: walnut, wheat, cognac, caramel, honey.
The effect depends on the number of shades, the more there are, the richer the result. Californian highlighting is ideal for brown-haired women and brunettes, masks regrown hair at the roots, does not require constant dyeing. The procedure is complicated and painstaking, it requires the hands of only a professional colorist.
Ombre effect
“Ombre” is a French word that means “shadow”. The ombre effect is to color the hair along the entire length, while the roots and ends remain intact. The selected color, as if stretched along the length of the curls, for greater efficiency, the tips are discolored.
The result is the appearance of regrown hair. This coloring does not carry strong changes, it refreshes the appearance. A woman who decides to reincarnate in the ombre style remains with a natural color, slightly giving it light shades.
Ombre
The variety of the palette allows you to choose not only shades of blond, but also colored ones: pink, blue, violet, lilac. Suitable for women of all ages, the natural naturalness of the hair is not lost.
How to achieve a natural blonde shade
To transform into a beautiful blonde, you should use the services of beauty salons. Self-staining at home will only lead to the appearance of greenery and reddishness. Unlike professional dyes, the quality of simple dyes is very low, which is harmful to the hair.
Therefore, it is better to trust an experienced master. If the hair is dark, a preliminary bleaching is required. The procedure is not safe, but necessary. After the desired result is obtained, you will have to visit a stylist once a month to update your hair color.
It is very difficult to maintain the artificial shade of blond, after 2-3 weeks the paint starts to wash off and yellowness comes in its place. Special shampoos, tonics and balms help to hide this picture.
Lightened hair needs constant, quivering care. The use of masks, sprays, conditioners will only benefit the hair and will preserve the natural shade.
Blond shades are always relevant, and their palette conquers with its variety.
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