Choosing the Right Hair Color for Your Skin Tone

If you consult a hair stylist, their recommendations for a new hair color for you will likely be made based on whether your skin tone is warm or cool.

That may sound very simplistic, but it's not, since "cool" can encompass everything from a plae skin with no pink to it, to a flushed skin tone with hints of blue. "Warm" skin tones range from a paleness that has an underlying golden tone, a pink flush over basically brown tinted skin, or even light skin with darker undertones in a range of golds and tans.

Your skin color came with your natural hair color as complements. But over time, or with premature aging, your hair color can change and you want to try something new. The trick is in choosing what will enhance your skin tones, and not just a color that is different from the old one.

For truly professional job, go to a professional and save yourself the grief of trying shade after shade that will damage your hair after too many attempts to color it. Remember when choosing to color your hair that you will need to keep coloring it.

Slight variations on your own shade, perhaps with highlights, is nowhere near as obvious when it begins to grow out, as a complete change of color, such as brown to blonde. If you are unsure whether the color will suit you, ask for a temporary rinse, one that lasts for X number of weeks, depending on the number of times you wash your hair, and the strength of your shampoo. This will fade away evenly, and causes less damage than more "permanent" coloring.