Hair colour is not only to hide your greys. Most women find a new hair colour brightens their mood and makes their hair look beautiful. However, which hair colour would best suit your hair is often the confusion. Here is a guide to choosing the most flattering colour for your hair.
- You might be a newbie or a professional at colouring but that is not a reason enough to choose the most blonde or black colour for your hair. To get the best idea of hair colour, go through some childhood photo. Going back to the hair colour you had in your childhood is a great way of getting your youthful glory.
- Sure, you want to try a new colour you have never had before, but just check with your complexion and your eye colour before that. While fair-skinned people with light eyes can easily pull off the widest range of hair colours, a wrong dark shade can ruin the look. Individuals with warm or olive skin tone should not go too lighter on hair colours. Golden hues look more flattering on women with pinkish-ash skin tone.
- If you are unsure of the hair colour you should choose, try a temporary dye instead. While temporary colours wash off in a single shampoo, demi-permanent colours wash off in 18-20 washes. Since these colours do not have ammonia, they do not penetrate deeper into the hair shaft. You can use them to get golden or red highlights or have darker hair, but you cannot get lighter with them.
- Permanent colours can get you your desired shade of blonde-haired people, brunette, glossy black or redhead with easy-to-use home colouring kits. However, for shades three shades off your natural hair colour, you should visit a professional hair colouring salon.
- If you want to dry a darker shade, it is advisable to take baby steps. Do not try to go from blonde-haired person to jet-black.You might not like the immediate transition. Try going few shades darker at a time. In addition, dark shades can make you look older than your age.
- Red is one of the boldest and trickiest colours to pull off. Blue reds tend to look unnatural. Instead, choose cedar reds that are usually warm and brilliant colours. Henna, made from plant, is a great way to add a hue of red to your hair.
- While the new trend of blonde hair with dark roots is hot, it is difficult to pull off. Instead, ask your stylist to bleach out your natural colour and then apply a new blonde colour. Then you can go two or three shades darker if you want.
- Highlighting and low lighting can be tricky when done at home with amateur hands. To avoid patchy results, visit a salon and ask for highlights and lowlights. While the deep colour adds depth, the lighter shades make your hair more vibrant.
- Covering greys can be done with both permanent and semi-permanent colours. If you have started to grey recently, try a semi-permanent colour. If you are more than a quarter greys, try a stinger demi-permanent colour. If your hair is mostly grey, choose a permanent colour every six weeks.
- You can have glamorous hair by colouring with the right kind at home. Do not let the bleach sit on the hair for too long as it will leave the hair brittle and porous. Read the instructions before colouring.
- If you plan to perm or straighten your hair, keep a gap of 7-10 days between chemical treatments and hair colouring. Do a strand test to see the reactions of colour on permed or straightened hair.
- If you have tried going too light or too dark, you might end up with not-so-glamorous outcome Instead, head to a salon to fix the problem than doing it at home.
- If you are expecting but still want to colour your hair, wait until the second trimester. Also, avoid dyes with ammonia or peroxide. Highlights are a great way to add zing to your hair without touching the scalp.
- Coloured hair needs special are. Use shampoos and conditioner specially formulated for coloured hair. Avoid strong sun-rays or heating tools for hair. Red colours have a tendency to fade out quickly under heat.