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Choosing the Shade of your Hair Color

by Sheron Hopkins

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Tired of that usual look which you have been donning since you were in high school? How do you react if somebody says the “you haven’t changed at all through the years” maxim? Who wants to be singled out with these matching descriptions?

Neither you nor me as long as we live, right?

So, how would you like to have a look, which would somehow “launch a thousand ships” or create a lasting impression among friends and acquaintances to a better degree.

One of the most proven and tested techniques in creating a new you is by changing the color of your hair. Hair color plays a very vital role in trying to project an image, a personality or a character, which can be fittingly attributed to a person.

This very hair color likewise serves as a baseline in matching one’s preferences for cosmetics as well as sense of style.

Truth to tell, choosing a color for your crowning glory is not like selecting what kind of clothes to wear on a certain occasion.

At the outset, recognizing the function of hair color is a significant factor in opting for a good hair color for oneself. It should sink in you that the new hair color is an offshoot of your natural hair color and the added color tint.

Hence, it is imperative to look for your “starting color”, with the help of hair color chart. To illustrate the point, when you are working on a home color, never believe that the cover picture of the hair dye would turn out to be the color of your hair after using it. Follow the hair color pattern chart at the back of the package as this would guide you come up with a fairly accurate color you want. You can even play with the colors to create a unique blend to match your preferences. A word of advice for those who want to experiment, mix only the colors origination from the same product line with dual shades, lighter or darker than each other.

Likewise, before deciding on the hair color for you, find the right ones by paying attention to its depths and tones. Colors with depths range from light to dark while colors with tones come in warm and cool like red and gold, ash and neutral shades.

As you arrive at a decision on what color to apply which is just right for you, remember your skin tones and eye color, they should complement each other, such that if you have an olive, reddish brown and fair skin tone and you eyes are blue gray, green or blue, you must go for cool colors.

If your purpose in hair coloring is merely to highlight your natural hair color, pick out the shade, which are two levels lighter than your original hair color to effect a natural and slight alteration.

Coloring one’s hair to hide something or create a new look is just fun. Try it to believe.

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