How to find the perfect hair shade for your skin tone
How To Find The Perfect Hair Shade For Your Skin Tone
Trying to figure out the perfect hair colour for your skin tone is one of those things that everyone dreads. Man or woman it’s never easy. Make the wrong decision and your stuck with a hair style you’re not feeling!
So to help you out, we’ve compiled a list of hair colours that work best with certain skin tones to make finding your next shade easier than ever!!
Keep scrolling to find your perfect shade 🔥🔥
The Fair Skin Tone
The easiest way to find out whether your fair skinned or not.. do you tan? If not then you probably have fair skin. Most people with fair skin have cool/warm and pink undertones to their skin. If you have fair skin with cool undertones, your ivory skin will look best with shades like platinum blond, to really compliment your complexion. Whereas if you have warm undertones, colours such as strawberry blond will look great on you. ❤️
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Hair colours that work well for fair skin tones:
Blue violet-red bases
Jewel tones
Dark brown
Solid Black
Platinum Blonde
Butterscotch shades
Strawberry Blonde
Hair colours that don’t work well for fair skin:
Golden blonde
Copper red
Caramel
The Medium Skin Tone
If you have medium skin, your skin might still be slightly fair, but with more pink/yellow undertones such as Blake Lively. Her complexion alongside yours is the most versatile when it comes to picking a new hair colour.
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Hair colours that work well for Medium skin tones:
Light blond
Icy blond
Ashy blond
Ash brown
Walnut brown
Tawny blond
Golden caramel
Copper
Mocha
Cool brown shades (to further brighten up your natural complexion)
The Olive Skin Tone
When you have olive-based skin you can either appear naturally tanned or pale but with warm olive undertones. You should tan very easily, leaving a glowy effect to your skin. You can create depth by adding blond or golden highlights to frame the face and enhance the natural warm undertones of your complexion.
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Hair colours that work well for olive skin tones:
Rich auburn
Copper tones
Caramel tones
Milk chocolate
Chocolate brown
Golden brown
Warm blonde
Honey Blonde
Golden Blonde
Ebony Brown
Colours that don’t work easily:
Platinum blonde
Ash brown
The Dark Skin Tone
When you have darker skin, you tend to have more warmth naturally in your skin tone giving you more options than you may think you have. With this skin tone it is important to choose colours that create a deep contrast between the skin’s complexion and the hair. Adding a warm or sandy palette, whether that’s a lot darker or lighter than your skin tone, creates even more dimension to frame the face. You want to bring out the natural tones present in your skin such as apricot tones.
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Hair colours that work well for dark skin tones:
Rich colours such as golden blond
Caramel brown
Champagne blonde
Toffee
Honey shades
Platinum blonde
Mahogany
We hope this helped you to figure out what hair colour is the perfect one for your skin tone. BUT if instead of taking the plunge right away, you can always try out semi-permanent hair dye DROP IT featuring all the colours of the rainbow before making a permanent decision. 🌈🌈