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Hair Color Advice

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hair color art - transformation The best hair color advice is to learn how to choose the right color and treatment so you can create an exciting new look for every occasion.

When it comes to choosing hair color, you should consider what shade will enhance your overall look and what type of treatment works best for your hair texture.

While your ideal hair cut style depends on your face shape, your hair color should be based on a combination of factors including your natural hair color, eye color, and skin tone.


Choose Your Hair Color

The most important of these is your skin tone. You'll look best in a hair color that complements your natural skin tone.

Tone is used to describe the warmth or coolness of a color. In general, warm colors have yellow, peach, or red undertones and cool complexions have pink, violet, or blue undertones.


virtual hair color selector In simple term your complexion coloring is either dark, olive, peaches & cream or fair to light.

Warm hair colors will be those with a yellow, golden, or amber cast and cool hair colors are ash blonds, ash browns, and black. You will look best in hair colors with the same tone as your skin. For example, warm skin tone will look best with warm hair colors.

But what color suits you best? Finding the best colors for hair and complexion can be very complicated.

Try our virtual hair color tool or use color consultation to find hair colors suited to your skin tone.



Color Technique

hair color highlight Hair coloring comes in a variety of processes and effects, and there are many different coloring techniques. Each technique has its advantages and disadvantages.




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If this is your first time coloring your hair or need to find the right solutions for gray showing at the roots between colorings or salon visits then click here for advice on hair color products and coloring techniques and the most commonly used color treatments.

Hair Coloring at Home

You can achieve excellent results by coloring your hair at home as long as you know a few basics about how to select the right color and apply it correctly.

Here are seven of the most common questions and my advice on hair coloring at home.

Here is some additional hair coloring tips and hair coloring instructions for first time users.


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Remember to consider how much upkeep you can live with, and make sure you have the time and the budget to maintain your new look. For example, a color that's quite different from your natural shade requires a touch-up every four to six weeks.


Learn how hair color choices can make impact on your image.


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Hair Color Concern and Safety

Permanent hair colors and chemical ingredients associated with these hair dyes may have powerful effects on your health. This section of hair color advice addressing public concern about pregnancy, allergy and the risk of blood-related cancers such as leukemia.

Maintain and Prolong Your Hair Color

Once you have a hair color you like, you'll want to keep it in its original shade as long as possible. You should avoid sun, salt water, and swimming pool chlorine for the first 48 hours after coloring. After that, you should use shampoos and conditioners specially formulated for colored hair.

Always use the same product line for both color treatment and maintenance. For example, if you use Redken hair color then ask your salon for a color extend shampoo from Redken. Each company has its own protection formula that works best with its color product.



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