Hair Color for Your Eye Color and Skin Tone
You know that choosing the right shade of eyeshadow or the perfect colored shirt can make your eyes pop and compliment your skin tone in all the right ways. So, what about your hair color? It works the same way! Picking the hair color that best suits your eye color and skin tone can help ensure that your eyes are always poppin’ and you’ll never looked washed out. This is your quick guide to choosing the perfect hair color for you.
Eye Color
Beautiful Browns
Brown doesn’t have to be boring! Look closely at your eyes and you’ll notice your eyes have flecks of gold or amber in them. You can enhance those golden and amber hints with a golden blonde, a coppery brunette or a dark red like mahogany or red wine.
Baby Blues
You can get dramatic with those baby blues. The contrast of a deep black hair, cool platinum blonde and fiery reds make blue eyes even more pronounced.
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Gorgeous Greens
Green eyes look amazing when paired with warmer tones. Strawberry blondes, beautiful coppers and rich, chocolate brunettes really make green eyes pop.
Heavenly Hazel
Hazel eyes looked great with neutral and cooler tones. Beigey blondes (think champagne or pearl), ash brunettes and auburn hair colors will out help bring out the different shades of brown and green that are in hazel eyes.
Skin Tone
To find your skin tone, look for the undertones in your skin. If you’re seeing pink or olive, you are most likely cool toned. If you see more yellow or gold, you’re most likely warm. If you can’t see any clear undertones, this means you’re probably neutral.
A good rule of thumb when picking out a hair color, is to choose the opposite tone of what your skin tone is. So, if you’re warm go cool, if you’re cool go warm, if you’re neutral the world is oyster you can go either way!
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Warm Skin Tones
Blonde- Try a cool blonde play with tones like Silver or Champagne Brunette- Warm skin tones can pull off brown like nobody’s business. Try cooler shades such as Chestnut or Ash. Reds- A true deep red (which usually has blue undertones) looks great on warmer tones and gives your skin a nice rosy glow. Look for shades like Ruby or Crimson.
Cool Skin Tones
Blonde- Golden blondes really complement cooler skin tones. Honey, Butter and Strawberry shades would all be perfect options.Brunette- When choosing a warmer shade of brown look for Caramel, Auburn and Chocolate tones. Reds- Bright coppers are beautiful for cooler skin tones, you can get as vibrant with them as you want!
Neutral Skin Tones
Remember if you’ve got a neutral skin tone you can get away with anything (well maybe not anything, but at least any hair color!). You can always use your eye color as your guide, or you can play up warm or cool tones in your skin by choosing a warm or cool hair color!
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