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Colors of Hair




Colored bounces are one among today's fashion trend; yet another facet of beautifying the hair and often a crowning beauty when the right shade is selected with regards to one's skin tone. Hair coloring is a widely prevalent fashion hallmark of today not only with the youth but also with those who are catching up with age to augment their aging beauty.

Techniques of hair coloring


Highlighting, streaking, frosting and finger painting are the processes involved in hair coloring but however streaking and highlighting are the widely chosen options these days. First decide whether you want to opt semi-permanent or permanent coloring.

Semi permanent coloring involves only a minimum amount of color molecules to the shaft of the hair that helps giving the wanted shade. Further the color molecules are small and do not give way to going inside the hair shaft thereby not bringing about a change in the natural color of the hair. Hence as the name suggests, the color is washed away with several washing.

Permanent coloring is a two way working process. It works primarily in the formation of the hair base by lightening the hair's natural color and then by providing a novel preferred color to the hair.


Categories

Highlighting and Low lighting


Spot colors applied to a select strand of hair are known as highlighting. Highlighting is reducing or lightening the natural color of your hair at least by two shades to produce a sun kissed impact. The hair assumes depth and volume when highlighted properly. Low lighting works the opposite way to highlighting generating a darkening effect to the hair. Highlighting brightens the hair tone while low lighting deepens the hair tone.

Frosting


Frosting gives an overall salt and pepper finish to the hair. The process involves bleaching individual strand of hair.

Tipping


Tipping is all about bleaching the lower part of the hair. This is an ideal hair-beautifying tip for those who have their hair cut in steps.

Hair streaking


Hair streaking involves striking bands of color on hair producing a more daring and a dashing look.

Types of Hair coloring

Hair colors appear in liquids, powder, cream and gel. Hair sprays, crayons and hair mascara aid in semi permanent coloring and gel and other forms involve in permanent coloring.

Hair colors for different skin tones

Brown and golden shades are apt for wheatish complexion and the striking colors like red purple and green go well with fairer complexion.

Skin color
  • Dark brown or black brown
  • Olive
  • Medium with a colorless cheeks
  • Medium with a faint pink colored cheeks
  • Medium complexioned with golden undertones
  • Pale with pink under tones
  • Pale complexioned with a colorless cheeks
Hair colors suggested

Shiny raven wing blacks, cool ash browns are ideal choices for these skin tones. Mink, platinum and icy whites also go well for those wanting a noticeable look.

Skin color

  • Brown complexion with pink undertones
  • Brown with golden undertones
  • Pale with peach or golden undertones
  • Ruddy (reddish, rosy, glowing, flushed)
Hair colors suggested

Deep chocolate, rich golden browns, auburn, red highlights and golden brown shades enhance bright and fair complexion and sunny looks.