Choosing Your Hair Color

Choosing your Hair color ... what shade works best on you?
You've finally decided to color your hair after seeing how great your friends' hair color looks on her. So you rush to the store, buy that exact hair color and do it yourself at home. Come to find out, the hair color looks all wrong on you and you hate it. I can't tell you how many times this has happened to me before I went to Cosmetology school. You ask yourself "why did this happen". Here's why...
When you're choosing a hair color, it's not as simple as picking up a box and getting that exact hair color match. Many elements factor in when coloring your hair:
Your Skin tone, eye color, your natural and artificial hair color all play a big role in which hair color shade will look great on you.

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Are you in the cool or warm category?

First and most important when choosing the perfect hair color for you is to determine whether you fall into the WARM or COOL category. Why is this so important? Think of it this way... Have you ever bought the wrong shade of makeup foundation. All of a sudden your skin looks orange. Or too ashy. You must have chosen a color that clashes with your natural skin tone. Just like when picking a foundation shade, you need to look at your skin tone to pick the right hair color that will compliment your tone not clash with it.
If you're still unsure about your category, use color guides such as More Alive with Color. In More Alive with Color, you'll take quizzes that make it simple to choose the best colors that work for you in clothes, makeup, accessories and hair color. .

Below we have simplified finding your skin tone into 2 main categories:

Cool Category:

If you are two or more of these, then you fall into the cool category.

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If your Eyes are:
Deep brown or black-brown
Gray blue or dark blue
Hazel with white, gray or blue flecks

Skin Tone:
Very dark brown
True olive (most Asians and Latinos)
Medium with no color in cheeks