How to choose the right color for clothes. How to choose the right color in clothes

Good day, dear readers! Olga Ramazanova, leading heading of beauty, is with you. Have you ever wondered why one color suits one person, and absolutely does not suit another?

The thing is that nature has created us completely different in skin tone, hair, eyes. However, there is a certain similarity in the appearance of people and they can be combined into conditional groups. In this article, I will introduce you to a very interesting topic - how to find out your color type.

Why do you need to know your color type?

The answer is very simple - so as not to make mistakes in choosing clothes, hair tone and even accessories. Knowing which color type a person belongs to, he can choose exactly what suits him. This knowledge will help you create your individual harmonious image. Agree, quite often you can see on the street, for example, a fair-haired girl with bright dark eyebrows or repainted in a bright red color. This imbalance is very striking. Remember that fashion is fashion, but you need to know your nature of beauty and present it correctly.

How to determine your appearance?

Most likely, you have already heard about the division of color types according to the names of the seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter. There are other systems for determining the color type of a person, but this one is the most convenient (especially for makeup artists).

There are such concepts in coloring as cold and warm shades.

• Cold ones are those in which there is a blue pigment: turquoise, lilac, fuchsia, burgundy, etc.
• Warm ones have a yellow pigment: brown, gold, peach, herbal, etc.

To understand what kind of appearance I have, first you need to determine which shades prevail in appearance. Look carefully in the mirror and pay attention: is there a golden tint in the hair, what color are the eyes and freckles. The most important thing is to understand your skin tone. With a cold color type, the skin of the face has a slightly gray tone, and with a warm color type, it is yellowish.

I'll tell you one more secret. Look at the color of the veins on your wrist. If there is yellow pigment in the skin, then the veins will be green (blue vein and yellow skin give green). In this case, you can be sure that the color type is warm. If the skin tone is cold, then the veins will remain blue.

Cool color types include Winter and Summer. To warm - Spring and Autumn.

• If you are the owner of bright eyes, dark hair and eyebrows, then the color type will be Winter or Autumn.
• Spring and Summer are usually characterized by muted tones and soft transitions. Light brown, ashy or blond hair combined with pale skin gives a feeling of lightness.

Description of color types

I hope you have already figured out which color type you are. If there are still doubts, then I give a detailed description with recommendations on who suits what.

Winter is cold and bright. Often these are oriental girls with an exotic appearance. Their skin can be dark olive, pale porcelain, cold beige. Eye color is bright - brown, green, blue, etc. The lips are well-defined and have a rich color. Hair - black, chestnut, dark blond without red.

Such girls in clothes can make bright accents and not seem vulgar: red, purple, turquoise, a combination of black and white, pink and others. Makeup is also allowed to be saturated, although even without it, winter girls look amazing. Lipstick should be cold: red, burgundy, fuchsia, purple and almost all shades of pink. Eye makeup is also desirable to withstand in cold shades. Metal of such girls: silver, white gold.

Spring is warm and subdued. This type is quite rare, but more often they are European girls. They have soft and fair skin and may have freckles. The hair is golden, blond with a slight reddish tint. Eyebrows and hair color do not contrast with the tone of the face. The eyes are soft - blue, gray, green.

A spring girl needs to choose a wardrobe in her own color scheme. All gentle warm shades will do: yellow, mustard, grass color, peach, etc. It will create contrast and give freshness to the blue color. In makeup, the main thing is not to overdo it. Light tone, pastel shadows, brown mascara, warm lipstick and peach blush - all you need. Jewelry suitable from gold, wood and natural stones.

Summer is cold and subdued. Most often, this type is found among us - Slavs. The skin is light, porcelain or cold beige. The eyes are gray, green or blue - tender. Hair color is mostly light brown with a gray tint.

Clothing is suitable for soft light colors: tea rose, blue, purple, gray, etc. Make-up is also aged in such colors. Almost all shades of pink, cold red and berry are suitable for lipstick. Ink is better to use brown. The metal of summer girls is silver and white gold.

Autumn is warm and bright. These are fiery red beasts - pale-faced and with freckles. Hair rich red or brown with a golden hue. The eyes are very bright - green or blue.

The things of such girls should be bright colors: red, turquoise, yellow, blue, etc. As a rule, they do not need special makeup. It is enough to highlight the eyes with brown eyeliner and mascara, apply a transparent gloss and warm blush. You can not skimp on jewelry, almost everything suits such girls.

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Are you in doubt about color choice clothes? Can you without fitting tell you which style suits you and which doesn't? Is it easy for you to choose a new hair color?
Knowing your color type of appearance (color), you can easily choose not only a wardrobe, but also accessories, cosmetics, hair dye, even the color scheme of the interior in which you live or work.

An unsuccessfully chosen color palette will destroy the harmony of your natural color, reveal the flaws in your appearance

Each person has an individual color scheme and only one for life - these colors are given to us by nature. But, unfortunately, the influence of relatives, friends and girlfriends, as well as new trends in fashion, often forces us to make the wrong choice. The result is long fluctuations in the choice of clothes and cosmetics, a wardrobe that is unsuccessfully matched in color and style.

Color also greatly affects our mood and our achievements, so it is advisable to choose YOUR shades not only in clothes, but also in the interior.
Surrounding yourself with "foreign" shades is the same as being in the company of unpleasant people who strongly suppress you.

Do you know your shade?

Appearance color type

Not your colors
all pastel shades, matte gray, orange, red and all warm shades of brown, yellow-red, yellow-green, ...

Style

Both women and men of the winter type usually have a cold beautiful appearance.
All people of the winter type are ideal for classic, strict cut, abstract geometric patterns.

To create your own style, choose your favorite color from your palette and build your wardrobe based on it.
If you are faced with the choice of color for the first time, then the best basic option is black. You can buy the most necessary things in black without hesitation. Choose an additional shade according to the color of the eyes: emerald - to green, blue - to blue, light gray - to gray, red - to hazel.
White color must be present in your wardrobe, it will perfectly help out in a situation of "nothing to wear".

Winter Woman looks especially impressive in combination with red and black - an option for the evening, and men in white and black. In addition, clothes made of shiny fabrics look great on people with a winter type of appearance.

When you learn to "see" your colors, you can take more "complex" winter colors as a base. For example, cold bright yellow.

Cloth. Choose simple styles, without frills. Elegant suits, classic straight cut are always a great choice for people of winter type.

to be continued...

An elementary update of the wardrobe is not always trivially solved: it seems that the blouse seems so fashionable-beautiful-stylish on a mannequin, but it doesn’t look at all on a living figure, in addition it also makes the hair dull, and on a face that has suddenly become earthy in color, it clearly prints out dark circles under the eyes …

What if there is no financial opportunity to experiment with every design and color shade, and buying inappropriate things so that they lie until better times (which most likely will not come) is not an option for a modest budget? Define your appearance type and follow the recommendations for creating your own wardrobe, based on it - and then even on a hanger in the store you can even determine without trying on whether this dress or blouse will suit your fair skin and ashy hair or it is better to leave it to that burning brunette.

Appearance type It happens:

1. Color

2. style

We are not free to choose either one or the other, and the sooner we accept it, the better. Alas :) A romantic dressed brightly and brightly will look ridiculous, just like a pronounced "classic" who prefers a rustic style of dress.

Knowing your style type is desirable, and color is simply a must (of course, if you want all your advantages to come to the fore, and your shortcomings to go into the shadows).

By combining knowledge together, you can choose the most winning wardrobe.

Before talking about the choice of wardrobe by color type, let's dwell on style types appearance. There are also four of them, as well as well-known colors: Classic, Dramatic, Romantic and Natural.

STYLE TYPES OF APPEARANCE

1. Classic style

Signs of a classic type: an even oval of the face, a straight rather high forehead, a neat straight nose, clear lines of eyebrows located in calm half-arches, sculpted cheekbones and profile lines, not too full, but not very thin lips. Those. correct proportions and sculpture.

Such women are especially suited for classic costumes - nothing surprising, the harmony of proportions and the architectural style of the cut are combined into one whole. Basic principles in clothing: high quality, minimum decor, conciseness, expensive jewelry. Restrained colors are best suited: all shades of gray, birch-brown tones. However, you should remember about your color.

2. dramatic style

The appearance of people of this style is spectacular and bright. Faces - graphic and clear modeling. In shape, such faces are most often angular (triangular, square). They are based not on softened rounded lines, but on sharp or massive ones. Almost all representatives of this style have well-defined cheekbones. Eyebrows dynamically rise up, have a kink or, on the contrary, low, as if pressing on the eyes. Something predatory looks through the eyes, their cut often resembles a cat's. Lips either overly full, sensuous or very thin, feeling cold and tight.

Representatives of this style can afford theatricality, pretentiousness, solemnity and sometimes aggressiveness in clothes, without fear of looking out of place.

3. romantic style

The structure of the face is rather delicate, its shape is oval, elongated or slightly rounded, smooth soft lines prevail in the features, there are no sharp and aggressive lines. A neat nose can be slightly upturned or slightly snub-nosed and always thin and graceful. Never - massive and wide. The eyes are wide open, slightly childish, or soft and mysterious. Lips bow or slightly swollen, capricious. Possible dimples on rounded cheeks. It is common for representatives of the romantic style to maintain prettiness and sophistication in appearance until adulthood.

Sometimes "romantics" are divided into "naive" and "complex". In the image of the former there is lightness, playfulness, tenderness, openness, and the latter are characterized by spirituality, detachment, silence, mystery. "Naive romantics" are Scarlett Johansson and Drew Barrymore, "difficult" - Liv Tyler and Cate Blanchett.

Representatives of this style need to include elements of romance in their clothes. First of all, make extensive use of a delicate color palette, simple shades or complex shades, depending on the subtype. Accessories should also emphasize the main feature of the style: small, neat jewelry with round-cut stones, or in the form of flowers, fruits and berries - for a "naive" occasion, and complex, refined, fragile, shading the depth of creative natures.

4. natural style

The most free and soft direction. The name itself speaks about the harmonious naturalness of the natural style, and its naturalness cannot be separated from the feeling of peace, comfort, simplicity. Rigid graphics in facial features are completely absent. Features of the type - a rounded outline of the face, a soft chin, wide, almost straight eyebrows, a wide or rounded soft nose, indistinctly defined lips. From such faces emanates simplicity and natural charm.

This type of appearance "loves" natural materials and the same shades: gray, beige / brown. Natural beauty is emphasized by jewelry made of wood, leather, metal, bone - especially if they are made simply.

COLOR TYPES OF APPEARANCE

Human nature is such that we are all born with individual appearances - different hair and eye colors, skin tone, characteristic physiological features ... And yet, all this diversity of human appearance can be distinguished into basic types: Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn.

Often, incorrect positioning of one's type leads to oddities: Summer loves truly "winter" colors and things, and Autumn is eager to buy a coat intended only for Spring. Yes, life is unfair, but take comfort in the fact that the colors you don't really like will make you like others a lot more - and first of all, yourself! Subjective opinion, perhaps, in this case also has the right to exist, but listen to the advice of fashion designers and stylists - the correct correspondence of clothes to the true color type will allow you to bloom not only externally, but also internally.

Cold and warm types

Nature is rich in a great variety of colors, while the entire color palette is divided into three huge categories:

cold colors- frosty pink, lilac, violet and blue gamma;

warm colors- orange-red, yellow-brown gamma and some warm shades of green;

neutral shades- some tones of brown, gray, white, black and some tones of the blue palette.

Also, the types of appearance of people are divided into two basic groups:

cold type of appearance- Winter and, paradoxically, Summer;

warm type of appearance– Spring and Autumn.

There are several methods for correctly and quickly determining your own color type, which are based on eye color, skin tone, natural (unpainted!) Eyebrow and hair color.

Summer

A common type among the Slavic population: fair-haired or cold ash-colored hair; light skin that acquires an olive undertone when sunburned; green, blue or gray eyes with a silvery sheen.

Blond hair and skin harmonizing with each other determine the color scheme in Summer's clothes: these will certainly be light pastel colors - lilac, pink, cold blue and gray with an ash tint. The main rule: a cold type of appearance - cold colors in clothes and the absence of bright, flashy colors. Catchy colors (for example, yellow, orange, green) will simply “beat” a light-haired girl, make her eyes on her face inconspicuous and inexpressive.

Pure neutral tones - white and black - are recommended to be avoided in Summer clothes, but platinum and silver shades, the color of white gold will emphasize the sophistication and cold elegance of the "summer" girl. Shoes are selected in the recommended "summer" pastel shades, as well as classic gray, gray-blue and the color of the sea, cold brown or pink.

Winter

ima can be contrasting and non-contrasting, but in any case it is one of the most striking color types. Dark or black hair, blue or brown eyes, light transparent (contrast Winter) or dark olive (non-contrast Winter) skin.

Representatives of this type are the only ones who naturally fit a pure black and white gamma in clothes. Since Winter is a cold color type, a preference for muted cold shades is recommended in the wardrobe: frosty pink and cherry, cold blue and purple colors, including purple shades, gray and its gradients, rich emerald. Silver, platinum, pearl and white gold color will make a spectacular accent as a decor, finish or when choosing fittings and accessories.

Just like “summer” girls, warm shades are contraindicated for “winter” girls - orange, red, yellow, warm blue and green. Gray-blue and chocolate tones should also be excluded from the wardrobe, this also applies to shoes - for boots, shoes, boots, steel, black, burgundy with a cold tint is preferable.

Spring

Hair - a natural blond or a brown-haired woman with a mandatory redhead in strands, eyes of any light shades - brown is practically excluded. The skin, despite its sensitivity, tans easily and quickly, freckles are, of course, a distinctive feature of the warm Spring.

For the basic colors of the wardrobe, it is recommended to stop at golden beige and other light warm shades of brown - for example, caramel and milk chocolate colors are ideal for clothes, shoes, and additional accessories. Black shoes may be appropriate for specific occasions, but generally not recommended.

As already mentioned, white is ideal only for Winter, but stylists recommend ecru (ivory) or creamy to refresh the “spring” type. It is better if the clothes have decorative elements or trim in golden yellow or creamy white.

Autumn

Another, related to the warm type, is bright and saturated, characterized by a blush on the skin and freckles, pigmentation that appears with age or under the influence of active sunlight. Eye color can be any, but certainly clean, without inclusions - blue, green, brown. Hair, as for the "spring" type, is cast golden-red.

Of course, only saturated tones of autumn nature will suit such a sunny, calm and warm woman. Warm brown colors will look amazing in clothes: from light honey and beige to reddish-rusty and deep color of bitter chocolate. A red range is also suitable, which in saturation and boldness can vary depending on the age of Spring: orange, tomato and original red diversify the overall brown palette in the closet.

The purple gamut, related to cold tones and, in general, not suitable for warm types, only Autumn allows you to dream up and, with some effort, pick up a spectacular contrasting little thing in a blurry and muted color of a ripe eggplant or in lilac - most likely, such colors will look appropriate in evening dress.

Withering autumn nature, despite the obvious predominance of brown tones, still contains a little green. If you are Autumn, then khaki, olive or swamp green wardrobe items will certainly suit you.
Cold blue or royal blue will irretrievably absorb all the spiritual and external warmth of the "autumn" girl, pure black and snow-white-white things in the Autumn wardrobe will also not take root: if necessary, they are recommended to be replaced with dark brown or cream and beige.

Listen to these recommendations and then your wardrobe will not contain random items bought in an emotional outburst. Beauty can also be different: some of the wrong tones of the most ideal cut of things in the basic wardrobe will fade the eyes and complexion, while others, having made the right choice, will gain self-confidence, the pleasure of their own attractiveness will cheer up and, undoubtedly, will attract admiring glances. surrounding.

As a rule, people can quite well analyze someone else's appearance. Of course, if they have certain skills or just a developed taste and sense of style. And it is better if you have taste and knowledge of theory. But when it comes to their own appearance, many make mistakes. They look and do not see, because they are extremely subjective and cannot evaluate themselves from the outside. Often this is precisely what explains the problems in choosing the right things, in particular the right colors of clothing. The right colors are those that beautify the appearance, make the face fresher and healthier. And not at all those that a person likes, but at the same time do not harmonize with his coloring. We can like absolutely any colors, and that's good, the world is beautiful in its diversity. However, you need to wear those that do not spoil the appearance, but show it in the best light. At least in the portrait zone, wear suitable ones close to the face. At the bottom, it's not so critical anymore. But there will be a task to correctly combine the bottom with the top. But about the rules for combining colors a little later.

Why are some colors suitable for a person, while others are not?

It is important to understand the theory in order to know what to look for when analyzing color. So, the colors, being close, have a certain effect on each other. So, if a fabric with a pronounced cold undertone is placed next to the skin that has a warm shade, then the light, reflected from the fabric, will give highlights of a different color on the skin and the skin color will look unhealthy - with a greenish, earthy or grayish tint. If the skin color is soft, with a grayish undertone, and the fabric is bright, then against the background of this fabric the skin will be lost, appear paler, the color of the fabric will drown it out. Etc.
It happens that people ask if it is possible to wear "not your" colors? In general, of course, you can! Who are you going to ban? But you need to understand that at the same time such a person will not look the best way in comparison with what he could look like in shades that suit him. Do you want such a result? Please wear any color and no physical analysis is required.

And for those who are still ready to understand and accept the truth about their color and use the information for the benefit of their own beauty and attractiveness, the following information will be useful:

The color is suitable if:

• Skin looks smoother, fresher and younger
• Seems like the face is lit from below
• In the chin area, the shadow almost merges or highlights the skin tone
• Eye color becomes brighter, more expressive, acquire shine
• Lips appear redder
• Under-eye circles, wrinkles and skin blemishes are less visible
• First of all, the face is visible, not the fabric
• At the same time, the fabric does not look too faded or, conversely, too flashy-bright
• The fabric looks richer, more luxurious

The color is NOT suitable if:

• Complexion appears uneven, patchy
• Dark or colored shadows appear in the chin area
• The oval of the face looks fuzzy, blurry
• Face appears older, tired, sickly
• The whites of the eyes become yellowish or reddish
• A greenish tint appears around the lips
• Facial features are sharpened, wrinkles become more noticeable, nasolabial folds appear deeper, circles under the eyes become darker
• The color of the fabric suppresses and drowns out the complexion, first the fabric is visible, and then the face
• The fabric looks too faded, as if washed out, burned out, or, conversely, synthetically bright, looks cheap

(When conducting a test to determine suitable colors, there should be no makeup on the face, the lighting should be natural, daylight (i.e. opposite the window, but the sun should not shine directly on the face), the hair is removed. If the current hair color is very different from natural, it is better to cover your hair with a white scarf.)

Examples of colors that do not suit a person well, and which suit him.
Can you figure out what's wrong?

So, what result of choosing the colors of clothes for yourself will you choose?
It is clear why you need to be able to determine the colors that suit you and wear them on your face?

But there may be a conflict of interest here.
It happens that the group of colors that suit a person, for some reason, does not like him. On the contrary, he has a craving for those things whose color kills his appearance. In this case, you need to follow the same algorithm of actions, which should be applied to all appearance parameters:

1) See. Those. still correctly determine your color type. No concessions)) When analyzing, look not at the color, but at the face! Those. objectively discard personal “like / dislike”, “want / don’t want” and sensibly assess the impact of a particular shade on your appearance.

2) Accept. Understand that the color type of appearance is a natural given. It practically does not change throughout life. In any case, in a natural way. There may, of course, be small transitions, but then adjustments to the appropriate color palette will be required. For now, make peace with what you have. The maximum that can be done with the appearance is to increase the contrast due to brighter makeup.

If this stage is failed and you do not want to point-blank admit that your favorite bright, dark or any other colors do not really suit you, you will never come close to creating your ideal harmonious image. There is a way for the selfless, of course, to regularly correct ALL the colors of their appearance. Those. dye your hair, change the color of your eyes with lenses or the right shade of shadows, cover your face with a dense layer of tonal means of the desired tone. In this case, with the harmony of all components, the color type can be radically different. For example, DitafonTeese went this way. Having a warm color by nature, she changed it to a cold bright one. But it was necessary to create a stage image. And to constantly maintain this style, she has to make a lot of effort. Are you ready for this? Do you need it? It's up to you to decide. But in my opinion, life is too short to spend it fighting with your natural beauty for the sake of false aspirations.

For men, girls and women of any age are divided into three types: blondes, brunettes and redheads. But we ourselves understand that not everything is so primitive, and the palettes of well-known branded coloring agents are voluminous and diverse: blonds, chocolates, chestnuts, ashy, black and copper tones - their number is close to infinity, and the newly released collections are full of a variety of "tastes".

The easiest way for a woman to change a habitual and even slightly annoying way that a woman knows is a haircut and / or coloring. But not every beauty is ready to part with maxi or midi hair length, but to change their color and thereby add bright notes to the image - why not? But the color, even if it is, cannot be taken at random: the result may not justify itself, “kill” the face and “erase” the eyes.

Hair color during dyeing forms the individuality of the individual, but the procedure for choosing the right option is complex and responsible

General classification of color types

The correct choice of hair color is based on the female color type. Some stylists who work with hairstyles do not bother much and distinguish only two types of women: “cold” and “warm”. In their classification, they are based on the color and type of skin, the iris of the eyes and the natural shade of hair given by nature.

Warm appearance includes golden or peach undertones of the skin, eyes of amber, green or tea color. In the usually chestnut shades of hair, copper strands flash through. Let's call Penelope Cruz as bright media representatives of the warm color type. “Warm” girls and women are recommended any warm shades that enliven the natural hair color and harmonize perfectly with it - golden, red, hazel.

It is strongly not recommended to bring cold tones into the warm color type, which include numerous ash and platinum, as well as light blond - unusual for fairly dark skin, they will highlight each wrinkle and visually add a dozen years to their owner.

Warm color type - warm golden-copper-red color scheme and no ash and classic blond

Cold beauties are characterized by blue and gray-green, as well as light brown eyes, combined with light or pale skin with a barely noticeable blush. The natural color of the hair varies from ashen of varying degrees of saturation to the color of the raven wing. Spectacular, original and stylish on such women will look platinum or black, and for those with dark and black hair, a noble shade of red wine and mahogany will do. But warm and bright red, golden and honey shades will create a color imbalance, worsen and make the complexion unhealthy-greenish, unfavorably shading it with its sunshine.

Cold color type - choose paint among ash and black shades, all kinds of blond and natural light brown, bypassing golden-red and hazel tones

Winter spring Summer Autumn

More scrupulous stylists and masters of hairdressing approach the matter more globally and distinguish not two very generalized color types, but four - two in each of the indicated ones: Spring and Autumn are warm, Winter and, oddly enough, Summer are cold. The principles remain the same, but the colors can be chosen more carefully:

Summer is the most common cold color type among Russian women: pale or slightly olive, practically non-tanning skin; gray-blue, gray-green, green-blue, and sometimes hazel eyes; "Native hair" - light blond (necessarily with an ashy tint) or cold chestnut. The optimal tones for hair coloring are from a cool blond with a light brown undertone to hazelnut chocolate.
Winter - pale, even bluish skin; necessarily dark hair - from dark chestnut to blue-black; eyes of saturated bright color - gray, blue, brown. Optimal dark tones for hair coloring: from chocolate and cold chestnut to ultra-black.

Spring - well-tanned ivory or bronze light skin and light, wheaten hair, eyes can be different - blue, green, hazel. Optimal tones for hair coloring: warm wheat shades and cappuccino, caramel, nut, copper and amber tones.
Autumn - native hair will certainly cast gold or copper, skin from easily burned, almost transparent to dark with an excellent even tan, eyes of any color, but always with luminous golden sparks. Optimum tones for hair coloring: from golden-copper and caramel to chestnut and hot chocolate.

Determining your own color type and orienting yourself in the choice of hair dye is the surest way not to get into trouble when changing your image: the palette of tones recommended for each color type is wide, and therefore every girl or woman will find one hundred percent her own color in it.

Skin condition

Few people who want to change their natural hair color think about the fact that the result obtained after seemingly such a careful selection is far from ideal, because the skin of the face has played a role. Unhealthy skin - acne, allergic rashes, skin irritations, liver and age spots, peeling - requires not only close attention and care, but also the right choice of hair dye, otherwise you risk aggravating the situation and making all these facial “charms” clearer and more visible.

An unsuccessfully chosen hair color will make an unnecessary emphasis on problematic facial skin.

Radical colors - very dark tones (dark chestnut, black, blue-black), very light tones (warm and cold blonds, ash, etc.), rich red or copper - will only emphasize all skin imperfections. With not very attractive skin, it is not recommended to experiment with hair dyes that are more than a couple of tones different from natural. Full coloring of the head is optional, but it will be somewhat more organic to perform color coloring in suitable tones, and for beautiful light heads -. Then the main tone of the hairstyle will remain its own, native, and the skin of the face with imperfections will not draw attention to itself.

How to choose a new hair color?

If the determination to change the image has grown stronger, you have decided on the color type, it is time to ask yourself the question: what do I want? Bring a subtle revival into the usual hairstyle with tones in harmony with the “native” color, perform coloring or radically transform from a brunette to a blonde or vice versa?

If you prefer to color your hair at home, then, narrowing down the search for the desired tone to your own color type, in the cosmetics store in the department for coloring and hair care, refer to the palette of the selected manufacturer. The palette is a line of tones, for greater clarity, made in the form of a “color map” with samples of colored strands and usually a two-digit number for each. The first digit in this number indicates the depth of the color, the second - its shade. In natural light conditions, determine whether the strand of the palette corresponds to your own “native” tone, and then (depending on whether you want to become darker or lighter) choose a tone for coloring that differs from yours within two points. And now, in this depth and proposed shades, choose the one that is closer to the soul.

When choosing professional shades and wanting a natural result, use a palette of colors that is developed by branded manufacturers

Turning from a brunette into a blonde in one fell swoop will not work even with the help of a professional stylist: even healthy and strong hair cannot do such an execution - global lightening is performed only gradually. But from light to dark - please: the dark pigment will joyfully block the light one at a time.

The right choice of tone for coloring will refresh the face and make it rested and young, and the eyes - expressive and deep; unsuccessful paint will emphasize imperfections and shade the skin of the face with an unhealthy color.