Dark Ash brown?
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Topic: Dark Ash brown?
Posted By: IRIS
Subject: Dark Ash brown?
Date Posted: May 10 2003 at 7:05pm
| I dye my hair dark brown and it doesn't match my skin tone, I think that I need a dark ash brown. A really dark almost black ash tone. I'm afraid that it will look bad in bright light. Will it have a blueish tone or greyish tone in the light or will it still look brown? Could someone explain what the results will be? |
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Posted By: IRIS
Date Posted: May 11 2003 at 7:52pm
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Actually I just would like someone to descibe the differences of neutral and ash tones of hair dye and what skin tones go best with ash colors. Thanks. ------------- |
Posted By: Sophie
Date Posted: May 12 2003 at 11:33am
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Hi Iris; I really don't use dark ash color on any skintone, accept maybe a blue black on someone younger with alot of natural color in their skin( if your into a fasion look blue black can be fun on pale skin, but you have to be into that.) If I'am correcting color, I may use a dk ash. But rarely is it the color of choice, once the color is corrected....and some one's hair would have to be pretty orangy red to use dk ash. The dark ash colors I use are usually green, bluish green or blue...maybe dark violet...?? depending. But almost never is it grey, at least not a true dk grey...it would be too flat and it really doesn't neutralize other colors it just muddies or dulls...You don't want that. A realistic looking dark brown needs red and yellow along with blue...the darker the brown the more red and/or blue. Neutrals or naturals (as opposed to ash) are the series that color manufacturers developed to cover grey. But even these are tri-color bases...meaning they have all three primary colors in them. Although some can be ashier (greener) then others.  What skintone do you have and what are you trying to achieve? ------------- Sophie http://salonwest.proboards34.com - http://salonwest.proboards34.com |
Posted By: IRIS
Date Posted: May 16 2003 at 10:13pm
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With my skintone, warm browns and even browns with a warm tint clash with my skintone. I'm trying to cover my grey hair. I dye my hair dark brown and my roots/natural hair is almost black. I'm looking for a brown that is almost black but in sunllight looks yellowish brown. What should I tell a colorist that I want? It can be hard to explain the exact color. Anyways thanks for always replying Sophie! ------------- |
Posted By: IRIS
Date Posted: May 16 2003 at 10:19pm
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Oh and I forgot my skintone is a very pale ivory and my cheeks have a very rosy color. My eyes are green. What hair color would you recomend? ------------- |
Posted By: cara
Date Posted: May 19 2003 at 8:18am
| From your description of your skintone and natural haircolor, I'd say a neutral brown would do it. Maybe Natural Instincts? That's a deposit-only color(doesn't lighten-so you won't get the unwanted warm tones that come from haircolor oxidation) |
Posted By: Sophie
Date Posted: May 19 2003 at 6:48pm
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I agree with Cara...Nutral or Natural Browns, semi or Demi so you don't get red from the h2o2. Natural Instincts sounds great....choose one color lighter than you want...then you can always go one darker if you want. ------------- Sophie http://salonwest.proboards34.com - http://salonwest.proboards34.com |
Posted By: IRIS
Date Posted: May 20 2003 at 2:33pm
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What is Hair color Oxidation? ------------- |