west vs east
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Printed Date: November 23 2025 at 7:31am
Topic: west vs east
Posted By: claribuzz
Subject: west vs east
Date Posted: December 17 2005 at 9:42pm
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i have always wondered, what is the best colour for asian. mainly asian with black hair and eyes. skin either tawny(yellowish), light olive or dark olive. some asian even have naturally pale pinkish skin. if i am not mistaken these are all the shades in the cool zone of the colour wheel. so best color shade we should wear is ash brown, ash blondes, platinum, dark brown, black, plum, burgundy, red or purple. but if i got to the drugstore selling those comercial brand like loreal, revelon, and nutrier garnesse, they usually have warm colours such as auburn, gold, copper, and mahogany. i have a aunt who dyed her hair in a auburn red shade and it look bad but then last week i saw her with these really nice ashy dark brown shade and she looked great. but i dyed my sisters hair with this golden mahogany shade it looked great dispite unven color. i forgot she had thick hair and that requried two boxes, i used only one. i also dyed my hair with this shade called frosted brown??? but the box shade number is 203. so i am guessing a 2 shade lightning neutral brown with gold reflects?? i kinda liked it dispite is being slighty golden but it was mother approved ( meaning not too bright or over the top shade ). so i am kinda confuse right now. is my market (malaysia) doomed with bad color from unsuitable shades that is sold in most stores and that we have to fork out color jobs and salons that has the cool shades??? please any replies is welcomed. i really hope colurist, stylist, pro diy colour users could help me with this burning question ------------- ARGHH |
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Posted By: aubergine
Date Posted: January 01 2006 at 7:50am
Over here we are quite lucky, we get a big variety of colour, but not
brands. I think the very best place for a choice of every colour
in many different brands is in America....they get everything  Even if you are doomed to warm shades, there's always the internet or salons. But anyway you said your sister looked good in the mahogany, so all is not lost! Just experiment a bit. |
Posted By: WhisperToScream
Date Posted: January 01 2006 at 3:23pm
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I think asian skin tones vary from warm to cool just like other races skin tones. My mother is Japanese and looks much better in reds, golds, and oranges, then in the ash and cool shades. Her mother (my grandmother) tends more in the ash side of things, but my mom got her coloring from her dad. I'm sorry you don't get more variety of shades where you live. Maybe you will at some point, but it seems at the moment you are left to experimenting and going to the salon. |
Posted By: Kuroneko
Date Posted: January 04 2006 at 2:13am
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I'm not sure, but I think there are more warm-toned people around than cool, which is probably why there are more options for warm tones. It seems to be the same way with make-up, too :-P . ------------- More awesome than a manatee! |