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Skin tone : Hair colour

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Topic: Skin tone : Hair colour
Posted By: living1
Subject: Skin tone : Hair colour
Date Posted: January 09 2007 at 10:18am
Okay so I'm never really sure if I'm a warm or cool tone.  I understand one can also fall under 1 of the four winter, spring, summer, fall categories...  I've always thought my skin has more of a reddish/blue/green/yellow undertone more than anything else...  but I would say it's definatly not a porcelain.   I was born with lite ash brown hair blessed with a variance of highlights under the sun.  Grey/blue eyes.. and I'd like to draw more of a focus to them.

-I don't know what to do with my hair and I woudln't trust any hairstylist with half a thought...  I have been dying it for years, I've had many many colours always had compliments on the red tones.  But I'm wondering how blonde would work with my skin/eye colour combo.  Any insight onto which season I may be?  Or any ideas on wat to do with my hair?  I'm open to suggestions and I am about to throw a box of Loreal (blonding) onto these dire locks.  ^ . ^


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Posted By: Susan W
Date Posted: January 10 2007 at 7:44am
Reddish/blue/green/yellow would pretty much cover everything!  Usually the people born with lighter hair and skin that is not very dark or porcelain white tend to be either summer or spring.  You may need someone to help you with this, but what colors look better on you?  Yellow or lavendar?  Brights or pastels?  Usually it would be lavendar for the summer and yellow for the spring, though they still look okay in the one that is not the best. 

Springs look best in bright colors and gold tones, but they can also pull off black (though its not one of their best colors, its better than grays or navy).  They look better in offwhite than white white.  And better in shades that have some yellow in them (orange red better than cool dark red, turquoise better than cool blue etc.). These look best with gold toned hair, or rich warm shades.

 The summer looks better in ash tones.  Lavendar is good on them, better than bright yellow or lime green (I keep saying things like that because if you get a friend and hold these colors up to yourself, they should be able to help you decide what looks best and figure out which you are).  Summers look pretty bad in black, very washed out, but navy looks good on them.  They look better in maroon than orange red, and better with silver jewellry and ash toned hair.

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