The right color highlights can accentuate eyes, complement skin tone, and impart a sun-kissed luster to dull locks.
If you are a Hollywood Brunette you should get a “creamy gold” hue on the ends and a “warm caramel” closer to the face. “You can get away with a lot more blondness on the ends,” says the Stylists of Salon Astante.
In order to have a healthy glow for summer, the color of your highlights should enhance your face, not detract from it. Generally, warm skin tones should be paired with warm hair colors (think auburn, red, copper, and gold) and cool skin tones should be combined with cool hair colors (those in the ash family).On the flipside, cooler complexions that wear overly warm highlights can appear pale and washed-out.
Skin with heavy pink undertones, however, should be mixed with auburn or auburn-copper hair over bright, fiery rouge. Another indicator of skin tone: eye color. While blue eyes signify a cool skin tone and hazel eyes are warm, brown eyes can vary. “Brown eyes are generally warm, but a dark brown without any gold flecks can be cool,”Green eyes (either pure green or green with a hint of brown) are flattered by both cool and warm hair colors, according to Salon Astante.
No matter what color you apply to your coif, proper care is necessary to keep it vibrant. “Sunlight, chlorine, and salt water are hard on color-treated hair. To freshen-up on the days in between, mix a conditioner with water and scrub your scalp. Conditioner has cleansing properties too but won’t dry and fade your hair like shampoo will—a volumizing formula will leave hair looking clean and not weighed down.”
