- December 22, 2018
- Coloring
- Natalia Michaelis
Brown hair color is considered a rare shade. Girls with this color are very lucky, because some have been trying to get it for years. However, many people do not like to stay in one look forever and are looking for new colors to dye their hair. Owners of chestnut hair have a wide range of shades to choose from: copper, chocolate, light cream and many others. Coloring techniques such as shatush and ombre are perfect in this case. So, let's take a closer look at what color to dye your brown hair.
Hair base
When deciding what color to dye your brown hair, don't forget that for some types of dyeing you will need to lighten your hair. To get the perfect blonde, for example. It is not always possible to get by with just your natural hair pigment. If the base is not light enough, the paint may appear in spots or may not cover the natural color at all. We are, of course, talking about coloring at home.
When answering the question about what color to dye your brown hair, do not choose dye and lightening powders according to the principle “I’ll take whichever is cheaper.” Such products do not spare your hair, so it is better to pay once for a high-quality lightening emulsion than for one that will leave your hair in a terrible state. Based on this, try to buy a good lightening agent so that no problems arise in the future.
Caring for colored dark hair
After coloring, dark strands need careful care. For everyday procedures it is worth purchasing:
- Shampoo and conditioner for colored hair;
- Deeply restorative mask;
- Primer with silicones;
- Moisturizing serum;
- Sunscreen cream or spray;
- A comb made of natural wood or bone;
- A brush made of natural bristles.
You need to wash your hair no more than 2 times a week, using mild sulfate-free shampoos for colored hair. They can be alternated with toning agents. If the strands have been lightened and dyed in a cold silver or ashy tone, shampoos with an anti-yellow effect are suitable.
After washing, the hair is treated with a nourishing balm or moisturizing conditioner and rinsed thoroughly. The strands become soft and elastic, easy to style. Once a week, after washing, a deeply restorative mask from the professional series is applied to the curls. There are products on sale for bleached, dark or brightly colored hair. Masks add volume to the hair, revitalize the color, and strengthen the roots. During the warm season, colored hair should be protected with creams, oils and sprays with sun screens.
Re-staining can be done after 4-6 weeks. If tinting preparations were used, the procedure is repeated after 2-3 weeks. Lightening dyes are not applied to the entire length; it is enough to treat the root zone and comb the hair with a comb.
What will help you decide on color shades?
So, what color should you dye your brown hair? Before a girl decides to dye her hair, she should take into account many nuances that will help her solve the problem of choosing a shade. To avoid everyone’s unloved “expectation/reality” situations, you should first evaluate your appearance. There are some rules for dyeing hair brown, which help determine the appropriate shades. Let's look into them.
Features of appearance that help determine your type before dyeing your brown hair a different shade:
- Skin tone.
- The presence of freckles and their shade.
- Eyebrow color.
- Face shape.
- Lip color.
In order to accurately determine your type, you need to start from all the points as a whole in order to create the ideal image. Therefore, we tried to pay close attention to each of the presented points. Let's take a closer look at what color you can dye your brown hair.
Skin tone
An important aspect is skin tone. This is the first thing that experts resort to to determine a new hair color. Indeed, for the most part, it is by this that the future fate of the curls is determined. It is no secret that each tone is characterized by a certain number of shades that will harmonize perfectly in the final result. Let's try to figure out what color to dye dark brown hair. In modern society, there are four color types:
- Spring. The color type is characterized by light, thin skin, blue doll-like eyes and a delicate pink blush. Suitable shades: cream and light chocolate.
- Summer. The color type is characterized by beige-gray skin tones and gray-green eyes. Suitable shades: cool blonde, light cream and nut.
- Autumn. The color type is characterized by light golden skin pigment and copper eyes. Suitable shades: red, all warm browns.
- Winter. The color type is characterized by cold skin pigments and dark brown eyes. Suitable shades: dark brown, black.
What color is best to dye your hair: recommendations for face type and eye color
Hair coloring is one of the most popular ways to brighten up your appearance and even completely change your image. There are a huge number of shades, in addition to blonde, black, red, so deciding to choose one can be quite difficult. However, when it comes to choosing the right color, you should be careful, since it should not only please you, but also suit you. If you make a mistake, the image may turn out unnatural, ugly and inharmonious.
General rules for choosing hair color
There are three golden rules that must be followed when coloring your curls:
- If you have freckles or pigmentation
, you should avoid drastic shades such as blonde and black, as they highlight absolutely any imperfections on the skin. - Girls with blush on their cheeks and those who often blush
should refrain from red and ginger shades, which will often blend into the skin and create not the best impression. - Women with pronounced sharp facial features
should give preference to smoothing light tones, abandoning dark ones that emphasize “sharp corners,” and especially black.
These three golden rules relate to general principles, but cannot fully give an idea of what color is best to dye your hair. Here you should take into account the type of your appearance.
Paint shade by color type
The first step to successful hair coloring lies in determining what color type your appearance belongs to. This allows you to accurately select a shade that will highlight all the advantages of the fair sex.
There are four color types in total:
- Vesna
- blondes with porcelain skin, on which freckles are often noticeable. The eyes are usually blue or blue. Girls of the “spring” type are quite rare, so stylists recommend that owners of this appearance refuse to change their hair color. From time to time, of course, everyone wants to bring something new to their image. If you decide to repaint, it is best to choose nut, caramel, and ash shades. Dark colors do not suit the owners of this rare color type at all. Black or chestnut hair will instantly add at least five years of age, but getting back your curls will be problematic. In most cases, you just have to cut your hair. - Summer
, on the contrary, is one of the most popular color types. Girls with this appearance have pale skin, which turns brown after sunbathing, and their hair has a light brown or light brown tint. Their eyes are hazel, gray, blue. Representatives of beauty should take into account many nuances when choosing a paint color. There is no single universal shade. Wheat tones are suitable for fair-skinned women, and black, on the contrary, for girls with dark skin. This should definitely be taken into account and even girls of the same color type should not confuse shades. - Autumn
means women with beautiful and bright golden or bronze skin. Those with an autumn color type often have freckles or moles. With the onset of summer, the skin turns golden tan. The curls are either red or brown. They have brown or hazel eyes. For an autumn girl, copper or milk chocolate paint is most suitable, which will highlight all the advantages of the skin tone and eyes. - Winter
is another rarely seen color type. The winter woman has snow-white skin and dark hair. This description is general. This color type also includes girls with blond hair and olive skin. The eyes of those with a winter color type come in both a steel shade and a brown shade. Girls with a similar appearance look best when their hair is colored in dark colors, for example, beech or ebony. Owners of this color type do not suit light shades, which make the face less expressive.
Presence of freckles and their shade
We continue to discuss what color you can dye your brown hair ends and roots. At first glance it may seem that this point is superfluous, but it is not so. In fact, freckles are an excellent indicator of color type. As you might have guessed, those with freckles belong to the autumn color type. That's right, because this characteristic can be attributed to skin tone. The color of freckles determines the presence of shades that match these incredibly beautiful spots. Copper freckles will suit red hair color, while brown and light gray ones will undoubtedly suit dark brown and cool hair, respectively.
Eyebrow color
What is the best color to dye your brown hair depending on the shade of your eyebrows? The eyebrow shade should not differ much from the new hair color. It is worth adhering to a simple rule: eyebrows in shade can differ only by two tones from the color of the curls.
Some stylists also highlight the features of eyebrow shape. Usually this is resorted to only when the shape is a more significant factor than their color. Take the example of model Cara Delevingne, whose eyebrows are several shades darker than her hair. But her look puts emphasis on the wide and thick texture of her eyebrows, which are the main feature of her appearance. In this regard, do not forget that there are exceptions to the rules.
Wash
Not so long ago, this procedure could only be done in hairdressing and beauty salons. Yes, and it costs, not so cheap. But now purchasing a product to remove hair dye is not a problem.
Washing is another way to recolor black hair. The effectiveness of the method depends on the number of stains. If the black color was applied only a couple of times, then the remover will work the first time and the result will be wonderful. And in the case when the black color was on the hair for several years, and dyeing took place every month, it will be very difficult to remove the dye. And the whole head will be colored. Because where there is less paint, it will wash off more, and where there is more it may not have any effect at all.
Also, such an experiment requires free time, because the procedure does not take place once. To achieve a worthwhile result, you need at least a week until you can dye your desired color.
All the myths that after washing you will have your own hair color - forget and never remember. Any dye changes the hair pigment, and no remover can recolor it back. Therefore, immediately be prepared for the fact that the final result needs improvement.
Face shape
It is often believed that in most cases this point helps solve the issue of hair length, and not its color, but this is wrong. Based on the shape of the face, one can judge the shades that will suit a girl when dyeing her hair. But for your convenience, we will also describe the estimated hair length suitable for a specific face type. There are three main face shapes. Let's try to match the hair color of every face.
- Oval. Most often, owners of such a face have the right to any hair length and color that only their heart desires. What to do in this case? Try to decide on a color based on other appearance features that we have provided.
- Round. Such girls make a choice in favor of light shades. Often the hair length does not fall below the chest.
- Square. All dark shades, starting from simple brown, suit this face. The fact is that a square face is framed by hard lines, which are clearly not suitable for delicate and light shades of curls. Different lengths suit girls with this face shape. In this case, the owner can decide for herself what length of hair is more convenient for her to wear.
Do not forget that each of the previous points has something in common with the next one. A holistic image will help you create the perfect picture, so try to take into account all the listed nuances. Judging by one of them is wrong. In other words, you simply risk getting a color that will not harmonize with your appearance.
Lip color
Finally we got to the last point - lip color. It would seem, what could be simpler? But not everything is as simple as we would like. Here we’ll go from the opposite – we’ll match the lipstick to the hair color. What is it for? Sometimes girls, after a long-awaited coloring, cannot choose a new lipstick, and all the old ones do not match the new shade of their strands. The problem is really relevant, let's explain why: brunettes suit bright, provocative lipstick colors, and at the same time, they can look too vulgar and provocative on blonde girls.
In order to determine the correct color of everyday lipstick, you can do it in two ways: choose it yourself or contact a professional. Undoubtedly, you will come to some kind of right decision on your own, but not right away. This can be very expensive for you, especially if you use luxury products. It is much easier to contact an experienced person who can easily select the desired lipstick color and, more likely, will help with choosing a brand.
Fashion trends
Now let's look at what fashionable shade trends exist this season for dark hair:
- One of these is mushroom brown. Despite such a strange name, this shade looks very noble on the hair. Externally, it is a brown color with an ashy, cool undertone.
- Another fashionable coloring style for brown hair is gasoline stains. This technique was originally used in manicure, but today it is also used by stylists. Hair that is colored with bright strands shimmers in the sun with all the colors of the rainbow, and in appearance resembles a stain of gasoline or oil on the asphalt, which is washed out after rain.
- Caramel chocolate is another trendy shade that those with brown hair can use. It is a deep brown color with added caramel notes. Unlike mushroom chocolate, caramel chocolate is a very soft and warm shade.
- The darkest shade of brown that those with chestnut curls can use this season is espresso, which is very close to black. It is associated with scalding strong coffee and looks impressive on the head.
- In the previous season, dyeing gray hair was very fashionable. However, this year the charcoal shade has gained popularity, which can be used not only by those with blond hair, but also by brown-haired women. On dark hair, it looks like a deep, dark shade of gray with a hint of metallic added.
Shatush
The shatush technique is generally close to the balayage technique; it differs in that before dyeing the strands are combed, and only then the coloring composition is applied to them in a random order. When performing this coloring on dark hair, it is possible to lighten it slightly, which will help create a fashionable effect of burnt strands. Unlike the balayage technique, this method is suitable for coloring short hair.
Care
So, we figured out how to choose the right shade of chestnut hair dye. In conclusion, it is worth noting that after all such manipulations with dyed hair, it is necessary to arrange a SPA evening for it, which will restore the lost moisture of the strands that are slightly “damaged by dye.” Both store-bought and homemade masks will fit perfectly. The most important thing is to restore the damaged hair structure. And in the future, it is worth paying more attention and time to colored strands so that they look healthy and attractive.
How to dye your hair at home
Most often, dark hair is dyed in 2 stages. First, the strands are lightened, then they are given the desired shade.
For home coloring you will need:
- Lightening powder;
- Oxidizing emulsion;
- Tinting paint of the desired shade;
- Artificial bristle brushes;
- Mixing container;
- Protective cape or towel;
- Balm or conditioner.
Lightening powder is mixed with an oxidizing agent of 6% or 9% concentration. The drug is distributed over the strands using a brush, each curl is wrapped in foil. For lightening, 15-40 minutes are enough, it all depends on the color and structure of the hair. The composition is washed off with warm water and mild shampoo. When coloring horizontally, foil is not used; lightening and tinting agents are applied with loose brush strokes.
After lightening, the strands are tinted. The paint is diluted with an oxidizing agent or activating cream in the proportion recommended by the manufacturer. The drug is evenly distributed throughout the hair. The paint can be applied from the roots or starting from the middle of the strands, it depends on the chosen technique. 20 minutes is enough for tinting. The drug is washed off with warm water, and a balm or conditioner is applied to damp hair.
