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Hair Color to Complement Your Skin Tone – Oklahoma City Hair Color Salon

Most women don’t take their skin tone into consideration when choosing a hair color, but they should. The color of a woman’s hair can make the skin look pale or dull. You may have your eye on a color that looks fun or radical, but only your stylist can really help you find the hue for your skin tone. Impulsively choosing a hair color based entirely on whether or not you like the way it looks on the box won’t lead to great or even good results. You need to make sure that your hair color complements your complexion to give your skin a radiant look that will encourage complements from everyone you know.

English: Woman with natural red hair
English: Woman with natural red hair (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

It makes sense that the color of your hair is going to affect the way light rays bounce off your face. The right color choice can make your face look brighter (in a positive way) by given you the look of someone who is sitting in a warm candle lit room. Many women are surprised to learn that by choosing the right color, they can make their skin tone look more even. Choosing the wrong color, in contrast, can cause a woman’s face to look like she’s sitting under harsh fluorescent lights. It isn’t always easy to know what color choice would work best for you. It won’t necessarily be the box of hair color that appeals to you from the shelf.

Unfortunately, not all of us are blessed with the hair color that makes us look our best. Indeed, many women need a little help to get the color just right. Spending time in the sun can lead to hair color problems that are unflattering up against certain skin tones. For example, women with an olive skin tone and a slightly copper tinge to their hair can end up looking sallow. Your stylist will be able to identify the best hair color for your skin tone to make sure that you won’t end up with a hue that brings out the worst in your skin tone.

Women with warm skin tones that are golden, olive, or dark should stick with warm, golden shades of hair color (not copper). Jet black hair should be avoided as well as hair colors that are lighter than the skin tone. Super-dark hair color can make women with warm skin tones look washed out. And making a woman with warm skin tones into a blonde can be a delicate process that should only be attempted by an experienced stylist. Otherwise the final results could be hideous.

Women with cool skin tones, in contrast, often have blue or green eyes and their skin tends to burn before it tans. If you fall into this category, avoid colors that feature gold or auburn because they’ll make your skin look ruddy. Instead an ash blonde or cool brown color will work best.

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Dip Dyeing Your Hair

Lots of women are tempted to try to do their own hair dyeing projects at home, no matter how probable it is that the dye will go awry. The ombre look, sported by a number of celebrities today is a trend that can go terribly wrong in the hands of an amateur. Dip dyeing hair takes finesse. You don’t just dip your hair in a bucket of dye and end up with a stylish look. Visiting your stylist is really important if you want to make sure you end up with the look you’re really going for.

wild red hair dye self portrait 2
wild red hair dye self portrait 2 (Photo credit: pumpkincat210)

A variety of A-list celebrities have done dip dying. Naomi Campbell and Raven-Symone are just two of them who may have chosen this trendy look because they don’t have to revisit the salon every two months for a touch up to keep their dreads looking pristine. Dip dyeing has the natural advantage of growing out naturally. Rather than having roots, women who choose to go with the ombre look have “ends”. When they’re ready to try something new, it’s easy to just chop off the part of the hair that was dip dyed. Unfortunately, many women attempt the lighter on the bottom, darker on the top process at home with limited success.

Of course, it’s also possible to do a darker on the bottom and lighter on the top dip dyeing job as well. Either way, the final color that you choose is an important decision. Your stylist may be able to give you some guidance to help you find the perfect shade to match your natural color, or perhaps a secondary color that your hair could be dyed up top to give you a radically different look. Picking up a box of hair color at the local grocery store is like playing Russian roulette. You really don’t know for sure how your own natural color will interact with the boxed dye. Though you might be successful dyeing your entire head of hair with that same box of dye, it could look absolutely hideous if you attempt to color only the bottom half of your hair with the stuff.

If you like to follow the hair trends dip dyeing is definitely worth doing because it’s such a low-commitment look. Whereas some hair color trends are harder to grow out, ombre offers graceful transitioning as the hair becomes longer. But don’t be fooled by the deceptively natural looking appearance that women are able to achieve when they go to the salon for dip dyeing. In actuality, each strand of hair is carefully colored. The hair is not “dipped” into a vat of bleach or dye. Though it looks like it would be simple enough to pull off at home, it’s definitely wise to seek out a stylist to make sure the project doesn’t go off-course.

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At Home Hair Color Tragedies – Oklahoma City Hair Color

Though it may seem like a no-brainer to just go buy some hair color at the grocery store for a few bucks and go home and take care of a hair color emergency with your own two hands, you may be setting yourself up for a tragedy if you choose this route. Coloring hair at home (or in a salon) isn’t as straightforward as it seems. Every year, hundreds of thousands of women botch their hair color and seek help from the salon. Before you head out to the grocery store to buy a box of cheap hair color for yourself, consider all the tragic consequences that could befall you.

Hair coloring
Hair coloring (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

If you’ve recently dyed your hair, you may want to consider going to a salon for a change rather than taking on the task yourself. Once you’ve dyed your hair, it can become damaged and a second attempt at dying your hair can cause breakage. Breakage may not sound too scary unless you think about breakage up near the roots of your hair. Though you can dye hair that has already been dyed, it’s wise to seek the advice of someone who is skilled with hair to get the right outcome. Otherwise, you could end up with thinning hair rather than a new hair color and lots of little ends sticking up out of your head.

Even highlights can be disastrous at home. Indeed, bleaching one’s hair is a harrowing undertaking without a skilled professional on your side. Applying bleach to the hair can be remarkably damaging and if you screw it up, it can also be hard to undo without doing even more damage. It can be difficult to walk away from an at home highlighting job without a few “stripes” (areas where the bleach wasn’t applied right) and these take expert hands to fix. And why risk it? If there’s any possibility that you’re going to end up at a salon to fix an at-home highlighting job, then just go to the salon in the first place.

If you have dark hair and you’re trying to lighten it, it’s best to visit the salon. True, there are boxes of bleach available almost everywhere, but it’s more likely that you’ll end up with the wrong color than the right one. Once you’ve totally fried your hair with an at-home bleaching solution and you’ve got orange locks, your hair color options are somewhat diminished. Instead of loving you’re look, you’ll be spending the next few months grateful to have hair at all and biding your time as your hair grows out.

At-home hair dye and bleach is usually a bad idea, but occasionally women get lucky with it. As a general rule, visit a salon if you’re wanting to take a big risk with your hair color or if you plan to bleach your hair.

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Teens Expressing Themselves With Hair Dye – Oklahoma City Hair Color

Roxxi + Lizzie
Roxxi + Lizzie (Photo credit: mcbill)

Why do we see more and more teenagers with their hair dyed? What do you do if your teen is looking to dye their hair?  In the past, hair color fell under these categories; brunettes, blondes or redheads.  Teens today express themselves with vibrant hair colors like pinks, greens, blues and purples.  It seems there is no limit to choices for teens to dye their hair, like being able to choose from a crayon box.  This growing and popular trend with teens is becoming very popular and a way for artistic expression.

Many parents and adults feel uneasy about teens with brightly multi-colored hair.  Though some parents are confident with their teens choice to color their hair and don’t worry about their teens harmless self expression.  If teens want to have artistic and creative expression from hair dye it seems to have little consequence overall.  Teens feel expressions from tattoos or piercings are much too drastic and permanent and their hair dye is reversible, making it an acceptable form of expression.  It is simple for them to change their hair color and take the opportunity to do so now rather than when they are adults and cannot be so freely vibrant with their hair color.

There may be cause for concern if teens want to drastically change their hair dye repeatedly.  If teens are constantly changing their hair color it may be due to a problem with their self identity or needing attention.  As a parent you will need to talk with them and have open and honest communication to determine their reasoning for wanting to dye their hair and change it often.  It is possible your teen just wants to express themselves because it reflects their creativity and desire to keep their hair changes new and exciting, not for attention or because they are lacking self-confidence.

After speaking with your teen and you decide it’s okay for them to have their hair colored, go to the stylist together.  The stylist at the salon can help give your teen just what they are looking for and you’ll be included in your teens decision.

The harmless and creative self expression of teens through their vibrant and colorful hair dyes adds some brightness to our world.  Teens are often excited about their new look and enjoy being different.  Don’t be too concerned if your teen comes home one day with some color added to their hair, just remember it isn’t permanent.