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I feel like I need a little "something" in my haircolor to warm up/liven up my face.
Even though my hair colorist is excellent - meaning she "gets" whatever color I want to do and she does the color great - but I haven't found anyone yet who is a true "artist" - meaning that they are excellent at picking and mixing tones that warm up my face rather than dull it, etc.
Every colorist seems to always suggest the same tones for me - caramel or honey or coppery highlights - with a shade or two darker than my own (my hair is very dark blonde/light brown) as lowlights.
The thing is I never really love the end result. I like it. It's better than my mousy brown. But it's never great.
Like right now it feels like the overall tone of my hair is exactly like the color of my eyes - brownish/green - (no there's no green in my hair! but when I look at my hair and my eyes there's no contrast, no "pop", no warming of the face (I have pale white skin with pink/reddish undertones - not easy!). ETA: if I had to describe the color I'd say "walnut-y"
Now - I'm in my 40s - so gone are the days when I'd be willing to do a permanent eggplant or cherry red all over - but I need something. Or maybe I'm asking too much of my hair and I just want to look better! I don't know.
But I was thinking maybe actually going to a wig shop and trying out different colors...
And obviously I could try a different hair dresser (I'm on my third in a few years and she's by far the best...so I don't have high hopes...but maybe that's what's needed...again...)
In the meantime, if any of you are good with color/skin tone/hair color - do you have any suggestions? *Should* hair have some contrast to the eyes? Could I do cherry red highlights, maybe, or is baliage not right for that type of color over a light brown?
Even though my hair colorist is excellent - meaning she "gets" whatever color I want to do and she does the color great - but I haven't found anyone yet who is a true "artist" - meaning that they are excellent at picking and mixing tones that warm up my face rather than dull it, etc.
Every colorist seems to always suggest the same tones for me - caramel or honey or coppery highlights - with a shade or two darker than my own (my hair is very dark blonde/light brown) as lowlights.
The thing is I never really love the end result. I like it. It's better than my mousy brown. But it's never great.
Like right now it feels like the overall tone of my hair is exactly like the color of my eyes - brownish/green - (no there's no green in my hair! but when I look at my hair and my eyes there's no contrast, no "pop", no warming of the face (I have pale white skin with pink/reddish undertones - not easy!). ETA: if I had to describe the color I'd say "walnut-y"
Now - I'm in my 40s - so gone are the days when I'd be willing to do a permanent eggplant or cherry red all over - but I need something. Or maybe I'm asking too much of my hair and I just want to look better! I don't know.
But I was thinking maybe actually going to a wig shop and trying out different colors...
And obviously I could try a different hair dresser (I'm on my third in a few years and she's by far the best...so I don't have high hopes...but maybe that's what's needed...again...)
In the meantime, if any of you are good with color/skin tone/hair color - do you have any suggestions? *Should* hair have some contrast to the eyes? Could I do cherry red highlights, maybe, or is baliage not right for that type of color over a light brown?