Harmony and balance
The main thing to remember, is that with colour we are trying to create harmony and balance between your colouring and the colours you wear. This isn’t just your clothes but your make-up and hair colour as well. There is a saying that goes ‘when the eye sees harmony it sees beauty’.
So where to start?
The first thing to think about is your undertone, if you have a warm or a cool one. During a colour consultation I ask my clients what their hair colour was when they were young teenagers, before they’d ever coloured it or it had maybe started to change naturally. If they tell me they had any auburn or chestnut in it then it gives me a good indicator that they have a warmer colouring, if they tell me they were very ash blonde with no warmth at all then that probably shows they have a cooler undertone. This relates directly into what colour I would recommend they have now.
Warm colouring
Cool colouring
Which Blonde?
This is probably the question I get asked the most “what tone of blonde should I go”. Again, think about your undertone. If you have a cooler skin tone colouring with blue, grey, green or clear brown eyes then go for a more ash blonde without much warmth in it to create harmony. If you have a warmer skin tone with earthier brown, green or blue eyes then go for a more strawberry or honey blonde.
Strawberry Blonde
Ash Blonde
Darker Hair
If you prefer to have darker hair then think about your other features as well. If you have very dark eyes with a lot of contrast then a dark to deep dark brown or even a black may suit you very well, similar to that of the Duchess of Sussex. If by contrast you have pale eyes and eyebrows and a lightness to your colouring then stick to the lighter blonde tones.
Darker hair on warm skin tone could be anywhere from auburn or a deep copper such as Christina Hendricks. With a cool skin tone you could go anywhere from silver to black, as long as it doesn’t have any warm tones, why not try pink like Dame Helen Mirren!
Deep Warm
Deep Cool
I hope this has been helpful but as always please do contact me directly for any personal help.
