Your skin tone has more to say than just the amount of sun you can absorb in a day or the color of clothes you can wear. Your skin tone will also dictate the best hair color you should choose.

If your skin is really light, blond looks best on fair skin tones. Using a color-specific shampoo and conditioner will help preserve the color that you spent so much money on obtaining.

Medium skin tones can carry many more hair shades. If you are cooler in skin tone, you will want to go with wheat, sand, or walnut shades. If you have a warmer skin tone, caramel and copper are the shades you want to try to achieve.

If you have olive skin, you can experiment with deep and earthy brown colors. You can also easily introduce highlights in gold or honey hues. Think to nature when you consider cinnamon, mocha, and violet-based hair color to bring out the natural beauty of your olive skin.

With dark skin, experts recommend you contrast your skin tone to your hair as much as possible to prevent your facial features from disappearing. If you have warm skin, you should seek out mahogany, toffee, maple brown, and other warm earthy hues for your hair. If your skin tone is cooler, then hair hues of inky black and espresso may be more striking.

There are many do-it-yourself options to dye your own hair but it can also be very easy to get it wrong when you try it at home. To ensure you get the right hair color for your skin tone, it’s best to consult with your hair stylist.

 

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