All over the country, women and men color their hair. Some color their hair to cover grey and have a younger appearance, while others color their hair for the fun of it. According to a 2008 poll by Clairol, seventy-five percent of American women color their hair, and eighty-eight percent of women feel their hair has an effect on their confidence. Skin tone plays a huge factor in which hair color suits a person and what hair color will make them feel the most confident; darker skin complexions will not be able to pull of the same color hair as someone who has a lighter complexion. Skin tones can be described as fair, light, medium, and dark. With a neutral, warm, or cool hue. Neutral tones, have both warm and cool properties no matter what
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Level three would be a dark brown, while level six would be a light to medium brown, depending on the brand of hair color. No matter what the level of the color, it will always have a tone to it. There is no such thing as just a plain brown. If someone wanted a brown that was not too warm or too cool they would go for a neutral option. The haircolor would have the number of the level followed by the letter N. This indicates that the brown is a neutral shade. For example if the hair color was a level four N. The color would be a dark neutral brown. If someone wanted a brown that had warmth to it. They would go for options that include the letters, W, G, R, or C. W stands for warm, G, stands for gold, R stands for red, and C stands for copper. Sometimes the hair color will have more than one letter. Some will say level five GC, which would be a level five brown golden copper. Some hair color will also use words such as, auburn, amber, strawberry, and bronze. Warm tone hair colors look lighter than their actual level. For example if someone wanted to be a level four brown red, the hair stylist should use a level three brown red (Milady). Warm brown hair can tend to look red and brassy in some lighting. On the other hand, cool tone hair colors look darker than its actual level. The hairstylist should go up to a level four, or a five, depending on the brand of color that they use. Cool tone hair colors use the letters V, B, …show more content…
Some hair color lines can go up to a level twelve. Level six being a dark blonde to a level ten or twelve being the lightest blonde. Unless a person is naturally blonde, they can not go blonde without bleaching their hair first. Bleach hair will strip all the melanin out of the client’s hair to bring to a high level. If a brunette is going blonde, they may experience a lot of unwanted warm tones after bleaching (milday). From that point, the stylist can use hair color as a toner to get rid of the unwanted tone, and to get the correct shade of blonde. Warm blonde hair tends to have a yellow, orange bronze, or golden tone to it. Warm blonde hair can tend to look brassy due to all the warm tones in it. Cool blonde is usually what people prefer when they go blonde. In 2015 extremely cool toned blonde, borderline grey has become a huge trend (Empire.) Depending on if the client’s skin is warm or cool will determine which undertone looks best. Warm blonde hair can wash out a person who is extremely fair. On the other hand, if the client’s hair has too much cool tone in it, it could make them look
Level three would be a dark brown, while level six would be a light to medium brown, depending on the brand of hair color. No matter what the level of the color, it will always have a tone to it. There is no such thing as just a plain brown. If someone wanted a brown that was not too warm or too cool they would go for a neutral option. The haircolor would have the number of the level followed by the letter N. This indicates that the brown is a neutral shade. For example if the hair color was a level four N. The color would be a dark neutral brown. If someone wanted a brown that had warmth to it. They would go for options that include the letters, W, G, R, or C. W stands for warm, G, stands for gold, R stands for red, and C stands for copper. Sometimes the hair color will have more than one letter. Some will say level five GC, which would be a level five brown golden copper. Some hair color will also use words such as, auburn, amber, strawberry, and bronze. Warm tone hair colors look lighter than their actual level. For example if someone wanted to be a level four brown red, the hair stylist should use a level three brown red (Milady). Warm brown hair can tend to look red and brassy in some lighting. On the other hand, cool tone hair colors look darker than its actual level. The hairstylist should go up to a level four, or a five, depending on the brand of color that they use. Cool tone hair colors use the letters V, B, …show more content…
Some hair color lines can go up to a level twelve. Level six being a dark blonde to a level ten or twelve being the lightest blonde. Unless a person is naturally blonde, they can not go blonde without bleaching their hair first. Bleach hair will strip all the melanin out of the client’s hair to bring to a high level. If a brunette is going blonde, they may experience a lot of unwanted warm tones after bleaching (milday). From that point, the stylist can use hair color as a toner to get rid of the unwanted tone, and to get the correct shade of blonde. Warm blonde hair tends to have a yellow, orange bronze, or golden tone to it. Warm blonde hair can tend to look brassy due to all the warm tones in it. Cool blonde is usually what people prefer when they go blonde. In 2015 extremely cool toned blonde, borderline grey has become a huge trend (Empire.) Depending on if the client’s skin is warm or cool will determine which undertone looks best. Warm blonde hair can wash out a person who is extremely fair. On the other hand, if the client’s hair has too much cool tone in it, it could make them look