Let’s Talk Tones: Choosing Your Perfect Hair Color Based on Skin Undertones
As fall approaches, it’s time to find your perfect new hair color! Satin Hair Color offers a palette of 72 shades, including 9 bold options. Selecting the right color is crucial as it should complement your skin tone to enhance your natural beauty and prevent your skin from looking dull or unhealthy. Here’s how you can determine whether your skin tone is cool, warm, or neutral, and find a hair color that suits you best.
How to Determine Your Skin Tone
Understanding your skin tone starts with noticing how your skin reacts to the sun. If you tan easily, you likely have warm or neutral undertones. If you burn easily, you probably have cool undertones. Another method is to look at your wrist veins in natural light; green veins suggest warm undertones, while blue or purple veins indicate cool undertones. Still unsure? Try the white shirt test—wear a white shirt or hold a white paper next to your face in natural light. A yellow reflection on your face means warm undertones, a rosy reflection suggests cool undertones, and no distinct color means you’re neutral.
Cool Undertones
People with cool undertones look great in cool hair colors, but an opposite warm tone can also create a stunning contrast. For example, cool, pale skin might pop with a warm copper or strawberry blonde. Typical choices include ashy or icy colors, but steer clear of brassy, yellow tones or true reds if your skin shows redness. For darker cool-toned skin, deep cool browns work well. Satin Hair Color’s Ash series has options like Blue Black, Light Ash Brown, and Ash Blonde.
Warm Undertones
If you’re a natural blonde with fair skin, go for honey or golden blonde shades which harmonize beautifully with warm undertones. If you’re a brunette with fair and warm skin, you can oscillate between cool and warm browns—think milk chocolate or caramel, especially if you have green or hazel eyes. Rich gold balayage or ombre look fabulous on dark or olive skin with warm undertones. Satin Hair Color’s Gold series offers shades like Golden Brown and Light Golden Blonde.
Neutral Undertones
If you have neutral undertones, you can pull off both warm and cool hair colors. Opt for warm shades to bring out a youthful, radiant vibe. Those with chocolate skin can try ash and gold tones but should stick to the depth close to their natural hair color. Satin’s Natural series includes versatile shades from Black to Ultra-Light Blonde that suit most skin tones.
Choosing the Right Formula
Whether you decide on a permanent or demi-permanent option, pairing it with Satin Developers will ensure brilliant coverage and longevity, allowing up to three full applications.
Now that you know how to pick a shade that complements your skin undertone, which one will you choose this fall? You can find your ideal Satin Hair Color at Beauty Supply stores. Check online for a list of retailers and explore the wide range of colors available.
