How to Choose the Right Hair Color for Your Skin Tone

If you’ve ever wanted to change hair color, you know how it feels to be totally overwhelmed with choices. Should you go lighter, darker, ombre, or stick with basic highlights? Whatever route you choose, we all know that changing your hair can morph your entire look. Color expert Nicole Ruggeri, Master Hairstylist, offers guidance on how to choose a new hair color based on skin tone. Her insider intel will help make sure you pick the hue that looks best on you.  –Beauty Editor

Your skin tone is the framework to your hair, so you want to make sure your skin tone and hair color compliment one another. The right combination of skin tone and hair color can define your look.
First determine your skin tone. Stand in natural light wearing light colored clothing, no make-up on at all. Observe the tone or hue of your skin. Does it have warm, yellow or reddish tones or do u have cool, neutral or pinkish tones? Keep in mind your personal skin tone may have many variations. However, go with the most distinctive tone.
Don’t forget about eye color. Your eye color defines your facial features, hair and hair color. Generally, you should select your hair color using the same tonality as your eye hue. Another thing to consider is the stronger the contrast between your hair color and skin tone, the more dramatic your overall look will appear. If you choose a hair color that is close in tone with your eye color, your combination of hair color and eye color will have a blended natural look.
For warm red hair shades like strawberry red, the best undertones would be warm, like yellow. For cool bright reds, a pink or blue undertone works best. 
For cool neutral blonde hair, the best skin tone would be pink, cool undertones.  
For warm buttery blonde hair, skin tones with yellow, olive or warm undertones works best.
Black hair works best on cool undertones in skin such as blue, or pink.
Dark Brown hair works best on cool undertones, however you can still have a tan and enjoy dark brown hair.
Light Brown Hair works best if you have golden warm yellow to your skin undertones, a light golden brown shade can work perfectly! If your skin is more neutral, you can choose a natural to cool light brown.
To learn more book an appointment with Color Specialist and Master Hair Stylist Nicole Ruggeri, voted best hair stylist in Valencia! Call 661-373-4234 and also check out www.vipcolorandcut.com.