Dark hair color (dark brown, black, caramel) is now at the peak of popularity. There are many hairstyles that are more suitable for brunettes than blondes. But possessing such curls is not enough. In order to focus on your personality, you need to choose the right haircut. For girls with dark, dark brown hair color in the season of 2018 to look stunning, in this article we will consider what hairstyles are in trend, how to make a win-win choice.
Face shaped haircuts
In order to know your face shape with accuracy, you need to collect all the curls so that they do not interfere, and go to the mirror. On it, with the help of a cosmetic pencil, the reflection is circled and compared with the main forms of female faces.
Title | Description | Good haircuts | Bad haircuts |
Oval | Proportional shape, the face is rounded by smooth lines to the forehead and chin, does not have sharp corners | Extra long bean, rack with torn locks | All haircuts fit |
Square | Due to the wide cheekbones, the lower part of the face is visually heavier, the length is greater than the width | Elongated cascade with bangs (oblique), bean to the chin | Pixie with a straight bang, bob (to the jaw line), smooth curls |
Round | Smooth lines do not have sharp transitions, length and width are equal, chin is rounded, frontal part is small | Haircuts for long hair and with oblique parting, extended cascade | Not recommended for hairstyles for brunettes with a round face: bob with a straight bang, smooth pixie, medium curls |
Elongated | The length is greater than the width, the frontal part is large, the chin is slightly pointed, the cheekbones are high | Medium length haircuts, smooth bangs | Haircuts for long straight curls with a slanting bang |
Triangular | A sharp chin with a sharp transition to the cheekbones, the upper part is noticeably wider than the lower, the frontal part is also wide | Haircuts of medium length, where the emphasis is on curls; long hairstyles with oblique bangs | Volumetric pixie, haircuts with smooth bangs, short bob |
Diamond shape | A distinctive feature is a narrow jaw, while the cheekbones are wide and the chin is acute | Cascade (medium length), pixies with torn locks, bob (extended) | Voluminous short haircuts with oblique bangs, including pixies |
Fashion bangs
When choosing stylish haircuts for brunettes with bangs, they often forget about the shape of the face, which leads to an undesirable result. In this article, we will consider what kind of bangs perfectly harmonizes with different face shapes.
- Oblique bangs will help to slightly stretch the round shape of the face, it must necessarily fall below the cheekbones. Thinned and elongated bangs, which originate from the crown of the head, are not recommended.
- The oval shape of the face is considered ideal, so many types of bangs are suitable for this type of girl . For example, a straight and at the same time thick, which covers the eyebrows, with rounded corners, ragged bangs. A long, thick or even baby bangs can spoil the image.
- When choosing a hairstyle for a triangular face shape, you must set a goal to visually reduce the bottom and expand the top. Long rare or slanting bangs are perfect. Another ideal form is architectural, which is wider than the jaw. Pixy-style brunette haircuts combine short ragged bangs.
- To thicken and visually give the rounded features to a square or rectangular shape of the face, thick bangs with torn ends will help.
- To approximate the shape of the rhombus to the oval face, you should use slanting bangs to the middle of the cheekbones.
What shades of dark hair are relevant in 2018
- A dark-skinned girl with brown eye color is recommended a muffled black, chocolate or dark brown shade of curls.
- Thin hair will visually add volume with the help of the color of a solar caramel (two shades are combined: chocolate and honey).
- To add brightness to the image this season will help fiery copper or chestnut color.
- Brave brunettes who love experimentation can add a purple hue.
- This year’s hit is an ash or gray color, which is applied to individual locks along the entire length.
Fashionable short haircuts for brunettes
Among short haircuts, which do not take up a lot of time for styling, pixies stand out. The length of the curls is not lower than the auricle, and the entire volume remains on the crown of the head. This hairstyle looks amazing on both straight hair and wavy hair.
Another trendy haircut for brunettes with short hair is a bob-car. From the occipital part to the chin, the strands are cut obliquely, while the back is shorter and the front is longer. It will help visually hide the width of the face. The only drawback is hair care and daily styling.
Short haircuts with oblique bangs
- The combination of oblique bangs with bob, pixie or bob hairstyles will help to add stylish elements to the image, as well as emphasize the shape of the face. Stylists love to experiment, so let's look at examples of win-win options.
- A unique combination of a textured bob haircut with a long oblique bangs.
- A clear-cut face is ideal for short oblique bangs.
- An extended version of the oblique bangs is suitable for girls with a round, oval or square face shape.
- Such bangs are also suitable for a business image, the main thing is that they start no more than 4 centimeters from the hairline.
On medium hair
Popular asymmetric haircuts are not suitable for everyone, so you need to be careful with them. They are more suitable for young and creative people. Do not forget that the asymmetry perfectly hides imperfect facial features and such details as a beveled nape or an uneven parting can play on your side.
Creative haircuts for brunettes on medium hair are very well combined with highlighting. And even an ordinary hairstyle, such as a bob-car, you can add creative notes if you shave your temple or replace the usual bangs with torn ones.
Torn haircuts are also popular this season, they can be done both on thick hair and on thin hair. The hairstyle of the ladder is taken as the basis, while the locks are trimmed with a folding razor for lengthening.
On long hair
Gorgeous long curls are the pride of any woman, and you can make them more expressive and well-groomed with the help of simple, but no less popular haircuts.
To create sophisticated images , a haircut for brunettes is relevant - a ladder that has been in trend for many years. The boundaries and layers of this hairstyle merge with each other without sharp transitions. The length of the curls changes only along the contour.
The easiest haircut for long hair is a straight cut, where all the curls are aligned in one line. The tips are processed with hot scissors, this is done in order to avoid their cross-section. Effectively looks on a thick head of dark tones. Straight cut is suitable for curly, wavy and even hair.
On thin hair for volume
Owners of such a hair often ask themselves how to give curls volume. Consider the current haircuts for brunettes with thin hair, which will help to achieve this.
Bob - this haircut is known given, but thanks to professionals, over time, it has received several varieties. In the classic execution technique, it is the length of the hair to the middle of the cheeks, and a small graduation gives volume.
The cascade is a fairly well-known haircut that gives volume on the top of the head and above the auricles. Represents several levels, each of which is cut so as to be shorter than the next.
Sesson - a cap of hair, where the base merges with the bangs.
For curly hair
When choosing a haircut for brunettes on curly curls, the length, density and features of the curl of hair are taken into account.
- The minimum length of highly curly locks on the shoulders. Too short a haircut is not suitable for this type of hair, and too long will give inconvenience to styling.
- To emphasize the beauty of small curls will help a haircut on medium-length hair.
- Large and soft curls are suitable for haircuts such as a waterfall, ladder or cascade.
Useful Care Tips
- Naturalness is in fashion this season, so if you dye your hair, you should choose high-quality paint in natural shades.
- Brunettes can emphasize their natural shade of curls without paint, a glaze with a dark pigment will help. It will give the hair a healthy shine, and the color will become saturated.
- You can add saturation to the shade of hair with folk remedies. For brunettes, this is ground coffee. A mask is made with the addition of bee nectar and oils, applied to the hair, washed off after thirty minutes. The procedure will make the strands silky and shiny.
- To curls were not faded and weakened, owners of dark hair should be wary of sunlight. In the summer, they use special sunscreen for curls.
- It is not recommended for styling to regularly use heating devices (hair dryers, irons), but if you have no other choice, and the hairstyle needs it, then apply thermal protection.
- With the frequent use of special styling products, it is periodically necessary for your hair to rest.
- To make your hair always glad with a bright shine, use high-quality shampoos, masks and balms.
- So that the hair does not receive the so-called stress, it is not recommended to comb it often. You can fix the styling with your fingers, just hold along the entire length of the curls.
Having decided on the shape of the face and choosing a haircut, you can safely proceed to change the image.