Brown hair is a hallmark of girls of Slavic appearance. However, if our grandmothers were proud of this hair color, wore it with pride, then in the last few years, the fair sex, on the contrary, more often chose bright and rich shades, gave more preference to the three main types - blonde, brunette, red.
But in the last couple of years, a tendency has arisen to appreciate all that is natural. And now naturalness is considered fashionable. As a result, a huge number of celebrities, models and the most ordinary girls, who are our friends, acquaintances, relatives or strangers, flashed on the street, do not want to change the beauty given to them by nature. They prefer to be themselves. Therefore, in recent years, girls with a beautiful blond shade of hair have become increasingly common.
In this article we will consider what shades of light brown are and how they can be varied. And also find out whether it is possible to give hair this color? After all, many modern fashionistas secretly dream of at least a little closer to the cherished shade.
Is light brown suitable for me?
Fashionable experts constantly say that light brown hair color is the most versatile. It suits both young fashionistas, and stately young ladies, and even respectable women whose hair has already been fairly covered with silver. The latter, by the way, choose it also for very important advantages. They are in the following aspects:
- perfect shading of gray hair;
- maximum naturalness of the image;
- thanks to the natural look that can be achieved, a woman looks much younger than her years.
However, with an abundance of positive qualities, the light brown shade also has drawbacks. They must be remembered before the final decision to change your image by dyeing your hair, for example, in the now trendy ashen color. After all, the fair-haired should be treated with extreme caution to girls and women who wear the proud title of "burning brunette."
How not to get lost in the variety of shades?
Experts divide brown hair into five main shades. Although in nature they exist much more. In order not to get confused and choose the one that really decorates the appearance, and does not spoil it (does not make the face gray or visually age a beautiful lady, etc.), it is necessary to focus on the recommendations presented below.
The first thing that it is important to pay attention to when choosing the right shade of hair is the natural color of the hair. To achieve naturalness that is very fashionable now, it is permissible to move away from your own, original tone by two (maximum three). Only then will brown hair really bring joy.
The next important aspect is its own color type. If our reader is at a loss to determine it, then we will tell you how to do it correctly.
How to choose the right color?
To determine the color type:
- You need to take two sheets of cardboard or a scarf in pink and orange.
- Then go to a well-lit mirror and apply each of them in turn.
- Take a closer look, what color refreshes the skin more, makes the face more tender, brighter, more beautiful.
- If orange is better, warm color. Such a girl is distinguished by dark eyes (brown, black) and skin of warm shades - dark, peach and beige.
- If pink is cold. The appearance of this beautiful person is blue or green eyes and pale, almost porcelain skin.
The first will give a charming elegance a copper-brown shade. And the second - light, ashen or dark blond hair.
Copper brown
The first of the main shades of light brown is the rarest. Girls with natural hair of this color are extremely few. Therefore, those few owners of the “witch's” head of hair never go unnoticed and make beautiful women with a different shade of hair radically change their appearance.
However, bright, saturated copper-brown is quite moody. He loves girls with freckles and pale skin. It is combined with brown eyes or blue. Looks most advantageous with piercing greens. Highlighting on brown hair of this shade is strictly prohibited. Dark copper is not so strict. He will suit a girl with a dark skin, give her playfulness and a certain charm.
The most painless way to give your hair a light brown tint is to dye it with henna. Most importantly, remember that changing the image with paint will be possible six months after the procedure with henna.
Light blond
Light brown hair is considered the hallmark of girls with a Slavic appearance. After all, they are suitable for gray-eyed, blue-eyed and green-eyed beautiful persons with light, slightly pale skin.
This hair color is as close as possible to such a fashionable shade of "blond", so its owners will not have to undergo procedures that cause severe harm to the hair. In order to lighten it with a couple of tones if you wish, it will be enough to regularly rinse your hair with infusion of sage or chamomile. Honey masks are also very effective in solving this issue. For them you will need:
- To get by all means liquid honey.
- Apply it to the entire length of the hair.
- Wear a plastic bag or shower cap.
- Wrap your head in a towel.
- Leave on for at least two hours. You can at night.
- Wash off with warm water and baby shampoo in the morning.
After several such procedures, light brown hair can become almost white. Most importantly, pre-conduct an allergy test. To prevent a negative reaction to honey.
Golden brown
Another very beautiful and pleasing to the eye shade. Its distinguishing feature is honey, golden, caramel overflows and highlights. They become especially bright on the street when the sun is shining, and its rays play on the hair.
It is also notable for being suitable for absolutely all girls and women, regardless of the color of their eyes or skin. Golden sparkles on dark hair will give playfulness, liveliness, on light - saturation.
If you want to give your light, dark or blond hair this particular shade, it is not necessary to resort to special chemical compounds, which, as everyone knows, very much spoil the health and, accordingly, the structure, quality and length of the hair. You can use tinted shampoos (they are in assortment presented in various cosmetic stores) or you can turn to procedures with folk remedies (they are easy to do on your own at home). For example, the already mentioned previously rinse with herbal infusions and honey masks have proved to be excellent.
Dark blond
Such curls rarely have warm reflections, mostly they have a deep cold shade. Therefore, they are suitable for everyone, except for girls and women who differ in swarthy from nature or tanned skin.
However, dark brown hair, especially long, has the ability to visually stretch the face. That is, if the representative of the fair sex has an elongated oval face, with such a shade it will seem even larger. Therefore, you should pay attention to this important nuance.
The dark brown color also helps to mask the wide zygomatic bone.
Ash Brown
Well, the last, the most trendy shade of recent years. Trendy girls resolutely raised him to the top of the pedestal and do not even think for a moment to change their mind. And the thing is that ash-blond hair color is gray, sometimes even silver tint. There are many variations of tones that give the hair a color that makes them look like gray hair. And it is them who are chosen by eminent stylists and fashionable persons.
Although this shade of hair is the most difficult. Because, firstly, it is not suitable for everyone. And the point is not that he does not want to be related to the color of the skin or eyes. Just ash-blond hair color emphasizes absolutely all the flaws of the face. Acne, rash, wrinkles, imperfect proportions - all these defects will become too noticeable. Secondly, it is incredibly difficult to achieve a beautiful uniform shade from the roots to the ends of the hair, especially if the dyeing procedure takes place not in the salon, but at home.
Thus, experts advise fashionistas (no matter how much they want to boast of mysterious ash-blond hair) to choose this color only if their skin is light with a slight peach tint, and a pinkish blush constantly plays on their cheeks.
What is ombre?
Recently, special hair coloring has gained enormous popularity. It looks very impressive, lively and unusual. In addition, it allows brunettes to become a little lighter, and blondes, on the contrary, become darker. Moreover, most importantly, such a procedure practically does not injure the hair. Because the ombre is carried out exclusively at the tips, creating a soft transition from a natural color to any desired along the horizontal border. Due to this, the hair follicles do not suffer, and the hair does not deteriorate as much as when completely dyed. And one more important advantage is that the ombre on blond hair or any other gives them visual density, splendor, volume. In addition, fashionistas have an excellent opportunity to change the image without a radical change in image.
Is it possible to make ombre fair-haired beauties?
So, ombre is a special dyeing technology that can add variety to the usual hair color. This can be easily verified by looking at the photos below.
In the heading of this paragraph, we asked ourselves “is it possible for fair-haired beauties to make a fashionable ombre on their hair”. And now, finally, we can give an answer. The hair of any of the shades described above opens up amazing scope for imagination. After all, you can experiment on them with a classic two-tone ombre for brown hair, and with multi-color, and even with non-standard tones. For example, green or blue tips to the color of the eyes of a charming fashionista. The main thing is that classic ombre can be created at home. But some unusual, bright one is more reasonable in the cabin of an experienced and knowledgeable master.
Does a hut look beautiful on brown hair?
Another very interesting staining technology is called balayazh. It consists in artificial imitation of hair burnout. Therefore, it looks very natural, but at the same time spectacular and individual. Moreover, with a classic balayage, you can use two or more related shades. But with non-standard, amazing transitions from the opposite are created.
For example, in the photo below you can see how cool and unusual two completely different tones “sand” and “eggplant” are combined. And the hair at the same time seems so bright and natural. And all thanks to correctly performed balayazh on brown hair.
Should I decide on highlighting?
Once upon a time, this technology became so popular that all the women, girls, and even girls whose mothers were allowed to dye their hair, flaunted the streets with just such coloring. Although what can we say about the beautiful half of humanity? Even men resorted to her!
And highlighting on brown hair looks best. Therefore, even now, girls can buy brightening paint in the store and make several locks on their hair.