Dark shades of hair are more popular today than ever. Palettes of professional dyes allow you to achieve a noble shade: "frosty brown", "ashen" or "golden brown." There are several varieties of dark chocolate hair dye. Depending on the structure of the hair and the natural shade, they can give different results, and not always expected. How to achieve a noble shade and at the same time not spoil the hair structure is described in the article.
The choice of a dark shade depending on the color type
Every woman is individual by nature. It has a different color type depending on the shade of the skin and eyes. The use of dark chocolate chocolate tone can transform someone: make the appearance brighter and more noble. And someone, on the contrary, “cheapen” outwardly and provoke a painful look.
Girls of the "winter" color type are naturally endowed with a bright contrasting appearance. Dark eyes against the background of white, porcelain skin look aristocratic. These girls are ideally suited for cold shades of chocolate. Gold and copper are taboo. In some cases, a piquant appearance gives a reddish or purple color nuance.
Girls of the "autumn" color type have olive or fair skin, green, brown eyes. On the nose are freckles. Natural hair color often with red. Such women are ideally suited for shades with a copper nuance or gold. They can safely experiment with hair dye "dark chocolate", photo shades of which are presented in this article. Ash and cold tones are most often not suitable for girls of the "autumn" color type, as they give them a somewhat unhealthy look.
The “summer” color type of appearance is characterized by very delicate facial features: such women have light eyes and pale porcelain skin. Blue or blue wreaths often shine through it. Girls of the "summer" color type are categorically not suitable for the "dark chocolate" hair color. In this case, the paint can be arbitrarily high-quality: the problem is the color dissonance, which inexorably arises when painting. Facial features immediately look not pretty, but painful. Bright makeup can fix the situation. Girls of the summer color type are better off not experimenting with dark shades of hair, blond is ideal for them : pearl, beige, golden shades.
Girls of the "spring" color type have a yellowish or dark skin tone. Freckles may appear on the nose - in some cases, they spread over the entire area of the face. Girls of the spring color type are suitable for golden shades of brown and chocolate. If facial features are soft, there is excess weight, haircuts with sharp corners should be avoided. Optimal styling with curls, curls. You can do perm. Girls of the spring color type are ideally suited as golden dark shades, and blond with warm color nuances.
A variety of chocolate shades of hair
A variety of chocolate shades amazes the imagination of a person inexperienced in the palettes of professional dyes. Any woman can choose for herself such a shade that will transform her appearance. Dark chocolate hair dye may, depending on the added pigments, give different results. The structure and condition of the hair is also of great importance when dyeing: the color may turn out to be lighter or darker than expected. The exact result of coloring can only be predicted by an experienced stylist.
- Natural dark or bitter chocolate is presented in the palettes of both professional dyes and the mass market. This is a classic, it allows you to create a noble and aristocratic image for almost any woman. The exception is the girls of the “summer” color type; for them, such a shade will turn out to be too dark and create too much contrast.
- Black-chocolate hair color is suitable only for girls of the winter color type. Others can also experiment, but keep in mind that pale skin and light eyes will look pale and painful against the background of this shade.
- "Hot Chocolate" - a rich dark brown shade. It perfectly refreshes and complements the image of dark-skinned brown-eyed girls with copper / cognac strands by nature. Not suitable for fair-haired by nature, fair-eyed girls.
- Dark chocolate with a golden tint is ideal for girls of the spring color type. It will make freckles on the face a cute addition to the image, give youthfulness, emphasize the fresh complexion. It can be used in any image with any hairstyles.
- Chocolate Caramel combines both golden and copper nuances. An inexperienced person in color can confuse this shade with “cognac,” but the colorist will immediately notice the difference. "Chocolate Caramel" is darker - this is a shade at the 5-6th level of the tone depth. Suitable for women whose hair color is naturally red or with gold. “Chocolate caramel” looks especially luxurious on well-groomed hair, with a direct cloth falling to the shoulders or shoulder blades.
- "Milk chocolate". It is called universal stylists, because it goes equally well with both warm and cold color types. Presented in the palette of almost any professional. Today, this shade is one of the leaders in the frequency of requests of clients who turn to salons. Representatives of the "autumn" color type should not use it: there are no pronounced red tones in it, but only a muffled brown.
Which dye to choose: professional or mass market
This question excites any woman who decided to dye at home. Hair dye "dark chocolate" is presented in almost any palette, and even in more than one shade. In addition, girls who are not sophisticated in color often often have their eyes scattered from the abundance of mixtones, shades, and a variety of caring ampoules, which are intended to enrich coloring compounds.
Mass-market dyes can be bought at any department for the sale of household chemicals. Their main disadvantage is the presence in the package of a pre-selected oxidizing agent. As a rule, it has a high concentration of 9% or 12%. Exposure to hair of such an aggressive composition most often ends with their damaged structure. Hair looks dry, thin, ends split.
The difference in the use of professional dyes
Professional dyes suggest the choice of oxidizing agent concentration. Depending on this factor, the brightening properties of the dye can be adjusted. If the concentration is not carefully chosen, there is a high risk of spoiling the structure of the hair: they will look burnt and dry.
Therefore, at the first coloring with professional hair dye “dark chocolate” (a photo of the result is presented in the article), it is better to contact the salon. The stylist will advise the optimal brand, the concentration of the oxidizing agent. After that, you can safely repeat the procedure already at home. You can buy professional dyes in shops for hairdressers: in any large shopping center, as a rule, there are such retail outlets.
Professional Dye Review
Below is a list of the most popular professional dark chocolate hair dyes. Reviews about them are different: depending on the initial condition of the hair, the result may be different. Girls who correctly observed the mixing ratio with the oxidizing agent and selected the optimum concentration of oxidizing agent for their hair type were satisfied with the result.
- Estelle Essex No. 7.71;
- Estel Professional Only Color 7.32 - "dark chocolate";
- Brelil Colorianne Shine 4.38 - "dark chocolate";
- Brelil Colorianne Shine 5.38 - "light chocolate";
- Estelle Essex 7.71, 7.77 - "milk dark chocolate";
- Constant Delight 4.68 - "dark copper chocolate."
How to avoid unwanted color nuances?
For this there are mixtons. They represent an additional color nuance. The tube with mixton looks like a bottle with a dye familiar to everyone. Mixtons are as follows:
- purple - to neutralize yellowness (can be used by girls whose natural golden color nuance in hair is very strong);
- green - to achieve the maximum ash and cold chocolate shade;
- blue serves to neutralize the red.
Of course, in most shades, these color nuances are already implemented. Mikston should be used when the hair was previously dyed with permanent means with ammonia in the composition, or if its own pigment in the structure of the cuticle is so strong that a regular dye is not able to interrupt it.
Tips for styling professional dyes
Below are simple rules that will achieve a chic result and at the same time maintain the health and density of hair.
Carefully approach the choice of oxidizer concentration. This mistake can be fatal: if the hair structure is burned, no, even the most expensive mask or concentrate with keratin can restore it.
After the dyeing procedure, hair needs specialized care. To make them look like from a magazine cover or from an advertisement for shampoo, you have to spend money on a set of tools for professional care. From time to time, special restorative procedures should be performed from preparations with keratin, ceramides or collagen.
In order to protect the hair structure from the aggressive effects of ammonia (if a permanent dye is used), a special ampoule can be added to the composition of the mixed dye. For example, "Chromo-energy complex" from "Estelle".
Overview of the dark chocolate mass market for hair dyes
These dyes attract consumers with their low cost and ease of use. The following is a list of the most sought-after dyes in the mass market of the dark chocolate shade:
- Loreal Dark Chocolate hair dye is represented by the following shades: L'Oreal Sublime Mousse 6.35 chocolate chestnut, L'Oreal Paris Sublime Mousse 535 - warm chocolate, L'Oreal Casting Creme Gloss 634 - chocolate caramel. At first glance, all these shades are very similar, but a closer look reveals the difference between them. Dyes "Loreal" differ from others in the absence of ammonia in the composition and at the same time a relatively good resistance.
- Hair dye "Cie. Dark Chocolate" is in demand: stylish packaging and balm in a box make this product a tempting purchase. However, reviews indicate that the dye is washed out quite quickly from the hair cuticle. Hair dye "Syoss. Dark Chocolate" may be more resistant if you do not wash your hair after the coloring procedure for several days. During this time, the dye manages to settle as much as possible in the hair cuticle.
- Garnier. Dark Chocolate hair dye is also popular, the reviews of which are positive. Girls share their impressions: the hair looks shiny and healthy after dyeing. In some cases, the ends begin to cut off, as there is ammonia in the composition. Low cost - about one hundred rubles per box (cream-paint 60 ml and oxidizer 60 ml) makes hair dye "Garnier. Dark Chocolate" a hit among women. If not for a rather serious aggressive effect on the ends of the hair, this product would be ideal.
- Hair dye "Pallet. Dark Chocolate" attracts customers due to its low cost. However, the high ammonia content in the composition makes this product quite aggressive in relation to the structure of the hair. After using the hair dye “Pallet. Dark Chocolate”, the hair may look dry and lifeless. This can fix professional care. But if you use such products regularly with ammonia, then over time you will have to do a short haircut, as the hair structure will be irreparably damaged.
Hair Care Tips: How to Maintain Shine and Firmness
For this purpose, products with proteins and amino acids in the composition are ideal. Here is a list of the most effective professional tools:
- Protein Concentrate in Matrix Total Results Miracle Morphers Kick-up Protein - a great tool that allows you to bring back to life even "dead" hair. This is not a mask or balm, it is a concentrate. It should be applied after washing with shampoo on wet hair, and on top - your favorite mask. After five minutes, rinse and style your hair in the usual way.
- Redken Cerafill Maximize - these are ampoules, which include the innovative system of intensive care against thinning hair with Aminexil, Omega-6, arginine and multivitamins created on the basis of a unique technology that nourishes the hair with vitality from roots to ends, stimulates natural hair growth and increases hair density.
- Wella SP Molecular Refiller Repair Liquid Hair has a rather high cost (about four thousand rubles per bottle of 100 ml), but it allows you to restore your hair to life even after reusing cheap ammonia permanent dyes, after unsuccessful perm, and repeated use of forceps without first applying thermal protection . Vella Molecular Hair Refiller is a unique Wella brand product aimed at instant and lasting improvement in the quality of curls.
Dark colored hair care products
There is an opinion that only after lightening and tinting hair in a silver blond they need funds with color nuances in the composition. This is a misconception: after dyeing in dark chocolate, the hair also lacks pigment, which is why the color can quickly become dull. The following tools will help.
Shampoo for creating a rich shade of dark hair from John Frieda allows you to maintain a brilliant, rich chocolate shade. This is not a simple shampoo: as part of it contains color nuances that allow you to classify the product as a shade.
Conditioner to create a rich shade of dark hair from John Frieda contains a complex of cocoa butter and evening primrose. Ideal in combination with shampoo of the same series. Hair after leaving look as if they were dyed a couple of days ago. Reviews of girls with chocolate hair color are positive. Consumers are attracted by the moderately high cost of funds from John Frieda and their effectiveness.
The color fastness mask for dyed hair (C: EHKO) allows you to extend the gloss and brightness of the strands after the dyeing procedure. The tool can be used in conjunction with any concentrates and shampoos: this mask does not lose its effectiveness. The composition includes a complex of silicones that help maintain healthy hair along its entire length, including the tips.