Blonde Toner 101: How to Choose and Apply the Right Shade for Your Hair

Deciding to alter your hair colour can create a drastic change in your appearance. However, choosing the right shade for your gorgeous locks of hair is key. Choosing the wrong colour can make your hair appear unnatural and eye popping for all the wrong reasons.

In this blog, we’ll cover our top tips for selecting the right blonde shade for you.

Tips For Selecting The Right Shade For You

Make Sure You Compliment Your Eye Colour

When you are searching for the right shade, taking your eye colour into account is vital.

If you have a bright coloured set of eyes, you might want to experiment with dark hair, which would create a stunning contrast and surprising look.

Alternatively, if you have a darker eye colour, you might play around with lighter brown or even blond hair colours.

Here is a short guide to what might work for your eye colour:

• Blue eyes - With blue eyes, you either have the choice to either contrast your eyes with dark hair colours or compliment it with pale hair colours. This means going brunette, black, golden blonde and light caramel will work beautifully with your eye colour.
• Green eyes - Opting for red tones like copper and auburn works fantastically with green eyes, making your eye colour pop. Warm earthy tones also work perfectly.
• Brown eyes - This colour works beautifully with a wide range of colours. Warm tones such as chestnut, honey and caramel work equally well as cool tones like espresso and ash blond
• Hazel eyes - This eye colour contains multiple colours that can appear different depending on hair colour. Colours like mahogany and burgundy can bring out the green in your eyes whereas ash brown and mocha can bring out the gold and brown eye colour
• Grey or pale coloured eyes - This pretty eye colour can be enhanced with cooler hair tones such as ash brown and platinum blonde

Skin Tone Must Be Taken Into Consideration

Your skin tone can drastically impact what hair colour will suit you. Here is a brief breakdown:

• Cool skin tones work best with cool colours like ash blonde, black, and ash brown. Avoid tones like gold, yellow and red as these will clash with your skintone.
• Warm skin tones work best with hair colours with warm undertones. This includes warm reds, honey blondes, rich golds and warm browns. Cooler tones will clash with your skin colour.
• Neutral skin tones work with a wide range of colours meaning you can easily experiment with cool and warm colours. However choosing a shade that is more balanced and muted is advisable.
• Olive skin tones work best with warmer, earthy tones. Colours like dark browns, auburn shades and rich caramel suit well. Ashy tones may make olive skin look dull, so they are not advisable.

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