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Originally Posted by kina
I've been toying with the idea of chaning my hair color. I'm olive skinned, with dark hair and eyes. I like vibrant colors in my costumes, so i don't think it would make too much of a difference in what colors I could wear.
I was thinking about a dark red, but short of auburn. Not fire engine, or carrot.
A couple of questions:
1. do you think stylists would do a better job of getting the shade that I want, or is there a product that you prefer to dye your own?
2. what are the possible drawbacks, other than botching it  , of hair color change?
The first thing I thought of is that all my marketing features me as a brunnette, d'ya think I would have to change all that?
3. how badly do you think it would clash with my skin tone (if at all)? if you do think it clashes, what are your suggestions for shades?
tia  |
I used to go red a lot.
1.) Stylists can usually do a better job of dying your hair without as much damage. The drugstore hairdye isn't all that healthy for your hair.
That is unless you want to go all natural with henna (making it darker using walnut or indigo) - then hairdressers won't do it and you have to do it yourself. It makes hair a bit thicker and shinier and I think it's pretty healthy for the hair.
2.) Drawbacks - might not look good on your skin, changes your natural hair texture a bit, when you want to dye it back there can be differences between your natural hair and your dyed hair in terms of tone, roots & upkeep.
If the hair color isn't that drastic - I.e. stil in the general "dark hair" range, I don't think it's a big deal. If I were you, with your skin color, I would go for a dark auburn or dark burgundy instead of a lighter red. For me, the burgundy always looks a little off but I can do a darker true red. So, it's still dark but now it's a little more reddish than brownish. People may notice but they aren't going to call you on it.
I guess I just answered #3 as well. I have just found out through years of wanting to be a redhead (and finally giving it up) that olive skin and reds look odd together, because you don't normally see them paired in the natural world. Also, eyebrows don't match.
Typically your moles/freckles show you what color your hair looks best with. Redheads tend to have light brown or reddish freckles. Brunettes (like me anyway) tend to have black and brown freckles/moles. People say you should stick within a few shades of your natural color.