With the help of chestnut-red hair color, you can create various images: from the noble aristocrat of the XIX century to the awesome witches from medieval England.
Features
The palette of red shades is incredibly vast, and when combined with chestnut, it gives an even greater number of variations: from golden-chestnut to mahogany. If you naturally have dark hair and want to maintain naturalness, change the color within 3 tones. This option will be able to emphasize your individual characteristics: eye color, hair, eyebrows.
For example, owners of both dark red and dark chestnut curls can choose a noble copper-chestnut or chocolate-red color option. If you want to create a bright image, try metal with a red tint or bright mahogany.
Before staining, it is worth considering that getting away from the redhead is quite difficult. The richer and brighter the result, the more difficult it will be to return the old curls.
If you previously had light strands, most likely you will have to go through an unprofitable hair bleaching procedure.
Who is going to?
The options for reddish-chestnut staining are so diverse that women can not choose a shade for a long time. However, it is not enough to decide on the color you like. It is important to choose the right shade for you.
When choosing a new image, be guided by the following principles:
- fair-skinned "spring" girls with blue, green or gray eyes should be wary of too deep shades of red in chestnut;
- the brown-eyed light-brown “summer” girls should consider the ash-brown hair color with light highlighting;
- it is better to choose deeper tones for red-haired “autumn” owners of peach skin: try a golden shade of chestnut;
- “Winter” girls - fair-skinned brunettes - can pay attention to a dark chestnut with a red tint or a noble copper color;
- a complex olive skin tone is accentuated by walnut, caramel and gold hues.
Stylists advise dark-eyed girls to choose warm shades, light-eyed girls - cold.
Hair should emphasize eye color, therefore when choosing a new shade, remember that warm tones (gold and honey) are more suitable for green-eyed and gray-eyed. Of the blue-eyed options, dark chestnut with red tint is more suitable. Owners of brown eyes are the most open for experiments: dark chestnut tones, amber, honey, reddish shades are suitable for them.
Remember that red shades emphasize facial wrinkles.
Besides, women are very old unnatural red. And also do not go red to owners of problem skin prone to redness: red hair will emphasize them.
Staining options
Before dyeing, consult your stylist exactly how the paint will lay on your hair. Staining is influenced by both the natural color and previous dyeings, especially with henna. The final result also depends on the structure and condition of the hair.
If you decide to resort to henna, keep in mind that in the future the paint may lie unpredictably.
However, henna is practically harmless, does not cause an allergic reaction, only slightly dries curls. With its help, you can achieve the desired hair color, but there is a big risk of overexposing or underexposing the natural dye. In this case, the result can be very different from the intended one. In addition, henna does not paint over gray hair, as it does not contain ammonia.
If you want a phased transition to a new image, try highlighting. Red highlighting will look good on dark chestnut curls. For frequent highlighting, it is better to use a technique with foil.
If you want a soft transition effect, but highlighting is not your option, try ombre. Ombre is a smooth lightening of strands from the roots to the tips. It is well suited for red-haired girls. An interesting transition from dark red to copper or light chestnut.
Winning will look transition from dark chestnut to red. If you want to create a bright unusual image, lighten the strands from bright red to light orange. And also you can try shatush (light shading often based on natural shades), hut (shading with vertical transitions from top to bottom) or selective coloring of bangs, tips or individual strands.
The advice is widespread to make the desired tone with the help of a tinted shampoo, and only then to really be painted. However, we do not recommend sticking to this method.
Experienced stylists claim that tinted shampoos are not washed completely and rarely give the result “from the picture”.
It is better to use publicly available applications for changing the color of hair on the network: so you can "try on" the desired shade without harm to the hair.
The most popular brands of paints with a wide selection of brown-red shades, suitable for use at home:
- Londa Professional; S
- Chwarzkopf;
- L "Oreal;
- Syoss
- Garnier is the most affordable dye.
How to achieve color?
The most important advice: turn to a good colorist stylist who can choose the lasting suitable color option for you. This advice is relevant not only for young girls, but also for women who want to hide gray hair. Painting gray hair at home is difficult, for this you need to know special technology.
If you are painting with henna, be prepared to hold it on your head for more than half an hour.
The longer you hold the henna, the darker and deeper the tone.
When the exposure time is from 30 to 90 minutes on dark strands, you can get a chestnut-red tone, and on light ones - copper. On dark strands henna should be kept longer. Never apply it on previously colored curls, as you run the risk of getting green or spotty hair. Please note that on light curls, a deep dark color usually lies down only after 2-3 procedures.
And do not forget to tint the eyebrows in accordance with the new tone of hair. To maintain the look, be prepared for regular tinting, as the color quickly becomes dull.
If you have dark hair by nature, and you want to transform it into light chestnut or light red, discolor it before painting, so that the tone goes evenly. Otherwise, the result will not be noticeable.
Note that bleaching negatively affects the condition of the hair.
If you decide to radically change your image, remember that Following the new hair color, you have to change your usual makeup and, possibly, part of the wardrobe.
In the next video, you will learn a few rules from the stylist on how to choose the right hair color by color type.
