Cognac hair color: who suits and how to achieve color?

Cognac hair dye got its name in honor of an expensive shade of brown with gold and copper red, playing with magic tints in the sun and in the light of bright lamps. The tone of cognac on dyed hair exactly copies the color of a noble drink, so many girls and women are attracted by this shade of hair, but it is not for everyone.

Girls with certain external data are more likely to get a positive result after dyeing hair in cognac color. We list them.

• Owners of light golden skin and blond hair (natural blondes). Such girls usually have light eyes - blue, gray or light brown. For blond hair - flaxen, light with a straw shade, light blond - a golden and light copper-red shade of cognac color is suitable.

• Girls whose type has incorporated all the colors of autumn - it is golden skin with freckles, red strands, golden chestnut, dark chestnut with a copper tint. Hazel eyes, sometimes with a green tint. Cognac shades emphasize the natural beauty of the hair of "autumn girls".

• Cognac color goes to girls with dark skinthat have brown or black eyes.

• It is not recommended to experiment with cognac shades for girls with pale skin, poorly suntan, and cold tones of curls (black, ash, with silver shades), because after changing the tone, the hairstyle will almost always have a yellow color, which does not correspond to the shades of the color of the noble drink.

When choosing a cognac color paint, you should compare the color of your eyes and the expected shade of the dye, since these factors are of great importance for the result of staining. The time-tested relationship between eye color and dye tint. This suggests which eyes are most suitable for cognac color.

The combination of chocolate-colored eyes, dark-skinned skin and cognac-colored hair with a brown tint creates a crazy appeal. Such girls do not go unnoticed. The same applies to the color of black eyes, the only difference is that girls with this eye color should have hair color with a copper shade of cognac.

The classic color cognac is perfect for girls with green eyes, making the image witchcraft and mysterious. The depth of green eyes fascinates and attracts. Cognac color miraculously sets off the color of such eyes.

A bright, predominant tone of cognac color will not suit your eyes of this color. In this case, you can revitalize the hair with strands of red or copper tones, or give your hair a light golden hue with the help of dyeing, which will add charm and tenderness to the image. These girls want to protect and cherish.

Dyes with cognac-like hues are on sale. In fact, cognac has 4 definitions of color - brown, copper, golden, red. To avoid mistakes, you should buy hair dyes in branded stores. Very popular among women are means for coloring hair of famous brands:

• Wellaton;

• Estel;

• Schwarzkopf;

• Londa;

• L'Oreal;

• Wella.

The decisive factor in acquiring the desired cognac shade is the original hair color. To obtain brown tones, dark brown curls are suitable, the color of lighter hair when they grow back will sharply contrast with brown areas.

To create a golden cognac hue, strands of light warm tones are suitable. Light wheat, flaxen hair can be “corrected” with strands of golden, copper colors. The dye copper cognac will give a high-quality shade of color on red, light brown, brown hair.

To obtain cognac color, alternative to coloring agents with a chemical composition are natural dyes. They can be used at a time when there is a reason for a temporary abandonment of chemical compounds. In addition to giving the right tone to the hair, natural dyes have a beneficial effect on the health of the hair.

The most affordable of the natural paints that you can buy in stores is henna. With the interaction of hair with henna, the following cognac shades are obtained:

• locks of light tones will turn golden;
• dark hair will turn a copper tint;
• hair bleached, gray will turn red.

If you add other coloring components to henna, you can get new shades.

• Henna in the composition with a pharmacy chamomile is an excellent tool for painting gray hair and is in great demand among older women. Raw materials should be taken in a ratio of 1: 1, make a slurry of consistency of thick sour cream, heat to 80 degrees, apply the composition on the head.

• A reddish shade of hair is easily obtained by adding 2 tablespoons of coffee to henna. Adding the infusion of pharmacy chamomile to henna will give the hairstyle a bright golden hue.

• A bright golden hue will give strands of light tones a decoction of onion peels. To do this, 1 glass of water, 50 grams of husk should be boiled for 20 minutes, wipe strands with filtered solution every day.

• Brown hair can be obtained by wiping them with a decoction of black tea: 1 cup of water, 4 tablespoons of black tea, boil for 15 minutes.

• To give the hair a brown tint, a decoction of linden branches and leaves is also used: 1.5 cups of water, 5 tablespoons of leaves, boil to a volume of 1 cup, rinse the strands after each wash until a color is obtained.

Chemical products with a chemical composition gradually deplete the health of the hair, which becomes brittle, dry, faded, the hairstyle ceases to hold its shape. Restore the firmness and elasticity of curls helps nourishing masks with an oil composition, rinsing with herbal infusions, healthy nutrition. Available components that are part of nutritious compresses and homemade hair shampoos allow you to deal with their treatment at home.

• It is useful to rinse dyed hair 1-2 times a week after washing with a rosemary broth: 1 tablespoon of rosemary, 1 liter of boiling water, cook for 10 minutes.

• 30 minutes before washing your hair, rub a mixture of honey, aloe juice, castor oil into curls: 1 tablespoon of honey, 1 teaspoon of aloe juice, 1 teaspoon of castor oil.

• For weakened as a result of frequent staining of strands, a compress from an oil tincture with burdock roots is useful. It is necessary to pour 100 grams of crushed burdock roots with 1 cup of olive oil, simmer for 10 minutes, cool, squeeze the burdock, strain the infusion.

• You can make egg shampoo. Add 1 cup of water to 2 egg yolks, beat, first apply the mixture to the roots, then distribute along the entire length of the curls. Soak for 1 hour, then rinse hair with warm water. In the yolk of the egg are fatty substances that the hair roots lack.

• For over-dried hair, you can prepare honey oil. Ingredients: 1 teaspoon of lemon juice, 1 tablespoon of honey, 2 teaspoons of camphor oil. Mix everything, apply to hair every other day before washing your hair.

• Protein shampoo will help improve the condition of curls. To 1 tablespoon of any shampoo add 1 tablespoon of gelatin powder and 1 egg. Mix the components, apply on the hair, stand for 10 minutes, then rinse with warm water. Add gelatin to the mixture last of all with a thin stream with continuous stirring so that no lumps form.

So that the result after staining does not become a surprise and does not disappoint, you should decide on your type of appearance. The dye is chosen taking into account its natural hair color, as well as the shade of the eyes and skin. To avoid mistakes in choosing hair dye, a general rule will help: the difference between the natural color and the coloring agent should be only 1-2 shades.

Girls and women resort to the help of dyes for various reasons: someone wants to mask gray hair, someone has stopped arranging their hair color, some want to change their appearance. Many of them hesitate to change the color of curls for fear that a new shade will not suit them.

During treatment, curls should limit the use of fatty, spicy, salted foods. The predominance of fruits and vegetables in the diet will accelerate hair restoration. Hair is a real indicator of health - with good care, it is elastic, thick, shiny.

How to choose a cognac shade of hair, see the video below.