Chocolate hair color: shades, choice of paint and hair care

Chocolate color is suitable for those who want to get away from boring black, as well as those who are tired of dyeing their hair in the usual chestnut. Deep, saturated, able to visually increase the volume of hair, this color is rightly considered royal. A warm, attractive, noble shade helps transform those women who want to impress a serious and stylish lady.

Even by ear, “color chocolate” sounds attractive and a beautiful, deep shade that shimmers in the sun, versatile and expressive, appears. There is simply no chance to remain a “gray mouse” with such a haircut: hair dyed in chocolate does not only decorate its owner, but also draw attention to her. And if these curls are long, you simply can’t get away from attention.

And although traditional chocolate color refers to warm shades, modern technology helps to get tones of different temperatures. And this is a good opportunity to find the option that is most suitable for a particular color type.

Features chocolate color.

• If a woman has been doing highlighting for a long time, but decided to completely abandon it, the best solution might be chocolate coloring.On the hair, where the remains of highlighting are still visible, the color will look especially interesting.
• If a woman has red or even red hair, she will have to do a wash before switching to chocolate. Decoupling is necessary so that the new color fits perfectly, otherwise the reaction of the dye on the hair can lead to a result far from desired.
• If the hair is blond, the roots will have to be tinted often. On the original dark hair, the border of its color and chocolate will not be so noticeable.
• Dark chocolate is considered the noblest shade.
• On dark hair, the color may not be taken, in order to avoid this, preliminary bleaching will be required. If bleaching is not done, instead of a new color, the hair will simply gain additional shine. Counting on even a slight shade is difficult in such a situation.
• If initially the hair color is natural, light brown and light brown, the chocolate color is likely to fall perfectly.

The chocolate color palette is impressive - it has dozens of tones that can compete with each other in expressiveness and brightness. And this is not surprising: just like chocolate itself can be very different, the eponymous color suggests a rich layout of tones.

If you imagine the color line, then between the blond and the rich dark will be just milk chocolate. If the color is very bright, and this choice was made by a woman older than 35-40 years, the shade can visually add age to her. Ash-blonde blondes and light-haired girls, who consider their natural color dull, usually fall in love with milk chocolate.

This hair color will compliment a girl whose appearance without a stretch can be called bright. If a woman has fair skin, expressive facial features and magnificent hair, dark chocolate with a low tide will make the look luxurious. If the appearance does not have natural brightness, spectacular makeup corrects the situation.

The shade is suitable even for natural blondes. The color goes well with highlighting, it can look interesting on overgrown blond hair with a natural color at the roots. Preference is given to women with fair skin and bright eyes. The tone may have a light golden glow, especially noticeable in the sun.

A thick, very dark color that is close to black and, in fact, differs from it only in the light. Fair-skinned women with light eyes and naturally dark hair can safely turn to this shade. A similar shade is used by supermodel Bella Hadid.

Women of the winter color type should pay attention to this shade. A good tone is that it helps the eyes become even more expressive, draws attention to the cheekbones and facial features in general.

The hue is very close to milk chocolate, but there are more golden-copper nuances in it. A soft tone is suitable for girls with the fall color type (but only for those who do not have freckles). The color looks good on dark-skinned ladies.

Girls with green and brown eyes should suit this honey shade of chocolate. If you want to dye your hair red, but lack the courage, chocolate red will be a great compromise. It looks natural, does not give red notes in the tints of hair. And at the same time, the color does not resemble a more restrained brown, which is not so deep and expressive.

It will surprise someone, but there really is such a shade. It partly resembles an ash tone, similar to the golden chestnut. If staining occurs on natural light strands, the result promises to be luxurious. This type of shade will not suit the “winter” color type.

Women with dark skin and brown eyes often choose this color. He is really good - deep, rich, rich in tints, persistent. Cherry chocolate looks great on long, thick hair. If you need to visually make the curls thicker, you can also turn to this shade.

Another good color that can become a transition from black to a less radical tone. The hue is strict, restrained, suitable for women of the winter color type. Looks great on short haircuts, and on long hair.

A good option for red-haired girls who decide to change the shade. The tone is also recommended to ladies with highlighting, who want to gradually get out of it. On smooth straight hair, the color looks more profitable.

The color is bright and bold, ideal for blue-eyed girls with fair young skin. If there are already noticeable signs of age-related changes on the face, the color can emphasize them, make them more noticeable. Often spicy chocolate is chosen by the owners of long straight hair with bangs.

Dark but warm shade. Ideal for owners of a peach skin tone.

Squeak of fashion. It is known that pink and purple shades are no longer perceived as exotic. They became softer and more accessible, with their help colorists learned to create deep and multifaceted tones. Violet chocolate is chosen by blondes or girls with ombre, who decide to change the shade, make a bright transformation.

Like any other dark color, chocolate can visually age. To avoid this, You should remember about the bright make-up and voluminous hairstyle. If you have chocolate-colored hair, walking around without makeup and looking great is very good for most women, they have to work hard at the mirror. Short hair shades of chocolate require volumetric styling, otherwise the problem repeats - the hairstyle adds extra years.

Several categories of women need to be wary of chocolate.

• Owners of very dark skin. A safe alternative to this shade would be a classic chestnut or mahogany. Fear should be dark tones.
• Girls with light eyebrows. If the hair is chocolate, the eyebrows should be in the same range.
• Ladies with a long and thin face. The chocolate color of this category of women does not go, as it lengthens the face even more, adds sharpness and pointedness to the features.

Compatibility with other color types.

• “Summer” (light olive skin, brown hair, gray or blue eyes). Hair color will catch attention, why facial features can lose. Therefore, you need a bright make-up that eliminates the difference. Need eyeliner, mascara to create thick eyelashes, expressive lipstick. Eyebrows and eyelashes should be in tune with color.

• "Spring" (the skin has a light light shade, light eyes). The recommendations are the same as for the summer color type. But it is worth remembering that a warm color type involves only warm shades of chocolate.

• “Autumn” (soft, warm skin tone, freckles on the face, golden hair). Classic shades of dark chocolate do not harmonize with the color type.

For women with full and large faces, chocolate hair color helps to visually remove the excessive roundness of the cheeks. For ladies with a full face and brown eyes, dark chocolate, as well as chocolate mocha, are the best shades. These colors are ideal for women under 40 years of age, after this age line you should choose a different shade, since chocolate draws attention to already noticeable wrinkles and not always an ideal face shape.

There are 4 basic principles that help you choose a really high-quality hair dye.

• Brand reputation. A deep chocolate shade will look noble and aristocratic if a modern composition from a professional paint line was used for coloring. Mass-market products are good until the first wash, the color gives unstable and often does not match what is shown on the package.
• You always need to read the composition. The paint formula should not contain lead acetate, as well as coal tar. They negatively affect the structure of the hair, spoil the scalp. It is good if UV filters are used to protect the strands in the paint formula.
• Choose a paint based on the basic tone of the hair. If they are painted, do not count on an excellent result from the very first procedure. Only a master can tell if discoloration is necessary, what is the probability of getting a tone-on-tone result.
• The choice can only be individual. If a neighbor’s paint has taken excellently, this does not mean that everyone will have the same option. That's why dyeing hair at home is a risk and a lottery, only a master colorist can guarantee successful dyeing.

And although professional paint gives the best result, women continue to use funds from the mass market further. But, fortunately, budget lines increase quality. Now affordable paint not from the professional line is more resistant, giving an even tone.

The client herself can master the basics of coloristics. Such knowledge will not be superfluous.

The basic rules of color.

1. All colors come in cold tones and warm. To neutralize a cold tone, you need a warm one. But in the reverse order, the rule does not work. Adding cold to warm tones, you can only get a dirty color. So, if a client wants to get a color from a warm gamut instead of existing curls painted in a cold tone, he will first have to neutralize the cold in the tone.
2. The combination of warm and cold shades is impossible, they are incompatible.
3. The staining process itself is the oxidation of melanin with hydrogen peroxide. Atomic oxygen comes out of the peroxide, it displaces the blue pigment from the natural color. Only red and yellow pigments are stored in the hair; by their combination, one can judge the result of lightening. The intensity of oxidation correlates with the concentration of peroxide molecules in the coloring composition - the higher it is, the more powerful the reaction and the lightening effect itself.
4. The main precept of a colorist is that paint does not brighten paint, artificial color cannot dissolve artificial pigment.

For successful staining, you need a good dye, confident skills in high-quality hair dyeing and an understanding of how to get the desired shade without a reddish and dirty color.

• If the natural color of the hair is darker than chocolate, initially the hair will have to be bleached.
• It is undesirable for owners of light and bleached hair to dye at home - the color as a result can turn out to be lighter in the bulk, and in some places it will go dark. Before dyeing, the master will do preliminary pigmentation, and then apply the paint.
• The fair-haired girls can not worry, their color is an ideal base for coloring in chocolate.
• If you decide to achieve a chocolate shade with the help of basma or henna (this option is also there), the chemical dye will have to be washed off with a special tool.
• On naturally dark hair, during the process of dyeing, a warm shade with a dominant red tint can be obtained. This is due to the presence of its own intense pigment in the hair. In this case, experts advise dyeing your hair in cold shades of chocolate.
• With the initial non-uniform color of the hair, the paint is supposed to be applied in parts: first, the lightest areas are dyed, then proceed to the treatment of darker hair, finally, dyeing is completed by processing the darkest areas.
• Bright, flashy hair color (red, carrot) needs to be washed off and only then apply paint. If you ignore the wash step, the color will take on the hue of the previous stain.

The procedure at the hairdresser is not comparable to home dyeing. Often the master achieves the right tone when mixing two shades. Professional painting will be even and deep. But chocolate will start to wash out anyway: after a professional procedure, this will not happen so quickly, after a home transformation - in a month. The hue begins to lighten, exhibit a copper or red undertone. And if the girl was blonde before painting in chocolate, the color will begin to wash off after 2-3 weeks.

The brilliance and saturation of chocolate can and should be maintained on the hair. For this, immediately after dyeing, the hair is washed with a special balm-fixer. Balm each hair covers a thin film. So it fixes the color, protects it from the sun and moisture, heat treatment. Subsequent to maintain a chocolate tint regular use of chocolate shampoos and hair masks.

7 top tips for caring for dyed hair.

1. Use natural rinse aid. For example, a decoction of oak bark strengthens hair, prevents hair loss, and stimulates growth.
2. For at least 3 weeks after staining, do not perform radical procedures such as perms.
3. Try to dry your hair without a hairdryer, and style it without curling and ironing. At least the first 2 weeks after staining, do not expose the curls to heat. Subsequently, before you wind the hair or straighten, apply a spray (serum, mousse) with the function of thermal protection on them.
4. The sun harms colored hair - the first 2 weeks after dyeing, you must especially carefully protect them from burnout under ultraviolet light. The color "leaves" very quickly, and the hair itself dries out, becomes brittle and dull.
5. You can use natural tinting agents. Well supported dark shades of walnut broth, coffee, as well as a decoction of onion husks.
6. Combine natural products with a professional line of cosmetics for hair care. In the arsenal of beauty, there must be a nourishing mask, as well as a radiance mask for colored hair.
7. Apply special serums to the curls, they give the hair a healthy shine and allow the color to open.

Do not forget that the new hair color entails changes in the face: a new color of eyebrows, lipstick, blush. These are mandatory changes that help to assemble a holistic image, the elements of which do not contradict each other.

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