Any woman wants to look stylish and a little mysterious. “Cold” beauty, of course, attracts the attention of the opposite sex and causes delight among friends. The main "highlight" of this image is the steel hair color, which is suitable for hair of various lengths. Today, an elegant shade with silver tints is very popular with avid fashionistas.
Features
Steel is a kind of gray color. The tone sparkles in the sun and differs from natural gray strands in its amazing luster. The color is suitable for mature ladies with short haircuts and young ladies with long curls. The steel tone does not age, but favorably emphasizes the aristocratic beauty. It is ideal for women of the "winter" color type. However, warmer variations of gray are in perfect harmony with brown eyes and dark skin. In addition, beauties with a “southern” appearance can use this tone as an additional (complex staining).
Note that it is appropriate to dye gray hair or the hair of blondes in a steel shade. In this way, yellowness is removed and the strands are given an amazing silvery sheen.
Advantages and disadvantages
Steel (or gray) shade, of course, has a number of significant advantages. These include the following nuances:
- cold elegant tone gives any female image of charm and spectacular mystery;
- perfectly paints gray hair;
- looks luxurious on short, medium and long hair;
- It is combined with natural hair color, as well as warm shades.
However, those wishing to achieve a light gray shade should not forget about its disadvantages. For instance, silver color is not as easy to get as it seems at first glance. Dark-haired ladies must first lighten their hair, which implies an additional "load" on the hair. Thin and lifeless strands of steel color will look ridiculous. It is also best to give your hair a beautiful cold tone in a beauty salon. At home, the staining result may be unexpected.
Fashionistas with gray hair should not forget about regular updating of color with the help of tinted shampoos. Also, for colored strands, additional care is important: moisturizing and nutrition with the help of cream masks. In addition, a saturated shade will quickly lose its luster under the influence of high temperatures (using curling irons or curling irons).
Do not forget that in the sun a cold steel color fades and becomes warm.
Fashionable shades
Hair dyes in gray, besides steel, has a diverse range of colors.
- Mouse. One of the most popular shades in the modern beauty industry. Noble cold tone harmonizes perfectly with white skin and gray eyes. However, girls with facial problems are not recommended to choose a similar color.
- Ash (steel) blond. The tone combines light gray and silver. Suitable for young girls with a Nordic appearance and mature ladies with short haircuts. Perfectly paints over gray hair and combines with gentle daytime makeup.
- Wet asphalt. Rich deep color suits middle-aged women. He looks luxurious on long wavy curls. Unlike black, this shade is soft, but at the same time noble.
- Purple. A beautiful and unusual color that can be described as gray with a purple tint. Suitable for fair-skinned blue-eyed charmer with long and medium strands. Actual for partial staining.
- Blue. A similar shade is easy to give blondes with shampoos with a coloring base. Perfectly sets off snow-white skin and bright eyes. Gives a female image of mystery and unique charm.
- Chocolate. Bright color with a gray tint looks gorgeous on short hair. He is preferred by girls with the colors "winter" and "autumn". Chocolate gray color harmonizes with expressive eyes and bright lips.
Subtleties of coloring
To get a beautiful steel shade at home is easy. However, dark hair is difficult to dye, so the process will be phased. First of all, the hair is lightened, and only then are applied dyeing agents (paint, tint tonic or varnish). As for women with natural blond hair, they need to purchase paint 2-3 shades lighter.
The gray-haired color is perfect for complex dyeing techniques. A noble tone is combined with natural strands and dark shades.
- Highlighting. The method involves coloring individual strands. Highlighting with the use of steel color looks great on long and medium hair. The most spectacular combination is the alternation of ash and dark brown curls. Actual for brunettes with sophisticated facial features.
- Ombre. One of the most popular techniques in the modern beauty industry. With ombre, the hair roots retain their “native” color, and the remaining strands are painted in light silver tones. Also good combinations of platinum with dark brown and mother of pearl with black.
- Shatush. Individual strands are dyed, creating the effect of burnt hair. Coloring agents are applied in a chaotic manner, which gives the hair a natural look. A similar technique involves the use of steel and platinum blondes.
Note that getting a silver cold shade does not always work the first time. There are several reasons that affect hair color when stained.
- Hormonal changes. Women are not recommended to lighten or tint hair in anticipation of critical days, as well as during pregnancy and lactation.
- Quality. Undoubtedly, it is best to purchase coloring products from well-known manufacturers. Inexpensive dyes of dubious origin can lead to a deplorable result.
- Hair structure. Thin and weakened hair requires some care before the staining procedure. Otherwise, a beautiful shade will not work.
A master class on dyeing hair in steel color, see below.
