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The Right Haircut Style for Your Face
While choosing the right hair cut style is ultimately about your personal taste there are some basic rules you should follow. At the top of this list is considering what styles suit your face shape. The oval face is considered to be the ideal shape by hairdressers. People with an oval face shape can wear most hair cut styles and lengths with it still looking "right". The oval face is mathematically 1.5 times as long as its width, with the forehead slightly wider than the jaw. Round faces are characterised by a round chin. Because they lack the length of the oval face, the hair should be cut to create the illusion of length in the face. This is achieved by creating height on top of the head, and minimising hair width by keeping it flat at the sides and around the ears. Rectangular faces have a square chin and hairline, and are long and narrow. The ideal style of hair cut is one which creates width at the sides disguising the narrowness. A fringe can also shorten the face, and a style with a side part will help to reduce the square appearance. Pear shaped faces have a narrow forehead and are widest at the jawline, with a round chin. The objective of a suitable style of hair cut is to give the illusion of an oval face by creating width at the forehead and temples. Heart shaped faces are widest at the temples and narrowest at the jawline. Usually the chin is small and delicate. The hair cut style's objective should be to create an oval by adding width at the jawline. Diamond shaped faces are widest at the cheekbones and narrow in the forehead and chin. By creating width at the forehead and minimising it at the cheekbones, the illusion of an oval face can be achieved. Square faces have a square jawline and hairline at the forehead. They are 'too short', so a suitable hair cut style seeks to create height elongating the face. Hair should be layered around the face to soften the jawline. Jaw and brow nearly same width. Hair should wisp around face to reduce squareness. While it's not uncommon for someone to walk into a salon and say, "Give me a Jennifer Aniston", the key to finding a style that works for you is having a hair cut that works with your face shape, not against it. -www.freehairstyleadvice.com |
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Hair Coloring 101
Whether you want to liven up dull hair color or you want to hide gray hair, hair coloring is a perfect solution to both. It gives hair that extra shine and perk no ordinary shampoo can ever offer. However, there are important things you should remember in hair coloring, as some hair dyes can damage and dry out your hair. You can even be left with a horrible color that you want to wear a hat every time you go out. It can literally make or break you. - The Basics - 1. Pick a pigment that is one shade darker than the desired color The color from the bottle won't necessarily look the same under fluorescent and natural light because a particular pigment is made up of various combinations. Color has tones - warm or cool. Warm colors, composed of red, orange and yellow are used for highlighting and cool or ash colors are blue, violet and green. 2. Consult a color wheel Selecting a color opposite on the color wheel to your natural color will cancel out each other, giving you a more subdued hair color. This can be useful if you have a naturally bright hair color like blonde or red. Oppositely, if you wish to liven up your color, pick a color that is similar to your current hair pigment to enhance your color. As an added benefit, when the color comes out, the new hair coming in won't be as noticably different in color. 3. Determine your hair level Before buying, you can fine tune your appropriate hair color by using a color swatch that lets you see your hair's level. Identify your hair level. Consider your skin tone, eye color and what color you want to change your hair into. There are different types of hair colors available: - Gels - Tubes - Creams - ShampoosThe following is a guide in choosing what type is appropriate for you and your needs. - Permanent hair color Permanant hair color specifically cannot be removed easily, although it will fade eventually. Your hair's natural color pigments will be chemically altered once you have applied this, so be careful in doing so. It is recommended that you leave this one to the pros as it may take a trip or two to the saloon to perfect this job. With the growth of new hair, however, the delineation between the colored and gray hair is very noticeable. In comparison, single process color involves a single step in depositing the color in your hair. It is also the best type for those who want to try hair coloring at home. Lastly, semi-permanent is most appropriate for amateur's who have gray hair because the colors can only darken the hair. It can boost shine and volume, plus it will help tame frizz and split ends. It is the safest type for people who want to have a new do. |