Hairstyle World Article for Women

The Right Hair Color Can Do Wonders

NEW YORK,
David Evangelista demonstrates how to choose hair color (CBS/The Early Show)

Fast Fact
One way to figure out if you have a warm or cool skin tone is to look at the veins in your arm. If they look blue, chances are you are a cool; if they have more of a greenish tint, you’re probably a warm.

(CBS) When choosing a hair color, the trick is to complement your skin tone in order to minimize flaws and bring out the best in your complexion. Picking the wrong shade can be a disaster for your overall appearance. It can make you look tired, sickly or unnaturally ruddy.

Visiting The Early Show on Monday, stylist to the stars David Evangelista brought tips on hair coloring, which he demonstrated on three models.

He says the first step is to determine if your skin tone is cool or warm. In general, you will have a cool skin tone if your hair is naturally bluish-black, dark brown, medium ash or golden blonde. Your skin will be pale, with pink or no undertones; medium, with pink, golden or no cheek color; very dark brown (some Latinas or African Americans); or true olive (Asian). Evangelista says “cool blues” do well with blue-red hair shades, such as burgundy, ruby, garnet, cherry or bordeaux.

You will mostly likely have a warm skin tone if your natural hair color is red, reddish or golden brown, deep brown, strawberry blonde or natural golden blonde. Your skin will be pale, with peach or gold undertones; brown, with pink, butterscotch, copper, caramel or golden undertones (some Latinas or African Americans); or freckled. “Warm yellows” do best with copper, cinnamon, ginger, russet and strawberry shades of red hair color, according to Evangelista.

Quick tip: Another way to figure out if you have a warm or a cool skin tone is to look at the veins in your arm. If they look blue, chances are you are a cool; if they have more of a greenish tint, you’re probably a warm.

Warm/yellow/golden skin tone
The first model, Jackie, appeared with hair in a pretty shade of deep brown. Evangelista and Parvin Klein, head colorist at the John Barrett salon, thought the color looked flat and that it gave her skin a yellow tint. They decided to even out Jackie’s skin with a flattering chestnut shade, and to add a few cinnamon highlights to bring a little red into her coloring, neutralize her yellow/sallow skin tone, and add some rich depth.

The result: Jackie’s skin looks rosier and her hair looks rich and healthy.

General tips for warm/yellow/golden skin tones

Try deep, rich base colors like dark golden brown, chestnut, mahogany or auburn
Highlight with red, cinnamon or copper streaks

Cool/blue-red skin tone
The second model, Paige, looked fantastic when she came into the salon, but there was a definite blue/red tint to her cool-tone skin, especially under her eyes, and her hair color was a little drab. To counter the blue and red tones in her skin and to make her blue eyes stand out even more, the stylists decided to go with a deep, minky base color, which would cool off the pink in her skin. They also opted to add a slew of golden highlights to warm up the blue tint to her skin.

The result: Paige’s skin looks more ivory or peaches-and-cream than red/blue, and her blue eyes stand out.

General tips for cool/blue-red skin tones

Try intense shades of brown, red or blonde for base color
Highlight with wheat, honey, taupe or ash shades that contrast base

Add comment March 29th, 2006

For Hip Hair, Accessorize!

NEW YORK,
Karen Male with a flower in her hair (CBS/The Early Show)

(CBS) Accessories are all the rage this spring, but the hottest are the ones that go in your hair. David Evangelista, The Early Show’s stylist to the stars, drops by the show the trendiest accessories that will keep your hair looking hip all season long.

Headbands give your face an instant lift. Bands are available thick, thin, with patterns, crystals, and come in every imaginable color. What makes this season’s headbands different from those from the past is that many can be worn to formal occasions. Many companies are making their headbands out of satin or putting beautiful more formal patterns on the band.

Placement of the headband is very important. If you have a smaller forehead, place the band farther back on your head to add length to your face. If your forehead is longer, put the headband forward more so it will shorten your face.

If you have bangs, you can either put your bangs completely back or leave them in front of the band.

Do you have problems keeping your headband in place because you have very thick hair or very thin hair? Buy headbands with teeth inside the part of the band that goes on your hair.

Another option that adds a more casual look is using a headband that is soft (not on a base) and has an elastic around it to hold hair in tighter.

There are so many solid colors and patterns to choose from. Keep in mind when wearing an all-white outfit that it’s best to choose a headband that contrasts the outfit.

Modeling “the headband look” for The Early Show is Charity Elder. She wears a headband made by L. Erickson that may be found at franceluxe.com, priced at $45. But headbands can be bought for prices as low as $5.

Flowers in the hair are perfect with this spring’s tropical, airy, lacy clothes. To go with the clothes, hair designers have introduced major flower power in hair accessories. The most popular form is in barrettes, clips, and hair pins.

These are available in many different sizes, and David suggests trying on different clips to see which size goes best with your face. Be careful not to choose a flower that is too big for your face. Wearing the flower on one side, close to your ear, is the most popular look, but you can wear two on one side or one on each side if the flowers are smaller.

This look works for all kinds of hair, long and short styles as well.

Karen Male is the model for this look. She wears a flower clip made by Goody and sold at Target.

Ponytail accessories were seen all over the Golden Globes and the Oscars this year, because ponytails are definitely in. David says anyone can do a ponytail, no matter what type of hair you have and no matter what its length.

Many brands are making elastics with a charm on them. They come in all shapes and sizes and vary in price. David suggests that, when wearing a fancy elastic, to first put on a regular rubber band when making your ponytail. Then put on the elastic accessory over the rubber band.

If you don’t want to use one of the elastic accessories for the ponytail, you can buy hair ribbon and wrap it around your ponytail and either tie a knot and let the ends flow or tie a ribbon around your harnessed ponytail.

Be sure to wear an accessory that stands out against the color of your hair. Don’t wear a dark accessory if you have dark hair. The same goes with light hair and light accessories.

Add comment March 29th, 2006