Choosing The Right Haircolor!

The best hair color advice is to learn how to choose the right color and treatment so you can create an exciting new look for every occasion.
When it comes to choosing hair color, you should consider what shade will enhance your overall look and what type of treatment works best for your hair texture.
While your ideal hair cut style depends on your face shape, your hair color should be based on a combination of factors including your natural hair color, eye color, and skin tone.
The most important of these is your skin tone. You’ll look best in a hair color that complements your natural skin tone.
Tone is used to describe the warmth or coolness of a color. In general, warm colors have yellow, peach, or red undertones and cool complexions have pink, violet, or blue undertones.
In simple terms your complexion coloring is either dark, olive, peaches & cream or fair to light.
Warm hair colors will be those with a yellow, golden, or amber cast and cool hair colors are ash blonds, ash browns, and black. You will look best in hair colors with the same tone as your skin. For example, warm skin tone will look best with warm hair colors.
But what color suits you best? Finding the best colors for hair and complexion can be very complicated.
Remember to consider how much upkeep you can live with, and make sure you have the time and the budget to maintain your new look. For example, a color that’s quite different from your natural shade requires a touch-up every four to six weeks.
Once you have a hair color you like, you’ll want to keep it in its original shade as long as possible. You should avoid sun, salt water, and swimming pool chlorine for the first 48 hours after coloring. After that, you should use shampoos and conditioners specially formulated for colored hair.

Effective Make-Up Techniques for Great Photos!

Is it really true that you need to pile on foundation so thick you need a chisel to scrape it off, or lipstick so dark it appears you drank a can of brick paint so you don’t look “washed out”? Of course not! That “washed out” look you might have seen in still photos is from direct flash with improper exposures set by the photographer, not improper make-up use. Wear your make-up the way you would want to look in real life because, with the right photographer, that is how it will show up on the camera.

On an opposite note, if you were planning on not wearing make-up, think it over again. For a minimalist look, swipe powder on your face to help absorb oil and prevent shine. Even if you have dry skin, it will create a softer, more even finish for your photos. Try a crème to powder finish for better coverage with less steps. A little blush won’t hurt either. Keep it a lighter shade of pink or a brownish pink for a more natural look. Have darker toned skin? Try using brighter colors. If you have dark eyebrows and long dark lashes, you can get away with skipping eye make-up all together. Otherwise, use an eyebrow pencil and/or mascara if nothing else.

When it comes to lips, I know people always suggest clear lip gloss for those who use make-up. I would suggest this is not always the best choice. Wear some kind of color on your lips, particularly if they are very light in tone to prevent an undone or dull look. It needn’t be a dark shade, only enough to define the area and add a little pop! In fact, I would say, if you were to only wear two items of make-up, it would be lipstick and a crème to powder foundation.

And of course, practice putting this all together to make sure you’re comfortable with the final look BEFORE your big day.