These hair dye trends are hot for 2023. But which is right for you?
By Diane Small
We’re living in crazy times. It’s hard to predict what will happen next week, let alone throughout the coming months! But one thing is clear for this year: naturally colored hair is pretty much passé.
All you need to do is take a glance at Instagram or Pinterest to see that barnets come in a rainbow of far-from-natural hues, or when they are leaning towards ‘natural,’ they’re much more intense versions of what nature bestows.
There are also loads of hair coloring techniques that are making hairdos really pop these days: ombré, babylights, balayage, and dip-dye, to name a few.
But what are the differences between these techniques? How do you get them, with non-toxic products? And which hair color is right for you?
Choosing the Right Hair Color For You
Before you choose a color for your hair, you need to consider which hues best suit your skin tone and complexion undertones: are you fair, medium or deep? Warm, cool, or neutral?
Here’s how to determine what undertones your skin may have:
- Look at the veins in your wrist. If your veins are blue, you’ve got cool undertones. Green? Warm. A mix? Neutral.
- Do you look better in gold or silver jewelry? Gold is warm, silver, cool.
- Try on a white and a beige tee-shirt. If you have warm undertones, the white tee makes your skin appear more yellow. If you have cool undertones, the beige tee makes your skin look washed out and grey.
When you’ve figured out your skin undertone, it’s time to learn which hair colors will look best on you.
Warm Skin Undertones
- Fair: copper, golden blonde, caramel
- Medium: ‘bronde’
- Olive: chestnut, cinnamon
- Deep: violet red or black, honey, caramel
Cool Skin Undertones
- Fair: icy platinum, baby blonde
- Medium: sand, wheat, and beige
- Olive: chestnut, cinnamon
- Deep: inky black, espresso, blue-black
Neutral Skin Undertones
- If you have olive skin, you most likely have a neutral skin undertone.
- If you have a hard time telling whether your veins are green or blue, you probably have a neutral skin undertone.
- You can rock pretty much any hair color you like!
Still not sure which skin tone you have? Check via the video below!
10+ Hair Dye Trends We Love For 2023
Just because a hair colour is huge right now doesn’t mean it’s right for you. After you’ve determined your skin tone, you can select from the trends below to see which best suits you.
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1. ‘Money Pieces’
One of the most popular trends of 2023 is smudged money pieces. I know, it kind of sounds like the name of a rapper, right? But honestly, this is a trend that will make your mane – and your skin -look magnificent!
Money piece highlights are a type of balayage that involves making the front stripes of hair on both sides of your face brighter than the rest. The highlighted pieces are the so-called ‘money pieces’. They do an awesome job of brightening your complexion and accentuating your face. If, that is, your stylist understands which tone best suits your skin.
This is an uptown-girl look that’s almost impossible to achieve on your own at home. Be sure to go to a good colourist if you want to end up looking like Queen Bey!
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White roots blonde ashy hair. I want to make roots darker w streaks at home
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Thanks for the info! I died my hair red, it’s originally a sandy blonde. How do I tone down the red? Can I die it brown?
Try a hair toner! Here’s our list of some of the best https://eluxemagazine.com/beauty/the-best-natural-hair-toners-for-dyed-and-blonde-hair/
I love this!! Specially the fantasy colors, I want to try but don;t know where to get these colors….
Great article, I love it