Hair dyes with chocolate shades. Photo palette Garenere, Loreal, Palette, Estelle, Capus, Cies, Igora, Matrix

Chocolate shades of hair (photos of which can be seen below) attract attention. Fashion tips will help you not to get confused when choosing hair dyes. And for this you need to find out everything about the palette of chocolate shades.

Features of chocolate hair color

9 facts about chocolate hair color:

• he emphasizes any shade of the eyes;
• brown eyes adds expressiveness and depth;
• he will make gray and bluish shades of the eyes colder;
• green and amber eyes become brighter and more radiant with it;
• chocolate hair color emphasizes the expressiveness of the eyes and eyebrows;
• visually this color makes any makeup brighter;
• chocolate colors do not give a red or yellow tint when washed off, unlike chestnut shades;
• chocolate adds volume to the hair;
• the right chocolate shade emphasizes youth.

Who suits the chocolate shade

Chocolate color consists of three pigments in different proportions - black, beige and restrained red. In various combinations, they give warm and cold tones.

The classic chocolate tone in the palettes of Garnier, L'Oreal and others is a restrained cool-brown color with a rich shine. Unlike chestnut, it does not have pronounced red and copper pigments, therefore suitable for any color type.

Hair dye, chocolate shades (photo below), contains reflective particles, liquid mother-of-pearl, emphasizing the shine of the hair. Most of them are found in the popular Color Sensation lines from Garnier and L'Oreal Casting Creme Gloss.

Thanks to the gloss, a universal tone is obtained in which warm and cold pigments are evenly distributed, so it suits different types of appearance. In other lines, reflective pigments with pearlescent textures are not enough. Therefore, the tone of chocolate from other brands may be too warm or cold and not suitable.

Chocolate shade suits:

• owners of a pinkish skin tone without yellowness (the most common chocolate tones);
• fair-skinned;
• owners of light brown and dark hair (a natural effect is obtained);
• those with porcelain, white and pink skin;
• those with thick and expressive eyebrows;
• women with dark skin, if there is no painful yellowness;
• girls with smooth skin without inflammation;
• different color types of appearance (classic chocolate - summer, autumn, winter; warm colors - autumn, spring and winter; dark colors - winter, summer and autumn; light colors - summer and spring).

Who does not suit the shade

Hair dye - chocolate shades (see photos of models below) - emphasizes fatigue and yellowness of the face.

This shade will not work:

• if there is a pronounced greenish, gray or yellow skin tone (yellowness, for example, is emphasized by warm tones);
• there are one or more large moles and age spots on the face;
• natural blondes;
• if you have moles, age spots and imperfect skin tone;
• owners of light eyebrows;
• light-skinned representatives of the spring color type (dark and classic chocolate);
• to apricot, coral and terracotta blush;
• natural red-haired blondes;
• if the hair is completely gray, thinned and sparse;
• owners of golden skin (cold tones);
• owners of very dark hair and light skin, winter and summer color type (warm chocolate tones).

Palette of chocolate shades

Top 9 chocolate shades are presented in the following tones:

1st place - chocolate. The most massive tone found in the palettes of the world brands Palette, Estel, L'Oreal and others. It is a cool shade of brown, in between milky and almost black shades of chocolate.

2nd place - dark chocolate. It is a dark shade with a lot of black pigments. In some palettes, the shade is called dark chocolate (L'Oreal), dark chocolate (Palette).

3rd place - milk chocolate. A more delicate and pinkish shade than chocolate, with a lot of pink, beige and pearlescent cold piments. Available in the L'Oreal, Palette, Garnier palette; Syoss, Estelle. Another name is chocolate chestnut (Schwarzkopf).

4th place - hot chocolate. Warm tone with more reddish or coppery pigments, but cooler than hot chocolate. Available in Garnier Color Naturals, Faberlic and Wella. Another name is chocolate-red or warm chocolate.

5th place - cold chocolate (frosty chocolate) or chocolate brown. Intense tone of a cold scale with a lot of pearl and cold pigments. It is presented in the lines Igora Absolutes New 6-60 Dark light brown chocolate natural, Garnier Olia 6.15 Frosty Light Chestnut and L'Oreal. Another name is frosty chocolate.

This shade is available in the line Excellence 4.15 and Casting Creme Gloss from L'Oreal. Garnier's Color Sensation line presents it as a sparkling cold mocha (6.12).

6th place - chocolate caramel. Expressive tone with sunny or caramel-nut highlights and warm undertone. Available in Garnier, Schwarzkopf, L'Oreal lines. In some palettes, it is called chocolate caramel or almond.

7th place - chocolate blonde. The lightest, with a lot of chocolate and beige pigments. Available in the Revlon, Schwarzkopf, Igora and Brelil lines.

8th place - golden chocolate. Light and very warm golden chocolate color with a lot of golden and nutty pigments. Presented in the Schwarzkopf lines; Syoss ProNature. In some palettes, it is called light chestnut chocolate.

9th place - chocolate fondant - This is a tone with a lot of cherry pigments and red tints. Presented in L'Oreal lines. Its other name is chocolate-covered cherry (Palette).

How to choose paint

Hair dye (chocolate shades, photos of which are presented below) can be matched by color types.

Spring:

• Light skin and golden, honey hair - all light shades are suitable, but not too dark with a golden undertone: from golden chocolate to caramel tones, hot chocolate.
• Pink or peach skin, copper to chestnut hair - all caramel-chocolate tones from chocolate-red to dark chocolate.

Summer:

• Blond hair and skin - light coldish shades: from chocolate blond to classic chocolate.
• Hair from light blond to light brown - classic cold shades from chocolate blond to cold chocolate with a silvery sheen.
• Hair from light brown to dark tones and light, pinkish skin are shades reminiscent of cocoa, with a lot of pink pigment from classic chocolate to frosty and dark.
• Dark hair and dark skin without yellowness and olive tint are classic cold chocolate tones from “chocolate” to cold, frosty, bitter and dark chocolate, caramel shades without pronounced goldenness are acceptable.

Fall:

• Golden hair and pale skin - any reddish-golden hues from golden chocolate to chocolate caramel, hot chocolate with pronounced copper and almond highlights.
• Auburn to bright red hair paired with pale skin are all reddish and classic chocolate tones, from chocolate caramel to dark chocolate and chocolate fondant, including chocolate and caramel.
• Hair with a brown tint, apricot skin - all caramel and chestnut tones: caramel, chocolate with golden tint, chocolate with reddish, chocolate-chestnut, hot and bitter chocolate.
• Light skin and dark hair - colors saturated with pigments: from classic chocolate to hot, bitter, deep chestnut-chocolate and chocolate-red.

Winter:

• Low contrast (dark skin and dark blond hair with a cold tint): cool tones with a pronounced silvery sheen and mother of pearl: chocolate, cold, black and dark chocolate, fondant.
• Contrast (white skin, very dark hair): the deepest and darkest shades: dark and dark chocolate, fondant. Lighter colors are used for highlighting, ombre coloring or individual strands.

General recommendations for choosing a shade:

• You should choose a dye darker than the natural shade of the hair.
• Expiring dyes on hair can give unpredictable results.
• For coloring highlighting, blonding or gray hair, only persistent dyes are suitable.
• If dyes with red and yellow tones were previously used for hair dyeing, you need to choose cold and dark shades without red blotches.
• Chocolate caramel, golden and chestnut tones do not go well with very dark hair.

Paints by manufacturer

Chocolate shades are presented in the lines of hair dyes from different manufacturers, but several popular brands have become the leaders among them. The rating of 10 popular lines will allow you to choose your chocolate shade from the photo on the package or a palette of shades.

Top 10 paints:

1 place - L'Oreal Casting Creme Gloss - 10 shades of chocolate.

2nd place - Garnier Color Sensation with lots of mother-of-pearl and rare wild rose oil - 2 luminous shades:

3rd place - Igora Royal by Schwarzkopf - 4 natural shades with enhanced radiance:

4th place - Palette Color & Gloss. Presented in 3 shades:

5th place - Syoss Oleo Intense. Available in 2 luminous shades:

6th place - Estel Only Color. The line includes classic natural chocolate shades:

7th place - Kapous Professional - professional hair dye, tone 5.8 - chocolate.

8th place - Igora Absolutes New - a special line for gray hair, presented in 3 shades of chocolate:

9th place - Palette Perfect Care Color with rare shades:

10th place - L'Oreal Excellence: rare shade with cold bluish-purple tints 4.15 frosty chocolate.

Other lines, such as Matrix, contain unnamed chocolate shades or call them brown or chestnut shades. In such cases, it is better to choose shades with “tasty” names, for example, mocha, caramel or truffle - they are closest to the classic chocolate range. But it is better to choose chocolate shades in well-known palettes, especially from the top 10.

Using natural dyes

It is impossible to obtain chocolate shades from natural dyes, since they do not contain pearl, metallic and iridescent pigments, which are found in professional paints.

The only natural-based dyes containing tones reminiscent of chocolate can be henna-based dyes with synthetic dyes such as Henna color 3.3 Bitter chocolate or rare Indian herbs such as Ayurvedic paint from India Aasha herbals (dark chocolate).

But, unlike professional dyes, such dyes can give unpredictable results on light and gray hair.

You can bring the natural shade of hair closer to chocolate in the following ways:

• 2 times a week, make a mask for 3 hours from strong natural coffee in half with cocoa (for 1 tbsp. Water 4 tablespoons of cocoa powder without milk and the same amount of thick natural coffee). The composition is used as a hair mask, kept for 30 minutes, then washed off with a mild shampoo or warm water.
• In equal proportions, dye your hair with henna and basma with the addition of strong natural coffee.

Ombre, shatush or balayage in combination with chocolate color

Shatush with chocolate shades on blond hair requires darkening of the roots. Chocolate blond, golden chocolate or caramel are used depending on the initial hair color. On dark hair, preliminary lightening of the ends is used, after which - dyeing with the above shades.

The most common mixing options: black hair and chocolate fondant, dark blond hair with an ash tint and chocolate, dark chocolate and chocolate caramel.

For coloring ombre, chocolate shades are used in the root zone or added as a transitional color between dark and light shades. On light hair, the roots (reverse ombre) or tips are tinted, giving them expressiveness.

Balayazh: chocolate shades are used in the root zone or mix dark and light. For example, the roots are dark chocolate, the tips are chocolate-red or caramel.

The most popular staining options:

• sunny balayazh - mixing chocolate blond or golden chocolate against the background of the base color - chocolate or dark chocolate;
• gradient options for coloring transitions from dark tones to light ones, and vice versa. Mixing of chocolate roots and pink strands is popular;
• balayash and shatush using a basic chocolate cold tone and warm, reddish highlights (chocolate fondant, chestnut chocolate or chocolate caramel);
• warm caramel - highlighting strands, shatush and balayage using caramel tones. Suitable for dark brown-haired women and brunettes.

How to care for a color

• You need to use special shampoos for dark tones. Some are presented in lines of hair dyes (Palette, for example). Coloring kits contain a caring shampoo that prolongs color durability.

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  The chocolate color fades in the sun and during the use of a hair dryer and hot styling. Masonry tools should be used as little as possible.

• Do not allow hair to come into contact with chlorinated water.
• It is necessary to use shampoos and conditioners for care that prolong the color fastness.
• Tint dyes without ammonia will help revive the shade.

Chocolate shades will remain in trend for a long time, therefore, a properly selected hair dye, in the palette of which there are chocolate shades, will allow you to create an actual image not only for photos, but also in real life.

Article design: Vladimir the Great

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