Light brown, chestnut hair color. Photos, color palettes, shades, who suits

One of the most popular natural shades for coloring is light brown / auburn hair color. In fashion magazines, there are often photos of models with curls of this color, which gives them a special appeal.

Characteristics and color features

Light brown / chestnut hair color, the photo of which admires with its beauty, has become very popular lately. The main advantage of this color is its versatility. The shade is suitable for both young girls and fairly mature women. Most European women naturally have this hair color.

But it has a huge number of shades, so you can choose the perfect range for almost any appearance. It is not recommended to dye hair light brown for girls whose skin is too dark or too light.

If you choose the right hairstyle and shade intensity, then coloring will always remain in fashion. Another undeniable advantage is that hair usually does not need to undergo a bleaching procedure, which is very damaging to the hair.

Who is the chestnut color for?

Before staining, you need to correctly assess the appearance. Light chestnut can be conditionally divided into warm and cold colors, so the first thing to decide with when choosing a paint is which shade suits a certain type of appearance. For a warm color type, it is recommended to choose golden, amber, coffee colors.

It is better to place light strands closer to the face. Chestnut color will suit any girl, regardless of lifestyle. If you collect your hair in a ponytail, then the light brown shade will go well with the casual style. You can create an evening look with a curling iron and hair spray. Men can also choose a light chestnut tone for coloring.

How to choose a shade

This color is suitable for almost everyone, but when choosing the perfect shade, all factors must be taken into account:

• Age.
• Appearance color type.
• Hair structure and length.
• Face type.
• Lifestyle and lifestyle.
• Preferred hairstyles.

  

Determining the color type of appearance is one of the most important tasks when choosing a paint tone.

Light chestnut color is universal: with the help of curls and bright makeup, the image will become luxurious, and with nude makeup, it will be simple and elegant. It is worth noting that the intense shades of chestnut do not last long on very light curls, so frequent correction and special care will be required.

By age

Light brown hair color suits any age. It can be chosen by both young girls and adults, older women. This is due to the fact that the chestnut color belongs to natural, natural shades. Women over 50 should avoid ashy and gray tones to avoid the appearance of gray hair.

In this case, it is recommended to choose a warm and light palette - the face will look younger. The closer the strand of hair is to the face, the lighter it should be. Young girls can choose both light and dark chestnut shades.

By color type

There are 4 main color types of appearance. They have their own characteristics, so a certain shade of light chestnut color is suitable for each of them.

Some women have a mixed color type. In this case, it is advisable to contact an experienced master to select the perfect shade.

By hair structure, color of strands

Light brown hair color is versatile in terms of hair structure. Chestnut looks great on both straight and curly curls. The length can also be any.

Owners of curly hair can safely choose complex dyeing techniques:

• Ombre.
• Shatush.
• Balayazh.

The transition from light to dark looks stylish and effective. Also, these types of highlighting add additional visual volume.

But discoloration of hair can be harmful: it can lead to dryness and destruction of the structure. Modern highlighting techniques can be used on straight, light brown hair, but possible mistakes will be more noticeable. To refresh and rejuvenate the look, light strands should be placed closer to the face.

By face shape

You can correct facial features with hair color. First you need to decide what form the person belongs to.

Who shouldn't go for dark chestnut

A dark brown color will help give your hair a healthy shine, so it is a great option for girls with damaged or discolored curls. This range is suitable for everyone, without exception, if the shade is selected correctly. One of the reasons why a dark brown color may not be suitable is the wrong combination of hair and eyebrow shade.

If a girl by nature has eyebrows of a different color, then it is advisable to paint them in the same tone as the roots are painted. Also, for owners of a thin and elongated type of face, a dark chestnut can visually narrow it, violating the correct proportions. This color looks great with both pale and dark skin. In this case, you need to choose the right tone saturation.

Shades of chestnut color

The palette of chestnut colors is very diverse.

There are a huge number of shades, among which the most popular options can be distinguished:

• Dark chestnut. A universal tone that will highlight beauty at any age. For girls with a round face, a dark color will help to visually emphasize the contour of the face.
• Golden chestnut. A good option for the color type "autumn" and "spring". The golden hue will help highlight freckles and fair skin. It is recommended to choose for young girls, but with the right combination with a haircut, it can also be suitable for middle-aged women.
• Ash chestnut. This shade comes from a combination of gray and brown. Looks great with fair skin and blue / gray eyes. Women after 50 years old need to contact an experienced master, because if the color is incorrect, the ashy color can visually add age.
• Light chestnut. Swarthy girls should pay attention to this particular shade - it will beautifully emphasize tanned skin. If you have gray hair, it is not recommended to choose a light tone, because the paint is quickly washed off.
• Frosty chestnut. If dark-blond hair is dyed 1-2 tones darker, you get “frosty chestnut”. This color will help to give the face an angularity and express cheekbones.
• Copper chestnut. This tone works well with freckles and green / blue eyes. In the color palette, the chestnut shade is located next to the golden one.
• Dark caramel. A fairly universal tone, which is especially suitable for girls with the color type "winter" and "summer".
• The chocolate shade is ideal for gray hair. It is also a great base for creating a shatush or ombre.
• Walnut chestnut. Looks especially impressive with fair skin and eyes of amber, green or blue.
• Red-chestnut tone will suit courageous women of mature age. The red scale will help hide gray hair for a long time.
• Chestnut red. Light skin and freckles are a great match for this shade. Usually this color is ideal for those girls who naturally have red pigment.

Tips for choosing paint

Manufacturers offer a wide range of chestnut paints. For the procedure, you can contact an experienced colorist or dye your hair at home. In both cases, it is necessary to carefully approach the issue of choosing a coloring agent.

If there is no gray hair, it is recommended to stay with paint, which does not contain ammonia and other aggressive substances. With the correct selection of care products, this paint lasts long enough. For toning gray hair, an ammonia composition is usually used.

In this case, you should pay attention to the products in which natural ingredients are present:

• Royal jelly.
• Polynesian oil.
• Guarana seeds.
• Jojoba oil.

All of these substances help moisturize and help hold the scales tightly, which gives hair shine. Recently, experts have advised avoiding paints that contain P-phenylenediamine (PPD), because it negatively affects the general condition of the body and often causes an allergic reaction.

All paint manufacturers number the shades to make it easier to find the right color. The first number means the intensity of the color from 1 to 10 (1 - black, 10 - light blond). The second number indicates the saturation of certain pigments. The numbers for certain tones may vary from manufacturer to manufacturer.

Hair color review

Light brown / auburn hair color is easy to create if you use high-quality dyes from world brands. When choosing a shade, it is recommended to select a photo with the desired result in advance.

To dye your hair brown at home, you should give preference to the following manufacturers:

• Garnier Color Naturals. The budget option - the cost of 1 package is about 150 rubles.The composition contains such natural ingredients as avocado, karite and olive oil. These substances will help hold and moisturize the scales without harming your hair.
• Casting Creme Gloss from Loreal Paris. This manufacturer offers a large palette of chestnut shades. The price for 1 package is about 350 rubles. The composition does not contain ammonia, but contains royal jelly for moisturizing and nourishing hair. This paint can cover up to 30% of gray hair. The set also includes a balm after staining, which will help fix the color for a long time.
• Estel professional DeLuxe - This is a cream paint that will help paint over gray hair. The cost of 1 set is about 150-200 rubles. The manufacturer offers a wide range of chestnut shades.
• SYOSS Professional Performance... The Pro-Cellium Keratine Complex, contained in the dye, helps to restore porous and damaged hair. Also, the composition contains provitamin B5. The price is about 200 rubles.
• Wellaton - budget cream paint. The kit includes serum for color retention.

Features of coloring

This shade usually does not provide for hair bleaching, so the dyeing procedure can be done at home. In this case, it is better to use the help of a second person. It is quite difficult to make a single tone without spots on your own.

It is also worth preparing all the necessary tools in advance:

• Hair dye (if necessary, together with an oxidizing agent).
• Balm for fixing.
• Shampoo for washing hair and a towel.
• Gloves and negligee.
• Brush.
• Various combs.
• Hair clips.
• Whisk for mixing.
• Plastic or glass bowl.

For brunettes, hairdressers are advised to wash the pigment first. It is advisable to perform this procedure in the salon.

Blondes can face the problem of light roots, so it is a good idea to apply the dye to the top of the hair first to help absorb it. Girls with light brown hair usually have no difficulty in dyeing - this color is an excellent basis for a light brown shade.

How to get a chestnut color with a cold shade

Any hair color can have a cold shade, including chestnut.

In order for the paint to acquire a cold tone, the following pigments are added to it:

• Violet.
• Blue.
• Pearl.
• Ashen.

The cold chestnut color is not found in nature, it is created by experienced colorists. Due to the absence of ginger colors, this shade is very popular among young girls of the “winter” and “summer” color types. Recently, a chestnut color with an ash overflow has been in great demand. According to stylists, silver jewelry goes well with cold shades.

How to get a chestnut color when stained with a warm shade

To create a warm hue, paint manufacturers add a yellow pigment to the composition. It does not penetrate into the hair, unlike blue and purple. This is the main reason the yellow tint is quickly washed off with shampoos.

The warm palette goes well with dark skin and freckles. To get a beautiful shade, you need to carefully consider the choice of paint. Otherwise, the effect of excessive yellowness may occur, which will make the image look untidy. When dyeing your hair in warm tones, it must be thoroughly moisturized and nourished to give a healthy shine.

How to achieve light brown hair by mixing dyes

Experienced hairdressers do not advise mixing paints at home without experience in color. In this case, it is recommended to contact professionals.

But you can mix paints to get a light brown color, observing the basic rules:

• You can not mix compositions from different companies.In this case, the likelihood of an allergic reaction increases, and the result may be unpredictable.
• To achieve a light chestnut color, you need to choose shades with a difference of 1 or 2 tones from the same color range.
• It is necessary to increase any pigment gradually. If you add too much, the composition will have to be mixed again.
• The staining time must be strictly observed. The longer the composition is on the hair, the more it will color.
• When dyeing, it is worth considering the length of the hair.
• When mixing paints, do not use a metal bowl. The most common options are plastic dishes, or you can use a glass bowl.
• Usually the colorant is unsuitable for use after half an hour of exposure to open air, therefore it is recommended to prepare all the necessary tools for mixing in advance.

How to get golden brown hair color

Golden brown hair color is a great option for brown-haired women, as well as girls with red and light brown hair. The shade goes well with dark skin.

Colorists highlight about 35 subtones of this color. The yellow pigment is quickly washed off, so you need to purchase a toning hair shampoo. In the numbers on the paint package, the number 3 should be present, because it indicates golden warm notes.

How to get an ashy shade

The more the hair is naturally sloping in yellowness, the more blue-violet pigment you need to use. Girls with dark hair need to lighten the curls before applying an ash tone. This is ideal for owners of a cold color type. But the shade is not recommended for girls with problem skin, because the ashy color sets off all imperfections and redness.

The packaging usually shows a number with the number 1, which indicates an ash scale.

How to achieve a light brown shade

The light brown shade of the chestnut palette is very popular due to the fact that it belongs to the natural range. Natural colors always look more noble. It is difficult to achieve the desired result, therefore it is better to contact an experienced master. At home, there is a possibility of creating an unnatural tone.

Usually on the packaging of light brown paint, there are numbers 6,7 or 8, depending on the shade.

How to avoid a ginger tint

Very often, as a result of home staining, a reddish tint appears. This usually occurs when girls try to drastically change their hair color in 1 dye. Each hair has a natural pigment in its structure, which, when combined with a chemical agent, can lead to unpredictable effects.

To remove the reddish tint, a “wash-off” procedure is often used. This procedure opens hair scales and damages them very much. It can take a long time to recover.

There are 3 relatively safe methods:

1. Re-stain.
2. Use a shampoo with a toning effect. But professional tools are not cheap.
3. Regularly apply masks according to folk recipes.

Partial staining

Light brown / chestnut hair color, a photo of which is often found in fashion magazines, can be done using the "partial dyeing" technique. This procedure helps to reshape and reduce trauma to the hair structure. This type of coloring helps to add visual volume to the hairstyle and hide early gray hair.

The most popular partial staining techniques are:

• Shatush.
• Balayazh.
• Ombre.

It is not recommended to apply these types of highlighting on your own. A beautiful transition of colors can only be done by an experienced master. To less damage the hair, you can only dye the ends, and leave the roots in their natural color.

Folk recipes

To minimize the harm of the active components of the dye on the hair, you can tint them using folk recipes.

Most of these methods have been used since ancient times:

• Onion hulls are known for their ability to dye light brown. The hue depends on the original hair color, but usually the result is a nice copper or golden hue. The longer the onion tincture lasts on the hair, the darker the tone will turn out. The result does not last very long.
• A coffee solution has a similar effect. You need to mix 1 tbsp. a spoonful of coffee and a glass of hot water. The mixture should be infused for 45 minutes. Then it can be applied to the hair and kept for about half an hour.
• Henna or basma will stay on the hair longer than the coffee and onion solution. To get a light chestnut shade, you need to mix henna and basma in a 2: 1 ratio, respectively. The composition should be applied to the hair for 1 hour and washed off with water without using shampoo.
• A less popular but very effective method involves using a plant called rhubarb. You need to mix 1 tbsp. a spoonful of its root and 1 glass of cold water. The product must be boiled and added 3 tbsp. tablespoons of vinegar. After regular use, the hair will turn light brown and less greasy.

How to keep color for a long time

Light brown / chestnut hair color, the photo of which does not leave indifferent fashionable girls, can be preserved for a long time using some simple tips:

• It is necessary to wash your hair as rarely as possible with shampoo. It is recommended to use a tinting agent without sulfates, which will wash out the paint.
• Periodically, you can tint your hair with a coffee or onion composition.
• It is recommended to use moisturizing masks 2 times a week, because healthy hair retains its color longer.
• In hot weather, it is advisable to wear hats to protect hair from sun exposure.

Common staining mistakes

Craftsmen with no experience in coloring often make a number of certain mistakes:

• Incorrect dye holding time. If washed off too early, a yellow tint may appear.
• Improper neutralization of the base for further staining.
• Insufficient amount of coloring composition. Part of the product evaporates when exposed to open air, so the hair cannot absorb the required amount of dye.
• Mixing paints from different manufacturers, resulting in unpredictable colors.
• Applying paint first to the ends can cause them to appear too dark compared to the roots.

Hair care after coloring

Light brown / chestnut hair color, the photo of which admires with its versatility, lasts long enough with proper care.

There are 5 main recommendations:

1. Use high-quality hair detergents without the use of sulfates and other components that negatively affect the scales. It is advisable to apply a balm after crushing.
2. It is necessary to regularly use masks, both cosmetic and homemade.
3. It is advisable to refuse to use a hair dryer, ironing and curling iron. But if their complete exclusion in the installation is impossible, it is recommended to use thermal protection means.
4. Once every 2 months, the ends of the hair should be cut.
5. Proper nutrition and vitamin intake will help improve the structure of the curls.

Makeup and wardrobe for light brown hair

When choosing a new hair color, it is necessary to take into account the color of the basic things in the wardrobe, as well as the preferred makeup. In an ideal look, all components should be combined. Almost any palette looks good with a light chestnut color. Experts advise to pay attention to restrained colors, but use bright accessories.

If the chestnut tone is of the cold type, silver jewelry is recommended. In another case, gold.

The following shades will look perfect in makeup:

• Brown.
• Green.
• Peach.
• Beige.
• Olive.
• Blue.

It is necessary to take into account not only the tone of the hair, but also the general color type of appearance. Skin tone is especially important.

In the photos of models of different looks, you can find light brown / chestnut hair color. This shade is very versatile, so it suits almost all women. Chestnut color can be attributed to a natural palette, making it look beautiful and elegant.

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