New Hair Color Before-and-After

This week I had big plans to reveal my latest before-and-after: an edgy modern office. Instead, I felt like taking a little break and pampering myself. I went to the salon and decided to ditch my red hair for a cooler color that compliments my natural “summer” skin tone.

If you’re wondering what I mean by “summer” it means that I have a cooler skin tone. My fair skin has a lot of pink pigment. Naturally, my eyes are gray and my hair is an ashy brown. I loved having red hair, but I had to manipulate my appearance with makeup each day to make the red hair feel more balanced with my complexion.  So, I decided to embrace my natural look and go with natural summer tones. In a later post I’ll go into more detail regarding the best color palate for each type of complexion.

Here’s my before:

Here’s my gladiator helmet:

Here’s my after:

The lighting in this shot is terrible.  I took it minutes before writing this at 8:30 pm…

I have platinum highlights with a deep ash undertone to give my hair more depth. It instantly pulled the red pigment from my skin, which I LOVED! That means less foundation, ladies! YAY! It also brightened my eye color, pushing it a bit more to blue rather than full on gray.  And overall I love how much contrast the new hair color brings to my look.  I’ve said goodbye to red and hello to the natural me!

Look for the promised modern office before-and-after next week.

Have a wonderful Mother’s Day weekend!

XOXO

Melessa