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Beauty Business
Give Yourself The
Gift of COLOR
For The Holidays
By Becky Sill
Owner / Stylist
Fantastic Sam's Cut & Color, League City Pkwy
Have you noticed how color makes you feel? Color
can change your mood when you walk into a room Now that you have identified whether you should wear
warm or cool colors and understand why red hair looks
and you may not even know why. Color on one
person may be so beautiful yet when you wear the
same color, you look like a sheet who just saw a
ghost. There is a simple explanation. good on your friend but makes you look like a clown, let’s
have some fun! To begin, decide how light or dark you
want your hair for the holidays. Think about whether you
want a dramatic look or something more natural and
versatile. Dramatic can still be versatile when paired with
the right cut complimenting your facial shape. Secondly,
add some tone to your color. Tone can be used to give
you a very natural look such as a few sun-kissed highlights
around your face or it can deepen your color to really
There are only 3 primary colors; red, yellow, and blue.
Every other color imaginable is created from these.
Think of the ink cartridges in your printer. They come
with fancy names like Magenta, Yellow, and Cyan but
they are still the only three colors that all of your
beautifully colored printouts are derived.
Red and yellow are warm colors, blue is cool, and
every color falls into one of these two categories. If
you have warm skin tones and you wear cool colors,
they neutralize each other making you look and feel
washed out. The opposite is also true. If you have
cool skin tones and you wear warm colors, they will
neutralize each other. A quick test to see if you are
warm or cool is to hold a piece of gold and silver
make a statement.
Trust your stylist to talk you through the process of color
selection.
Being open to suggestions can present
possibilities that make you feel better than you ever
imagined! If you don’t like a recommendation, you have
no obligation to try it. Your stylist won’t be offended. An
honest conversation is the only way to achieve your
desired results and give you options. When you’re happy,
your stylist is happy.
jewelry (not at the same time) to your face. If you are
warm, the gold will compliment your skin. If you are
cool, the silver will compliment your skin. Some
people can actually pull off both, however, one or the
other is usually dominant.
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