• Heat styling is not as problematic on light brown hair as it is on heavily bleached hair, but it still takes a toll. Try to limit how often you use heat-styling tools and opt for lower temperatures. Blow-drying on a low setting is usually the safest way to heat style the hair.
• If you’re a swimmer, be aware that chlorinated water from pools can alter your hair color. You can apply a protective leave-in conditioner before getting in the pool or even just soak your hair with regular water to prevent the chlorine from getting in. Make sure to wash your hair immediately after getting out of the pool in order to rinse the chlorine out, as well.
The great thing about light brown hair is that it doesn’t require too many changes. Other details, like your skin tone, eye color, and outfit color will be much more important when it comes to creating your makeup look. We still have a few tips and tricks to help you match your makeup to your hair, although, don’t be afraid to break the rules and experiment!
• The one thing you will probably have to change is the shade you use to fill in your brows. Make sure to choose an eyebrow pencil that matches the undertone of your light brown hair. Choose a chocolate tone for neutral light brown, an ash tone for cool brown, an auburn or ginger tone for reddish brown, or a blonde shade for brown hair with gold undertones.
• When it comes to foundation or concealer, you don’t need to change anything! As long as you get the level of coverage you like and your products match your skin tone, you’re good to go.
• The same applies to other complexion products like contour, bronzer, and highlight. Depending on the type of color change you’ve undergone, you may find yourself wanting to use those dimension-enhancing products more or less. In der Regel, when going from lighter hair to darker hair, you want to amp things up and vice versa.
• Unless your light brown hair color leans very strongly towards cool gray or reddish brown, you don’t need to worry at all about your blush clashing, so just make sure to choose a blush shade that suits your undertone.
• If your hair does lean very strongly towards a particular undertone, choose a blush that’ll match, so a warm peach or copper blush for coppery hair, a berry, pink or purple-based blush for cool hair, or a neutral blush for red-brown hair.
• The same undertone principles apply to lipstick, although, there is a ton of room here to play around, and the less saturated a lipstick color is, the more likely it is to work with your hair no matter the undertone.
• When it comes to eye makeup, you can play around as much or as little as you like! Neutrals, metallics, jewel tones, earth tones, bright shades – the important thing is that the colors you choose flatter your skin tone and eye color.
• Finally, let’s talk about mascara! A black mascara is always a safe choice, even with light brown hair, but if you want an extremely natural look, you can choose a dark brown mascara instead.
Fashion Tips for Light Brown Hair
Brunettes can wear whatever they please! Once again, there are no strict rules, but we do have some suggestions.
• In general, some contrast between clothes and hair tends to be the most flattering, so you want to avoid brown shades that are too close to your hair color, especially in dresses or jackets that take up a lot of space.
• We find that even when it comes to brown hair that skews warm or cool, there are rarely any clashes since the brown base is still more balanced than primary or even secondary colors.
• Choose solid colors that have contrast with your hair! Any vivid or bright color will work.
• Light brown hair looks especially fetching against bright yellow, any saturated shade of blue, violet, magenta, orange, und, of course, red!
• If you want a more elegant look that won’t stand out too much, opt for darker hues of those bright colors, like navy, dark green, or burgundy.
• When it comes to pastels, it’s better to choose a lighter pastel that’s very close to beige or white, so you can have a bit more of a contrast between your hair and the garment.
• From color blocking to subtler color stories, feel free to experiment. As long as there’s some contrast between the different shades you’re wearing, it’ll be easier to wear colors that on their own wouldn’t look good with your hair, like browns.
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