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6 Hair Colours For Dusky Skin

By Padmapreetham Mahalingam

Sometimes, hair colour that doesn’t suit your skin tone can ruin your whole look. The wrong hair colour can definitely make you look dull, lifeless and reflect that it is not the right shade for you. Sometimes, hair colour that doesn’t suit your skin tone can have you looking older than your right age.

Who would want to look much older than their friends or family members? When you choose hair colour shades, make sure it looks different, attractive and comfortable for your skin tone. You would have noticed that celebs such as Beyonce and Megan Fox had gone against their skin tone when colouring their hair.

While one has opted for a pale colour on her dark skin, the other has pulled off a dark hair shade with a pale skin tone. However, not many are lucky to pull off a colour that doesn’t suit their skin tone.

6 Hair Colours For Dusky Skin

Celebs such as Kim Kardashian, who followed the same route, faltered with her looks.

Hair colour reflects your personality and a perfect shade can literally add charm. Many people never take into consideration their skin tone when colouring their hair. Choosing colour for your hair doesn’t mean selecting the shade you prefer or like.

If you have a dusky skin tone, then rich and deep hair colours can work for you. You should never opt for lighter shades than your skin tone as it won’t appear flattering. Skin and eye colour should be important while choosing the hair colour for dusky skin.

Here are some of the hair colours for dusky skin.

6 Hair Colours For Dusky Skin

Chocolate brown
Who doesn’t love chocolate? Smooth and rich brown hair tone is suitable for medium olive skin and dusky skin tone. This is the best hair colour for Indian dusky skin. Chocolate brown is compatible for usually any skin tone. It works really well for people with hazel and brown eyes. You can even opt for brown streaks for a fun and flirty touch. Try to add brown highlights on top of your head, while the dark chocolate brown is for the face framing locks.

6 Hair Colours For Dusky Skin

Mahogany
Red hues such as mahogany are some of the best hair colours for dusky skin. Try to keep a distance from full gold. Usually, red mahogany can give a hot impression. The colour mahogany is suitable for most Asians and it highlights the shape of the face.

6 Hair Colours For Dusky Skin

Espresso
The other best hair colours for dusky skin include espresso. A rich and dark espresso brown hue suits olive and dark complexion. Fresh full-bodied espresso hue can be obsequious for dark skin tone. Dark skin with any eye colour is perfect for pulling off shades of purple or espresso. This hue will not suit fair skinned people and it would look a bit unnatural for them.

Brunette
Dark skin women look the best in brunette hair colours which include, auburn browns, ash browns, mocha, and golden brown. This is perfect for people who have amazing black hair. This is also one of the hair colours for dusky skin.

6 Hair Colours For Dusky Skin

Cinnamon bun
If you want to look remarkable, then try cinnamon bun as it has the capacity to add a glow to the dark skin tone. Cinnamon bun has a set of colours (brown, red and burgundy) combined and having three in one thing does make it look fabulous.

Burgundy
If you have dusky skin without any strains, you can opt for burgundy. This colour can bring warmth and make the dark complexion more flattering.

Story first published: Friday, January 23, 2015, 17:22 [IST]
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