How to Match L'Oreal Hair Coloring

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Choose the color family you want. If you were blonde as a kid, a blond shade will look natural. If you have brown locks now, want low-maintenance hair or have dull hair, stick with brown. If you have cool or pink skin, consider a red. Women with golden or olive skin have a hard time rocking red well.

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Check out your skin tone in the mirror. The right color will set off the shades in your skin through contrast. Olive-skinned divas look bright in golden tones. Pink-skinned women can incorporate subtle blue and violet undertones to neutralize the skin redness.

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Look at the L'Oreal color swatches in your chosen color family, such as red, brown or blond. Keep your skin tone in mind and focus on colors that have the opposite undertone. L'Oreal breaks it down on the box by listing whether colors have a cool tone, neutral tone or warm tone. Auburn, copper, mahogany and burgundy also denote warm L'Oreal tones.

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Place your skin beside the hair swatch to see how it looks. The right color plays off your skin. Experiment with several different hues until you find the color that works best for you.

Tips & Tricks

 

If you have long hair, grab two boxes of dye so you get enough to cover your whole mane.

L'Oreal offers online color consultation to help you pick the color that's right for you.