Can I pull off a natural black hair color? (Picturesss!)?
Hey, hey 😉
I’m planning on dying my hair at the end of the summer (obviously not now, considering I’ll be going in pools and the beach- the chemicals, sun, and so on will fade the color away ;P) and I want to go darker, much darker. I’m thinking a natural black, like Katy Perry.
Here is a photo of me:
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii90/emilyfilomena/Photo58.jpg
Can I pull off natural black? If yes, why- if no, why?
I see what you’re saying Denn, but I was hoping to make a contrast with light skin and dark hair, because I have light blue eyes. C: Thanks so far guys!
I’ll take that into consideration Denn, thank you! 😀
Allison, I think you think that I already dyed my hair, but I haven’t yet- lol! but thanks 😀 & thank you everyone else ~
Oh wow, Carandy- thank you for the thought out answer! I really appreciate the time you took to type all that out. 🙂
You could certainly pull it off, but there are better looks for you. Because your skin is fair, black would completely wash out your face. Black is very harsh. I wouldn’t recommend you do it, and here is why; Black has more pigment than any other color, (obviously) and because of this, it requires a lot of up keep. Within a month you would have 1/2″ regrowth. To maintain the black you would have to touch up the regrowth every 6-8 weeks. More than that, when you want to change your color, it can literally destroy your hair to remove that much pigment. Removing black requires the color to be stripped with either color remover or bleach, then re-tinted to another color. This process will leave your hair brittle and straw like. Because your hair is so long you can count on loosing as much as half of your length to the damage caused in these harsh processes.
If you were in my chair this is what I would suggest. Because of your fair skin tone and the color of your eyes, I would suggest adding deep brown and deep auburn low lights. This would add great dimension and shine to your hair and more color to your complexion and your eyes would look amazing. The up-keep is easier only requiring a touch up 3-4 times a year.
Good Luck, in what ever you decide.
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