mmany shades: warm, cold, natural, mocha, coffee, chocolate, copper…and the list goes on. Brown hair, or brown as the experts call it, encompasses many tones and undertones, not to mention all the customization techniques that are ideal for giving them further reflections. Thus, a color considered “trivial” has rediscovered new verve in recent seasons.
Brown hair, color harmony and shades
We anticipated it at the beginning of the year: 2023 would have been the year of the chestnut. Rvery rich in reflections, plays of nuances, depth and personality, it conquers many.
Including some celebs who are rediscovering darker shades, choosing greedy and full chestnuts, like Hailey Bieber, who ditched her California blond for a ‘Mousy Brown’a brown shade toffeecold.
How to classify browns, warm or cool
«The world of chestnuts, also called brown colors, is divided into light, medium and dark. Then, each nuance is classified as warm, cold or natural brown” explains Cristina Verdastro, hairstylist Evos Parrucchieri.
Anne Hathaway’s cool brown, Lily Collins’ middle finger, Izabel Goulart’s caramel brown (Getty Images)
“In turn, each shade then has a natural under-reflection: basically those of the warmer nuances tend towards gold and copper, while for the colder shades the reflections veer towards coffee and mocha. Finally, natural browns are the uniform ones, without reflections».
Hair color chart: how do you choose the right brown?
When you have to choose a chestnut, the choice must be made on the basis of one’s natural colors, bearing in mind skin tone and undertone, eye color and natural hair tone. All this, it is also said armchromy.
«To enhance brown hair customized effects are performed according to the features, length and personal wishes».
Usually, for fair, rosy skin, light browns with caramel undertones work which give light golden reflections; for warm skin tones, yes to medium and multifaceted browns such as chestnut, while for olive or winter skins cold, moka, coffee browns are indicated, with ash shades that they create movement and depth in the color without betraying the cold aspect», explains the expert.
The importance of lightening
To these basic rules, you can then add any lightening, which is important when switching to brown because it gives softness and depth avoiding a too flat result.
They go without saying i customization services to better adapt the new color: «In the Evos salons we usually adopt the Face Framing technique: reflections and shades are positioned so as to illuminate the face, respecting the attitude of the person».
Also in this case, they are divided into hot and cold: «The warm lightenings are chestnut, hazelnut, caramel, marron glacé and cappuccino; the cold ones, on the other hand, include only coffee and mocha and are used for cold and neutral shades».
Liquid brunette, Brownie butter: the chestnuts of summer 2023
But which are the brown people who are enjoying the most this year?
First of all is the “Liquid Brunette”. It is a very bright brown that can have caramel nuances, a natural sunbathing effect, almost glossed, ultra-bright.
On TikTok, instead, the “Brownie Batter Brunette”. As warm as the cake that inspired it, it is an enveloping brown made up of even very light reflections, suitable for those who are already brown and want to give an extra touch to their natural color. Equally greedy, the “Bronde Milk”a perfect balancing act between the highlights and your brown base.
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