No.in his latest film, Surprise ending (in cinemas from 21 April) alongside Antonio Banderas, Penelope Cruz she has curly and auburn hair. In life, however, the Spanish actress, 48 years old today 28 April, does not give up its soft mocha brown which he has never completely abandoned, if not with some exceptions, such as the balayage, sported during the Oscars 2022.
Penelope Cruz, the mocha brown to copy
Penelope Cruz celebrates 48 years with a long bob just below the shoulders of an intense mocha brown color. A return to origins for the Spanish actress who made her hair one of her strengths.
Penelope Cruz at the 2022 Oscars (Getty Images)
“I do it all by myself. I grew up in my mom’s hairdressing salon and I know how to take care of my hair, from cut to color. Although I admit I have no particular secrets for my haircare routine. I leave them very naturaleven if it means having them often messy, e I use a lot of dry shampoo to give volume»Had declared a Elle Canada.
Nothing else, no secrets behind the hair of the Cruz. If not in its color, that brown imitated and required at every appointment at the hairdresser.
Versatile and luminous brown, “à la Penelope”
The actress is therefore the perfect inspiration if you want to refresh your hair color or switch to brown, a nuance that is rediscovering great popularity. Easy to say “brown”, more difficult to choose the right shade, especially for those who darken their hair for the first time.
For this reason, the perfect shades are almost always obtained only with tailor-made mixes: a good tip, in general (in the case of DIY), is to apply a brown tending to be cold at the roots, closer to natural browns. Warmer and brighter browns are suitable for illuminating the tips with light and depth.
The complexion always decides: fair skins, but also olive skins marry i perfectly intense chocolates, coffees, chestnuts, with coffee nuances, always tending to cold, with a hint of ash, of blue.
The pale skin but warmer and more golden instead they marry perfectly with honey, caramel brownsbronze because these shades soften the features a lot.
How to choose the right brown
Hazelnut, mocha, chocolate or sand? And again, honey, chestnut, bronze or caramel?
Taking a look on social media, the most common brown shade of SS 2022 is the one that experts have dubbed “Expensive Brunette “. Chosen by Gigi Hadid and Hailey Bieber, it is a very particular shade, variegated with caramel and ash tones, perfectly balanced on each complexion.
Password: made to measure. And the Mediterranean allure, a la Penelope, comes by itself.
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