If you want to change your hair color for the season, the copper ombre is sure to win your heart. This timeless trend makes it possible to give a healthy glow to your face but also to display a much more wintery coloring.
The copper color is very coveted in beauty: whether it is to color the hair, or to sublimate your eyes with a magnificent eye shadow that will lift your eyes. When it comes to makeup or coloring, you can easily find your happiness thanks to this coloring.
As for your hair, as a worthy heir to the tie and dye (and much more canon), we named the copper shade. For a subtle hair change that will have an effect, this coloring will be perfect. Ornella Galvez, colourist at the Maison Kennedy salon in Nice, tells us more about this technique. “The copper shade, like a classic shade, will illuminate the entire bottom of the hair by fading, getting as close as possible to the roots. The goal is to give a very natural effect except that instead of being blond, it will be copper ”. Whether you are blonde or brunette, copper ombre may be right for you. “It is possible to cover blond, a blonde ombré for example, with a copper color for example with a patina or a coloring, or both depending on the rendering”. However, the coloring is much easier to obtain on a light base than on a dark base which must imperatively go through the discoloration box. But, it is not impossible to achieve a copper ombré on already colored hair, on one condition, as the colorist reminds us. “The hair must obviously not be damaged”.
But be careful to choose your shade of copper because depending on the client’s skin tone, it will be different. The role of the colorist will be here to advise his model as best as possible to optimize the success of his technique. As the colourist explains, “Copper is suitable for any type of skin tone. You should know that if the client has the skin with a slightly more golden shade, we will opt for reflections a little softer like a copper type Venetian blond, reflections a little warmer. Conversely, if the client has a little whiter skin, we are going to look at reflections that are a little cooler, therefore a copper rather auburn, a little more red or even flamboyant ”. For fair to matte skin colors, a mahogany red may be suitable, as well as a Venetian blonde for fair to tanned skin. A coppery red will match light complexions while an Irish red will suit very fair skin with small freckles for example.
The result of the copper shade
It’s all about light. “The copper shade will enhance the complexion and bring a certain luminosity to the client’s face”, says Ornella Galvez. The key is in the hands of the colorist who must know how to adapt it according to the type of skin of his model. “For example, if we are dealing with a very dark-haired client who decides to opt for an Irish red, the color will not suit her complexion. It is imperative that the hairdresser adapts to each shade of skin and gives the best advice ”. By opting for a copper ombré, we choose to bring light: the main goal is really to give shine and enhance the shade of the client’s natural color. One hair contouring can also be done by the colorist to re-harmonize facial features: an additional touch recommended by the 32-year-old hairdresser.
The maintenance of a copper shade
Hair maintenance is one of the most important things when deciding to color or bleach it (and even when nothing is inflicted on it). Indeed, maintaining them well allows to keep longer the shine and the reflection of the color. “If a brunette opts for a copper ombré, she will therefore undergo a discoloration as well as a coloring and a patina to obtain a nice copper. Indeed at this time, the hair will be sensitized. It is therefore important to use a product that will consolidate the hair fiber of the hair as well as a treatment applied well after having wrung out the hair to make the product penetrate well inside the hair ”. To maintain the copper, “There are what are called repigmenting shampoos as well as copper-colored repigmenting treatments which will allow you to keep this shade always with pep and shine”. A more than necessary maintenance because as the shampoos progress the color loses its intensity and its shine. Maintenance will vary depending on the client’s basic natural color. “When the client only uses a copper color (without discoloration because it is basic light), on the product side, an anti-bleeding shampoo will be necessary to maintain the red color and once a week use a copper shampoo pigment and if necessary add the copper pigmenting treatment”. When using this type of product, it is important to wear gloves because the products used may leave marks!
As you will have understood, the copper shade must imperatively be carried out by a hairdressing professional with an irreproachable technique because a failure is never far away … And besides, it is thanks to the memories of the failures of the tie and trend dye that it is better to go for this much prettier and melted hair color. So in the closet the awful tie and dye. And if you feel like giving it a go but you’re lacking inspiration, Pinterest is full of nuggets to give you plenty of ideas for your next hair cut. The application has an impressive stock of ideas: enough to find your happiness thanks to a favorite publication!
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