Add colour to your life with a new look
Think you're having trouble staying on top of this season's fashion fads?
Well, just try keeping up with the hottest hair colour trends. Scarlett Johansson recently turned to the bottle for the fourth time this year for a dramatic colour change, ditching her trademark blonde for autumnal brunette.
And the actress isn't alone in using hair colour to make a dramatic statement. Forget the stylist, the colourist is every celebrity's secret weapon. In August, Cheryl Cole shocked onlookers with a deep plum shade for a photoshoot and trend-setting Peaches Geldof followed suit. Fast-forward a couple of months and Cheryl's back to brunette and Peaches is dark blonde.
Now the skies have turned grey for winter, women are craving colour. The hair colour industry is worth 153 million in the UK alone and 64 per cent of women regularly colour or highlight their locks. Whether you want to maintain your colour or work a stop-and-stare shade, make sure you have hair that's to dye for this winter. It's easy to be flummoxed by colour charts and types of dye jobs at your fingertips. Ensure you take your skin tone, budget and commitment levels into account before you colour.
Hairdresser Andrew Barton says: "It's really all about the skin tone and eye colour. The more dramatic the hair colour change is, the more make-up you'll need to wear. Girls with darker complexions tend to suit shades that are warmer like reds, rich browns and warm blondes, where paler skins suit pastel shades, icy blondes and pale browns."
10 Years Younger colourist Lisa Shepherd adds: "If you are going darker or changing the tone completely, I would recommend using semi-permanent colour, certainly in the first instance, as this will fade naturally. From there you can assess whether the shade suits you."
If you're planning on a DIY hair colour, stylist Sean Hanna has some advice.
"When colouring at home, if you apply colour all over the hair each time you dye, it can become dry and damaged. By applying the colour product only at the roots or the area where it is needed, this can be avoided."
Dr Frauke Neuser, Clairol scientist says aftercare is just as important as colouring.
"With freshly-coloured hair, don't wash it too frequently – water is the main cause for fading. Always protect hair colour against the sun. There are various heat protection products available but the best of all is a hat."
Stop press
Marks & Spencer's much-loved Penny Bazaar is back by popular demand. For one day only, on Friday, November 13, M&S going back to its roots as the Original Penny Bazaar and offering an exclusive range of M&S Christmas products for just one penny at all of its main stores, Simply Food stores and outlets. Look out for traditional stocking fillers like hankies and puzzles, as well as some of the popular items like knickers and mugs.
A survey by Leeds's White Rose Shopping Centre has found that, while more than half of women in their 20s claim they spend time pampering themselves, most women in their forties have given up. The centre will stage its first ever National Me Day on Saturday so women have the perfect excuse to treat themselves with discounts on products and treatments throughout the day.
Go to www.white-rose.co.uk
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Tuesday 22 May 2012
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