Seasons of Beauty: Your skin tone is the starting point to choosing your hair color. First read the guide below and determine your skin tone by “Season”: Spring, Summer, Autumn, or Winter; then choose your best hair colors.
The goal is to find a shade that complements your skin tone and brings out your natural color. A mistake many women make is choosing a color that’s too dark, when in doubt, go a shade lighter. Shop our styles by the colors that complement your skin tone.
SPRING
Warm golden undertones and usually creamy white or peach. Straw-colored or strawberry red hair, freckles, rosy cheeks, and blue or green eyes.
Try: all warm blondes, from bright wheat blonde to intense honey blonde, or light strands in golden blonde shades. Lighten hair rather than toning it down.
SUMMER
Pale and pink undertones. Usually natural blondes or brunettes with pale eyes.
Try: cool and subdued hair colors. Blondes in silver tones, from platinum to ash blonde. Browns without gold effects, and reds should be the blue-red tones.
AUTUMN
Golden undertones. Many redheads and brunettes with golden brown eyes fall into...