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Originally posted by Bridget:

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Originally posted by CelticCharm83:
I updated that last picture of me because I feel it didn't represent me on a normal day (I looked a lot less ruddy in the skin).

It officially represents me on a normal day. Thoughts?

I'm such a pest but I like that I'm on the verge of breaking a 25 year clothing curse.

You are absolutely NOT a pest!

I think the general consensus is that you are peachy and clear. I really don't see much beige in your skintone. If I were to put foundation on you, I'd go with a Warm or Neutral - those are the clearest and peachiest tones. Neutral contains a bit of pink, as well. Depthwise, I'd guess that you are a level 2 - you look fair but not transparent, and since you say you can get golden brown if you tan, I suspect that you have a fair amount of melanin and so have *some* color to your skin.

So, when looking for colors, keep these guidelines in mind:

Clear vs Muted - stick with clear tones, greying or browning them down only slightly.

Warm vs. Cool - Warmer tones with a yellow, orange, golden base will be easiest to wear and look great in. Cooler shades can still work well for you if they are right as far as degree of clarity and level of contrast.

High vs low contrast - you seem middle to high contrast to me - your hair is considerably deeper than your skintone. So look for a similar degree of contrast in clothing. For example, think of a lime sorbet color - it's a warm yellow green, it's a clear tone, and it's also not that different in depth compared to your skin. You can wear it, but it would take some adjustment in other clothing colors. Now think of a granny smith apple - it's a warm yellow green, it's clear in tone, and it offers greater contrast to your skintone. The granny smith apple green will be easier to throw on and go. You wont' have to work at it.

I found this out for myself not too long ago. I had a striped shirt that was sort of a robin's egg color with golden khaki and teal stripes running through. Very pretty. Wear it a fair amount. Also have an oatmeal colored sweater that I also wear alot - it's a decent light neutral on me. Put them on with jeans and the whole top half of me just sort of looked and felt ungrounded and floaty. I changed the sweater to a darker chocolate brown one I have that still worked with the golden khaki stripe, and suddenly it all looked and felt right on me. So while I can wear the light robins egg blue well, and I can wear the oatmeal just fine, together it was just way too much pastel action for me.

Moral of the story -if you've got shirt you love and the color looks good but is on the lighter end of your spectrum, layer it with a sweater or jacket in a richer, darker color to give it some visual weight and keep you from disappearing or just floating off.

Also remember - if you get all three color qualities in harmony, you'll look AMAZING! if you nail 2 of them, you'll look really good! Only 1 in harmony, you probably won't feel confident and compliments will be scarce (unless the complimenter really just loves that color you are wearing - maybe it's her favorite!) And if all of them are off, then folks will probably recommend you get some sleep, drink more water, take your vitamins, start or stop eating red meat, or bring you chicken soup and tell you to lie down. (You can totally work this effect to your advantage sometimes.)

Now, got a hair question for you: SOunds like our hair is fairly similar in texture. I'm wavy/curly, naturally red, thick, dense, not coarse so much as just dense. WHen my hair is 8" long or longer, it curls into sort of a big spiral form. Shorter than 8 inches, no curl, just this large S wave. It's short now, and the longest bits are about 4-5 inches, stacked in the back, angled to the front like a very short inverted bob. Tight through the back and nape, since it's prone to getting big fast. And I cannot style it. Seems too long to work the wave, goes flat on top and puffy on the sides. It's resistant to straightening with an iron, although I do use one a couple times a week. Takes about 5 hours to air dry (yes, even short). So you can imagine the blowdryer time it would take to style. More than I want to commit to myself. I'm seriously thinking of just pixie-fying it just to make it easier to work with. But then I start craving that sort of curly bob thing...

So, any styling tips for me? I got it cut on 3.13, so I'm not quite a full 4 weeks from my last cut and it's grown out by 3/4 of an inch already...but there are some boufy areas that are just crying out for some snipping...and I'm getting very close to doing it myself.

Guess mostly I just want moral support or something, since I'm not really articulating any question very well...

grrr.

I'd rather go shopping and look at colors with you!

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Originally posted by CelticCharm83:
First of all - You are best!

Now lets talk hair, girlfriend.

Typical redheads can have the most interesting type of hair. My hair is straight when short until it hits two inches and begins to wave. After three inches it becomes curlier and curlier. I've started diffusing it lately and I now know that my hair will be in ringlets-ish when I grow it out (Which I've started to recently).

Now lets discuss curl - Depending on if your are genetically set to have curly hair or the s-wave wavy hair.. A certain length or weight will show you. As you said after 8 inches your hair spirals. Cut shorter than 8 it waves. The curl pattern of everyone is different. You have what I call "lazy curls" or curls that don't begin until a longer length is achieved.

It sounds like you have an A-Line bob which is one of the trendiest cuts around right now. I'm concerned about your tools though. Your straightener should slice that hair to smooth slickness. You may consider going and getting a ceramic iron from Sally's but I suggest going to a JcPenney Salon and picking up a CHI iron (Avoid wet to straight ones). CHI irons are the best on the market. They cost around $100 but have a lifetime warranty (As long as you keep the receipt).

Check your blow dryer's concentrator. Its the back part that sucks in air. It should be clear. If you see clogged spots you need to get that out so the air can blow through easier.

Products can help cut blow dry and straightening time if you get products that help. A good blow dry is actually the first and best step to straightening. I recommend Paul Mitchell's Super Skinny Serum. It conditions the hair and cuts drying time by 25-50 percent. Redken makes a straightening balm that you can put in before blow drying or straightening.

Now if you want to create more curl with this haircut I suggest getting some curling products and a diffuser attachment for your blowdryer if you don't have one. To use the diffuser (if you don't know how) - Attach to the blowdryer (Make sure its the right one for it.. I suggest getting a diffuser that is very larger so the hair has more room instead of one of those tall pick-ish looking ones) and move it in a circular motion on your head after applying some products to influence curl.


Read all of that and see if that inspires more questions.
~Jason

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Originally posted by girl_geek:

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Originally posted by CelticCharm83:
First of all - You are best!

Now lets talk hair, girlfriend.

Typical redheads can have the most interesting type of hair. My hair is straight when short until it hits two inches and begins to wave. After three inches it becomes curlier and curlier. I've started diffusing it lately and I now know that my hair will be in ringlets-ish when I grow it out (Which I've started to recently).

Now lets discuss curl - Depending on if your are genetically set to have curly hair or the s-wave wavy hair.. A certain length or weight will show you. As you said after 8 inches your hair spirals. Cut shorter than 8 it waves. The curl pattern of everyone is different. You have what I call "lazy curls" or curls that don't begin until a longer length is achieved.

It sounds like you have an A-Line bob which is one of the trendiest cuts around right now. I'm concerned about your tools though. Your straightener should slice that hair to smooth slickness. You may consider going and getting a ceramic iron from Sally's but I suggest going to a JcPenney Salon and picking up a CHI iron (Avoid wet to straight ones). CHI irons are the best on the market. They cost around $100 but have a lifetime warranty (As long as you keep the receipt).

Check your blow dryer's concentrator. Its the back part that sucks in air. It should be clear. If you see clogged spots you need to get that out so the air can blow through easier.

Products can help cut blow dry and straightening time if you get products that help. A good blow dry is actually the first and best step to straightening. I recommend Paul Mitchell's Super Skinny Serum. It conditions the hair and cuts drying time by 25-50 percent. Redken makes a straightening balm that you can put in before blow drying or straightening.

Now if you want to create more curl with this haircut I suggest getting some curling products and a diffuser attachment for your blowdryer if you don't have one. To use the diffuser (if you don't know how) - Attach to the blowdryer (Make sure its the right one for it.. I suggest getting a diffuser that is very larger so the hair has more room instead of one of those tall pick-ish looking ones) and move it in a circular motion on your head after applying some products to influence curl.


Read all of that and see if that inspires more questions.
~Jason

Wow, what a lot of info! Can we start a new thread in the Cafe forum where all we do is ask you hair questions? I also have crazy hair but have different issues than Bridget

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Originally posted by CelticCharm83:
I wouldn't mind that at all!

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Originally posted by SilverDiva:
Hi, I am new here, but I've been reading up on the supposed redhead color types.

I have auburn hair with fair to light skin that tans after it burns, and no obvious pink or yellow tones in my skin (but subtle tones of BOTH pink and yellow in my skin) so during the daytime I look kind of ashy. My eyes are dark brown--they're so dark you'd have to look way up close in my eyes to see the brown.

So what type would be recommended for ME?

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Originally posted by girl_geek:

Welcome to AL, SilverDiva!

Bridget is busy opening up a new store so she may not be by for a while (but maybe she will stop in and prove me wrong! lol)

My completely uneducated guess is High Contrast, partly because your dark hair and eye color are a high contrast with your light skin color! From Bridget's description, it also sounds like High Contrast redheads don't have obvious pink or yellow tones either.

What are your favorite colors for clothing and mu? What colors do you feel the best in, or get the most compliments in? Are there any colors that look horrible on you? That might give us a clue too