Why Hair Colour Should be Darker in the Winter: by Frank & Violet of Bob + Paige Salon

Hair colour goes dark in the Fall/winter. Why?

I liken hair colour to fashion colours for the season. In the summer, we wear lighter colours that bring out our darker/tanned skin. In the fall/winter, colours go darker and richer to offset our paler skin tone. Think of this seasons fashion and make up colours and you will see black, grays and red. If your hair colour and skin tone are both pale you will look washed out wearing these rich colours.

But I didn’t tan this summer?

Even though we didn’t purposely tan ourselves in the summer, we inevitably got some rays, simply by walking outside our house. And as the fall/winter come around and the sun is not as strong and our face sloughs off a layer of skin our natural, paler colour comes through.

You’re saying dark. How dark is dark?

By dark we don’t mean black unless your hair is naturally dark to begin with or you want to go glam for drama. We mean a colour that may be one degree darker than your current summer colour.

But dark usually looks flat.

Right now our colourists are providing our clients with multidimensional looks. This look provides depth and adds dimension to hair. To get this multidimensional look, we incorporate - for example, on brown hair, light and dark brown colour. We place the foil in diagonally so the hair does not look streaked but multidimensional.

What about blondes?

Most women that have blonde hair are very hesitant to go darker for the winter,

So what do you suggest for blondes then?

Our colourist add cool and warm blonde for the added dimension that is needed in the fall/winter. Having blonde hair in the fall is really a harsh look but we understand that most of our clients still want their blonde hair so we compromise and give them the best blonde possible for the fall.

Any last thoughts on colour?

If you want to go a shade darker and are reluctant ask for a demi-permanent dye from your hair colourists or the place where you get hair dye (if you dye your own hair). Demi-permanent colour fades away after about 20-25 washes and it does not change your own hair colour – so the commitment level is not there as it would be with permanent hair dye.

And of course if you live in a climate that is 30 degrees Celsius and sunny all year round then changing your hair colour is for fun.

Frank Calandrino and Violet Volovik are co-owners of bob + paige Salon and Hair Experts at beautyconnexion.com

All photos courtesy of Goldwell Inc.

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