Let’s talk about the hair of each season of the Expanded Seasonal Method of Personal Coloring?
Hair works as a frame for our face and, therefore, has a huge impact on our beauty.
Think with me: hair is with us all the time.
We look in the mirror and it’s there. We go out to work or a social gathering and take it with us… We don’t even take it off when taking a shower!
This is one of the reasons why many people are fans of major hair transformations from time to time.
They want to change, either because they are tired of their current hair or because their desire for image and moment in life has also changed. Or they are starting a new phase and want to try something new.
It’s at these times that Color Consulting focused on hair analysis becomes a great ally for you. This is because the Consultant will advise on the best tones for your beauty and which are also in line with your image desires.
For consultants: how to do a well-done Hair Analysis?
The’re many variables that surround the subject of hair: cut, texture, message, tone, face shape…
In the basic Color Consultancy, the professional will evaluate the best hair tones that match both the client’s color palette, but mainly with their desire for image.
Therefore, it’s important to ask questions such as:
- Which tone best represents the client’s image desire?
- What’s within the characteristics of your color palette?
- And if the hair color she dreams of dyeing is outside the DNA of the color palette, what should she do?
- What’ss the client’s current life like? Who’s she and what does she do?
Hair needs to reflect, first and foremost, who we are and be aligned with our personality and lifestyle.
Because, as a consultant, there’s no point in suggesting a change that aims to adapt the hair tone to the client’s color palette, if SHE doesn’t identify with it.
After all, she’s the one with her hair all the time and therefore needs to feel good. See also what the dear Silvana Lopes, who’s an Image Consultant specializing in morphopsychology and visagism and teacher at Studio Immagine, scores:
We need to listen to the client and be sensitive to interpret what they say. For example, if the client says: “People think I’m very young, based on my appearance, judging my professional capacity”. In this case, her desire isn’t to simply appear older, but rather to convey credibility. We will find the necessary tools to assist our client in this process in the Design Elements: Color, shape, volume and texture.
Silvana Lopes, specialist in visagism and morphopsychology.
The hair of each season of the Expanded Seasonal Method
In the world of hair, we work with base tones, ranging from the lightest to the darkest tone. This is an almost universal nomenclature, few brands make small changes to the color numbering only.
What are the base hair tones?
- 1/0 – Ultra Black
- 2/0 – Black
- 3/0 – Dark Brown
- 4/0 – Medium Brown
- 5/0 – Light Brown
- 6/0 – Dark Blonde
- 7/0 – Medium Blonde
- 8/0 – Light Blonde
- 9/0 – Ultra Light Blonde
- 10/0 – Super Ultra Light Blonde
Based on these base hair tones, which measure the depth of the hair, we can also evaluate them based on temperature: warm and cool.
But before…
Understand the meaning of hair colors
Each design element carries meaning. With color, this isn’t different. See the message that each hair color conveys in our image:
Important: here, I did an individual color analysis. That is, I didn’t take into account other elements such as the texture and volume of the hair.
What does hair look like for each season?
In the Expanded Seasonal Method of Personal Coloring, we have 4 seasons, two with cool temperatures and two with warm temperatures!
- Winter – cool
- Summer – cool
- Spring – warm
- Autumn – warm
In general, winter and summer people will have a grayer base of hair. In other words, cool/cold. Those who are Spring or Autumn will have more yellowish, golden or even coppery hair. That is, warm.
In each color palette, we have specific characteristics, in which we evaluate temperature, intensity and depth.
Shall we go to them?
Winter hair
Winter is cool, deep and clear. Just like the season’s landscape, winter hair also has these characteristics. In other words, they’re grayer, medium to dark in tone and more intense and vibrant.
This’s a season where we find people with higher contrasts. Therefore, we must be extra careful when lightening our hair. Hair that is too light can leave the client looking tired.
The blonde is a cool blonde, that’s, more ashy. Winter’s red is more cherry, deviating a little from the traditional Marina Ruy Barbosa we’re used to, which has a very warm DNA. It’s also a darker, more vibrant red.
Gray hair is grayer. To preserve the tone of your hair, it may be necessary to use a purple shampoo.
Summer hair
Just like Winter, in the Expanded Seasonal Method of Personal Coloring, Summer is a cool season. However, here the tones are lighter and softer, opaque.
By this logic, summer people’s hair is also lighter. We have a lot of cool (ashy) blondes this season, but we can also find hair in light and medium brown tones. Instead of vibrancy, summer hair brings softness and is more opaque.
But, calm down. Don’t confuse! Summer people can have oily hair, but oiliness is a condition of the hair and not the hair itself.
Can we have redheaded beauties in summer? It’s harder, but it happens. One of my students on the Personal Coloring Training course, which’s Soft Summer, has medium grayish brown hair, which resembles a shade of red, a bit like Strawberry Blonde.
But nothing compared to the red-haired Marina Ruy Barbosa, okay?
This’s a season that handles gray hair very well! Mainly because it has clarity in its DNA and is a season with lower contrasts when compared to others.
Spring hair
Spring is warm, intense and clear and so is its hair! From light to intermediate tones, there may be some slightly darker tones in a Clear Spring color palette.
Spring people handle warm blonde tones, more yellowish or golden, very well. Clarity is one of the characteristics of the season. Therefore, here it’ss easier for us to lighten our clients’ hair without causing major changes in contrast. But, each case is different, okay?
The redhead will be more orange and quite intense, vibrant. Gray hair becomes more yellowish and requires special care, such as hydration and the use of toners, but it usually harmonizes very well. Mainly because it’s a clear season with lower contrasts.
Autumn hair
Autumn is warm, deep and soft. In hair, we mainly have intermediate to dark tones. In Soft Autumn, we can find hair that’s a little lighter.
They have a yellowish, golden or coppery background. Blonde is warm, therefore more yellowish than ashy. In redheads, we have deeper and darker tones, but with a very striking orange.
The grays here are also more yellowish. Pay special attention when lightening your hair, whether in the transition from colored hair to gray or with highlights, as thi’s a season of dark DNA and slightly higher contrast. But never forget the most important thing: the image desire!
Now, you know what hair looks like for each season and can make more assertive choices, whether for yourself or your clients.
However, these are guidelines based ONLY on the “personal color and coloring” factor. The most important element of all is the client’s image desire.
If she doesn’t feel comfortable with her hair in the color palette, make whatever suggestions and adaptations you deem necessary for her beauty, her moment in life, personality and style.
Yes… There are many variables and it isn’t always easy. Each client is unique and comes with a different life story, dreams, traumas, desires and it’s up to us, consultants, to help them through these transitions in a more assertive way.
Yours sincerely,
Luciana Ulrich.
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