“Does the color of my hair matter when I’m dressing my truth?
As you learned in the Dressing Your Truth Beginner’s Guide, color is the foundation of DYT. But how does that translate to hair color? Can any Type have blonde hair, dark hair, or even red hair?
(Wondering how to let your hair go grey while still having true-to-type hair? We’ve got you covered there too!)
Watch the video for your Type as Expert Stylist Nicole gives you the language, keywords, and terminology you need to head into your next salon appointment with confidence. Linked below are also images that you can take to show your stylist.
Type 1 Hair Color: All the Tips You’ll Need to Get Sunshine Hair
The color of your hair is super duper important to get the Type 1 hairstyle you’re looking for. Honey, yummy, caramel, bright—doesn’t this sound right up your alley for hair colors? (Nicole shares a common technique that most stylists will do, but careful, because it’s more fit for Type 2 women!)
Additional hair resources for you:
Type 1 hair color pictures Nicole shows in the video:
- Long Blonde (Photo source found here)
- Medium Blonde (Photo source found here)
- Short Blonde (Photo source found here)
- Balayage Brunette (Photo source found here)
- Chocolate Brunette (Photo source found here)
- Fun Brunette (Photo source found here)
- Vibrant Type 1 Red (Photo source found here)
- Red & Lightness (Photo source found here)
- Yummy Red (Photo source found here)
Type 2 Hair Color: All the Details You’ll Need to Get Lovely Hair
Color is an important element when you want to get your hairstyle true to Type 2. Ash, matte, blended, sandy—You’ll be comforted knowing your hair is expressing your soft and subtle nature!
Type 2 hair color pictures Nicole shows in the video:
- Blended Blonde (Photo source found here)
- Soft Blonde (Photo source found here)
- Contrasted Blonde (Photo source found here)
- Ash Brunette (Photo source found here)
- Matte Brunette (Photo source found here)
- Balayage Brunette (Photo source found here)
- Champagne Red (Photo source found here)
- Dramatic Violet (Photo source found here)
- Smoky Red (Photo source found here)
Type 3 Hair Color: Quick Tips So You Can Nail Your Hair Color
Want an awesome Type 3 hairstyle? Let’s dive into how important color to get the intensity, depth, warm, rich, and fiery style you crave. Plus, you’re a swift-moving lady. She gives you two tips to help you save time and money at home, so you can go even longer between hair appointments.
Type 3 hair color pictures Nicole shows in the video:
- Shaggy Blonde (Photo source found here)
- Short Blonde (Photo source found here)
- Dynamic Blonde (Photo source found here)
- Ribbon Brunette (Photo source found here)
- Contrast Balayage Brunette (Photo source found here)
- Caramel Brunette (Photo source found here)
- Fire Brunette (Photo source found here)
- Vibrant Red (Photo source found here)
- Contrast Red (Photo source found here)
- Copper Red (Photo source found here)
- Balayage Red (Photo source found here)
Type 4 Hair Color: Get That Perfect, Bold Hair Color You Love
You want your Type 4 look to be clean and precise, from head to toe. Let’s talk about how you can get the perfect hair color to complete your whole look! Get the thorough details and the correct terminology you’ll need to get a bold and saturated color. Plus, you’ll love her tips for covering gray—all while keeping those warm tones away.
Type 4 hair color pictures Nicole shows in the video:
- Deeper Root Blonde (Photo source found here)
- Platinum Blonde (Photo source found here)
- Vanilla Blonde (Photo source found here)
- Perfect Platinum Blonde (Photo source found here)
- What not to do: warm roots (Photo source found here)
- Saturated Brunette (Photo source found here)
- Reflective, Shiny Brunette (Photo source found here)
- Matte Roots Brunette (Photo source found here)
- Bold Mohawk Red (Photo source found here)
- Bold Copper Red (Photo source found here)
- Matte Copper Red (Photo source found here)
- Violet Red (Photo source found here)
You have what you need to have amazing color correct for your Type. Your hair frames your face, now you know how important it is to get the color right!
Wonderful, info. I just realized my hair needs a bit chunkier highlight/lowlight color, so I get that movement. I changed hair dressers from T3 (to chunky and edgy) to a T2 who now does too much blending. Now I can get that perfect combo for my 1/2 energy! Thank you Nicole.
Thank you Nicole for the great T1 hair tips! Recently I went to a hairdresser here in Sweden and asked for some highlights (hair color). I said words like “sunny”, “gold” and “honey” to explain the right T1 color I wanted. But it didn´t really help. I wanted the sunny-look like your DYT colleague Jaleah have, but the highlights I got didn´t “pop”. It ended with more yellow shades. My question is, can you tell me how you make Jaleahs hair? What are the colors? How do you do it? If it´s not a secret or so of course. I really have to explain it better for my hairdresser the next time, apparently. Thank you again!
The terminology to use with the hairdresser is very helpful, and I had no idea what balayage was, I could see it was a highlight but didn’t know really what made it different.
I would love to see a video about standard hair cutting techniques that would be appropriate by type. Examples of razor vs scissor cuts, tapers, deep layers, feathering, “movement”. I have long, straight hair and only get a salon cut about 3 times a year so I want to be able to communicate accurately with my stylist and to be able to look up appropriate styles.