Brunettes with Spice

Fall has always been a much-loved season for me for many reasons, and I am sure all you fall lovers all know it is also the best fashion season. As the leafs start to change and give us these wonderful natural tones and being completely inspired by nature I start the process of adding some spice into my hair colors. One of my favourite colors to play with are browns, I love adding depth to my brunette clients not in the conventional way which typically is going darker when we think of fall/winter hair colors but with several tones of browns being completely inspired by nature ranging from dark to bronze shades with either a cool or warm accent running through the hair.
And depending on the cut of the hair which for me as a hair colorist is key in mastering the art of hair color is to look at the shape and find and accentuate the details in the haircut i.e. longer bites, around the face, on top of head etc. etc, this should apply to all haircuts and color. Layering browns on brunettes is beautiful, classic and mysterious, as a brunette should be, with tones such as cinnamons, nutmegs, acorns, bark wood, dark whiskey and antique brass to play with either as highlights, lowlights, melting, slicing whatever technique is used it is sure to bring brunettes a little more spice to their fall/winter this year.

Hair Color & Makeup

Both work off the same color wheel and palettes




People who apply makeup professionally are called makeup artists. They deserve the title “artist,” because they play with colors to enhance and highlight your natural beauty, a hairdresser does the exact same. It is true that both makeup artists and hairdressers work off the same color wheel yet the makeup artist has an easier job when learning the trade because with a little cleanser and water the makeup comes off when it’s not a desired result, not so easy for the hairdresser .There are many theories on how to select your colors in makeup and hair and all have their own unique points. For me as a hair color specialist my theory is whether its makeup or hair color we need to apply both cool and warm tones on any individual, each compliments each other when placed correctly beside or on top of each other this is how we balance. The fact is; all human beings are made up of many tones; take for an example a pale (cool) skinned brunette (warm) with blue eyes (cool), she’s warm and cool just how Mother Nature made all of us. My beliefs is for all hairdressers and makeup artists to learn the most important basic fundamentals in each respectful domains, and both will realize makeup and hair color can draw ideas from each other, enhance and highlight the same features, eye color, skin tone, bone structure, hair because they both work off the universal color wheel.



I have had the honour of working with some of the world’s best and finest makeup artist and have learnt many things and tricks; makeup has been an insightful learning element in my career as a hair colorist. Makeup artists as well as a hairdresser sometimes use the same techniques (makeup layers and blends so does hair color. Now can you imagine you the consumers going to a hairdresser who offers you to finish your visit with a change of lip and or a blush color after your new or freshened up hair color, nice huh!.Still to this day I love working with makeup artists and doing a little makeup on my clients, after all if I am sending someone home after a change to their hair color with the same makeup they came in with truly my job isn’t finished and when makeup connects to hair color it works in harmony for the ultimate end result to achieve individual beauty.