Red Hair Advice! (Hair & makeup)

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Christina L.

Aug 11, 2012

Christina L.

I currently have brown hair with blonde highlights, but this fall I'm going to dye my hair red. I was thinking a deeper, darker red. I have two questions though, which have to do with red hair and makeup. Number one, should I dye my eyebrows? I've never done it before, and I'm not too interested in doing so, but I thought it might look better? Otherwise I was thinking of just darkening them up a bit with a darker brown brow pencil. Second question, what type of red lipstick would look good with this shade of red? One of my favorites is Ruby Woo by MAC, which is a matte blue red. I'm not sure about the shades though and if they look good together. Any input would be appreciated! I'll include a picture here of the shade of red I want to dye my hair, and anyone can go look at my pictures to see me :)

Rachael O.

Aug 11, 2012

Rachael O.

Im going to find a link for you that i learned some stuff from :) ill grab it from the computer and get it to u soon. :) it helped me out a lot

Maria L.

Aug 11, 2012

Maria L.

Hi Christina. I'm a natural brunette (dark brown) and for the last year (up until 2 months ago) I keep my hair a level 6 intense red. I chose to not color my brows (which are black) and instead lightened them up a bit by just using makeup). As far as lipstick. I found that my favorite MAC red still worked (Russian Red). I've also been able to wear Ruby Woo when my hair was red and it looked just fine. I'd say that if you apply your lipstick and find it's too blue based, you can line and fill your lips with a warner red liner. Have fun with you red hair (I'm going back to red myself next week). 

Christina L.

Aug 11, 2012

Christina L.

Thank you both for the help! I appreciate it :) Glad my Ruby Woo might still work! Good idea with the lip liner too.

Kelly G.

Aug 12, 2012

Kelly G.

Red lipstick is less about your hair then about your skin tone. Ruby Woo (which is the best red lipstick EVER!!!) should still be fine.
As for your brows, I recommend instead of a brow pencil, getting a burgundy shadow at the MAC counter and filling your brows in that way. This way your mixing in a little of the red tone while darkening your brows. 

Christa H.

Aug 12, 2012

Christa H.

Eyeshadow those brows!!!!

Maxime R.

Aug 13, 2012

Maxime R.

For your eyebrows maybe a little bit of a red brown? For eyeshadows purple and brown tones. Lipstick red always:) pinks and nudes love it❤ xx

Crystal G.

Aug 13, 2012

Crystal G.

I had super bright red hair and I kept my eyebrows the same color I didnt think it looked bad or anything 

Kiri K.

Aug 14, 2012

Kiri K.

When I do my reds... On clients and myself, I always use a similar (not always the same) formulation to color my brows, just leave it on long enought that the color has turned and if you're not sure, wipe a section away... If its taken enough, wipe it off and rinse, if not smudge the color back on and wait a few more minutes 

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