Tiger eye hair, the new balayage for brunettes!
After the chocolate mauve - the brown with mauve shades - here is a new trend perfect for blackberries. This is the Tiger eye, a mix between brown and warm blond, with caramel reflections, made with the balayage technique for a decisive and natural shaded effect at the same time.
The name comes from the "homonymous precious stone of which it reproduces the color: a sort of intense honey, with amber and golden shades. The result is a bright and warm color, designed to suggest harmony and movement to the brown hair thanks to a" waving natural guaranteed precisely by the shading technique.
Wavy hair, how to do it? The ideal look to enhance Tiger eye hair
The ideal hairstyle to best enhance this warm and bright color is undoubtedly a wavy blur, concentrated above all on the lengths, perhaps combined with a ton sur ton make-up, such as the brown smokey eyes, always loved. This solution is perfect both for those with long hair and for those with long bob or medium length cuts. Here is a video that explains step by step how to easily create wavy hair.
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Tiger eye hair: who are they good for?
But who is tiger eye good for? This color is especially suitable for those with an olive complexion or a brown base and coppery reflections.
Furthermore, based on a bleaching technique such as that of balayage, the tiger eye color lends itself to creating a perfect hair contoruring. In fact, thanks to the lightening and the points of light, concentrated above all on the lengths and ends, it is possible to smooth and harmonize features and facial features, just like in make-up.
If you have a round face, for example, the lightening should be concentrated in the upper part, while maintaining the darker shades on the lengths, so as to exhaust the face. Those with a long and rectangular face will have to opt for lightening on the sides, to soften the proportions and smooth out the pronounced jaws.
And the most suitable cuts? Obviously the long wavy hairstyle remains the most suitable hairstyle to best enhance this type of color. But also the long bob, the wob and the swag - among the cult of autumn winter 2016-2017 - are very suitable for showing off a tiger eye noteworthy. And with short haircuts? Pixie cut with an important tuft or very short bob in which everything is focused on contrasts and asymmetries.
Balayage: what is it and how is it done? The natural bleaching technique par excellence
As mentioned, the tiger eye is achieved with the balayage technique, a bleaching method that concentrates the lightening on the length and on the tips for a decisive and uniform effect at the same time, which reproduces the natural effect of the sun.
Thanks to this technique, the contrast with the darker base will be visible without being excessive. In fact, a first bleaching, applied on the lengths and ends, will be followed by a coloring to make the effect more natural and uniform. And it is this second step that differentiates it from the shatush.
Tiger eye, the celebrities who show off the top color of 2018!
There are many stars who choose to light up their brown with honey and caramel lightening. From Jessica Alba to Jennifer Lopez, to model Chrissy Teigen: they are among the top celebrities to show off the tiger eye, which goes well with their olive complexion and face shape.
In particular, Chrissy Teigen, wife of John Legend, wisely uses this color to wear out the round face. The lightening concentrated in the upper part, in fact, allows to lengthen the face, favoring a verticality effect that gives greater harmony to the proportions.
