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Ladies with an olive skin tone are often born with dark hair that complements their deep, rich coloring. No matter how great your natural color, it's common for women to experiment with their style, which may involve swapping black or brown tresses for a lighter shade. Before you head to the salon or break open a box of DIY dye, find the right shade of blond to highlight your features and flatter your gorgeous natural coloring.
Olive Skin
Olive-skinned ladies have one of the most difficult-to-understand skin tones, making it tough to find good advice or hair and makeup colors. If you're of Latino, Mediterranean, or Asian descent, you could very well fall within the olive skin tone category. Many light-skinned African Americans and those of mixed ethnicity also have the distinctly green undertones associated with olive skin. Ladies with olive skin also tend to tan easily, developing a deeper, richer complexion after spending time in the sun.
Best Blond for Olive Skin
Whether you're warm or cool, Marie Claire recommends choosing warm, golden hues of blond if you have olive skin. These golden shades will counteract the green undertones in olive skin, giving you a brighter and more balanced complexion. Try shades such as honey, caramel, bronze, taupe or wheat. Any blond with a hint of sunny gold or auburn can also flatter olive skin.
Worst Shades for Olive Skin
The perfect hair color helps you look and feel your most beautiful. Unfortunately, the wrong color can leave you looking washed out, dull and just plain tired. For olive-skinned women, cool shades of blond are a definite don't, as they tend to highlight the green undertones in the skin and make the face look more sallow. This means those with olive skin should steer clear of cool blonds such as platinum, ash and other pale blond shades.
Other Tips
Whatever you do, don't ever dye your hair the same shade as your skin color, warns Marie Claire. Hair and skin that are too close in color made you look washed out, so you fade away instead of standing out. This means paying attention to your own unique brand of olive skin, which may include light or dark yellow tones or even pink ones. As always, when going blond, never attempt to dye your hair more than two shades lighter than your natural hair color. Instead, head straight for the salon and seek the help of a professional stylist. After all, no one looks good after a hair dye disaster.
