Watch your tone.

Lets face it, the wrong hair color can make you look tired, older, or even unhealthy. But the right cut and color can make you look younger and slimmer and can even appear to alter the shape of your face. Identifying the tones in your skin should help your determine what tone to color your hair! Contrary to popular belief, you want to go with your natural tone. You do not want to try to "neutralize" yourself by doing the inverse of your skin tone on your hair, enhance your natural coloring!

• Neutral or cream-color skin tones: People with dark eyes should stick with medium brown colors or medium reds. If you have hazel, blue, or green eyes, she says that anything from a light brunette to a medium blonde would look great. And, if your natural hair color is light, go with an auburn or strawberry color. Despite what you may think, allowing the tone to be warmer makes the skin look less red.

• Warm/ruddy skin tones: If your eyes are dark brown, black, or hazel color, we suggest that you go with black, medium brown, or golden brown hair. A wine or auburn color would enhance your natural color. If your eyes are hazel, blue, or green and your natural hair color is light brown to medium blonde, add light or golden highlights or choose a medium brunette color on the warm side. If your eyes are blue or green and you have naturally blonde hair, stay with golden blondes and very light brunette shades. Vivid red tones and warm reds will work well for you also.

• Olive skin tones. If you have brown eyes, you should opt for dark brown or brunette shades. If your eyes are hazel, blue, or green, go with a light to medium brown, and You should use a sandy brown to cover any gray. If your eyes are blue or green, chances are that you already have light hair naturally, and you can go light brunette or blonde.

• Women of color: If your skin's undertone color is warm, select colors that are a shade darker than your skin with a warm tone, such as a bronze or caramel color. Do not go too light gold, as you may wind up with orange hair. If your skin's undertone is cool, stick with a light ash tone, burgundy or cool browns and avoid coppers, auburns, or any gold colors. Most women of color have brown eyes, but if your eyes are not brown, the guidelines above still apply.

• Yellow tint or sallow skin tones. If you have dark or hazel eyes, you will look great with shades from black to medium brown. Auburn, wine, or aubergine also will accentuate your own natural coloring. If you have hazel, blue, or green eyes, light browns and medium blondes will look good. Keep the blondes on the ashy or sandy side and stay away from gold colors. If your eyes are blue or green and your hair is naturally blonde, go with a neutral or sandy blonde or opt for light brunette without a lot of warmth. And if your hair is naturally on the red side, keep the red subdued and don't go too vibrant.