Are you a bombshell blonde, a fiery redhead or a cool brunette? Find out if your hair colour and personality are in perfect match.
Cool and sophisticated, brunettes are the It girls for spring.
• Icons Cameron Diaz, Angelina Jolie and Audrey Hepburn.
• Who are you? More than 90 percent of the human race and 30 percent of the clientele at salons.
• Did you know? In a recent survey by Evian, Audrey Hepburn was voted the most beautiful woman of all time by a panel of makeup artists, beauty and fashion editors and photographers.
• Back in the day According to Dr. John Gray, author of The World of Hair Colour, the modern hair-dye industry was born in 1863, when chemists mixed diamine (a dye) and hydrogen peroxide to stain hair brown.
• Mythology Eighty-three percent of women agree that you are better at managing money; 80 percent say you have the best family life; 77 percent would trust you with their deepest secret; 59 percent say you're polite and the one most likely to give the right-of-way at a three-way stop.
• Bons mots "I've never been a fluffy sort of woman," says Cameron Diaz. "[Since I became a brunette], I'm approached by more introspective guys."
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Dove Advanced Colour Care Leave-in Glossing Mist, $8, available at drugstores across Canada
John Frieda Brilliant Brunette Runway Straight Smoothing Milk, $10, available at drugstores across Canada.
Cool-skinned, pale-eyed brunettes
“Go for a dramatic look with berry-stained lips and icy-cool eyes.” -- Joe Costa, North American makeup artist, YSL
Warm-skinned, dark-eyed brunettes
“Harmonize your exotic features with deep-ruby and wild-rose shades.”-- Jacquie Hutchinson, product trainer, Revlon National
From right to left:Yves Saint Laurent Rouge Pure Shine Sheer Lipstick SPF 15 in No. 3 Precious Garnet, $35
L'Oreal Paris Wear Infinite Eye Shadow Single in Reflecting Pool, $6
Estee Lauder Tender Blush in Wildrose, $33.50
Tips for all you blondes on the next page ...
Product images courtesy of Geoffrey Ross, celebrity images courtesy of WireImage.com
