I want to dye my hair an unnatural color but I’m Hispanic so I don’t know what color would look good with my skin tone which is honey-colored. I also want to avoid looking like some scene kid. Help, please? - Submitted by Fabiola

One thing I must first say about dyeing your hair an unnatural shade; they tend to clash with ALL skintones, not just darker ones. The reason why us pale chicks are able to make royal blue and pure tones a little less garish is because there isn’t a lot of heavy yellow or pink undertones in paler skin.

But even us pale gals have those undertones. It does make it harder for those with deeper honey, olive, or peach and red undertones to rock a pure hue in their locks though.

As for making you look ‘too scene’ there are plenty of ways to add a little unnatural to your mane without overkill. I would avoid under-cut dyes (dyeing the underside of your head unnatural), chunky streaks, and shaving any part of your head.  For subtlety, you can always dip-dye the tips, or add wispy streaks of color to the under-layers of your hair. And Finally, you can pull off a full-head unnatural hue if you pick a muted color, and/or avoid any heavy, wild make-up applications.

All that being said, here are some of my hue ideas, that won’t clash as much with darker skin:

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