Experienced hairdressers easily navigate hair shades and dye palettes that sometimes include more than a hundred nuances. What enables them to accurately determine hair color — cosmetic or natural? Special skills and… knowledge, of course.

The dream of becoming a blonde crosses many minds — dark-haired, fair-haired, and red-haired alike. And considering that hair differs not only in color but also in many other characteristics, it becomes clear: for bleaching to be successful, the hairdresser must know everything about hair.

Brunettes want to be lighter, ash blondes strive to become golden, while golden blondes, on the contrary, tone their hair with ashy shades. So what determines the hair color for which people put their hair through such ordeals?