Medium brown hair color: Choosing and caring for your perfect shade
A medium brown hair color is a versatile and sophisticated choice with endless customization options. Whether you're aiming for a soft, natural look or a vibrant shade with golden or ash undertones, medium brown hair offers a wide palette of possibilities. With various shades and undertones available, finding and maintaining your perfect medium brown can be exciting yet challenging.
What shades of medium brown are there?
Medium brown hair color is far from one-size-fits-all. The tone can range from rich chestnut browns to cool, ashier hues, each bringing a unique character and vibe. Some popular variations include:
- Chocolate or Cacao Brown: Rich, deep brown with a bit more depth, bringing a luxurious feel and often adding extra shine to hair.
- Golden Medium Brown: Adds hints of gold or honey undertones, ideal for those looking for a warm, sun-kissed look.
- Ash Medium Brown: Has cool, grayish undertones, which work well for neutralizing warmth and offering a more muted, smoky effect.
How do I choose the right undertone for my medium brown hair?
Your skin tone is a helpful guide when choosing the right undertone for your medium brown shade. In general:
- Warm skin tones (with yellow or peach undertones) are complemented by warm medium browns, such as golden or caramel-infused browns, as they enhance the warmth in your complexion.
- Cool skin tones (with pink or blue undertones) benefit from ashier or neutral browns, which add contrast and bring out a healthy glow.
- Neutral skin tones can work with a range of medium browns, but classic medium brown or chocolate brown often works beautifully to bring out the depth and warmth in both skin and hair.
How can I keep medium brown hair looking fresh and vibrant?
1. Use color-refreshing treatments
To maintain medium brown tones, color-refreshing treatments are an easy and low-commitment solution. Maria Nila’s Colour Refresh Cacao products are specifically designed for medium browns, adding pigment that enhances warmth and depth while conditioning hair. Regular use of these treatments between salon visits can help maintain richness and keep brassiness at bay.
2. Keep color-safe products in your routine
Using a sulfate-free shampoo and conditioner, like Maria Nila’s Luminous Colour range, is essential for preserving medium brown color. These products gently cleanse without stripping color, helping to extend the life of your shade.
3. Protect against fading from UV rays and heat
Sun exposure and high heat can lead to color fade and dullness. When spending time outdoors, consider using a UV-protective spray to protect your brown tones. Most Maria Nila products contain Colour Guard Complex that helps protect from color-loss caused by sunlight and styling. For heat styling, a heat protectant spray adds a protective layer that prevents heat damage, preserving both color and texture.
How often should I refresh my medium brown color?
If you’re using semi-permanent treatments like Maria Nila’s Colour Refresh, refreshing your color every 2-4 weeks is often enough to maintain vibrancy. Semi-permanent products gradually wash out, so regular use helps maintain color depth without the commitment of permanent dye.
Discover the right medium brown tone for you
Maria Nila’s Colour Refresh Cacao offers a gentle, semi-permanent way to maintain and enhance medium brown shades, whether you want a deeper, richer brown or a lighter, subtle tone. These nourishing color treatments help tone and refresh your color, adding shine and moisture to keep your hair looking vibrant between salon visits.
All Colour Refresh products can be blended with White Mix to create softer, more pastel versions of your chosen shade, or you can combine different shades to create a custom color. For those wanting to cool down their brown without the golden warmth, try incorporating Cool Cream to bring out cooler, beige tones and help balance brassiness, ideal for a refined, natural finish.
Explore Maria Nila’s Colour Refresh to achieve and maintain the perfect medium brown shade tailored to your look, with endless options for creating a tone
