THE EYES HAVE IT– The folks at Frederic Fekkai are just as obsessed with your hair as you are, and color directorVivian Grimaldo is no exception. Grimaldo, who has touched up the tresses of Courtney Love and Andie MacDowell, says the eyes are the windows to your hair colors true soul. Rule #1? Don’t stray too far from your eyebrow color. “At least some of the eyebrow color needs to come through in the hair color otherwise it doesn’t look natural”. Rule # 2? Use your eye color as a map to guide you through dye-job decisions. IF YOUR EYES ARE Brown: Think in terms of strawberry blondes, mahogany or auburn reds and chocolate browns. Green: Green-eyed girls generally have gold in their eyes. So they should have some gold in their hair. Think platinum-blonde or baby-blonde highlights, golden browns and light auburn reds. Blue: Anything goes try a rich golden blonde, a chestnut brown or a strawberry blonde with golden coppery highlights.

HEY BABY-WHAT’S YOUR COLOR? – For Andrea Auman, [former] owner of Starr House salon in San Marino, color consulting goes beyond hair and into the human soul. Auman, who believes hair color should not only suit skin tone and face shape, but also personality, starts each session with a 15-minute consultation geared toward finding your inner Crayola cravings. Red your favorite color? It may not be your ultimate tress tone but, according to Auman, it’s a sure sign you’re ready to take a hair-color risk. If the color blue is your first pick, then she knows she’s got a conservative client and color, accordingly. IF YOUR FAVORITE COLOR IS Red: You’re success-driven, assertive and adventurous. People who like red can go way past the natural level, either a lot lighter into platinum or a lot darker into almost-black brown. Blue: You crave harmony resist change and have a bit of a dual personality. For them, use really natural colors. Green: People who like green are by far the toughest customers. They’ve got the anal retentiveness of yellow with the duality of blue. They want perfection, but they won’t demand it. They need really easy-to-care for color.

GET UNDER YOUR SKIN – Jen Macdonald isn’t much of a believer in the natural order of hair color. “Your natural hair color isn’t always the best shade for you—it’s just the lowest maintenance,” says the stylist, who colors her own locks a brazen shade of blue. Her tress test? Skin tone. Forget about whether your skin is fair or dark—the real issue, says MacDonald, a stylist/colorist at A.T. Tramp Salon in Beverley Hills is the undertone. IF YOUR SKIN TONE IS Olive: Go for warm colors, like dark golden blondes and coppery reds. Browns are the most forgiving, but stay away from the ashy variety. Pink: stick with beige blonde’s, skip anything with too much gold in the red family, neutrals (rather than blues or oranges) like a Lindsay Lohan light auburn is a good bet. As for brunettes? Pink undertones can carry most browns from sandy to chocolate. Golden: Gold is the most forgiving skin tone, but stay away from ashy hues, which can turn bright skin sallow. Also steer clear of blue reds like mahogany.