Getting your hands on the best copper hair dye can change your entire appearance for the better. From Sophie Turner, and Gigi Hadid to Zendaya and Kendall Jenner to name just a few - most celebrities have donned copper hair with great panache in recent years, and for good reason. It’s a shade that instantly makes you stand out while accentuating your skin tone, even eye color. It’s a bright shade that’s a mix of reddish-brown and copper tones. For those of you who love bold colors that add to your vibrant personality, this is your sign to go for it!

Hollywood actress Jessica Alba says, “I think hair color is such a personal thing. It really reflects how you feel about yourself.” We are in complete agreement with her. After all, it instantly changes your appearance. 

From permanent to semi-permanent and temporary ones, based on our observations, we have rounded up the best copper hair dyes that will give you vivacious-looking hair without having to spend a fortune at salons. These are easy to use and can be dialed up or down depending on the intensity of color you are looking to get.

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  Best Non-lather Formula

  Keracolor Clenditioner Hair Dye

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Keracolor Color + Clenditioner is a great 3-in-1 copper hair dye that cleanses, colors, and conditions the hair in just one wash. Suitable for all hair types, the product can be applied to wet or dry hair, comb through for even distribution and color saturation, and rinsed off thoroughly. Based on our observations, the hair dye is best used on pre-colored hair rather than ‘virgin hair’ to maintain vibrancy and luster and keep the color from getting washed out or looking dull. Moreover, ingredients such as rosehip oil, almond oil, jojoba oil, and shea butter ensure strength, shine, and softness after every wash.

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Best Vegan Product

Adore Semi Permanent Hair Color

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The gorgeous Adore Shining Semi-Permanent hair color is for all shades of brown and blonde hair. Easy to use, the Copper Brown shade must be applied thoroughly away from the scalp on shampooed, towel-dried hair, followed by 15 minutes of low-heat application to process the hair and then a final rinse with shampoo. Free from alcohol, peroxide, and ammonia the hair dye leaves the hair feeling soft, shiny hair and healthy after every wash. However, in terms of longevity it could be more impressive - but is still worth buying given its competitive price point.

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Best Natural-Looking

Clairol Nice'n Easy Permanent Hair Dye

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Clairol Nice’nEasy Permanent Hair Dye offers a salon-style experience right from the comfort and convenience of your home. The Medium Copper Blonde box contains a permanent color cream, a color activator, and CC+ colorseal conditioner that leave the hair shinier and bouncier than before. The copper hair dye is a blend of 3 tones and highlights made using color blend technology that gives natural-looking tresses and covers 100% gray hair. After we tried the product we found that the color lasts approximately 8 weeks, a rather good deal for the price you pay.

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Best for Quick Results

Wella Professionals Color Fresh Mask - Copper Glow

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This color-depositing mask by Wella Professionals consists of a delectable, pomade-like formula that makes it very easy to apply. It consists of rich copper pigments, which deliver a vibrant color to your tresses with results that last for a week. The formula is enriched with avocado oil to nourish your hair and prevent damage or excessive dryness that one may experience with a cheaper, over-the-counter dye. Plus, what we love about this product, in particular, is that it can be used as an excellent alternative to toners by replenishing your natural or previously applied hair color.

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Garnier Olia Permanent Colour

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Replete with 60% natural origin flower seed oils and no ammonia Garnier Olia Permanent Color promises visibly healthy hair and maximum color performance. The Intense Copper kit contains a developer cream, a colorant, an after-color conditioner, and protective gloves - your one-stop solution for getting salon-like permanent, long-lasting hair color with a hundred percent gray coverage. In addition, the copper hair dye leaves a velvety, smooth texture most of the time, thanks to its sixty percent oil blend. However, we recommend using the product with a bowl and brush - applying straight from the bottle could be a hassle.

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Sensitive-scalp Friendly

Herbatint Permanent Haircolor Gel

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This Copper Blonde color from Herbatint Permanent Haircolor Gel comes enriched with 8 organic herbs including aloe vera, white birch, rhubarb, black walnut, and cinchona among others that offer deep nourishment to the hair and scalp while intensifying the color. Great for sensitive scalps, the product is ammonia free, as well as free of alcohol and parabens. In addition, the copper hair dye offers 100 percent gray hair coverage and full saturated color in just forty minutes. A pro tip: The extra product can be re-sealed and kept for root touch-ups in-between full colorings.

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Best Convenient Packaging

dpHUE Gloss+ Semipermanent Hair Color

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dpHUE Gloss+ semi-permanent hair color and deep conditioner are a must-have for enhancing and deepening natural or color-treated hair. We recommend using the color Copper when you feel the hair lacks shine or vitality - the product, however, does not add dramatic color changes to the hair. The copper hair dye is best suited for redheads, brunettes, or those with darker hair and offers a gorgeous warmth and shine to the mane, based on our observations. The best part about it is that all you need to do is lather it up on wet hair, keep it for 3-20 minutes depending on the effect you want, and rinse it off. 

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Best Ready-to-Use

MANIC PANIC Auburn Semi-Permanent Hair Color

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A rich, classic, high-voltage ginger-toned hair color with red undertones, Manic Panic Auburn Semi-Permanent Hair Color is fit to be used by those with medium brown, dark blonde, and light blonde hair. This copper hair dye in the shade Tiger’s Eye is ready-to-use straight out of the jar - with zero damage to the hair and maximum color pop! After we trialed the product, we discovered that the dye is best used on pre-lightened hair and has a staying power of 4-6 weeks since it lightly sits on the hair shaft and doesn’t penetrate the hair cuticles.

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Best Hair Dye Shampoo

Watercolors Intense Metallic Shampoo

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Watercolors Intense Metallic Shampoo has the most unique formula for creating and maintaining hair color. The product in the shade Copper deposits color to the hair with every use - which means for a light pastel hue you can use it once, and for a darker shade you can keep layering it till you get the desired result. This hair dye eradicates the main challenge of keeping hair color from fading since it can be used weekly as a shampoo that also conditions like a dream. The point to remember is that the lighter the hair, the more intense the color will be. Additionally, it can be mixed with other Watercolors shampoos to create your unique shade!

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Best No-Damage Formula

Clairol Color Gloss Up

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Clairol Color Gloss Up is an instant toning gloss that tones hair color and enhances shine s the name suggests. Replete with rich conditioners such as shea butter and argan oil, the primary focus of the product in the shade Terra Copper is to keep the color fresh and enhance shine. It, essentially, is a temporary hair dye that lasts up to ten washes. To apply, slap on evenly on clean, damp hair and leave on for 2-15 minutes depending on the intensity you want. The effects are not as impressive on virgin hair but do work very well on porous hair that has been pre-treated before.

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Best Creamy Formula

As I Am Curl Color

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As I Am Curl Color offers an attractive temporary ginger color best suited for curly hair with medium hold, as the name suggests. The unscented Copper leave-in hair gel is a nice-to-have addition to your color kit since it is easy to apply sans the damage that is likely caused by some permanent hair colors. Through trial and error, we discovered that the copper hair dye is thoroughly pigmented and works well on all-natural hair color levels. It also improves hair moisture by up to 84% and strengthens hair by 6% in just one single application. The product can be air-dried, dried using a hooded dryer or even left on at night for maximum results.

After the round-up of the best copper hair dyes on the market, we now tell you how to choose the best one for yourself.

Here’s how you can go about picking out the perfect shade of copper hair dye.

Skin Tone

Whether you are lighter-skinned with cool undertones or dark-skinned with warm undertones, a bright copper looks just about good on literally everyone. The color copper is a toned-down version of orange and has warm undertones of yellow, red, and golden - all of which offer that extra zing and vibrancy to the overall look. However, we recommend fair complexions to go for any red copper shade; auburn or rich caramel for medium complexions and flat, neutral copper for darker complexions to strike a balance between the skin tone and the hair color. 

Hair Type

Copper tends to stand out on those with light brunette or blonde hair. These hair types tend to quickly pick up the color. Having said that, copper does look extremely attractive over darker hair as well - though the color will have to be built over several applications. Copper adds a multi-dimensional dynamism to your look - no matter whether you have short, long, straight, wavy, or curly hair.