Colorize an old Photo - part 1

The Image I used for this tutorial I found on
http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=view&id=541219
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CREDITS goes to klsmith77 from www.sxc.hu for this awesome picture.
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skin
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1.) Open the image in Photoshop

2.) Create a new empty layer and rename it to skin

3.) Select a soft brush with about 20px and full opacity. choose a skin tone color like #efc2a5. Now color careful every skin part. Maybe on some part you want to lower the brush size a little bit.

4.) Set the blend mode to color and the opacity to 62%.

lips
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1.) Create a new empty layer and rename it lips.

2.) With a small soft brush 10px and a bright red start to color the lips. I used #eb3232 as color.

3.) This time we will blend the layer with overlay. Lower the opacity till you like it, I think it should be about 33%.

hair
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1.) One more time create a new layer and name it hair. Actually we will color here the hairs and eyebrows.

2.) Again choose a small soft brush and a hair color which you like. I used #322109.

3.) Once you are ready with coloring set the blend mode to color and leave the opacity at 100%.

Eyes
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1) Create again an empty layer and name it eyes

2.) With a soft and small brush and the eye color (#23355f) of your choose color the eyes.

3.) As blend mode use Soft light and lower the opacity to 80%.