You’ve been dreaming of making a drastic change and switching your sheitel color, but do you dare? Maybe you’re afraid people will gawk at the sudden change… Or what will you do if it turns out the new color doesn’t suit you?
Well, turns out there are more subtle and elegant ways to switch your hair color and style, ways that better prepare you and the people in your life for the change and also let you decide, mid-way, if you like the new look and if it does, indeed, flatter you.
How?
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Vogue Magazine followed Olivia Palermo for more than year, during which she gradually switched from brunette to blonde.
Palermo is famous for her lady-like style, her attention to detail and her love for modest attire.
Like her planned-out wardrobe, Olivia’s hair color change was well strategised in advance, thinking way ahead into the future.
The Goal: switch hair colors – in this case, from deep brunette locks into a honey golden blonde – without sticking out.
The result? Pure elegance.
So shall we start?
Look closely, do you notice the subtle highlights at the tips?
A month later, the highlights evolve into a beautiful honey-tone ombre.
Another month passes by, and the highlight crawl their way to the top, from tips to roots.
And here, in the most subtle way, additional highlights act as a frame.
This is a really smart move that helps ensure the new haur color looks good closer to your face, without taking drastic action. Here:
Another month passes by, and now you can really identify the change. Massive addition of blonde. Now we have a reverse ombre – a beautiful honey tone hairstyle with darker roots.
Mission accomplished: Beautiful, warm blonde with darker roots.
The way we see it, this is a wonderful lesson in Hair Color 101. Palermo’s highlights are so expertly done, so that they flattered her every step of the process. It’s even difficult to decide which step was the prettiest.
But more than anything, the gradual and subtle change, driven of attention to detail, is a lesson in style and inherent elegance.
Would you like to try a new color? Our recommendation? Start with highlights. Then add, a little at a time. And then a little more. You can always pause or go back to your literal roots… Our expert colorists would love to help.
