If there’s a time to experiment with new and thrilling hair colors, it’s the summer season. Particularly scorching woman summer season 2021, as soon as we’re lastly in a position to let free and benefit from the freedom that was taken away from us in the course of the pandemic. It’s this spirit which informs one of many largest hair color developments this 12 months: blue. And, extra particularly, sea blues, whether or not turquoise or deep navy. “In the case of color, there’s a want for self-expression and playfulness for the time being,” explains colourist Josh Wooden. “Blue is that this 12 months’s reply to the pink and pink hair developments that so many experimented with throughout final 12 months’s lockdowns.”
Josh Wooden’s new Blue Reef Hair Glaze, as seen on mannequin Olamide.
Shot by Claire Rothstein; Hair color by Josh Wooden; Make-up by Andrew Gallimore; Mannequin: Olamide Ogundele.
Alex Brownsell, co-founder and inventive director of Bleach London, agrees. “Now, I feel individuals are extra assured to experiment and specific themselves as we come out of lockdown. We’re seeing an enormous enhance within the recognition of experimental colors. Persons are extra prepared to strive one thing brighter that doesn’t fade as shortly, like blue tones.” On-line searches for “pastel blue hair” are additionally up 67 per cent 12 months on 12 months, and each specialists have seen a surge in shoppers requesting the color in salon – from azure to pastel. Think about it escapism in a hair color, and your one-way ticket to every day vacation hues.
However can everybody pull off a water blue hue? Each specialists preserve it’s a shade everybody could make work in some kind. A breeze for these with darker and olive skins to drag off, Wooden acknowledges blues will be trickier for these with pink and pale pores and skin tones. In these circumstances, his recommendation is to go for a nod to blue – simply dipping the ends, or incorporating mild blue “items”. In the meantime, Brownsell recommends your blue garments or cooler, blue-toned make-up for inspiration as to what shade to go for.
“It’s a very easy look to create; the place to begin needs to be mild hair – something from bleached to highlights or balayage, however it should be blonde,” says Wooden, whereas Brownsell provides that firming first is important to neutralise any heat or yellow tones within the hair, “in any other case the blue could have a inexperienced undertone”. Preserving hair in good nick – making certain it’s as hydrated and wholesome as potential utilizing intensive dwelling hair therapies – is essential to an attractive color that stays put, too.
Actually, Wooden formulated his personal newly-launched Blue Reef Hair Glaze, to nourish the hair whereas imparting color, due to a masks base which comprises elements like shea butter and pequi oil. The result’s blue hair color accompanied by lustrous shine – plus, it washes out after six shampoos, so it’s nice for the commitment-phobes. Bleach additionally provides an array of blue dwelling hair colors in its Tremendous Cool vary, from the pastel blue Bullini to Washed Up Mermaid, a vibrant turquoise. The newest, Blue Weekend, was created in collaboration with the band Wolf Alice. “It’s a sapphire blue and it was named after their album,” says Brownsell.
£19, accessible at Joshwoodcolour.com.
£6.50, accessible at Bleachlondon.com.
Different wonderful merchandise to strive embrace Redken Shades EQ Demi Everlasting Hair Color in Pastel Blue, and Wella’s Coloration Recent Semi-Everlasting Color Masks in Blue. The proper shade for now? Whether or not you’re hitting the festivals (in actual life this time), or just desire a switch-up, it’s a giant sure from us.
