Warm Blonde Shades to Inspire Your Clients With This Autumn

Golden Hour Glow

Rich and dimensional warm-toned shades are here to stay, especially moving into autumn, as clients are eager to keep grasp of that ‘golden hour glow’. “Inspired by the gradience of tones seen at Golden Hour sunset, this technique is designed to blend a feeling of wellness with chic, on-trend colour results,” explains Jordanna Cobella, Wella Professionals Colour & Trends Ambassador. “Originating as a photography trend, Golden Hour refers to the brief window of time around sunrise and sunset, the sun is lower and casts a softer light, providing fusions of colour and veils of light and shade, during this time everything will glow.” And it’s something clients can’t get enough of!

Honey Blonde

Warm and luscious Honey Blonde is a classic that never fails to impress. “The shade mixes the golden tones of honey with soft, creamy highlights, giving the hair a natural, sun-kissed glow,” Nicholas Fletcher-Holmes, Goldwell Creative and Education Ambassador tells us. “It’s a perfect choice for those who want a subtle change that still makes an impact. Honey Blonde brings a touch of warmth and brightness, making the hair look effortlessly elegant and radiant.”

Sunflower Blonde

With Sunflower Blonde being one of the biggest blonde trends this summer, it’s the perfect blonde to entice your cooler tone clients to the warm side this autumn. “Sunflower Blonde is an intense golden blonde with minimal dimension, no dark shadows, and as warm as a blonde can be before it turns into a soft copper,” says Tom Smith, evo international creative colour director. “This shade is best achieved with a global colour and added dimension – it literally glows.”

Strawberry Blonde

Last autumn, it was all about copper and fiery tones, and as copper is still hot on clients’ hair lists, Strawberry Blonde offers that subtle copper glow and makes the perfect shade for those who are struggling to commit to going full force fire. “I’d describe Strawberry Blonde as the point where Sunflower Blonde tips into soft copper,” Tom adds. “As golden as a copper can be before it turns true blonde. You can also incorporate subtle peach tones for those who want something a little less natural looking.”

Brookie Blonde

Looking as good as it sounds, Brookie Blonde is best described as having a more bronzed effect. “A rooted, blended look with some natural definition, Brookie Blonde is all about giving that lived-in expensive blonde,” Claire Heald, Elgon Educator, tells us. “Move away from ashy tones and use clients’ golden glow, giving them a healthy shine with golden toning gloss to finish.” What’s more, this trend doesn’t have to just be for your blonde clients but can be adapted to darken down a brighter blonde or to warm up brunettes.

Butterscotch Blonde

Butterscotch Blonde embraces warmth and comfort with sweet, fudge-like tones. “It’s perfect for blondes who are happy to embrace their hair’s natural warmth and for brunettes wanting to go lighter without heavy commitment,” says Rio Agor-Watts, Group Education Manager UKI Revlon Professional Brands. “To achieve the perfect butterscotch tone, I use the Revlon Professional Magnet 8 Clay Lightener. It provides up to eight levels of lift and leaves a buttery, creamy result, giving me the perfect canvas to work on. Working with clay means no bleeds, no drip, and fewer foils, making it a quicker and more leisurely colour to achieve. I prefer to work freehand, allowing the hair to lift in open air/unincubated to enable the hair’s natural warmth to shimmer through and give cinnamon gold butterscotch reflects.”

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