2017 was a great year for hair – Kim Kardashian took long blonde locks to new heights (or should we say lengths?), we fell in love with the glorious rose gold hair trend and the perfect blend of balayage never failed to impress.
But 2018 is proving to be even better for hair trends – and we’re just halfway through the year.
Trust us, there’s going to be some serious hair flipping going on with these trending colour, cut and hairstyle ideas. Whether you have lusciously long locks or stylishly short hair in a bob or pixie cut, get ready for some inspiration overload…
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If you’re a brunette who wants to dip her toe into more of a blonde hue, let us introduce you to toasted coconut: the hot new hair colour taking over our Instagram feeds. Speaking to Allure, colourist Ami Rexroth explained: “It’s a very rich, dark root that softly transitions and melts into blonder ends”. We are absolutely loving this subtle new take on blonde highlights, aren’t you?
Shadow hair2018 is official the year of dimension if the latest Instagram trends are anything to go by. More people than ever are avoiding flat colours like the plague, opting for midlights, balayage, ombrèand more to get depth of colour. But it’s not all about highlights, you know. According to Allure, ‘shadow hair’ is growing in popularity, and involves adding natural-looking shadows to your hair to make your colour look seamless, and save you in trips to the salon. “‘Shadow hair’ is a new hair-colour trend that mimics the ombré of yesteryear,” explains Nikki Ferrara, colourist at Serge Normant at John Frieda in NYC. Combine shadow toning with babylights and balayage to create a “soft, organic root”, says U.K.-based colourist Josie Wright, and you can actually go 4-6 months without retouching them – sign us up!
Coffee balayageThere’s a new balayage in town and we’re loving the concept! Coffee balayage mimics the usual technique but using coffee colours from the dark espresso to the soft latte shades, combining to make this glossy bob a tonal dream.
Gem roots is the current Instagram-trend fulfilling our crystal-obsessed dreams. From magenta to pastel shades of green and pink and silvery blonde ends, it sounds like it shouldn’t work but OH, it does.
