Spring/Summer Shades
If the current sunshiny weekends are anything to go by, it looks like spring has finally arrived here on Blighty's fair shores! And what better way to celebrate the start of a new season than with a new colour?
If you're in the mood for amping up your style with a seasonal new shade, GLAMOUR.com's Style Inspiration section has every hot new hair hue for spring/summer covered. Don't hit the hairdressers without it!
Annelie James for TONI&GUYBy Jessica David
Paprika and copper reds work oh-so well during spring/summer, when warm, golden complexions are a’ plenty. However, the fakers out there will find that red colour fades faster than any other shade, so a colour protection hair regime is essential throughout the sunnier months.
Annelie James for TONI&GUY, www.toniandguy.com
Barrie Stephen, Barrie Stephen HairNordic-style blondes are back with a bang this season – think platinum, pearl, ash and champagne. Remember, super-pale shades are better suited to ivory or soft pink tinged complexions and blue or grey eyes
Barrie Stephen, Barrie Stephen Hair
Hair by Claudio Contrasti for Revlon ProfessionalAlternatively, you could warm up your super-pale shade with the oh-so now technique of clever, interwoven streaks of warm, golden blonde – the perfect way to bring your pearly hue bang up to date.
Hair by Claudio Contrasti for Revlon Professional, www.contrasti.co.uk
Kim Martin, Adam Walmsley and Hide Saiga for TONI&GUYThe spirit of punk lives on, but with a couture twist and a 2009 update. Incorporating pastel, candyfloss pink lengths with bubblegum pink streaks through the fringe should appeal to the arty, nouveau punk in you.
Kim Martin, Adam Walmsley and Hide Saiga for TONI&GUY, www.toniandguy.com
Tim Scott-WrightWe might be moving away from winter, but that’s no reason not to embrace your deepest, darkest brunette. Despite brown hair having great shine potential, there’s a tendency to mousy tones, dullness and one-dimensional flatness, so amp up your current brown with rich, dark chocolaty shades for maximum shine and a more wow-inducing finish.
Tim Scott-Wright
TONI&GUY Luwan, ShanghaiJust like in fashion circles, black is always the new black. Just look to style icons like Katy Perry and Vanessa Hudgens for inspiration. Although it works best in contrast with ivory or black skins, and can be one of the trickiest hair colours to carry off if you’re not a natural, considering 60% of UK women are natural brunettes, it’s worth spicing up your current hue with bold sections of blue-black for maximum impact.
TONI&GUY Luwan, Shanghai, www.toniandguy.com
Hair by Claudio Contrasti for Revlon ProfessionalBring spring/summer's love affair with coral to your locks as well as your make-up palette, with this deliciously pretty and wow-inducing shade of candy pink-coral
Hair by Claudio Contrasti for Revlon Professional, www.contrasti.co.uk
Lisa ShepherdWe just can’t get enough of lengthy red curls – was there ever a style and shade more suited to sunny spring days? This delicious palette of strawberry, ruby and copper is a real cheeky, statement colour.
Lisa Shepherd, www.lisashepherd.co.uk
Errol DouglasAmp up dark hair with a few, peekaboo strands of silver violet through the fringe to give your shade instant edge.
Errol Douglas, www.erroldouglas.com [/i]
Kim Martin, Adam Walmsley and Hide Saiga for TONI&GUYNatural redheads should be inspired to take their colour one step further for spring/summer with a real statement finish. This palette is not for the faint-hearted, and needs bags of attitude to carry off successfully, but the mouth-wateringly good combination of fizzy Fanta orange and coral pink (known as the colour of the season to any fashionista worth her Balmain) is nothing short of spectacular.
Kim Martin, Adam Walmsley and Hide Saiga for TONI&GUY, www.toniandguy.com
Cos Sakkas for TONI&GUYThe acceptable face of anarchy! Pastel, pearly blondes were a major story for last summer thanks to the emergence of cool, new, festival icons such as Alphabeat’s Stine Bramsen – and the shade looks set to stay around this season, but with a sunnier twist for 2009.
Cos Sakkas for TONI&GUY, www.toniandguy.com
Lynsey Ashton for TONI&GUYYummy, fruit-inspired shades give redheads a juicy twist – we just love how the combination of red and blonde streaks creates such an impressive multi-tonal finish.
Lynsey Ashton for TONI&GUY, www.toniandguy.com
Mark Hayes for Sassoon Blithe 2009With hints of champagne, ash and warmer, biscuity tones - we just love that we can’t quite put our finger on what to call this colour! How about ‘fabulous’?
Mark Hayes for Sassoon Blithe 2009, www.sassoon.com
Nicola Wetherby for West Row HairdressingA hedonistic blend of rich mulberry and plum, fused with deepest, darkest brunette and high shine gives a finish that is a little rebellious and totally on-trend.
Nicola Wetherby for West Row Hairdressing, www.westrow-hair.co.uk
Tim Scott-WrightA deliciously au natural palette for girls who just want to have fawn – these healthy hues of muted blonde-brown in mink, toffee, honey and butterscotch are seductive and ultra-sophisticated without trying too hard. What’s more, the finished look is truly gorgeous with a golden tan.
Tim Scott-Wright
Elizabeth Brierly and Amy Aitkenhead for Hair@JibeWarm, sunshiny, baby blondes are perfect for spring/summer girly girls. Avoiding golden hues without compromising on warmth is key when it comes to creating this deliciously creamy colour.
Elizabeth Brierly and Amy Aitkenhead for Hair@Jibe
