The color: Au Naturel
Description: While this is not a specific color, it is an overall concept of dyeing hair and making it appear as if it hasn't been colored. Liv Tyler, Jessica Alba, and Jennifer Lawrence are all taking note from Bond girls like Barbara Bach and Gloria Hendry, who had hair hues that complemented their assets and didn't distract from them their natural beauty. It can work for brunettes, blondes, and redheads. To put it simply, it doesn't look done. “Hair color this Spring doesn’t look old or grown out,” commented Marie Robinson of the Marie Robinson Salon in NYC. “Instead, it’s just glimmering, sexy color from roots to ends.”
Who it works for: Honey-brown shades work best for fair to medium olive skin tones and all textures. Dark natural mocha brown will work with all skin tones except for people with fair skin who naturally have a strawberry blonde blend. Champagne blonde brightens up the fairest skin, adds a warm golden glow to olive or combination toned skin, and looks cool on someone who has a dark complexion.
Technique: Glosses are used for the browner shades to give them tone and depth and if you’re a blonde, your base color should consist of golden and pink tones. Once the base shade is set, wisps of lightener are hand-painted throughout the top of the head to give subtle glimmer when the light hits your hair. It's not intended to look like hair color, just beautiful hair. Because the look is more on the natural end, you can maintain it every eight to 10 weeks.
