These Are the Hottest Fall Hair Color Trends in London, According to Colorists

Chocolate Brown With Auburn Highlights: "This hue gives the illusion of sun-kissed hair without it looking unnatural," said London-based hairstylist and salon owner Charlotte Mensah. This is the perfect hue if you want go darker with your color this season, while the threads of auburn throughout totally gives this look major Fall vibes.

Painted Highlights on Natural Hair: "As more and more women are embracing their natural textures, I'm loving the freehand painted highlights that I'm seeing make a big comeback," said Mensah. "Rather than using the traditional foil technique, to create these looks pre-lightener is painted through the curls [using a balayage technique] to enhance coiled shape."

By adding these pieces of balayage throughout, it creates dimension to darker hair in a way that isn't overpowering or superdamaging to the hair, she says.

Maple Mustard: a hybrid of blond, honey, and auburn tones. "The maple glaze is diluted yet gives a warm wash of color that picks up on any pre-lightened areas of hair," said hairstylist Zoe Irwin, who works for Wella as their UK color trend expert.

Irwin has a very specific way of applying these tones, too. "The technique I love using is 'palm painting,' which is from the French way of balayaging. You put the color onto the back of your hand, and then pick up delicate pieces of color and paint it on [the hair]. Then using my fingers, I blend it all in so that the ends get the right level of lightening because of the warmth of my hands," she said. However, you can also ask your colorist to use a typical balayage technique when applying these rich, warm, cozy tones (because yes, a tone can be cozy, OK?).

Cooper Blond: Blondes and brunettes, if you're looking for something entirely different, consider a dramatic change to copper. And if you're naturally redhead, adding a few blonde highlights to the hair can lift the overall color and give definition that you probably didn't even know you wanted.

Howard refreshed one editor's copper hue for Fall and rather than making it darker, he added 14 pieces of balayage throughout — don't immediately spot them? That's entirely the point — to give her hair a soft, golden tone that matched her skin tone, rather than making it a fiery red. Howard explained that he thinks this hair color gives an overall sensual vibe — and who are we to argue with that?