Going Dark for Fall

By contributing Colorist, Stylist, Director of Education - Janelle

As the weather turns cool, the leaves on the trees turn beautiful shades of yellow, copper, and red and then fall to the ground in a lovely crisp layer of browns and golds. This time of year always inspires clients to look at darker shades for their hair. Gone is the sun soaked skin of the summer and the blonde hair colors that go with it. From October through December the majority of my clients seek something richer and darker with their hair color. Almost all of these clients will want to return the their butter blondes in April, but for the winter months they seek chocolates and caramels. Many sit in my chair having scheduled an all over color to go darker and want to select their desired color from our swatch books. I always find myself reminding clients how difficult and damaging to hair it can be to take highlighted hair to an all over darker shade and then try to return to blonde again. The products used to lighten artificial color in hair are often much harsher on one’s hair than the products we would use to lighten virgin or natural hair.

If you are a client that likes the versatility of going light in the summer and darker in the fall and winter, consider lowlights. Lowlights are a great option and can have a huge impact on the overall look of your hair. You can go drastically darker with lowlights, or if subtly is your way, lowlights can meet your needs as well. Often, we at Roca will select a very gentle hair color when applying lowlights that will slowly fade out of your hair allowing us to use much gentler products when you want to go lighter again come the spring and summer. Over the years I have found lowlights to be a wonderfully beautiful way of creating darker, multi-tonal colors that are far less of a commitment. Happy autumn and enjoy discussing with your colorist the best shades for your lowlights.