Despite what you may think, you can totally rock this spring trend.
By Sarah Schreiber, Good Housekeping
Peering into an amethyst
geode is a lot like looking into a kaleidoscope — celestial plum fades
to starry-night navy and back again. And of course, that sparkle.
Kinda stunning, right? All colors considered, it makes sense that geodes have inspired the latest in rainbow hair trends.
Hair colorists (or should we say geologists!) are weaving amethyst and
deep blue hues into their client's manes. They're some pretty lucky
women: Walk into the salon a diamond in the rough and walk out looking
like a shiny, new gemstone. That's always the goal, right?
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Cherin Choi, a Los-Angeles-based colorist and pioneer of the gemstone hair movement told Refinery 29 her secrets to achieving the look. She starts by lightening the hair's base from the bottom-up, avoiding the roots — the more soft root,
the better. After that, "the lightened hair is lifted to a pale yellow,
then is toned to a blondish white," she explained. When the hair is
dry, "the amethyst purple is applied on the mid sections, then the
moonstone blue onto the very tips."
It might seem like witchcraft, but Choi has a trick: "I use a brush and emulsify with my hands to blend the colors," she said.
Okay, so the trend does
have mortal roots (pun intended), but it's best leaving this one to the
pros. As for the intensity of the color, that's up to you. Since no two
geodes are the same, no rules apply.
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Consider replacing navy with a pale turquoise...
...or go for a vibrant magenta!
If you're not looking to
commit, opt for concentrating the color around the tips. You can just
snip them off when you're ready to try something new again!
