Blonde Me Baby, One More Time

There’s something in the air – no, it’s not hayfever (though yes…) – it’s blonde season. If your books are filling up with blonde services through spring and summer, then it’s time to measure out some foils, get your OLAPLEX at the ready and read on for our Breaking Blonde summer survival guide.

OLAPLEX No.4P Blonde Enhancer Toning Shampoo

What it is: Highly concentrated purple shampoo cleanses, tones, and repairs while keeping hair hydrated from roots to ends.

Stronger pigmented, best for banishing brassiness

Lakmé Teknia White Silver Mask

What it is: A brightening mask that repairs and protects all types of blonde hair while moisturising and softening.

Less pigmented, best for brightening and maintaining

Lakmé Teknia White Silver Shampoo & Conditioner

What it is: A toning shampoo that eliminates unwanted yellow highlights while moisturising and softening.

Less pigmented, best for brightening and maintaining

Color Wow Color Control Purple Mousse

What it is: A leave-in styling foam to neutralise brassy tones in blonde hair.

TOOLS OF THE TRADE

MOROCCANOIL Blonde Perfecting Purple Shampoo & Conditioner

What it is: A colour-safe toning shampoo and conditioner with violet pigments to neutralise brassy tones.

Strong to medium pigment, best for neutralising brassiness and maintaining tone

Evo Fabuloso Platinum Blonde Toning Shampoo

What it is: A strong toning shampoo that neutralises unwanted brassy, yellow hues to leave hair toned, cleansed and revived.

Stronger pigmented, best for banishing brassiness

Evo Fabuloso Blonde Colour Boosting Treatment

What it is: A maxed-out pigment treatment for blonde and platinum hair that provides a healthy dose of nourishment.

Stronger pigmented, best for banishing brassiness

Philip Kingsley Pure Blonde Booster Purple Shampoo & Conditioner

What it is: A clarifying and hydrating shampoo to neutralise brassiness and cool warm tones.

behind the blonde : CABELLO

by Stephanie Bellairs

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inner of AHFA WA/NT Hairdresser of the Year, Stephanie Bellairs of Cabello by Stephanie Bellairs gives us the lowdown on her blonde ambition, including a great tip for getting that ‘lived in colour’ we all love.

Tell us your must-have products for creating the perfect blonde:

•Bottle blonde... live for this lightener it’s the cleanest, • • • most even lift. Evo Hue-verse liquids for toning - can’t beat the shine Clear lifter for cleansing out old pigment OLAPLEX for allowing me to create healthy blondes

Top tip for getting the best blonde:

Know your colour wheel! Play with tone and make sure the hair is lifted to the desired result.

Freehand vs Foils – what’s your preference?

I’m a lover of foil work for a really clean lift but also love to freehand out old ends that need a cleanse. Really, at this point in time, I think lived in colour is a real combo of the two.

Advice for blonde maintenance?

Fab Pro all the way… we always make a custom shade for all our blondes. My go-to is a soft pastel pink or violet undertone, I find it keeps the blondes clean.

Who is your iconic blonde inspo?

Well I think it’s safe to say at this point in time Kim K is definitely holding this crown but for a more natural vibe I love Gigi Hadid or Blake Lively.

LOOK 1

Using bottle blonde and 20vol plex we worked our signature blonde technique, fine splicing visually to the root some more of a foiliage on the ends only, and worked heavier on face line.

•Globally glossed in-between foil work with Evo Hue-verse liquids 8.81

•Once all colour was processed, back-toned roots with 10g 8 10g 8.81 heavier at the crown dabbing the face

•The ends are Gloss 10.7

•Plex to seal

LOOK 2

This was a colour correction really tarnished brassy old colour. I worked a multi-dimensional technique adding low-light to blend the banding.

•Working bottle blonde and 20vol with plex

•Alt Hue.Verse liquids 4.03 only from roots to mids

•Heavier with just the lighter highlight on the face line

•Inbetween the dimensional highlights, I broke all the natural base with equal parts 6.1 & 6.7 20vol

•Hairline area we used equal parts 8.1 and 8.6 20vol

•All left out ends cleansed with clear lifter and 20 vol

•At the basin, back-toned the back roots with 6.81 liquids and hairline with 8.3 liquids

•Plexed and toned all the head with my special little pastel pink using red and blue Fab Pro

LOOK 3

I created this look with a full head highlight using Bottle Blonde and 20 plex:

•Cleaned out all ends with clear lifter and 20 vol

•Root shadow 20g 8 10g 8.03 liquids stretched at the crown

•Hairline: 9 liquids

•Glossed the whole head 10g 10.37 5g 9.3 10g clear liquids

•Plex