‘Coconut candy blonde’ is the latest hair trend with a built-in halo effect
Just when we thought we’d seen every shade of blonde, along comes a genius colourist ready to switch up the way we wear the golden-hued hair colour all together.
Case and point? In a recent interview with Glamour, Karissa Schaudt, colourist at Maxine Salon in Chicago, just coined the term ‘coconut candy hair’. A bright and light take on blonde that concentrates highlights around the face to create a halo-lighting effect, the trend reduces the need for touch-ups thanks to the dispersion of deeper tones at the root of the hair.
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“The concentrated or chunky face-framing highlights are what make this super trendy right now,” Schaudt explained to Glamour. “[It] suits any hair texture but is best on brunettes looking for that pop of blonde.”
Keen to try the tone for yourself? Schaudt advised to “ask your colourist to foil your hairline for that blonde intensity around your face,” and then “pair the foils with a partial balayage, leaving the nape natural so there’s contrast remaining.”
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Briar Clark got her start in the media industry in 2017, as an intern for Marie Claire and InStyle. Since then, her keen interest in fashion and beauty has landed her gigs as a Digital Content Producer and Beauty Editor with titles like Girlfriend, Refinery29, BEAUTYcrew and beautyheaven. She loves the way seemingly innocuous topics like skin care and style have the ability to put a smile on people’s faces or make them think about themselves a little differently. A big believer in self love and experimentation, Briar has made a point of becoming the Australian beauty industry’s unofficial guinea pig for unusual treatments and daring hair trends. When she’s not testing out the latest beauty launches, Briar is big on broadening her horizons, mostly in the form of food but she’s also partial to travelling to new destinations both near and far (and of course, allocating an extra bag to bring their best beauty offerings home with her).
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