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Spring's Natural Blonde Upgrades

At Boston’s James Joseph Salon, director of education Michelle Lee says spring will bring natural blonde upgrades: shiny shades with punched-up tonality that come from playing in different levels.

July 11, 2011
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At Boston's James Joseph Salon, director of education Michelle Lee says spring will bring natural blonde upgrades: shiny shades with punched-up tonality that come from playing in different levels.

"Overall, color has more sparkle and shine; using a gloss treatment like Cellophanes from Sebastian is key."

While Lee predicts some rose-gold and icy blondes, she favors beige-blonde color boosts, created with lightener and varying volumes of developer. For subtle depth changes, she places foils on angles and uses a freeform placement pattern that mimics the rounds or fans around the top. Also, diffusing color into the root will continue to be key.

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After freeform highlights, tone the hair with Wella Koleston 10/03, then gloss with Sebastian Cellophanes: two parts Pearl Blonde, one part Honey Blonde.

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Root-diffused highlights come from Wella Blondor Lightener for lighter highlights and Chromastics Lightener for buttery ones. Cellophanes Gloss Pearl Blonde goes over the top.

Photography: Joel Benjamin
Make-up: Tavi de la Rosa


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