Okay, so you may not actually be going back to school, but September is still the season of change: changing leaves, changing temps, changing hair. Yup, nothing screams “new you” like a cut and color.
I recently spent the afternoon at Los Angeles’s Spoke & Weal salon, getting primped and prettied by two industry veterans: Dell Miller on color, Lindsay Victoria on cut. We had a fascinating conversation about how to freshen up your summer mane (while getting my strands freshened up). Spoiler: Ombre is out, micro-lights are in (so, naturally, I had to rid myself of my dark roots and light ends).
“People are moving into micro-lights, petite highlights,” explains Dell.”Tones are more golden as opposed to ashy. People are scared of brassy but when you have controlled gold, it’s really luxurious compared to brassy.” He cites Gisele, JLo, Nicole Kidman, and Reese Witherspoon as the celebs who wear their controlled gold hues to perfection. “For blondes, we’re seeing a lot of rooted platinums. Create a root so that there is no unnatural warmth – like an Instagram filter.” Speaking of Instagram and the social media filter craze, Dell says: “Filters have changed the way we color hair now. This has been manipulated, this has been filtered. Now we decide on different toners. Toners take place of filters. I call it ‘Insta-color.'”
When it comes to the cut, Lindsay says that the lob (long bob...