^ Anne Hathaway has the most rich brunette shade
Color Make Over
Multitonal Brunet
Colorist: Rita Hazan
SIGNATURE LOOK Lightening dark hair with tone-on-tone color so the client's new hues still work with her skin tone
STAR CLIENT Jennifer Lopez
BEFORE Can someone like Nelly (picture) with dark skin, dark eyes and a few all-but-grown-out copper streaks pull off blond highlights gracefully? Hazan (with obvious experience in the area), “Anyone can have any hair color so long as the base shade is the right tone and highlights are in the proper place.”
DURING To re-create the Lopez look, Hazan first applied a permanent color through Nelly’s hair, softening the base to a warm chocolate-brown. Next she used foils to add honey-toned highlights, concentrating the color around Nelly’s face, with fewer highlights extending toward the back of the crown. “The goal is to create enough contrast so you see the difference between the highlights and the base color, but not so much that it looks skunky or too done,” explains Hazan.
AFTER The finished color gives Nelly a look that references Lopez’s look without the high-maintenance upkeep of the singer-actress’s locks, which have dense layers of varying shades of blond. Explains Hazan, “You can’t give a low-maintenance woman high-maintenance color. The color will look good only for a month before it needs to be touched up. Unless you want to be in the salon every four weeks, it’s not for you.” She promises Nelly can go three or more months before scheduling a follow-up appointment.
UPKEEP To keep color fresh between visits, Hazan suggests shampooing and conditioning with products especially designed for colored hair. She suggests Nelly use Pantene Pro-V Blonde Expressions Color Enhancing shampoo and conditioner ($6 each/13.5 oz; at drugstores). Says Hazan, “If you keep your hair in good shape, the color will last a lot longer.”
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