• March 28, 2024

Blonde dye: platinum, honey or caramel?

ChroniquesDuVasteMonde editor Sabine Rodenbäck at "Serge Normant at John Frieda" in Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California, capital of the blondes. In the "Serge Normant at John Frieda" salon, Johnathan Gale has been tout Hollywood's hair for 13 years - celebrities, but also "normal" people, because he sometimes finds celebrities very boring. Who for example? Unfortunately, he does not say - discretion is the top priority of a celebrity hairdresser. Concrete boring, however, he finds my blonde: "Too bright, that makes you pale and older." His idea of ​​my new hair color: "A Touch of Strawberry." Now I'm a bit appalled because I think I'm more of an ash than a strawberry type. Johnathan Gale scans me from head to toe and contradicts: To me and my pale-sensitive complexion fit much more something warm and golden. And since the list of his clients is impressive (after all, Diane Keaton, Julia Roberts and also Lady Gaga entrust their hair to him), I let him do it.



"Most women just dye blonde, regardless of complexion, eye color and brow.

Johnathan wets us both with an aura-purifying rose spray. He uses this with all customers - to distribute the tension and vitalize himself. Then he starts to inscribe the first highlights. He chose honey and strawberry blondes and tested them on a test-bare, how the color behaves. With felt five kilos of aluminum foil on my head, I sit under an infrared heater an hour later and watch the goings-on.



Today, for once, there are no celebrities here at Melrose Place. For this, make-up stylist Stacy sits next to me with her Briard, the current Westcoast fashion dog. She lives in the neighborhood and can refresh the strands. Just like everyone else, she looks completely relaxed, wears a T-shirt and jeans and radiates the famous Californian nonchalance. And although Johnathan is often booked for film jobs and makes sets for the good sound, you can easily get him an appointment - with a maximum of four weeks waiting time, he promises.

At Madonna's Blond Johnathan would like to go: "It must be darker!"

Today, for once, there are no celebrities here at Melrose Place. For this, make-up stylist Stacy sits next to me with her Briard, the current Westcoast fashion dog. She lives in the neighborhood and can refresh the strands. Just like everyone else, she looks completely relaxed, wears a T-shirt and jeans and radiates the famous Californian nonchalance. And although Johnathan is often booked for film jobs and makes sets for the good sound, you can easily get him an appointment - with a maximum of four weeks waiting time, he promises.



My hairdresser at home, he says, I should do my best to pay close attention to how the hair falls before dyeing, and then to dye the fine hairs around the face with a thin brush, which looks more natural than millimeter-rectified stripes. For this she should use a thicker coloration. He also advises me to wear at least two, of course, not too bright strands of color. By the way, photos by Charlize Theron, Gisele Bundchen and Michelle Williams are allowed to go to the hairdresser, according to Johnathan they wear the perfect blonde. In contrast to Madonna, who is on top of his customer wish list: "It must be darker!"

After he's finished and the last bit of paint washed out, Christophe cuts my hair and blows it "sleek" so I can see the gradient better. "Looks great!": Everyone agrees on that - and a little later, my warm strawberry gold will shine in Hamburg's Hollywood splendor.

With these blond tips you can go to the hairdresser

Tip 1 Analyze the skin tone together with the professional. Who has very light skin with a reddish undertone, chooses the best gold tones. Who has a bluish skin undertone, resort to cool blondes.

Tip 2 When strands or when using the balayage technique different widths were tinted, an approach when growing out not so noticeable. For a complete blonde already.

Tip 3 Coordinate hairstyle and hair color. The shorter the hair, the brighter you can dye. Always noble: a bob in golden blond.

Tip 4 For darker initial hair color rather say goodbye to the allover blonde - the tone would be too yellow. In addition, the process is too gruesome for the hair.

PLATINUM BLONDE to SOFT BRUNETTE at HOME! | Professional Tips! (March 2024).



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