Hair colour gets an Indian twist with the new international hair colour trends

Hair colour isn’t just a trend anymore. It’s almost getting to be a habit. Just as women wear kajal, they are now wearing hair colour. The point of diffrenciation lies in technique and new colours. Watch how two stylists: Asha Hariharan of Mumbai and Raman Bharadwaj of Kolkata (members of the L’Oréal Professionnel Creative Hairdesigners Forum) use the new maji.lift series of luminous colours.

Highlight your hair with shades that go well with its natural colour, and opt for a hairstyle full of light and movement, they suggest. The maji.lift colours are inspired by nature and create an ambience where the woman exists in harmony with the colours of nature.

The Dune Woman
The Dune woman is interpreted as a desert flower, anonymous and wild, in harmony with her environment. Asha Hariharan from Beyond the Fringe Salons & Academy, says, “Hair fashion is moving away from the disintegrated torn out look and the emphasis is now towards a classic look with more structured angles and a well defined overall shape.

While blondes and a cocktail of beiges can create a high level of shine, precision is the key to colouring the Indian woman’s hair. Too much blonde can make the colour look too busy without enough purpose.

“The major option this season is still straight hair but without the excess flat, limp texture. Instead, soon a cocktail of honey, chocolate and blonde, precisely painted on super textured and glamorous, big volume hair will be seen.”

The Cut
According to Asha, “Candice’s hair is fine and very soft. The cut is designed to keep the natural weight of the hair and add movement to it.”

The Colour
“For this head of fine hair, I want a high level lift. I used the hilift shades from the maji.lift range of L’Oréal Profesionnel colours. Slices of 12.1, 12.3 and 13 have been used to give Candice’s hair the desired illusion of volume and movement. This results in a stunning combination of beautiful Ash Blonde and Soft Dark Blonde effects on natural hair.

The beauty of working with hair colours is that it allows the hairdresser to alter the volume, texture and movement of the hair. Candice’s fine hair requires an illusion of volume, which we achieve with the light colours.”

The Terracotta Woman
The Terracotta woman is earthy and ultra feminine and her hair reflects her warmth and sensuality. Warm blonde highlights with maji.lift shade number 12.1 while a touch of mahogany elegantly contrasts shiny, dark, natural hair.

Raman Bharadwaj of A N John Hair Studio, Kolkata, says, “The international look emphasises immaculate colouring, extreme sophistication and elegance, which I wanted to retain in my interpretation as these are qualities that women across the world can carry.

The hair colour however needed a bit of adaptation as the model Anchal has beautifully coloured eyes that get accentuated with a hair colour that has a tint of mahogany. Her skin can be offset with a bit of gold in the hair.”

The Cut
Raman adds, “Anchal has long, soft tresses that need a bit of texture to avoid them falling limp. With the texture also comes movement that accentuates her features.”

The Colour
“A combination of slices of maji.lift 12.1, 12.3 and 12.5 create movement in the whole hair as well as introduce light into the hair. The light pieces frame her face and bring focus to her eyes. The result is a beautiful combination: Cinnamon and Honey Gold effect in the hair, with black in the insides to further offset her beautiful skin.