HOW TO RECREATE SAFY B’S IRIDECENT ORBIT
Symmetry, balance and an explosion of colour.
Safy B tells us about her muse and how to create her Iridecent Orbit.
When Harriet comes to visit, it’s like a breath of fresh air. Over the past few years, Harriet has been my creative muse, allowing me to use her hair as a blank canvas for bringing my creative vision to life. Why would you not take a risk every now and then? In a world where people seem to be scared to stand out, it’s so refreshing when a client sits in my chair wanting a vivid transformation – and Harriet does just that.
Step By Step
- Pre-lighten the hair base to a clean level 10, creating the perfect canvas for the design.
- Using fine brushes, hand-stitch the design, starting at the centre and working outward to the sides to maintain balance and symmetry.
- Apply the pink layer first and fully process to lock in brightness. Gently rinse it before moving on to the next stage.
- I went back in with a purple colour again, using fine brushes for my line work. I used my fingers as a blending tool on the pattern, adding a tiny amount of pink and softly diffusing to give a shadow corner effect.
- To really make this look pop, I added a turquoise colour in the centres of this pattern, blending it back into the pink using my fingers to keep the transitions soft.
The symmetry, the balance and the explosion of color – what’s not to love about this look!
Colour Formula Used:
- Pre-lightening: Goldwell Oxycur Lightener with 10 vol.
- Pink: Goldwell Elumen Play Pink 12mls.
- Purple: Goldwell Elumen Play Purple 12mls + 1ml Black.
- Blue: Goldwell Elumen Play Metallic Petrol 12mls (now discontinued).
Safy B is a Finalist in the 2026 SB Awards’ Colour, and Creative Salon categories. For more inspo follow @safyb_salon on Insta.
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