Award winning Men’s Hairdresser, Jim Shaw, shares his comments on the new season colour trends for men.

LILAC TONES

For men looking for a more daring hair colour for the Autumn season, lilac is a great choice for those with blonde hair already or those looking for a complete change and are happy to have their hair pre-lightened. On a clean, white base, a subtle glimmer of lilac will inject some fun into their look and give it a cool and edgy finish for the new season. This tone will also blend out well back to blonde but to ensure the colour lasts, ensuring your clients use a violet toning shampoo is essential!

HIGHLIGHTS & FROSTED TIPS

In the 90s/early 2000s, many Celebrities and Boyband Members experimented by adding blonde into their hair look through frosted tips and highlights pairing these with spikes or a super sleek almost wet finish to enhance the look. Frosted tips and blonde highlights are both back for 2024 for men looking to add some colour to their current hair look but with a more subtle, blended finish. Blonde shades will instead be a lot more toned down, using a cool/ash toner to create a softer, more wearable finish.

RICH CHOCOLATE HUES

As the weather gets colder, hair trends get warmer! Rich chocolate hues will be a huge trend throughout the season and look incredibly healthy and lustrous. For male clients who want to enhance a chocolate base, they can experiment by adding caramel toned highlights through their hair to give it added warmth and dimension too.

POWER PLATINUM

Platinum hair colour for men is not going anywhere anytime soon and platinum can instantly make a Client/s hair cut make more of a statement and be trendier. I particularly love teaming a platinum hue with a super short, textured cut for added edge. Following taking your Clients to this clean, ice white hue, be sure to spend some time with the Client discussing platinum upkeep at home too. Silver shampoos are great for keeping this icy white hue free from any yellow/brassy tones and hair care products including conditioners, masks, oils and creams are also advantageous for clients to use at home to keep hair damage at bay and the hair colour and condition looking its best between appointments.

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