Why all-over brunette is the hair colour of autumn 2023
Booked in for balayage? Think again. Block hair shades are back
After years of highlights, lowlights, balayage and bleach, we’re returning to block-coloured hair. The kind we were born with, but a little, well, better. Forget pumpkin spice latte, rodeo red, candlelit brunette, Bambi blonde and blorange, the new season palette is reassuringly old-school. “Loads of clients have come back from summer ready for a colour change,” says Amy Fish, head colourist at Larry King. “One that’s strong from root to tip.”
In an age of simplicity, when normcore dominates the way we dress, one-dimensional hair comes into its own. Blending in is the new standing out. Two years ago balayage hinted at a sun-drunk summer, now it’s ubiquitous and screams “the salon” — which doesn’t exactly chime with the prevailing less-is-more beauty mood. “The beachy
