

When red appears in this season it is a little deep and a lot faded. Trust that you might know something they don’t. Sure, they are experts and should be respected as such but don’t defer on this one. They may have fantastic technical and styling knowledge but it rarely includes the 12 Tone system and its framework for natural beauty. Maybe they just personally prefer the look of really light hair.

Maybe they feel obliged to give you a little change every visit or pamper you with something extra. Hair professionals often have their own aesthetics and motivations. It can be a challenge resisting Spring blondes, believing they add lift. Never forget your season’s unique combination of lowlights and highlights. So, if you’re a Soft Autumn and love your blonde, uphold the warmth.Įxplore richer shades if you want to successfully replicate your innate colour dimension.Īnd consider blonde as a colour among many rather than all-over. (Take another look at the picture of Mischa Barton above to see what I mean.) Many light browns will read as plenty blonde on you. Your value scale is different to people from seasons who can go full, all-out light. She was interested in a different form of expression.įor the most natural Soft Autumn blonde, you will need to be discerning. Marilyn Monroe was a knockout but nobody believed for one second her high-maintenance bombshell beauty was remotely natural. They are not pearly or platinum, butter, champagne, Nordic blonde or bright gold. These blondes are honey, caramel or pale toffee. How does that translate to Soft Autumn blonde? Warm, soft and dark vs cool, soft and light. Soft Autumns must, must, must have some depth.Ĭompare Soft Autumn with six seasons, all lighter in value. Spring blonde will look like a wig on a Soft Autumn, quite disconnected from the person.Ĭooler Summer blondes create grey shadows across a Soft Autumn face and are ageing.īlondes this light and delicate just don’t have magic in the Soft Autumn context. So “light” hair or eyes do not necessarily equate to higher value. Some Dark Autumns have hair we might describe as blonde.īlue eyed Dark Winters do walk amongst us. Perhaps if you could replicate your precise childhood colour, with all its natural dimension, that may be so.īut there’s actually no guarantee it remains the case later in life. There’s a belief that if a person has some blonde naturally - even if it was only in childhood or a few summer sun streaks - it means all-over blonde in adulthood is flattering. However without a good foundation knowledge in colour it can be easy to mix up the two, especially if the Soft Autumn in question is quite fair. Soft Autumn shares a key characteristic with Light Spring.īoth are warm-neutral transitions with Summer.īut really, that’s about it - the value and chroma are otherwise pretty different. Understanding value is really important to avoid this mistake. Opting for all-over blonde that’s too high in value is the most common natural beauty error I see amongst Soft Autumns. The idea here is just to give you a general benchmark. There are always surprises and outliers and never enough space to showcase everything. There is far greater diversity in human pigmentation than what I talk about in this post. Remember, this is not a comprehensive discussion.

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Here are some examples of harmonious hair for Soft Autumns from fair to red to dark, plus a few warmer or cooler examples thrown in. Ok, so I can use all these lovely words to describe Soft Autumn hair, but what does it actually look like? What’s the best road to great Soft Autumn hair? Others notice a level of depth works yet end up with brunettes deeper than they can balance. The result is pigmentation that can be mistakenly perceived as higher in value than it really is.Īlternatively some Soft Autumns recognise their warmth but push a little too far into True Autumn heat. This means Soft Autumns sometimes appear quite fair while actually needing a lot more darkness than expected. The result is a gentle, earthy palette that’s a little greyed and a lot dusty.Īlthough overall the season is dark, that’s only compared with high value (light) seasons.
