Hair Frosting Is the Prettiest New Take on Highlights

Whereas your thoughts might affiliate darker hair colours with chilly climate, there’s nothing like a shiny shade to drag you out of the winter blahs—which is why hair frosting is majorly trending proper now. 

The title would possibly think of a can of Duncan Hines or jarring early-2000s frosted ideas, however the method is far more pure than each. Mainly, it is a riff on conventional highlights that add refined pops of brightness all through your hair. “Hair frosting is a free-hand technique to color highlights on the floor of the hair,” says Bianca Hillier, a celeb hair colorist and Olaplex ambassador. “They’re deliberately positioned and have a pure grow-out, excellent for individuals who solely get their hair maintained a number of occasions a 12 months.” 

The super-natural look is achieved as a result of the highlights are painted straight on the hair, not on a foil, like you might be used to. Not solely does this offer you a much less exact look, however the lack of foil retains the colour on prime of the hair, as a substitute of shifting throughout it, explains Hillier. “A foil conducts warmth, and frosting doesn’t instigate any warmth and permits the chemical substances to behave on the formulated tempo,” she says. “These frosted bits really feel extra sheer and ribbon-like against a foil—dense and tinsel-like.”

Hillier says that the title “frosted” often refers to an icy tone, there’s room to wiggle and you may get the look with hotter, extra golden tones as nicely. “It’s all the time greatest to point out up with an inspiration picture of what you want, permitting the hair colorist to navigate what’s lifelike to attain and provides an intensive session,” she says. “With a frosted look everybody should think about their pores and skin tone and eye coloration with a view to complement what’s greatest for you.”

Different issues to contemplate? How a lot upkeep you need to decide to—it will decide the extent of brightness you go for—in addition to how pure you need the highlights to look, since they’ll vary from sun-kissed to full-on money-piece vibes. 

It doesn’t matter what shade or brightness stage you go together with, Hillier suggests asking your stylist for “delicate distinction with fluid frosted ideas,” to get the specified look. You will additionally need to improve your hair routine somewhat to make the highlights pop. “I all the time suggest my purchasers use Olaplex No. 6 Bond Smoother, and Olaplex No. 7 Bonding Oil at dwelling to provide the hair shine since cooler tones mirror much less mild than a golden heat tone,” she says. “I need all my purchasers to have probably the most sparkle potential.”

Bella Cacciatore is the wonder author at Glamour. Observe her on Instagram @bellacacciatore_.