Now trending thanks to\u00a0Jack Howard,\u00a0the man who brought us babylights: ecaille hair color, otherwise known as tortoiseshell. \”I stumbled upon it about four weeks ago,\” the London-based Valentino Sneakers Sale colorist (or is it colourist?) told us\u00a0over the phone. \”A friend of mine in California had posted some pictures on Instagram, and it seems to be a trend. We’re moving away from ombr\u00e9 and onto this richer sort of brunette variation.\”
Before you put on your cynical hats, let’s look at the positives\u00a0of this alleged \”trend,\” shall we? Ombr\u00e9 has begun to feel a bit tired and overdone. So, almost\u00a0anything new on the hair-color front\u00a0is more than welcome.\u00a0
\”To be clear,\u00a0this isn’t so much a dye\u00a0technique as it is a color,\” Howard says. \”Think of tortoiseshell and all the colors that come in it: golden blondes, chestnuts, mahogany, chocolate, honey, and all those lovely, warm tones.\” It sounds delicious, sure, but the key here is that it’s Valentino Shoes multidimensional, which means many tones\u00a0are being painted \u2014 not foiled, Howard notes \u2014 into the hair.
The poster woman for\u00a0tortoiseshell\u00a0is Gisele B\u00fcndchen, but Howard also points to Khlo\u00e9 Kardashian and Jessica Alba as early adopters of the trend. \”You see balayage through the mid-sections in alternating tones, and then lightness, usually in the form of http://www.google.com/ golden tones or deep-honey shades, in the front of the face, which helps to brighten the eyes. It’s just a richer, more luxurious feeling than ombr\u00e9.\”
That is certainly inarguable \u2014 all of these ladies have sophisticated, expensive-looking locks. (And, just imagine what all these tones of highlights will do in spiral curls.) \”Ombr\u00e9 can feel solid, or colorblocked,\” Howard says. \”Think of this as ombr\u00e9’s moodier sister. It’s just a fresh take