The Best Hair Colour for the Autumn Season

October 14, 2022 SBS Hair 0 Comments

The first conkers have dropped, the leaves have turned a beautiful golden colour, and pumpkin spiced lattes are back on the menu. This can mean one thing. Autumn is here! This season is arguably the best, and it's the calm before the storm for many salons. It won't be long before your staff are rushed off their feet, and there's not an available booking for weeks.

During this period, many salons see a surge in hair colour treatments as clients adapt to the new season with warmer tones and styles. We explore the best colours for your clients to enhance that radiant glow during the Christmas period.

Bold and Beautiful Brunettes

Whether it's a new colour or embracing a natural tone, the brunette look is perfect for the autumnal months. Bringing warmth to a cold time of year, this colour offers beautiful elegance and shine. In addition, with the cold weather drying hair out, avoiding bleaches and opting for more natural colours will prevent hair from becoming brittle and damaged. If you happen to have clients with already damaged hair, consider using our INNOluxe #SAVED shampoo and conditioner, guaranteed to help give life back to hair which may still be suffering from the damaging summer heat.  

However, whilst brunette is a beautiful colour, finding the correct shade for your clients is essential. The right colour will all depend on their skin tone. Warm skin tones suit darker shades such as dark chocolate and dark ash brown. Alternatively, if your client has cooler skin tones, a deep brown may give their complexion a washed-out look. For this reason, we recommend a warmer shade such as burnt sienna and tawny brown brunette.

The gorgeous shade pictured above is the EVERYGREEN Deco 9 with O&M CLEAN.Liquids 5.8 and 7.3.

Warm Blondes for Autumn

Although blonde is a summer colour, we love a darker blond for autumn. It offers a softer shade whilst still keeping hair light and bright. If your client is a natural blonde, this gorgeous colour offers lower maintenance than changing their colour to a deeper shade. In addition, blonde tones will suit almost every skin tone, meaning it is a very flexible style to work with.

The additional bonus with dark blond is that it isn't as much of a commitment as your clients think. With some lighter dark blonde highlights, you can lift the hair without complete dedication, and it offers a great way to add depth and volume to styles without a complete makeover.

The stunning blonde shade pictured above is the O&M Cream Whip with O&M CLEAN.Liquids 8.34 and 9.3.

Add Some Festive Colour

Although Christmas isn't quite here yet, adding some beautiful autumnal colours to hair can be a great way to get into the festive season early. There are some gorgeous shades which can make clients feel elegant and bold without feeling too extreme. For example, burgundy and fuchsia highlights are the perfect way to add colour to hair to offer a vibrant and stylish appeal.

Other shades which work well throughout the autumn periods are lavender and purples. These colours add beautiful warmth and texture and are ideal for clients with naturally blonde hair that wish to get creative with colour. When using bold colours, you will need to make sure that you use products that will help the colour last between visits. We thoroughly recommend EVERYGREEN Colour Protect Mask, which will nourish and protect coloured hair, leaving it glossy and beautiful for clients, giving them a showstopping look they will love.

Finally, copper is a shade that comes back every autumn without fail, and this year its golden glow is proving popular across Europe and beyond. Stay on-trend and introduce copper with gold reflexes to your locks this autumn for the perfect low maintenance look with a whole lot of dimension.

Add Texture with Ombre and Highlights

Ombre has been a favourite for clients for many years and, when done correctly, offers beautiful dimensions to style and texture. This is perfect for clients who don't wish to commit to overall colour and will suit every skin tone regardless of shade. With ombre hair shading, you can choose various techniques that can highlight clients' natural complexions.

Highlights are another way to embrace the warmth of hair without full colour. By choosing colours like copper and light browns, you could offer clients texture and a hairstyle that screams style. This trend has never disappeared due to the sophisticated and sleek look it can give, without the high-maintenance many all-over colours require. We offer a range of products for coloured hair that can help to maintain the beautiful shine and vibrant colours within our coloured hair products that are certainly worth stocking up on for this season.

The stunning ombre look pictured above was achieved using EVERYGREEN Deco 9 with O&M CLEAN.Liquids 9.3 and 9.6.

Products to Protect Coloured Hair

When it comes to colours, it is essential to have the right products to protect hair, especially vulnerable hair. So we offer a vast selection of professional hair care brands, all of which we have tried and tested to make sure we can offer our customers only the best products for their clients.

Maintaining Your Colour

Keeping your hair shiny, healthy, and in perfect condition during autumn and winter can be tricky, but with our products from EVERYGREEN, Nine Yards, and INNOluxe, it’s never an issue. For example, the EVERYGREEN Anti-Frizz range is the perfect set of every day hair products to keep your hair in great condition, no matter the weather. Additionally, EVERYGREEN Botodeep is also a great choice for those with coloured hair, as it gives your locks visibly more volume and shine.

If volume is something your coloured hair needs this autumn then also consider Nine Yards’ range of volumising products, Go Loud shampoo and Big Noise Conditioner, each with protecting elements to keep your colour in check.

Finally, as mentioned the INNOluxe #Saved range is super effective for damaged or coloured hair as it provides protection without weighing it down. This range, with the ELIXIER as the cherry on top will save many hair dye lovers this autumn.

We have products to support every hair colour, from bouncy blonde bobs to deep luscious brunette locks. As a specialist in eco-friendly salon products, you can be sure that when using most of our products, you are taking a step to become a sustainable and environmentally friendly salon.

Please browse through our extensive collection of responsible hair care products today. All of our products can be ordered online and delivered to you.