Learn all about the new smoky hair color technique!
What is it? color or technique?
It is a hair color technique based on smoky eye makeup and starts from darker to lighter with a smooth gradient. It has three shade bands and usually (sometimes), in shorter hair, two.
The colors we choose in the combinations are cool with a basic principle, the root to have depth, i.e. dark as in eye makeup, where the base starts dark.
A cool color, is it smoky hair?
Not because it’s a colour technique and not just a cool shade.
How is it done?
The smoky hair look may seem very simple but the truth is that it’s not that simple. You need proper preparation most of the time with balayage technique so that we have a proper base to get a beautiful result of the technique and then we create the smoky hair with a specific way of “style”, so that the colors can blend harmoniously with each other.
Can I do it without balayage?
Yes you can, but it won’t be as impressive as the colours won’t have the same intensity and gradation.
Can I do my own smoky hair at home?
No you can’t because it is a special technique that needs professional hands and proper training, as it is a very new technique and still very few hairdressers know it.
Can I do in all colours?
Yes there is a very wide range of colours you can do this technique even in cold red shades.
Does it look like ombré?
We could perhaps say that it is similar, but no, it is not the same. It has a much smoother gradient. The one colour comes in perfect harmony with the other as it opens downwards compared to the ombré, which is very different and the colours are intense. In ombré the colours can be both warm and cool.
Are you ready for your own smoky hair look?
