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Long Live Healthy Blonding

This season we are seeing a lot of healthy, long blonde hair to accommodate on-trend styles like the messy braid, retro waves and posh updos. From Clairol's Perfect 10 translucent ash blonde hues that minimize brassy tones, to brilliant light blonde shades which add natural tones and highlights, Perfect 10 transforms every blonde into a bombshell. With its no-ammonia, 10 minute formula, Perfect 10 leaves your hair in glossy, shiny condition with radiant color, keeping your long blonde locks healthy-looking and feeling for those sexy summer styles!

Helpful Color Hints:

• If this is your first time blonding, then you should apply the lightening mixture to your roots last. Heat from your scalp will accelerate the lightening process, so your roots will need less time to become as light as your tips.
• A strand test will indicate your optimal blonding time. Darker starting colors will go through more stages of lightening, so you may see red, orange or gold tones during the lightening process — leave the mixture on longer to remove these.

Red’s Aren’t Just for Fall

Typically a popular story as the leaves turn red, we are seeing more of a continuation of reds and auburns crossing over to the warmer months.

Helpful Color Hints:

• Don’t be afraid to experiment with red! Match your current color to the shade match on the back of the box. The next image will demonstrate how your color will appear with your selected shade.
• If you are within two levels of a Perfect 10 red shade, your hair can take on a lovely red undertone, enhancing your shade in a bold way.

Remix of the Modern Brunette

Instead of brunettes being only categorized as light or dark, the remix refers to a shade with a breadth of tones –subtle nuances reflected by the light and the way your hair moves. Remixing with Perfect 10 is especially easy! A simple tweak of your shade offers a unique translation of the trend, remixing your color “strategy,” allowing for subtle undertones to your glossy brunette.

Helpful Color Hints:

• Save the remaining conditioner to use weekly for optimal color, shine and softness — and enjoy your high gloss hair color for up to 8 weeks.
• If you are typically a neutral brown, try a warmer brown in the same tone category (e.g. switching from 4, Dark Brown to 4G, Dark Golden Brown).