The ombré hair trend has evolved since its popular inception in 2000 -- thanks, Aaliyah. The dyeing technique escalated into a full-on fad in 2014. It seemed that everywhere you looked your eyes met with a head full of transitionally colored locks.
Two years have passed, and we now have next the generation of ombré -- color-melting.
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This new dyeing technique focuses on blurring the lines between different shades, thus trading in choppy color division for subtle progression. The look is achieved by blending several highlight shades together so the colors appear like they're melting into one another.
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"While there are many ways to achieve this color, the end result is always a hair color that has no stripes, no lines and no drastic variation in tones,"celebrity stylist Umberto Savone told Mashable. "Shades are one, two or three apart depending on the boldness wanted. Then hair is glossed to tone, and [the stylist] blend[s] the colors together for seamless, multi-dimensional color."
Umberto also suggested adding tonal accent layers where the hair "begs for movement."
A photo posted by MARIAH CARTY (@hairbymoo) on Jan 20, 2016 at 1:34pm PST
Color-melting takes ombré a step beyond more traditional balayage techniques — making gradual color changes so seamless you can barely notice where one shade ends and another begins.
It's time to have a total color meltdown.
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