If Monet styled hair on the side, he'd be so into 2016's newest color craze.
Hair color brand Pravana's artistic color director Vadre Grigsby developed the hair painting technique to resemble that of watercolor painting. The result is a head of tresses with semi-transparent colors intricately laid over one another.
After lightening the recipient's hair to to a white sandy blonde, Grigsby mixes Pravana Vivid Locked-In colors (the "paint") with Pravana Vivid Clear (the "water") to lessen the intensity of each shade. This allows for more interesting blends of colors and helps Grigsby craft the watercolor result she wants.
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As with actual watercolor painting, Grigsby's brush strokes are emotive and somewhat haphazard — leading to a head of hair as unique as the artist who thought up the technique.
Those interested in the watercolor hair look may be excited to learn, then, that even if others embrace the trend, no two watercolor heads will look identical.
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Though the trend resembles many other hair crazes that have come and gone — summer pearl hair or galaxy hair — Grigsby's conceptual technique brings a new level of artistry to the world of hair color. Plus, there's something to be said for the subtle saturation watercolor hair painting requires.
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Want watercolor hair of your own? See Pravana's video for step-by-step instructions, but this probably isn't a DIY kind of thing. A disclaimer on the video states that techniques used on Pravana's YouTube channel are recommended for licensed professionals only.