Trend alert: Colour your hair like Gisele Bündchen

Listen up, because there’s been a shift in the follicle forecast. 2014 was all about balayage, but a more natural trend is on the horizon for 2015: the ecaille tortoiseshell ombré.
It involves elevating the natural colours of your hair by introducing caramel and golden highlights. Think a slightly richer and darker version of your natural hair colour, paired with golden, honey colours and a whole lotta shine. While balayage features a dramatic change in colour, this version of ombré has softer, more blended hues.
The poster girl for tortoiseshell tresses is Gisele Bündchen, but we’ve seen a few other early adopters to the trend: Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley.
If you want to join them, here are some helpful tips about what to ask for next time you visit the salon:
- Just in case your stylist doesn’t know of the new technique yet, bring in a picture (or five).
- Explain the key elements to make your vision a little clearer. Say you’d like to darken the base colour and add some serious gloss.
- Tell your colourist to focus on vibrant, face-framing highlights for the front while adding softer pieces around the rest of your head. Remember to ask for various tones. While you’re not looking for ombré, you are after a graduation from dark at the roots to light at the end.
What do you think of the tortoiseshell colour trend?
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She is gorgeouse and her hair is always on pointe
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This trend is dying out now, which is a shame because when done well it was nice. Wouldn’t personally ever die my own hair though.
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Love the colour but I would never go blonde I know it wouldn't suit me but I don't mind it on other people & admiring it.
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Who is Giselle's colourist. That person has serious talent
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I have a beautiful natural looking ombré, it is so easy to maintain and looks great
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She does have amazing hair and I love the highlights very beautiful
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I love that this article tells you what to ask for. I live in a country town and when I asked for a lob they just stared at me....not really big on trends here. Most people think ombre is where you just bleach your ends so you have a super obvious brassy mess
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Oh yes please blends in so well
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It looks better on my kitty :D
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I love it. But it's still very much like balayage. Mine's similar to this at the moment.
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looks so lovely
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Really love this hair style. I'd look awful as a full-on blonde, but this type of colour could work on me (I hope)
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Wasn't Gisele the original for balayage? I love her hair!
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Looks absoutely gorgeous
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Love love love her hair. My hair is very dark and never been dyed so dnt think this is going to work for me.
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I love her hair but I still don't know what ecaille is o.O
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It looks lovely on her.
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Looks great on Gisele.
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Wow! Looks great on Giselle but With my dark hair it will not work.
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