Why the pastel ice cream hair trend is here to stay
Pastel ice cream hair is a colour statement that is here to stay. From the super cool barista that prepared your morning cappuccino to your favourite celebrity walking the Met gala red carpet, this hair colour trend is everywhere. A quick glance at your Instagram or Pinterest feeds will reinforce what we already know – the tranquil, calm shades of your favourite ice cream flavours are a trend that has become a fashionista staple.
Dannii Minogue’s Raspberry Sorbet Hair Colour
Our clients are flocking to our chairs coveting blueberry cheesecake, cherry creamsicle, mint choc chip, strawberry, peach, licorice and every flavour in between! Understanding how to personalise this trend will improve client loyalty and increase revenue.
Ice Cream Hair Shades online colouring course
At MHDPro we’ve put together the ultimate ice cream shades colouring tutorials to offer you an advanced online course that will provide you with a range of hair colour application and placement techniques to inspire your ice cream hair shades services. Working with the best hair colourists today, you will be guided through 5 lessons to produce these soft, feminine on trend colours to suit clients of every demographic.
Peach toned ice cream shades
Emma Robert’s Summer Peach Ice Cream Shade
Emma Roberts revelled stunning peach toned hair on the Oscars’ red carpet this February and the look crashed search engines across the globe! In lesson 1 of our online colouring course, MHDPro Instructor and La Biosthetique Creative Colour Director Andrea Bennett teaches a cool twist on the peach hair colour trend. Using a fusion of interlocking pastel shades you will learn how to contour a hairstyle of any length to add dimension to a peach hue.
Lesson 1 – Interlocking Pastel Shades Hair Colour by Andrea Bennett
Multidimensional ice cream shades
Multidimensional ice cream shades enhance natural texture
Pastel multidimensional shades are everywhere and the perfect way to enhance natural texture. In lesson two of our collection Bruno Elorrioroz, Aveda Advance Artistic Director, provides you with a melted balayage application using triangular sections to achieve an ice cream shades look that maintains elements of the client’s natural hair colour. This technique is super salon friendly.
Lesson 2 – Multi-Dimensional Melted Balayage by Bruno Elorrioroz
Accentuate a hairstyle with ice cream shades
Accentuate a hairstyle with ice cream shades
Multidimensional colour application is a perfect way to enhance a multitude of hairstyles and a fantastic way to provide your client with flexibility once they leave the salon. In lesson 3 of our online Ice Cream Shades colouring course Andreas Kurkwitz teaches panel application to accentuate a hairstyle’s internal shape which will provide your client with endless hairstyle possibilities.
Lesson 3 – Steel and Pastel Pigments Hair Colour by Andreas Kurkowitz
Lilac toned ice cream shades
Nicole Richie’s Glamorous Liliac toned hair
The lilac ice cream shade trend is one of the most popular and brought to our attention by the uber cool glamour that Nicole Richie exuded with this hue. In our 4th lesson Tracy Hayes, Global Head of Technical Training for Fudge, teaches you how to utilise a three-tier colour application with lilac inspired ice cream hues. The perfect hair colouring technique for enhance shorter graduated hairstyles.
Lesson 4 – Three Tier Colour by Tracy Hayes
Black licorice toned ice cream shades
Rhianna’s black licorice toned colour melt
This moody hue is the perfect ice cream hair shade for our clients that don’t want to look too sweet! It’s an excellent choice for a colour melt, as worn by Rhianna or an all over hue as demonstrate in the final lesson of our ice cream shades tutorial with Bee Dixon.
Lesson 5 – Pure Tone Hair Colour by Bee Dixon
Complete your CPD with MHDPro.com
With MHDPro.com’s online colouring course you can perfect your ice cream hair shades colouring techniques in a time and place that suites you best. Once you complete your course and upload your evidence you will be able to download a CPD Certificate of Recognition to display in your salon or share across your social media profiles.
The Ice Cream Shades trend is here to stay and updating your skill-set and knowledge on producing these soft pastel feminine looks will help you to positively foster client loyalty and growth!
Looking for some ice cream shades inspiration. Check out our mood board on Pinterest.
