Give Your Hair Colour A New Look

Refresh your look with some easy colour tweaks and expert tricks that will completely transform your hair for the rest of the year

- Sarah Cooper-White; Martinique Stevens

When it comes to feeling good, there’s little to beat a mood-boosting new hairdo. And with nothing but gloomy winter weather on the horizon, a fresh new look seems like the perfect pick-me-up.

But if you’re not sure a dramatic restyle is quite what you need, how about switching up your colour? Maybe you’ve been dyeing your hair the same shade for years and it’s just not working for your skin tone any more. Or perhaps those pesky greys are becoming evermore prevalent and you want to disguise them. It doesn’t need to be complicated or scary – “The smallest of changes can really update your hair colour,” says colour guru Josh Wood, who is responsible for Elle Macpherson’s gorgeously glossy colour. “Keep your hair hydrated to calm frizz and make the colour look shiny. And use a once-aweek mask to lock colour in as well as strengthen and moisturise.” From lightening your ends to changing the type of dye you’ve always used at home, try one of these simple updates and get the best hair you’ve ever had...

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