Chocolate-Brown Hair-Colour Trend
The Chocolate-Brown Hair-Colour Trend Looks as Good as It Sounds
Chocolate makes for a decadent treat that you just can't help but lick off the spoon, but if you really look at the rich, deep brown colour of the sweet, you might notice it also makes an inspired hair colour for brunettes. Because of this, the chocolate-brown hair-colour trend is going viral on TikTok and shaping up to be a popular choice for anyone with dark hair — or looking to go darker — this year.
Not only does the shade just sound nice (doesn't it make you hungry?), but it's also a really pretty, dimensional brown. Picture the chocolatey swirls in a bar of candy or brownie mix, then visualise that colour on your head.
What Is Chocolate-Brown Hair?
"Imagine the colour of a brownie as the level of the brunette background of this trend," Matt Rez, celebrity hairstylist and Redken brand ambassador, tells POPSUGAR. He describes the colour as "a dark-to-medium neutral-brown base accentuated with cool-gold balayage highlights interwoven throughout the perimeter." But that's not all — to really make the colour pop and take your chocolate-brown hair with highlights up a notch, you need to incorporate small money pieces at the front of the head, framing the face and drawing the eye in.
Chocolate hair is flattering on all skin tones "as long as the level of the colour is adjusted to the lightness or darkness of their eye colour and [the] overall tone of the silhouette complements the client's skin tone," Rez says. As with any good hair-colour treatment, a professional stylist will be able to make these tweaks to ensure you find the perfect chocolate-brown hair-dye concoction for you and leave with your best version of the colour.
Those who have existing deep-brunette hair with gold highlights, similar to the "winter gold" hair-colour trend, should consider getting a gloss treatment to help enhance their colour and bring it to a dark chocolate-brown hair colour. Rez recommends the Redken Shades EQ Gloss, which is a salon-only treatment. "Especially the new Natural Chocolates line, to add dimension, shine, and condition," he says.
Sounds delicious, doesn't it? Ahead, get a helping of brownie-batter-brunette hair-colour inspiration.
