As the temperature starts to change from cold and dry to sunny and breezy, so should your hair. We do “spring cleaning” for our homes, change our clothing and alter our skincare regimen – why wouldn’t the same theory apply to our hair?

When it comes to color, it’s important to take it step by step, just as the weather does. You don’t see the temperature changing from 30 to 80 degrees, and as a rule, you should never color your hair from dark to light in one step, as drastic change like this can wreak havoc. It’s important to start now and slowly change your color for healthy, damage-free hair.

Keep in mind that spring trends are multi-dimensional color, tone-on-tone, a la blonde-on-blonde and brown-on-brown. For redheads, I suggest going for more of a strawberry shade that is one shade lighter than your natural color, rather than blonde.

If you follow these basic rules, achieving vibrant, healthy color will be effortless this spring.

xx, Rita Hazan

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