NEXT HAIR COLOUR CRAZE - YOU GAME?

Electric blue, lime green or shocking pink... Ever wonder what hair colour is too much for you? Well, the answer is that nothing is really too much if you know how to get it done right.

According to this article in The New York Times, hair trend is leaving the safe palette and going for shock locks.

LONG before Charlotte Free, the of-the-moment fashion model, became known for her brightly colored hair, which ranges from pale to neon pink, women in New York City were dousing their manes in Crayola hues. The coloring process has not changed much since the days of ’80s punk rockers and ’90s grunge enthusiasts (jars of Manic Panic dye are still a popular way to get the look), but the patterns, placement and mood of these “shock locks” have evolved.

Some women are even wearing them to the office, as does Numidas Prasarn, 26, who works at the visitor center at the Brooklyn Museum. She keeps her purple hair long and simply styled.

“It is a conscious effort to address how I feel every day,” Ms. Prasarn said of the coordination her coif requires. “Do I feel like going with this color or fighting against it?”

Ms. Prasarn’s hair is monochromatic, but Sally Hershberger, a celebrity hairstylist with salons in New York and Los Angeles, cited “cascading tips” as one way of incorporating brightness that “feels fresh now.” (Ombré — a gradation of color — and tie-dye effects have also become popular.)

Ms. Hershberger added that the entertainers Nicki Minaj, Hayley Williams and Katy Perry, all of whom have gone bright in one fashion or another, have all influenced her customers.

“Because of them, a lot of the hip chicks want their hair done like that,” she said. Coloring extensions has become popular, she said. “And they’re also doing pink fading into purple."

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