New York Fashion Week kicked off this past weekend, and the timing is pretty convenient. From a fashion perspective, flipping through the week’s best street-style looks might provide you with seven fresh outfit ideas to make getting dressed in the winter fun again. Or, it might inspire your next hair-color appointment, considering there’s one shade trending in the front row: amber brown.
The exact color can be described as a warm-toned brunette, which almost reads as golden when the mid-afternoon sunlight hits. For proof of how the hair color is peaking in NYC, scroll through the street-style gallery, ahead. There you’ll find your above-the-neck color report, and the trendiest winter lift to bring to your next salon appointment.
Kendall Jenner‘s colorist Cassondra Kaeding recently shared the secret behind that the supermodel’s warm-brown color on her Instagram. Kaeding starts by painting on balayage highlights with Redken’s Blonde Idol High Lift, and follows up with a high-shine gloss.Photo: Christian Vierig/Getty Images.NYFW street-style stars have been styling the warm-brown tone across a range of textures, with this round Afro being one of the coolest takes.Photo: Donell Woodson/Getty Images.The trending shade of amber brown packs tons of shine on its own, but some sparkly stacked barrettes certainly don’t hurt.Photographed by Polly Irungu.Ask your colorist to blend a few lighter, almost-blonde pieces around the face and ends for an instant highlight. Photographed by Polly Irungu.Or concentrate the lighter tones toward the mid-lengths and ends to give your curls even more definition. Photographed by Polly Irungu.For an all-over lift, you can take the plunge with a warm-brunette single process — then accent the style with bangs and a headband.Photographed by Polly Irungu.On a cropped cut, amber brown looks even more striking — and provides the perfect frame for glowing, golden skin.Photographed by Polly Irungu.Here, you can see how the tone can veer from amber to auburn depending on how red you want to go.Photographed by Polly Irungu.If your amber highlight is blended into your mid-shafts and ends with balayage, you’ll get a bright, almost sprinkle of shine peeking through your ponytail.Photographed by Polly Irungu.
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