How to get shadow roots

How to get shadow roots

The best low-maintenance blonde looks for 2023: from soft balayage to graduated honey blonde. Discover the coolest colour options for blondes, as recommended by the experts

At Davines, our salon clients often ask about how to make their blonde look last longer, giving them the colour they want without having to worry too much about regrowth. That’s why Tom Connell, Davines Hair Art Director, decided to develop two fresh new shadow root looks that offer a chance to go blonde in a low maintenance way.
  • What is shadow root blonde?
  • Soft balayage with shadow roots
  • NEW! Instant Bonding Glow
  • Graduated honey blonde with dark roots
  • UV protection for shadow blonde hair
  • Create your perfect at-home blonde hair routine
  • Ask your Davines stylist about shadow roots

What is a shadow root blonde?

Shadow root blonde is exactly what it sounds like - a blonde look with darker, more ‘shadowy’ roots. Unlike normal regrowth roots, however, these are deliberately created so that they appear natural and follow the growth of your hair. This means you can feel confident for longer, and don’t need to touch up your look nearly as frequently. The subtle effect also makes going back to your natural colour that much easier, which is perfect if you’re experimenting or if you like to change your look regularly.

Soft balayage with shadow roots

 
The look

This soft balayage look evolves with the natural fall of the hair, complementing individual skin tones and darker roots. It’s ideal for fine to medium textures and medium to long lengths.
 
In salon care treatment

Extend the shine of your new soft balayage shadow root look with our Instant Reinforcing Glow salon care treatment. Using our dedicated Heart of Glass blonde hair line, this treatment will boost strength and softness too, while extending the duration and intensity of your colour.

Graduated honey blonde with dark roots

The look

Blending seamlessly through the hair, this graduated honey blonde look is lighter around the face to highlight the eyes and skin tones, gradually deepening towards the back. Placement can be bright and bold or subtle and discrete, reflecting your personality and your hair’s natural tendencies. Perfect for medium length curly or coily hair with medium to thick texture.
 
In salon care treatment

Extend the vitality of your blonde with our Fortifying and Elasticizing Blonde salon care treatment, which is designed to give blonde curls an extra boost of strength, hydration and elasticity. It’s ideal for repairing and reinforcing the hair, while offering thermal and UV protection.

UV protection for shadow blonde hair

For a low maintenance hair colour and added elasticity that gives hair more vitality and makes it easier to style, use our hero product, Heart of Glass Sheer Glaze, an illuminating fluid that provides hydration and shine while protecting against heat and UV damage. 

Create your perfect at-home blonde hair routine

The best way to bring your blonde look to life is to take time to use dedicated home care products for blonde hair. We designed the Heart of Glass range especially for the unique needs of natural and cosmetically coloured and treated blonde hair, with active ingredients including:
  • Baobab extract, a natural alternative to silicone
  • Biacidic bond complex to strengthen and repair the hair fiber
  • Illuminating amino complex to promote extra shine and hydration
  • Jagua blue extract, our natural alternative to synthetic pigments, which illuminates blondes and offers a gentle colour tone control action for both warm and cool shades

 

Gently cleanse and clarify both natural and cosmetically treated blonde hair with our dedicated shampoo, which uses Jagua blue extract to balance unwanted tones and gives you the look you’re after.

 

Our dedicated conditioner for blondes provides intense hydration to the hair, fortifying hair fibers with two key active ingredients - the Biacidic bond complex conceived to prevent and recover hair damage and the Baobab extract, our botanical alternative to silicones, which restores hair’s elasticity and makes it easier to comb.