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Babylights are super finely woven highlights which add a hint of sun-kissed softness and light to your hair. Their fine weave enables them to blend beautifully with your base colour,…

Transform your naturally deep brown or black locks by adding dimension and softening your colour with highlights. Highlights add light-catching dimension to the hair and are less damaging than an…

There’s a time and a place for all things. We are huge fans of babylights and foilyage. BUT we have all had times in our life when commitments leave us…

Subtle hints of strawberry, or bold, bright copper highlights create an amazingly beautiful colour finish. Rich, bright highlights can be achieved by finishing your highlights with copper or mahogany based…

Blonde highlights let you lighten and brighten your overall colour and soften your silhouette. They are a beautiful addition to almost all base colour levels. You can achieve fabulous blonde…

Considering lightening your lovely locks? Contemplating adding a bit more depth? We explore the possibilities and limitations around lightening and adding depth when colouring at home. The Colour Levels The…

Our highlights kit and accessories bundle include everything you need to create beautifully soft face-framing highlights or babylights at home. You can also achieve a soft, naturally sun-kissed balayage effect…

Great colour needs hair which is in great condition. Hair needs to be healthy and strong to properly absorb and hold colour, to look its best, and to maintain strength,…

The Shade’s 27 vol developer has been specifically formulated to cover stubborn greys. It can also be used to achieve a bit more lift (if used with a lighter colour…

What is Semi-Permanent Hair Colour? A semi-permanent colour is any colour blended with our 5 vol developer. Semi-permanent hair colour adds shine and refreshes or changes tone without lightening or…

Your developer activates your colour and your developer selection will determine the finish, coverage, lift and duration that you achieve when you apply a colour + developer blend. Developers contain…

Toners are hard-working miracle-workers which will fine-tune and refine your colour, delivering lustrous, long-lasting tone and shine to your locks. Toners: Correct colour and tone, enhance, refine and add dimension…

Semi-permanent colours add lustrous shine and shimmering reflect to your base colour, without lifting, drying or damaging your hair. What is a semi-permanent colour? Semi-permanent colour is a gentle colour…

Looking for a colour refresh in a lighter colour range? If your natural base colour be between level 6 light brown, through to the lightest natural blonde, there are many…

The Shade is proud to offer colour products which are free from many problematic ingredients: Why choose ammonia-free colour? Many consumers prefer ammonia-free colour, whether for salon or at home…

Many hair colour products contain toxic chemicals that can be harmful to our scalp and may cause an allergic reaction and damage or irritate your hair and scalp. The following…

When the greys inevitably appear, a new set of choices awaits you. You can lean in and embrace the changes that nature delivers. Or, if you don’t want to see…

Warm secondary tones are naturally present in everyone’s hair. Warm tones quickly become visible during lightening. Some people’s hair throws more warmth than others. You may find that it can…

Blending colours can let you combine the best of two colours and smash your hair goals. Our Duo Colour Kits let you blend colours to achieve a colour blend which…

Colouring over greys won’t always give you the same colour result as colouring over naturally pigmented hair. Grey colour coverage can require more considered colour selection. Natural pigments provide a…