Roaming le Ombre

One trend I've been seeing a lot of this spring is Ombre, faded hair. I'm really digging it. It perfectly highlights your hair as a sort of accessory–makes your outfit come together. I've been seeing some crazy colors fading in the tips of girls' hair, as well as natural-ish lightened, sun-kissed edges. Here's a look at this great style:

This look actually seems to work with all kinds of hair. It's all about accentuating what you've got to work with. I was surprised to find some examples of curly, ombre hair, since most of the hair we see all these crazy trends with tends to be straight, thin, blonde or honey hair. But, I've seen black and red ombre hair, as well as thick, and even short! If your hair is shorter or lighter, I can imagine it would look better if the color fading is more abrupt, whereas if you have dark or long hair, you can afford to fade it more gradually. Below, is a girl with medium colored brown hair, and it is extremely long, allowing her to fade the ombre color slowly. It also looks great with a braid in the front.

Here is a more subtle approach, looking more bohemian because of the lighter, front pieces, and it is also more natural, since there isn't a clear, definite color fade.  

Things are a little different when it comes to bright colors. It's more of a free-for-all, as seen below. Some of these start out one color, and fade to another, lighter, but still bright, color. Some of them start with a natural color and fade the edges, like the classic ombre above, but with a bright shade. Others, are almost dip-dyed, messily, but more noticeably. 

Pink seems to be a big fad in the case of colored ombre. It works very well with blonde hair, and this is where we see this the most. The photo above is one of my favorites because the color fades in so slowly, you get a nice peachy in the middle.

I don't know why, but it seems that colder colors look better with razor-straight hair, maybe because colder colors are more severe, and uncommon as a natural hair color. Curlier hair-types possibly look better with warmer colors. I have curly hair and I've started to slowly ombre my hair, not committing to a crazy color just yet! This is a good way to do it because you have a lot of control over what shades you want. You can always start with hydrogen peroxide dip-dying and then lying in the sun. Then you can keep getting lighter or go bold with a bright hue. Have fun with it! Can't wait to be seeing this all over this summer.