Warm blonde hair inspo

Warm blonde hair color provides an instant brightening boost that you might be craving as the onset of warm, sunny days are here. Warm blonde hair shades include an array of hues that can flatter every skin tone and include golden, strawberry, amber, honey, and butterscotch shades.

What’s so versatile about warm blonde locks is that it can be so achievable. If you have very light, cool blonde hair right now, you can warm up your locks with a buttery boost of balayage. If you are a brunette looking for a warmer and lighter shade, try caramel blonde balayage/highlights. 

Take our word for it: there is a blonde for you. Ahead are some of our favorite and most recent warm blonde clients.

This warm bronde shade adds golden blonde for a naturally sun-kissed look. 

Enhance a neutral base with a buttery balayage for a shade that looks totally lit from within for that glow! 

Baby blonde is perfect if you're looking to lighten up from roots to ends. It’s typical for this shade to use balayage highlights or babylights to blend the warm shades of warm platinum and gold into the hair for a dimensional look.

This buttery & light shade looks beautiful with a warm base and is the perfect shade of blonde for ladies looking to brighten up for the summer months. 

All hair featured in this post by Noelle at ash salon.

Heatless hair hacks

Summer is the perfect season to go heat-free. By heat-free, we're talking heatless hairstyles. You probably feel best and the most confident when your hair is 'done' and whether you lack time or want to avoid hot tools, you can achieve a polished hairstyle with zero heat!

Our tips to achieve no-heat hair perfection:

1. Use a product made for air-styling.

R+Co's new Cool Wind pH Perfect Air-Dry Crème helps you achieve sleek styles without the heat. The hydrating cream controls, tames, and softens hair to ease the styling process, so that hair looks beautiful all day long. 

The key ingredients include pH Balancing Melon + Apricot Extracts, moisturizing Mango Butter, and Coconut Water to provide softness and deeply hydrate your strands. 

Using Cool Wind pH Perfect Air-Dry Crème is super simple: Work through towel-dried hair and style as desired. Then air dry.

2. Make the most of your natural texture.

Use your natural texture to your advantage to style your hair without heat. By applying R+Co's Cool Wind pH Perfect Air-Dry Crème, use your fingers to define your waves or curls with your fingers and then let your hair dry completely by air. Even better: take a trip outside and bask in the sun for a few minutes to accelerate the drying process.

3. Wrap, bun, or braid your hair for a smooth style.

Hair wrapping has been around for a long time for good reason. Its results are a smooth, polished look. An easier method with more of a fun twist with waves is to create 2-4 buns or braids after applying R+Co's Cool Wind pH Perfect Air-Dry Crème to wet or damp hair.  Once your hair has dried, take your hair down and brush into your desired shape and style. 

Visit ash salon to pick up your Cool Wind pH Perfect Air-Dry Crème.

Summer beach waves

Is your summer hair repertoire a messy bun or pony? Once the weather hits the high double digits or even triple digits, creating an elaborate hairstyle is the last thing at the top of your mind. 

While you can always count on a bun or pony, why not try an easy style that will complement your beach look or your cute summer dress with strappy sandals? Breezy, laid-back looking waves are a timeless style that ties your summer look together.

Whether created sans heat with wrapping your hair around a scarf or sleeping or created with minimal heat from the swipe of a curling iron, the nonchalant style doesn’t require a whole lot of work. 

Here are some of our favorite summer wave looks along with a few tips on styling...

Hair by Jenny at ash salon

Hair by Noelle at ash salon

How to achieve beach waves with a curling iron:

 You may think of using hairspray as the last step in the styling process, but a key to getting your beach waves (or any type of curl) to last all day is to spray your hair before styling. It serves as a primer. Simply give your hair a light mist from roots to ends.

Then, curl small sections of hair away from your face.  Pro-tip: Leave the ends of your hair out while curling.  

Once your hair has completely cooled, add another light mist of hairspray. Then, brush through your curls to create the effect of loose waves. 

How to achieve beach waves with braids:

Beach waves are super easy to achieve with braids! Simply wash your hair at night, coat your wet hair in styling creme, and section your hair in half. Create two braids and let your hair dry overnight. When you wake up, remove your hair ties and you'll have the most effortless looking waves. 

Happy summer!