Catherine wears Babylights: The gentle lightening variant for summery hair

The Princess of Wales’ hair looks perfectly styled in almost all of her appearances. For years, Kate has remained true to her voluminous, slightly curled mane and dark brown hair color. A few weeks ago, however, the mother of three surprised her with bright highlights. Brightened up by the sun? We spoke to a hair expert and he had a completely different guess!

Catherine’s hair shines with babylights

So-called “Babylights” are a subtle lightening method for the hair. Individual, small highlights frame the face very finely. This “face framing” makes the hair appear lighter and is much gentler on the hair than comparable methods. We’ll tell you how to implement the look and what to look out for with “Babylights”. We spoke to Matthias Scharf from Wella, who gave us some helpful tips and tricks.

Lighter hair or gray hair coverage: Expert explains the benefits of Babylights

Compared to other whitening methods, Babylights can set “targeted effects”. They are particularly fine and therefore flow evenly into the hair. Matthias likes to use Babylights for gray hair reduction. This method is often more subtle and gentle, since not all, but only the gray hair is colored.

Why color 100% when you’re only 10% grey

according to the expert. The hair professional is also certain that Babylights will become “a classic” of coloring techniques to create “multifaceted naturalness”.

For brunettes like Catherine who want to wear the trendy look, Matthias recommends going only one or two shades lighter than the natural hair color in order to achieve the most natural result possible. The color should also not be “too warm”, otherwise the connection to the natural tone is not so organic. With special hair masks, the color can be “sealed and conserved” in order to look like fresh from the hairdresser for as long as possible.

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