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03.03.2025
10 Strawberry Blonde Hair Ideas & Formulas
Is there anything sweeter than strawberry blonde hair color? With all the shine of copper and lightness of blonde, it’s a red-meets-gold hue that warms up the complexion and makes locks look positively luminous. The trend is far from a one-tone wonder... strawberry blonde can be worn deep and rich or light and bright, allowing you to custom-blend the shade to flatter virtually every complexion. Whether you're wearing the shade yourself or mixing it up for your clients as a colorist, here's everything you need to know about strawberry blonde hair.
How to Get Strawberry Blonde Hair
There is no one-size-fits-all formula for creating strawberry blonde hair. The exact shades, volume of developer and levels of pre-lightening required all depend on the base level you are starting with. If you're transitioning your guest from brown to strawberry blonde, expect a few salon sessions to achieve the look, while natural blondes or pre-lightened hair may only need one salon visit.
1. Going Strawberry Blonde from Brunette
Brunette is the trickiest shade to turn strawberry blonde. All-over lightening is a must, as it’s not a color that tends to blend well with copper balayage. We recommend lightening with Blondor Multi-Blonde powder until you reach a pale yellow hue. This may take a few salon sessions, along with plenty of bond-strengthening WellaPlex, to maintain the hair’s strength and integrity. Once the desired level of lightening is achieved, tone using a hair-kind, permanent formula, like Koleston Perfect to #GetTheLook. Not only does it deliver our purest pigment yet, but it also has built in metal purifier to lock in color and shine.
2. Going Strawberry Blonde from Red
If you are working with copper hair, you’re in luck! Going strawberry blonde is a simple process, made easier with ribbons of Blondor Freelights. Apply hand-painted highlights from root to tip, concentrating rich, golden hues throughout the mid-lengths and ends, while leaving the roots a slightly deeper shade. This will allow for depth and dimension, with a soft, natural result.
For naturally, dark red hair, increase the number of lightened sections, and leave some of them blonde, while toning the rest with a copper hue, like Color Touch 8/43. This will create a beautiful, multi-tone result, your clients will love.
3. Going Strawberry Blonde from Blonde
For light or medium blonde hair, there are so many ways to wear the strawberry blonde trend. Our favorite? In a sheer, all-over, almost-peach tint with hints of gold sparkling through. On a blonde base, try adding a mix of semi-permanent Color Fresh CREATE lowlights, mixing Nu-Dist Pink with a drop of warmth, like Hyper Coral for a strawberry hue.
Best of all, our Color Fresh CREATE pigments always lighten true to tone, so the strawberry tint still looks fresh and bright throughout the fading process. The dream for first-time redheads.
Strawberry Blonde Hair Ideas
1. Strawberry Blonde Highlights
Image Credit: @hairstylistnana
This is how you do strawberry blonde highlights.
A copper base comes to life with a few pale ribbons, made light and luminous using our light-reflective, Illumina Color formula.
Style smooth and straight to let the full spectrum of colors shine.
2. Strawberry Blonde Ombre
Image Credit: @harriakerberg
If you like your strawberry blondes to come with a side of peach or orange, follow Harri Åkerberg’s lead with this poppier, punchier take on the hair color trend.
He created an ombre with the subtlest gradient for rich roots and pale tips, mixing up a kaleidoscope of Koleston Perfect hues to get the purest pigment pay-off.
3. Strawberry Blonde Balayage
Image Credit: @jordanperry25
The best strawberry blondes are multi-tonal, which is why balayage is ideal for this trend.
See the bright, blonde sections sparkle, while warm lowlights add an extra dose of dimension.
Lightly spritz with EIMI Glam Mist for a boost of brilliant shine.
4. Light Strawberry Blonde
Image Credit: @wellanordic
Similar to rose gold hair, light strawberry blonde is more pastel pink than radiant red, featuring slices of blushed blonde with a subtle copper edge.
This particular look was colored at Studio Bello in Finland, featuring Blondor + 6% (20 vol.) for the highlights and a gloss using Illumina Color 10/69 + 9/43 + 9/60.
5. Dark Strawberry Blonde
Image Credit: @izziedavishair
Emma Stone, Rachel McAdams and Isla Fisher are all fans of a dark strawberry blonde; a shade that’s brimming with depth, on the brink of a rusty, red-toned brown.
If you like locks with plenty of warmth, make sure you always mist EIMI Thermal before styling; a heat protectant spray that gives deeper, richer tones a little extra gloss.
Strawberry Blonde Hair Color Formulas
6. Faded Strawberry Blonde
Artist: @cambridge_hair_collective
LIGHTEN:
Blondor Multi Blonde Powder
Welloxon Perfect Developer 6% (20 volume)
ROOTS
Koleston Perfect 8/38
Welloxon Perfect Pastel 1.9% (6 volume)
MIDS + ENDS
Koleston Perfect 8/38 + 9/16 + 9/01
Welloxn Perfect Developer 1.9% (6 volume)
7. Peachy Blonde
Artist: @thiemo_wella_educator
LIGHTEN:
Koleston Perfect 9/81 + 8/07
Welloxon Perfect Developer 9% (30 volume)
TONE:
Koleston Perfect 9/97 + 8/43
Welloxon Perfect Pastel Developer 1.9% (6 volume)
8. Strawberry Balayage
Artist: @elsa_haar
GLOSS - ROOTS:
Illumina Color 7/ + 7/7 + 6/16
Welloxon Perfect Pastel 1.9% (6 volume) + Service Post Treatment
GLOSS - ENDS:
Illumina Color 10/38 + 9/7 + 9/60
Welloxon Perfect Pastel 1.9% (6 volume) + Service Post Treatment
9. Rich Ginger
Artist: @kopf_kunst
COLOR:
Illumina Color 8/05 + 7/43
Welloxon Perfect Developer 3% (10 volume)
10. Copper Peach
Artist: @_alexandracolhair, @hairbyjonnynightingale and @bethheathhair
ROOT:
Illumina Color 8/05
Welloxon Perfect Developer 3% (10 volume)
ENDS:
Illumina Color 9/03 + 7/43
Welloxon Perfect Developer 1.9% (6 volume)
How to Maintain Strawberry Blonde Hair
Keep that strawberry blonde hue vibrant with the perfect post-color care routine, relying on shade-enhancing shampoos, and conditioners for your salon guests. Wash hair with INVIGO Brilliance Color Protection Shampoo, which is pH optimized to enable better color retention. When styling, always prep locks using INVIGO Miracle BB Spray. The beautifying spritz detangles, smooths and makes strawberry blonde hair appear more vibrant. Layer EIMI Thermal Image over the top before any heat styling, then add EIMI Glam Mist for a post-styling veil of shine.
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