fall 2016 hair trends

For hairstyling addicts who are reluctant to schedule root touch-ups, the new trend of soft roots brings the look of ombre locks to new heights. As the latest technique in hair colour, soft roots are now making a natural-looking grand entrance.

As the romance of the holiday season approaches, beauty gurus will quickly be swapping their flowing, effortless waves for ethereal, textured updos. Whether you’re heading out to a holiday dinner or attending your company Christmas party, there’s nothing quite like loose tendrils and haphazardly pulled away locks to complete your look.

Earlier this fall, Toronto’s Sassoon Salon hosted a Night of Style and offered a show which featured their new fall collections Utopia and Poetica. Real Style sat down with Sassoon Toronto creative directors Lorraine McAndrew and Wesley Hanlon to chat about hair looks for Fall 2016.

While a myriad of rainbow hair colours may be making a splash this season, creamy blond is the latest shade to announce its entrance as a reigning Fall 2016 trend. Although many beauty addicts have experimented with bad platinum highlights or sunny golden streaks at one point, cream blond is a more rich, sumptuous take on blonding.

If you want to channel your inner femme fatale this season, tiger eye hair colour just may flatter your locks for autumn. With its dark, enriched shades of golden brown, this hair colour draws its inspiration from the alluring gemstone.

As the temperatures cool, the season’s hair colours are gradually becoming richer and deeper. Staying true to the change in the weather, wine red hair has surfaced as a key look for Fall 2016.

While Halloween around the corner means that chocoholics can tuck into tempting treats without guilt, there’s also a less calorific way to embrace this sweet substance. For Fall 2016, chocolate mauve hair is the latest autumnal tone to make a splash

Although hair crimping may have ruled as a key hairstyle trend of the 1980s, this retro coiffure is back in style for the season ahead. Crimped locks, which were once known for their frizzy texture and kitschy reputation, have been elevated to voluminous new lengths this season.

While we may have revamped our wardrobes for Fall 2016, beauty looks can’t be too far behind as we truly soak up the changing climate. Recently, Real Style caught up with TONI&Guy salon owner and cosmetic director Clarissa Borg about the latest in hair and makeup.

While colour bleeding may be a popular artistic technique in graphic design, this strategy has also made its way over to the world of hair colour.

For indecisive beauty lovers who can never decide on a single hair colour, colour melting just may be a trend to embrace this season. Similar to the technique of balayage, colour melting softly blends multiple hair colours together without the usage of foils.

While knotted, textured hair may have made a splash on the catwalks last year, the now-ubiquitous hair knot is also en vogue for Fall 2016. Whether you want to casually gather your long locks into two mini buns or craft an elegant updo, look no further than the season’s runways.

While intricate rope braids and fishtail plaits may have already stolen the spotlight, a new hairstyle has made a splash. Corset braids, which were spotted on the Lesley Hampton runway at Vancouver Fashion Week in September, have officially left their mark.

If you’re aiming for the ultimate hair transformation this season, look no further than the modernized perm, as spotted on the catwalks. From Chloé to Missoni, here are our favourite examples of the trend.

The iconic shag haircut has resurfaced, and has also been fully modernized for a new era. This season, the shag can be evidenced by its sleeker strands, subtle waves and volume.