Try a new hair color before you dye

Eleven shades with salon codes

• Platinum blonde (10.1): Icy, near-white blonde. Suits cool and neutral undertones; usually needs more than one lightening session.
• Honey blonde (8.3): Golden mid blonde. Warms up light and medium skin with warm or neutral undertones.
• Caramel balayage (7.34): Hand-painted caramel lengths over a darker root. Low upkeep; flatters warm and olive undertones.
• Copper red (7.4): Rich natural copper. Strongest on warm undertones and lighter eyes.
• Cherry red (5.6): Deep red with a cool, berry tint. Suits cool undertones and darker brown bases.
• Chocolate brown (4.0): Glossy mid-to-dark brown. Easy upkeep that suits almost every undertone.
• Jet black (1.0): Deep blue-black. Strong contrast for cool undertones; hard to lift back out.
• Silver grey (9.11): Even silver grey. Suits cool undertones and anyone blending natural greys.
• Rose gold (9.23): Pale blonde with a pink-gold tint. Flatters fair skin with cool or neutral undertones.
• Money piece (+10.0): Bright face-framing streaks on your current color. A low-commitment way to go lighter.
• Pastel pink (9.26): Soft candy pink. Fades fast; suits fair and light skin with cool undertones.

Ash brown is also in the fitting room, but our previews of it are less reliable: the result can drift warm or grey.

The number after each shade is the level and tone code a colorist uses: the first digit is depth (1 black to 10 lightest blonde), the second is the tone.

Going much lighter

Moving from dark brown to platinum takes more than one salon visit. The preview shows the finished color, not the process; ask your colorist how many sessions it takes.

Skin tone

Only the hair color changes. Every photo is compared with your original before you see it. If the skin on your face came out lighter, darker or warmer than a set limit, we correct the exposure or remake that photo; if it still fails we discard it, and if fewer than three of four photos pass, the fitting is refunded.