Pulp Riot Artist, Katie Geddes is known for her bold and beautiful colour work. She takes inspiration from a wide spectrum of sources, but one of her biggest creative muses is the Northern Lights, also known as the Aurora Borealis.
Explaining her fascination with this natural phenomenon, Katie says: “The Northern Lights phenomenon is never the same twice. Sometimes it’s greener toned, others more pink or blue. It’s just incredible and is the perfect inspiration for creative colour.”
Fun fact: People believe the crystal labradorite comes from the Northern Lights and go as far as saying it’s the Aurora Borealis trapped inside the crystal itself!
Here are Katie's top tips for creating vivid, multi-tonal hair looks inspired by the Northern Lights…
- One of my favourite methods for creating a Northern Lights-inspired look is to start with a dark root using Pulp Riot Nightfall, blending it into a multitude of green and blue tones. For this technique, I used pops of lighter shades around the face always considering the client’s skin tone.
- Another great method for creating this effect is the prism technique. For this I like to work with grey roots or grey ends, creating a stunning contrast between the grey and the bright colours. For my prism I always use an oval or diamond section from the top and over-direct everything forward to get a clear prism blend.
- With either technique, I apply my root colour first and give it around 5-10 minutes to develop before starting the mid-lengths and ends.
- Always keep a towel handy, and even some foil, so there’s no colour transfer onto the lifted hair waiting to be coloured.
- Keep tint brushes and sections nice and clean when you’re working, especially if you’re switching from yellow or purple to green.
- Use a little buffer colour to blend one colour with the next. I usually go from ends upwards when I’m blending to keep things clean.
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