Nordic Blonde highlights by Sovay Reeder @ Salon Sovay

Nordic: Scandinavia, Finland, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands. 

Various subcategories of blond hair have been defined to describe someone with blond hair more accurately. Common examples include the following:

•  blond/flaxen:when distinguished from other varieties, "blond" by itself refers to a light but not whitish blond with no traces of red, gold, or brown; this color is often described as "flaxen".
•  yellow: yellow-blond ("yellow" can also be used to refer to hair which has been dyed yellow).
•  platinum blond or towheaded:whitish-blond; almost all platinum blonds are children, although it is found on people in Northern Europe. "Platinum blond" is often used to describe bleached hair, while "towheaded" generally refers to natural hair color.
•  sandy blond: grayish-hazel or cream-colored blond.
•  golden blond: a darker to rich, golden-yellow blond. (Found mostly in Northeastern Europe, i.e Russia, Estonia)
•  strawberry blond, Venetian blond,honey blond or caramel blond: reddish blond.
•  dirty blond or dishwater blond:dark blond with flecks of golden blond and brown.
•  ash-blond: ashen or grayish blond.
•  bleached blond, bottle blond, or peroxide blond terms used to refer to artificially colored blond hair.

When a client comes in a asks for platinum color...gonna be honest...I cringe.  I suppose I immediately think of fake, overly bleached hair.  I just don't think it looks tasteful because, oftentimes, it is lacking dimension and the roots look pale yellow...not a light ash...and it just looks like something I used to create with my girlfriends in one of our bathrooms back in 7th grade (I starting experimenting with my own color techniques at a very young age and the outcomes were not always stellar).  So...clients have a right to request platinum hair as long as we both determine it will look great on them and their skin tone and as long as it looks like it's natural.  This means we make them look like natural towheads (see definition above in underlined text) because they came straight from Northern Europe - they're Nordic Blonds.  I'm completely content with achieving this color of blonde and creating this color right in our hair salon because it will look as if it is entirely natural.  As long as it looks natural and looks like it could be their heritage ~ I'm fine.  I want to make color look like it is completely natural...the client was never in a hair salon and it's authentic...they just rolled out of bed with gorgeous natural great looks.  So, here's the bad news about the Nordic blonde highlight method...it takes at least 3 to 4 hours (so it costs more) and about 200 + foils...all baby slices - packed tightly...then I slightly bump the base in between the foils to a light ash - NOT a yellow blonde base.  So, here's the good news...after we're done...voila...looks like the client came straight from Northern Europe...she's a Nordic blonde and her platinum hair is 100% natural. :)

Back Profile ~ So this is the "after" color.  Client is a natural dark ash blonde/light ash brown

Side Right Profile ~ So this is the "after" color.  Client is a natural dark ash blonde/light ash brown

Client is a natural dark ash blonde/light ash brown...but not anymore, she's a Nordic Blond now...all natural, wink :) 

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