Discover The Formula To This Incredible Iridescent Orbit Look

When Harriet comes to visit, it’s like a breath of fresh air. Over the past few years, Harriet has been my creative muse, allowing me to use her hair as a blank canvas for bringing my creative vision to life. Why would you not take a risk every now and then? In a world where people seem to be scared to stand out, it’s so refreshing when a client sits in my chair wanting a vivid transformation – and Harriet does just that. 

For this look, I began by pre-lightening the hair base to a clean level 10, creating the perfect canvas for the design. Using fine brushes, I hand-stitched the design, starting at the centre and working outward to the sides to maintain balance and symmetry. The pink layer was applied first and fully processed to lock in brightness, then gently rinsed before moving on to the next stage. I went back in with a purple colour again, using fine brushes for my line work. I used my fingers as a blending tool on the pattern, adding a tiny amount of pink and softly diffusing to give a shadow corner effect. To really make this look pop, I added a turquoise colour in the centres of this pattern, blending it back into the pink using my fingers to keep the transitions soft. 

The symmetry, the balance and the explosion of color – what’s not to love about this look! 

Colour Formula Used:

Pre-lightening: Goldwell Oxycur Lightener with 10 vol

Pink: Goldwell Elumen Play Pink 12mls

Purple: Goldwell Elumen Play Purple 12mls + 1ml Black

Blue: Goldwell Elumen Play Metallic Petrol 12mls (now discontinued)