Craving Copper Blonde Hair? Here are 9 Ways to Wear It

1. Copper Blonde Ombre Hair

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Calling all brunettes craving a copper blonde: this ombre look is for you. Dark at the roots and light through the ends, it’s a coppery masterpiece that’s not afraid of contrasting hues. Make it yours by asking your Wella colourist to use BlondorPlex for the pre-lightening phase, our bond-strengthening lightener that gives you up to 9 levels of lift and reduces hair breakage by 97%*. Then indulge in Color Touch for your toner, our vegan and ammonia-free demi-permanent colour, now packed with Metal Purifier for true-to-tone vibrancy, no matter the condition of the hair. With more than 100 shades in its palette, it's easy for your colourist to mix up every shade in your ombre look: the dark root shadow, the copper mid-lengths and the red-blonde ends.

2. Auburn Blonde Hair Colour

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If you love the hints of warm brown in an auburn mane but still crave lightness and brightness, ask your colourist to keep your lower layers a touch darker while focusing copper blonde tones through the top half. Not only does this lend an authentically sun-kissed appearance – the sun tends to hit the surface of your hair – but it also adds depth that feels fall-ready for a truly transeasonal look. We love Koleston Perfect for this kind of intense creation, our iconic permanent hair colour that gives your colourist (and you) true-to-tone results. Think vibrant, intense and packed with shine, thanks to the built-in Metal Purifier. It also delivers up to 100% coverage of grey hair – ideal if you want your coppery auburn blonde hue to double up as camouflage.

3. Copper Blonde Balayage

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If you’re a natural redhead who wants to give blonde a try, balayage is the perfect technique. The lightness is focused through the mid-lengths and ends of your hair, so you can leave your roots untouched for the most seamless regrowth. In this show-stopper, you're seeing a zero-lift, zero-damage SHINEFINITY Color Glaze give hair a glow-up, resulting in copper blonde tones so glossy, you can almost feel the shine. Already pre-lightened blondes: you'll love this look too. The translucent veil of colour will revive your grown-out highlights, leaving you with smoother and softer hair from one session. For a mirror-like finish, maintain the look at home with ULTIMATE SMOOTH Miracle Oil Serum, a lustrous elixir that nourishes hair in 30 seconds for smoothness that lasts up to 3 days**.

4. Copper Hair with a Blonde Face Frame

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One of the quickest and lowest-commitment ways to add blonde to copper hair is with face-framing highlights. Painting a halo of lightness through the front layers will make your hair and skin glow, while being subtle enough to keep hair firmly on Team Red. Our bond-strengthening lightener, BlondorPlex, is ideal for this look as it's also gentle on the often-fragile front layers of hair. Your colourist can sweep it through the face frame to give you up to 9 levels of lift and 97% less breakage*. Then, maintain the look at home with Color Fresh Mask in Copper Glow. Apply it to clean, damp hair on hair wash day, and the colour depositing mask will nourish with argan oil while reviving those sparkly red tones.

5. Golden Copper Blonde Hair

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This mane appears copper at first glance, but once the sun hits, those golden blonde tones beam through, giving hair a shiny, shimmery, ethereal finish. Illumina Color is the permanent hair colour formula behind this look, and you can see the Microlights at play. This clever technology helps protect cuticle clarity, allowing light to actually enter your hair and illuminate it from within. The result: youthful, radiant, 100% natural-looking colour. And the product benefits don't stop here. It also gives you up to 100% grey coverage, so you can disguise stray white hairs seamlessly.

6. Apricot Blonde Glass Hair

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Heard of glass skin? It's a Korean beauty trend that bestows your complexion with a mirror-like glow, built on layers of dewy toners, essences and serums. It's a look so irresistible that we're bringing the same aesthetic to your hair. Enter Golden Glass Hair, a Wella's menu of six signature looks that radiate a lustrous, glass-like finish. Here, you're seeing Apricot Glass Hair, a natural-looking shade that features copper blonde reflections, built like the skincare trend; with layers of colour and care to illuminate your lengths. Book the service at your nearest Wella salon and your colourist will give you the glossiest copper.

7. Copper Honey Blonde Hair

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Work two trends in one by giving this season’s lust-have honey blonde hue a hint of rich copper, as seen in this captivating, curly creation. With more than 100 shades in the portfolio, Color Touch is the perfect formula for the look, as it gives your colourist a wide range of options to fine-tune a shade that enhances your unique skin tone. So, whether you want to make it lighter, darker, warmer or cooler, embracing a copper-tinted honey blonde is simple. Wear the colour all over or in highlights through a dark base shade for a burst of brightness. Then, dial up the glow with ULTIMATE SMOOTH Miracle Oil Serum for mirror-like shine.

8. Peachy Copper Blonde Hair

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If you want to give copper blonde a statement twist, ask your colourist for hints of pastel peach. You’ll still be working a wearable red but with an eye-catching, spring/summer-ready edge. We love SHINEFINITY Color Glaze for this look, because it comes in a range of peachy hues, letting your colourist mix up a pastel-tinted copper that suits your skin tone and style. Plus, the zero-lift, zero-damage, translucent veil of colour also gives you 250% shinier hair***. Because what’s a copper peach without a lit-from-within glow?

9. Coppery Golden Blonde Hair

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How dreamy is this? A sun-kissed golden bronde mane glints copper under the light, giving naturally brunette, pre-lightened blondes a subtler way to work red tones. We love a SHINEFINITY Flash Glaze for this look; a high speed toner with a five-minute processing time, injecting already-light lengths and ends with a 'blink and you'll miss it' rush of red. What's more, this translucent veil of colour is zero damage and ammonia-free, so you can replicate these coppery curls with confidence. Just add NutriCurls Curlixir Balm for added bounce and definition through ringlets.