We love: the sun bun by blue tit salons

Unicorn colour, mermaid hair, whatever you call it, bold colour is the trend for spring. We caught up with Harriet Muldoon Head Colourist and Technical Educator for Blue Tit Salons, London to get the lowdown on their Sun Bun - a super fun take on this versatile trend.   Describe the colour placement and technique for the SunBun. The technique was created for S/S 2016 and one I devised in response to the growing trend for multiple colours. It takes inspiration from the '90s and allows the colourist to create a variety of colours with a beautiful marble effect, almost like tie-dye. Colour is created by sectioning the hair into segments, and creating small little top-knots across the head that are then gently backcombed. The more extreme you want the colour, the more top-knots you create, so if it’s a soft colour you want to create, use six top knots, but if you want multiple colours, then you will need lots more for variety and variation. Are there any special considerations you should make? As you need to be able to see the different tones you are creating, whether it’s brighter colours or pastel shades, this technique only works on hair that has been pre-lightened, bleached or has a high-lift tint. This can be created using the Davines Flamboyage colour service – an unprecedented tool for a new and revolutionary approach to colour, performed using special see-through meche strips that allows us to see where we want to place the colour. The SunBun technique can then be created using either Davines Pure Colours or Davines Alchemic coloured shampoo, depending on the desired effect. Does this work best with tone-on-tone colours or contrasting colours? The SunBun technique works better with contrasting colours, as it’s meant to create a tie-dye effect, for example purple next to yellow, blue next to red. The effect is 3D, and it’s much more effective to see the variation in tones and different shades next to one other so they can really pop. If you want a softer look, however, you could go with a hint of rose for a more natural effect, but this technique is better for more extreme colour aficionados. The great thing is that even though this technique showcases extreme colour, you can still see the blonde or grey hair beneath as you are not colouring all of the hair, which allows you to keep the base, while adding as much or as little extra colour as you like. How easy is it to recreate this colour and is there anything else people need to know if they want to recreate the look? At Blue Tit we would start the SunBun technique using the Davines Flamboyage technique, a new spin on balayage performed using special see-through meche strips that allows us to see where we want to place the colour – it’s truly like being an artist. Then we would create the SunBun technique afterwards. Remember, the more knots you apply, the more colour you can add in. Once the topknots have been created, add in the colours and gently massage through, before unwrapping the hair for a marvellous marble effect.