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Caramel Reverse Ombré

Caramel through the roots and mid lengths dropping into deep espresso ends, weight at the bottom instead of the top.

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Try Caramel Reverse Ombré on your own photo. Free to download, iPhone, iOS 15.1 or later.

Caramel Reverse Ombré
Caramel Reverse Ombré hair color rendered by HairGlam on a female model
Caramel Reverse Ombré
Caramel Reverse Ombré hair color rendered by HairGlam on a male model
Same shade, male render

Both renders are HairGlam output. In the app the shade lands on your photo instead.

Lifting the root area to caramel puts warmth right at the face, and the dark ends anchor the shape and make a blunt perimeter look denser. Sunlight hits the top of the head first, so the caramel reads brightest exactly where the eye lands. The dark ends sit fairly permanently, but the lifted root grows out fast and the line at the part becomes obvious within about a month.

  • Undertonewarm, neutral. Warm skin matches the caramel sitting directly at the face, and neutral skin can carry it because the dark ends stop the overall depth from lifting too far.
  • Starting pointThe root section has to be lifted, so anything below a light brown needs bleach or a high-lift tint at the scalp, while the ends can be tinted dark over any base.
  • UpkeepRoot lift every five to six weeks with a caramel gloss alongside it, and scalp-adjacent bleach makes a bond builder worth the extra step.

Try it before the bleach

Color is the expensive mistake to get wrong. Put Caramel Reverse Ombré against your own skin tone first.

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See it on your own face first

Every style in this catalog renders onto a photo of you, so you are judging your own face shape and coloring rather than a model's.

Download on the App Store

Free to download. iPhone, iOS 15.1 or later.