I am in love with the mermaid hair trend that is popping up everywhere. The colors, the COLORS! I am so excited to see so many people experimenting with beautiful colors in their hair. Want to jump in on the trend? Check out some of my tips below!
How To Pick The Perfect Mermaid Hair Look For You
Dark Haired Girls
For my fellow dark haired ladies out there the mermaid trend can be a little trickier. To pull off the vibrant color we are obsessed over, it always means bleaching your hair. I STRONGLY recommend seeing a stylist for this if you have dark hair. Home bleaching kits very easily can cause you to have fried hair or even for your tresses to fall out! Go to a stylist for the first bleach job, and then you touch up your color at home if you prefer. Not ready to commit? You can try streaks of color to start, or clip in extensions before you take the full hair plunge.
Light Haired Girls
It is a bit simpler for light haired girls to pick up the mermaid hair trend. If you have blond or light brown hair, your hair may already be light enough to hold the color. You may still need a light bleach application, and again I strongly recommend using a stylist for this part. Be careful if you touch up your color yourself later on to space out your applications. Over processing and over dying your hair can cause it to dry out, frizz, or fall out yikes!
Colors To Try
Pinks, Fuschias, and Reds
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Light haired ladies, most shades of pinks and reds will look amazing on your hair. The lighter canvas you have to start off with makes pinks really shine. Darker hair and skinned girls don’t fear pink, the more vibrant fuchsia and striking reds will look amazing on your hair!
Blues, Purples, And Greens
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Blues and greens tend to look amazing mixed with darker hair. These deep cool colors look really striking both next to darker hair and darker or olive skin. Try a mix of blue and green, or add some deep purple for even more pop.
Pastels and Metallics
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If you are thinking of trying this trend, ta-dah! Pastels look good on pretty much everyone. That’s great news for all of us as the color starts to wash out, but you can also totally start your look at pastels, and it will be beautiful! You can also give yourself a bit more shimmer by mixing in silver or gray. Beautiful!
Multi-Tone
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Can’t decide on your color? Choose two colors that suit your personality. You can also go for a rainbow effect and channel your inner Rainbow Dash, yeah!
Make Your Color Last
Start With A Vibrant Color– The more vibrant of a color that you start with, the longer your color will last. You can start by wearing your bright colors, and later you can pull off a pastel style
Avoid Shampooing– The more you shampoo, the more your color will wash out. Try to limit your shampoo as much as possible, try a dry shampoo for in between washes instead. Chlorine and water can also strip your color, so watch the pool! Also, use a shampoo and conditioner specifically for colored hair.
Those are beautiful colors to go with the hair. I’ve never really colored my hair a wild color, but I think it would be fun to do it some point.
I LOVE all of these colors but I feel like at almost 30 I am too “old” to do any of this. However, I have been thinking about doing some peekaboo colors, maybe pinks!!
Cute colors. I couldn’t color my hair even if I wanted to.
This is a really cool new trend. I love how people use a bunch of different colors! These hairstyles are cute.
I love it! I really like the simple, 2-3 colors together, as opposed to the rainbow. So trendy and stylish!
Love the rainbow colors for the young at heart who want to make a statement. Its cool and trendy!
This trend is getting bigger and bigger. I love the splash of colors but I don’t think I can ever pull it off. Love seeing people try different styles though!
I love the pretty colors! This is such a fun trend! The pastels are so adorable!
Fun hair colors are great! I love this! I’ve been dying to try something similar but I don’t think I could pull it off!
Mermaid hair is so pretty. I have been wondering if I could pull it off myself. I have also seen galaxy hair and watercolor hair and they are gorgeous too!
I really love the colors. Looks like i want this for my hair, love the pictures
omg wish i can have that rainbow hair looks lovely!
Wow, so pretty! I love the pretty colors – if I was a few years younger I’d definitely try these out! So fun!
These are so great! My favorite is the full on rainbow one. *Swoon*
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I bet my granddaughter would love mermaid hair. I think it would bve pretty.
Wow how awesome are these looks! I wish I could pull this off but I think I’m too old!
I’m a blonde and I have had pink hair for awhile now. I love it. I love the mermaid hair trend.
I am alllll into the mermaid hair. I wish my day job would allow it for sure. Id do the pastels!
I’ve been back and forth about coloring my hair bluish teal for years and I always found an excuse but my 25th birthday is around the corner so I said fuck it. I decided to go with an ombre since its low maintenance. Needless to say I fell in love with it. I normally dye my hair then go back my natural hair color a couple months later but my mermaid ombre is staying as long as I can have it.
My hair is currently blue and teal 🙂 I started with purple and kept experimenting, I love it!