From Paris to Oslo, Stylish Europeans Are Choosing These 5 Chic Hair Colours This Autumn

When it comes to hair colour trends, European women have it down. From Milan to Paris and London to Copenhagen, you'll see stylish women from the fashion capitals adopting the major hair colour trends of the season before anyone else.
European women embrace traditional and timeless hair colours, but, you'll often see Londoners and Berliners adopting more vibrant shades too—they're never not delivering us endless inspiration to take to the salon.
So, what European hair colours are trending right now? With autumn now here, I've been diving into the biggest hair trends and scrolling through the continent's most stylish tastemakers to see which hair colours are taking off next. I tapped hair trend forecaster and expert hairstylist, Tom Smith, to decode the autumn hair trends and how to get the look.
5 European Hair Colour Trends to Try This Season
1. Espresso
One hair European hair colour trend that I'm seeing everywhere (and tempted to try myself) is espresso brunette. The cool-toned hue not only looks chic, but the rich colour also looks super glossy and shiny, which in turn makes your hair look healthy. If you want to dip a toe in the trend, there are plenty of semi-permanent hair masks and colour-depositing glosses that allow you to go darker without the commitment.
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2. Cinder Toffee
If dark brunette isn't for you, toffee tones are a great alternative for this time of the year to add dimension to dark hair colours with caramel tones. "The tones are totally warm and combine chocolate, caramels and intense golds to give a reflective and youthful shine to the hair," says Smith. "This can be achieved with an all over colour or incorporated into a darker base with various dimensional tones in high/low lights," he says.
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3. Sunflower Blonde
Sunflower blonde has been trending since the summer, and it's not going anywhere anytime soon. "This is as warm as a blonde can be before it turns into a copper, the intensely golden shades have been trending for the entire year so far but continue to grow in popularity," notes Smith. "Warmer shades help the hair to look healthier and glow in the light and give the feeling of youthfulness and is a great choice to continue the echo of summer for longer. This shade typically works on naturally warmer skin tones of any depth and can be achieved as an all over colour, or incorporated as part of a highlight or balayage technique if depth and dimension is preferred."
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"Golden tones in the hair naturally help to make the hair look brighter and shinier but using an intense moisture mask will help to keep the tones golden and away from yellow or brassiness," says Smith. The purple tones in this hair mask help to neutralise brassy tones to keep your hair colour looking golden.
4. Terracopper
ICYMI, copper is back in a bog way right now, and stylish women across the continent are opting for terracopper, which is set to be one of autumn's biggest hair colour trends. "[This is] a rich and intense terracotta, copper shade that is just a bit bolder than a naturally occurring redhead," says Smith. "This can be achieved all over as a ‘global’ colour or can be done with a semi-permanent gloss on top of highlights or balayage."
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5. Chestnut Brown
Another chic hair colour I'm seeing everywhere? Chestnut brown. It's the perfect middle ground between brunette and copper, adding just enough warmth to brown hair. Whether you go for it all over your hair or as balayage or highlights, this is a pretty way to give a twist to a brunette hue.
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Eleanor Vousden is the beauty editor for Who What Wear UK. She was previously deputy editor at Hairdressers Journal, health writer at Woman & Home and junior beauty editor at Powder. She has also contributed to Wallpaper and Elle Collections.With a degree in fashion journalism from the London College of Fashion, she has 10 years of industry experience and has been highly commended at the BSME Talent Awards for her work on Powder and also contributed to the title winning Website of the Year at the PPA Awards.Eleanor’s journalistic focus is providing readers with honest and helpful beauty content. She has interviewed celebrity makeup artists, hairstylists and dermatologists throughout her career, as well as celebrities such as Hailey Bieber, Sarah Jessica Parker and Scarlett Johansson.
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