Cowboy Copper to Light Strawberry Blonde: 4 Shades of Red Hair to Try This Summer

Over the past years, I have had so much fun experimenting with new DIY Strawberry Blonde hair color formulas.

I thought these different formulas and results would be interesting to see, let me know what you think and if you try any of them!

Formula #1 | Extra Light Reddish Blonde with Clairol Liuquicolor

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It surprised me, because I have used level 8’s from Wella for years the Clairol came out much, much lighter! This was the lightest and most blonde I had been in years.

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This is my go-to formula for Strawberry Blonde hair. It’s truly a perfect light reddish blonde shade. Wella has nailed their shades. I also get decent grey coverage from the gel version of Color Charm.

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My only wish is that the gel color was not quite as drying. I can really feel a difference between the Wella and other brands after coloring.

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The formula is a bit thicker and really covered my grey hair. It was so thick, I should have used a brush + bowl over a bottle applicator.

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I felt like my results were pretty, the Red Clay shade has a very well-done reddish tone, but the overall results were just too gold to work with my skin undertones, so it doesn’t look as natural as the Wella formula.

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