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"At the Chanel Resort 2013 show, Karl Lagerfeld and hairstylist Sam McKnight took the season's hottest hair trend\u2014pretty pastels\u2014into courtly territory as models in candy-colored wigs (above) paraded through the gardens of Versailles. \"We dyed the wigs using diluted color solutions to create those soft tones,\" reveals McKnight, the mastermind behind Lady Gaga's wild coifs in her \"Born This Way\" music video. \"She really opened the door for crazy hair color!\" he adds.\n\nIndeed, music megastars Gaga, Nicki Minaj, and Katy Perry have been sporting fearless, ultrabright manes for years, but the emergence of subtler, more wearable looks\u2014 like the ombr\u00E9 effect and washed-out tones\u2014means bold color is no longer for just larger-than-life celebrities.\n\nAnd it doesn't necessarily have to look DIY or punky. \"Unexpected hues can also look pretty and refined,\" says celebrity colorist Aura Friedman, who predicts cool violet and burgundy to be huge for fall. \"It's all about the placement and intensity of the color.\" Her favorite technique is to subtly shift the tone throughout the length of the hair. \"Say you're doing a superbold blue; keep it dark navy at the roots and bring it down to a light turquoise on the ends. Variation makes it look more natural instead of wiggy,\" she notes.\n\nTo achieve a true pastel shade, bleaching hair first is required\u2014even for most blondes, points out Roxie Darling of Cutler Salon in New York City. \"If you put the pale color over your natural hair, you'll maybe see just a sheen of it,\" she says. Not ready to make a permanent change? \"Get color temporarily with extensions,\" recommends McKnight. Adds Friedman, \"Clip-in pieces are amazing! It's like putting on earrings\u2014you can change them every day.\"\n\nNineteen-year-old model (and new Maybelline New York face) Charlotte Free\u2014whose signature is her cotton-candy-pink ombr\u00E9 locks\u2014says taking baby steps is the best way to find your perfect hue. \"The first time I dyed my hair, I started with some pieces and tried so many different colors\u2014I just wanted to have fun with it,\" she explains. \"Pink seemed to suit me, and now it's here to stay!\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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