If I wasn’t already completely smitten with Margot Robbie, her latest hair transformation has definitely sealed the deal. While doing the rounds for her new film A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, which also stars Colin Farrell, Margot unveiled a fresh hair colour, trading in her vibrant Barbie blonde for a cooler, lived-in ‘mushroom’ shade that’s just perfect for autumn.
Eager to emulate the look myself (and let’s be honest, to resemble the Wolf Of Wall Street star even slightly), I made a beeline for my go-to salon, Haug London Haus, to see if my highlighted locks could be transformed to mirror Margot’s.
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After presenting her with my inspiration photo of Margot above, the salon’s co-founder and award-winning colourist Siobhan Haug explained that the star’s new look featured a lived-in, rooty effect featuring tones of taupe and beige, with brighter pieces around the front to shape and flatter the face.
On my locks, this could be achieved in two ways, she clarified: either by leaving some of my natural colour at the roots around the crown and blending my existing full head of highlights into it (which would be a lower-maintenance method in the long run), or by taking the highlights all the way up to my roots, then cleverly creating the ‘rooty’ look with two different toners. As my hair is naturally very fine, it really benefits from the little added volume that bleaching my roots gives, and so I opted for this (Siobhan also explained that with this second technique, once the toner fades, I would still feel ‘blonde’, rather than my usual dark mousey brown shade coming completely through), reports the Mirror.
After a full head of foils, Siobhan then applied a darker toner to my crown and lengths at the back-basin, and a lighter, beige-toned one to the front sections, followed by a bespoke hair mask and hot towel draped over the head. It’s worth mentioning here that Haug London Haus’s hair treatments are the best I’ve ever had; usually after having a full head of highlights my hair is incredibly knotty for months afterwards, but after the bespoke mask that they apply at Haug, my hair feels soft and easily detangled for weeks – a feeling that even lasted throughout a holiday during which my hair was subjected to plenty of chlorine, sun and seawater.
(Image: Laura Mulley)
I was over the moon with the outcome: a stunning new shade for autumn – natural, neutral and cosy, yet still unmistakably blonde and fresh. Now if only every other part of me could look like Margot too…
If you’re keen to replicate the star’s ‘mushroom blonde’ for yourself, ask your colourist for a grown-out, rooty look at the crown, with the hair around the front kept brighter, and using neutral toner shades such as taupe and beige. However, most stylists still find photos the most helpful way to understand what you’re after, so don’t hesitate to screenshot and save favourite hairstyles to show at your next appointment.