If you’ve ever been blonde, went blonde or even considered going blonde, you know that achieving the perfect blonde hair shade is far from easy. With so many options for undertones, highlights, lowlights, root smudges and more, finding the right blonde for your complexion and lifestyle can take some practice. Who better to take blonde advice from than the queen of the color herself, Alix Earle? Ahead, her exact regimen for achieving the perfect lived-in blonde.
Alix Earle’s Blonde Hair Touch-Up Routine
2024 saw a wide variety of hair color trends, but the lived-in color look remained a hot commodity regardless of shade. Now, it seems that the trend is not going anywhere soon, as A-listers like Earle have expressed an explicit desire for a natural-looking, low-maintenance color routine. Fresh off her move to LA, Alix Earle took to TikTok to walk followers through her blonde hair touch-up routine, intent on avoiding the “college blonde” look and moving more towards the “natural, Scandinavian” inspired lived-in blonde.
One of the hardest parts of going to the hair salon is knowing exactly what to ask for to get what you want, but luckily for us, Earle provided step-by-step instructions on how to achieve her grown-up blonde hue. According to her TikTok, Earle asked for “a natural-looking blonde with lowlights and cool tones.” And the result was nothing short of spectacular. She kept her roots dark for a low-maintenance look while blending the darker, cooler tones for a perfectly Norwegian style.
