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Love experimenting with Crayola-bright hair colour but feel it just looks a little too brash now winter is here? Then take your cue from our bumper gallery of ELLE team, street style and catwalk images.
Sparkling turquoise and sea green has made way for inky blues and forest greens; shocking neons have been replaced by burnt oranges and warm russets; while silvery greys and off-lilacs are looking more and more appealing.
From the places and products to try, to the make-up that works with your new hair colour, click through the gallery...
She's been black, blonde, red, purple and even blue, but now its seems Jessie J has gone back to black. Eight months after she bravely shaved it all off in aid of Comic Relief, the songstress has returned to her rich, inky best. Paired with her choppy, pixie crop and and pale, perfected complexion the effect is urban and edgy. If you fancy stealing Jessie's style we suggest Bumble and bumble's Thickening Creme Contour, £21.50, a lightweight paste which helps add definition and shape.
Kelly Osbourne has been sporting various tones of lilac in her hair for a while. This hue with the grey undertone suits the presenter's skintone perfectly. Kelly calls on make-up artist and hairstylist Judd Minter to keep her tresses just the right lavender tone.
This look works because Kelly has kept her make-up simple - a dewy complexion, super subtle pink lips and cheeks with a slick of liquid liner.
Caramel tones look great with dark brown or black hair. Get the dip dye look with L'Oréal Paris Préférence Wild Ombrés Brush-On Dip Dye, £6.99 at Feelunique.com
Sky Ferreira books in with Bleach London founder Alex Brownsell when she wants a hair colour change. Want to get the look? Book in at Bleach here...
Pair silvery hair with a taupe eyeshadow, ELLE loves MAC eyeshadow in Omega, £12
If your hair is blonde or you have bleached it, use wash-out or semi-permanent colours and experiment with different looks. Fudge has a selection of Paintbox Extreme Colours, £9.14, that last 3 to 30 washes depending on how porous your hair is.
To get the effect of hair fading or in this case lighter on top and darker at the ends you can use Fudge Paintbox Whiter Shade of Pale, £11.18, a toner that lightens the Extreme Colours. It also knocks brassy tones out of blonde hair.
When four ELLE staffers headed to Bleach Alannah Sparks our Acting Fashion Editor chose a green hue. Of the look Sparks said, 'I feel like a swamo girl... but in a good way'.
It has a grungy feel and is a great shade for this time of year, when anything to bright would feel garish.
Alison Mosshart recently bleached and coloured her hair.
'There was no thought behind it. I was bored and walked to the Experience Music Project, and there was a 20th anniversary Nirvana exhibition. Looking at all these old photos reminded me of high school, and I thought, God, I’ve had black hair for so long. I used to dye my hair so much. Why did I stop? F**k it, I have nothing else to do!
So I found some girl that could bleach it for me—she just did four inches by the scalp and then the pink, and the rest is growing out'.
For a fun look, why not add interest to your straight centre parting? Using masking tape, cover over your parting then mist the hair with a colour spray. Graduate the colour from block to translucent.
Get the look with a Kryolan Colour Spray, there is a great selection of russet and muddy yellow hues to choose from.
Add to the grungy look with a smudge of kohl liner in the water line and blended out. Try Maybelline's new Master Smokey pencil, £5.99 at Boots
A frothy, dry texture paired with a deep purple fizz of colour adds interest to this up-do at Vanessa Bruno.
The blue rinse looks navy on ELLE fashion assistant Elizabeth's natural brown colour and bright aqua on her bleach blonde ends. An easy way to get an unusual effect.
Flip the dip dye look on it's head and focus the colour around your hair line as seen at Haider Ackermann.
Backstage at the show stylist and Global Creative Director at Wella Eugene Souleiman said, 'I wanted the hair look to have certain nonchalance, a narcissistic quality and give the feeling that the model was so certain of her beauty that she could afford not to care about her hair'.
A flash of red looks great on dark hair as seen at Yohji Yamamoto this season. Get the look with Lush Clip In Hair Extensions in Red, £39.99
The tones are mirrored in the lip colour, not sure about the super dark lip? Try a burgandy lip instead like Chanel Rouge Allure Luminous Satin Lip Colour in Rouge Noir, £25 at Selfridges.
Don't want to get messy with hair sprays and chalks? Attach hair extensions under your hair so the colour shows at the bottom.
A quick and easy way to fake the ombre look. ELLE loves the Halo hair extensions for getting the Prada look at home, £89.99.
A mix of lilac and natural hair tones looks pretty-cool. Get that textured, dishevelled feel by drying plenty of Bumble and bumble Surf Spray, £20.50 into the hair
Add texture to a crop with tonal highlights and low lights. This peachy hue around the fringe is a subtle, more wearable, take on the look seen at Haider Ackermann.
Not convinced? Use pastel (from all good art shops) to chalk your fringe - this is a temporary colour fix so you can see if you like the look before committing.
Check out the BleachLondon blog, it's packed with hair colour inspiration like this 50 Shade of Grey hairstyle...
Spotted backstage at Margaret Howell during London Fashion Week this peach shade is created by applying brunette wash out colour over bleached hair.
You have to be quick though, to get the peach effect the colour has to be rinsed out after just 10 seconds.
This colour looks great all year round, right now wear it with a grey cashmere jumper.
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