Tortoiseshell Hair Color

The cool tones of the natural ash brown color are perfectly complemented with cooler toned highlights. The textured waves add some body and volume, as well as helping the numerous hair colors to stand out.

The tortoiseshell hair effect looks amazing in any style of updo, from the casual to the elegant. The layers of different tones help to define the style, as well as showing off the colors at their best, just take a look at this half top knot, lovely right?

Effortless is the one word that can be used to describe this tortoiseshell hair. The beachy texture is to die for and gives a natural and relaxed feel to the hair. A good quality salt-water spray will help you achieve this texture every day, even if you live hundreds of miles away from the ocean.

This ash blonde hair with tortoiseshell highlights has been given a unique touch with the addition of some subtle streaks of baby pink. Just beautiful.

Long thick hair can have a tendency to look a little flat, particularly if it is all one color. By adding some long chopping layers and numerous tones of blond and light brown hair, this thick hair has been given great movement and a touch of lightness.

This perfect messy bun almost speaks for itself – it would look great in the model’s mid-brown color and looks just as good with some slices of caramel and honey tones.

This ash brown bob has great depth thanks to the addition of choppy ends and some honey and platinum highlights. Framing the face with a bright touch of color will bring some softness, which is great for square faces.

This rose gold-hued hair is just magical. To create the tortoiseshell effect, shades of chestnut has been replaced with rose gold, and honey with platinum blonde. Such a unique take on the tortoiseshell trend.

The natural texture of this grungy lob has been emphasised with the varied shades of caramel and chocolate throughout the choppy layers. Tease out the ends of the layers with a little styling wax to amp up the texture and define individual strands – also a great way to add body to finer hair. Grunge hair at its best and so easy to maintain.

Tortoiseshell hair will really make any bridal hair come to life. The hues of caramel and honey have defined the strands of the braid and picked out details of the messy bun. It is a hair color trend that is sure to make a statement on anyone’s big fay.

The mahogany base of this ombre is already wonderfully warm and vibrant, but it has been given an extra kick with some spicy cinnamon and nutmeg tones and brightened with some honey and toasty blonde shades. Adding more slices of color through the ends of these long, luscious locks has created a beautiful ombre effect. 

You can’t help but be wowed by this slightly Gothic feel to this take on the tortoiseshell hair color trend. Deep, dark chocolate waves are contrasted with big slices of chestnut and mahogany. It is the classic emo hair of the 1990s, but given the perfect contemporary twist.

The stunning feathered lengths of this hair have been given definition thanks to some subtle tortoiseshell highlights. With just a few slices of caramel and honey, the chocolate hair has been completely transformed. It has wonderful depth and movement, don’t you think?

Lift the ends of very dark hair with some subtle tortoiseshell highlights. Just a small amount of colour at the tips of the hair, will prevent very dark hair (and thinner hair) from looking flat, giving life and body to the lengths.

This dark ash hair is such a stunning shade, but it could lack depth. The addition of silvery blonde lowlights has defined the curls and boosted an already beautiful natural colour.

Don’t feel like you have to go all over with the tortoiseshell highlights, you can just concentrate them to the tips of the hair, or like this model has, around the hairline to frame the face. These layers of honey blonde and platinum blonde will soften angular faces and features and brighten up skin tones.

Dark chocolate roots Tortoiseshell highlights. So elegant!

In case you’re not really into completely changing all of your hair you may want to go with just a subtle Tortoiseshell, that can still give you a whole new look.