I am a forever blonde\u2014I’ve learned my lesson after many expensive hair color sessions restoring my golden shade after going dark or red\u2014but I’d be lying if I said Kaia Gerber’s sunlit brunette hair color wasn’t enticing me to the dark side again. The model and actor, who stars in the much-anticipated TV adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’s novel The Shards,<\/em> is currently rocking the perfect summery, dimensional brunette streaked with gold, and the sweetest part is that it was directly inspired by her mom, supermodel Cindy Crawford.<\/p>\n Gerber’s longtime colorist Jenna Perry told Allure<\/em> that the two looked to photos of Crawford in the \u201890s for inspiration when transitioning her hair color in a sunnier direction. \u201cThis specific hair color, we’ve been plotting now for maybe two months,” Perry shared. “The inspiration was her mom, truly. We elevated and modernized it a bit, Cindy’s hair in the ’90s was more contrast, hi-fi versus what we did to Kaia, but with the same intentionality: a brunette with very expensive blonde highlights. That was the goal.\u201d<\/p>\n Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n The golden tones are scattered throughout Gerber’s rich brunette base, mostly concentrated near her face and in the mid-lengths to add a warm, easygoing brightness. Perry used a \u201cvery fine\u201d balayage technique and R+Color’s Hypermatic demi-permanent hair color to bring that honey-colored blonde to life. \u201cAt the [The Shards<\/em>] premiere, she wore [her hair] in a deep side part, and the focus was that her hairline was really bright and golden so she could flip it around and give that ’90s essence.”<\/p>\n Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n![\"Kaia](\"https:\/\/media.allure.com\/photos\/6a68b45744d2c84200f8a78b\/master\/w_1600%2Cc_limit\/kaia%2520gerber%2520summer%2520brunette.jpg\"\/)
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