Vanilla Crème Blonde

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Featuring Larisa Love, Joico Global Brand Ambassador and Artistic Director

Bright, balanced, and never flat — meet the new blonde everyone’s asking for. Joico Global Brand Ambassador and Artistic Director Larisa Love introduces Vanilla Crème Blonde, a vanilla‑latte inspired shade created with LumiShine Demi‑Liquid Ash Gold. With a cool base to control warmth and a touch of gold for brightness, Ash Gold delivers luminous blondes in three versatile levels: 7AG, 9AG, and 10AG.

Watch Larisa’s tutorial and get the formula here:

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Woman with nicely colored hair standing in front of tan colored background

The Formula:

Formula 1 (Lightener): Joico Blonde Life SilverLight Lightening Powder with 5-10 Blonde Life Coconut Oil Developer
Formula 2 (Lowlights): Joico LumiShine Demi-Liquid 7AG with 5 Volume LumiShine Developer
Formula 3 (Root Tap): Joico LumiShine Demi-Liquid 7AG with 5 Volume LumiShine Developer
Formula 4 (Gloss): Joico LumiShine Demi-Liquid 10AG with 5 Volume LumiShine Developer

Larisa’s Step by Steps

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STEP 1:
Section hair into 8 zones: two 2-inch sections at the front hairline, diagonal‑backs to each ear, a mohawk through the crown, a back triangle, and two nape sections.

Larisa Love mixing hair dye color preparing for client

STEP 2:
Mix lightener formula: SilverLight Lightening Powder starting with 5 volume developer and moving up to 10 volume throughout the head.

STEP 3:
Starting at the front-side hairline, foil a babylight. Then take a diagonal-back slice, weave a babylight and clip it aside. Tease the slice once for softness and apply lightener. Overlay the clipped aside babylight and foil it. Lastly, working up the section, take a regular highlight–no tease. Repeat the pattern at the top hairline and on the other side.

Woman's head covered in foil as hair dye is being applied

STEP 4:
Moving into the mohawk section, work from the front toward the back, weaving regular highlights only in this zone.

Hair stylist applying hair dye to woman's long hair using foil backing

STEP 5:
Moving to the back, start at the nape taking diagonal-back subsections. Weave regular highlights and pivot upwards toward the crown. Mirror the same pattern on the other side nape section. Then, finish foiling in the back middle triangle section continuing to weave regular highlights–no tease–in a horizontal pattern.

STEP 6:
Mix lowlight formula: LumiShine Demi-Liquid 7AG with 5 Volume developer and apply to all of the hair left out of the foils.

STEP 7:
After processing and rinsing, apply the root tap formula in a teardrop pattern. Then, apply the mids to ends gloss formula and process for 20 minutes.