Tired of browsing through pretty pastel and rainbow hair colors on Instagram? Want something edgier? Meet your new obsession: smoky pastel hair colors. These smoky shades are dustier, toned-down versions of your standard pastels you’ll want to rock well into fall.
From rose quartz to metallic lilac and even ash green, smoky pastels are easier to manipulate than their lighter, brighter cousins. You can even punctuate them with silver or gold edges. Or just opt for a fantastic color melt.
Ready for some inspo? Here are the best smoky pastel hair colors Instagram has to offer.
Channel Your Inner Billie Eilish With These Smokey Pastel Hair Colors
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Smoky Ombre
This stunning smoky lavender ombre dye job fades into super light silver edges.
Image: @mojkahair
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Melt Away
The color melt on this smoked mulled wine hue is what hair color dreams are made of.
Image: @foreverkiee
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Everything's Coming Up Rose Gold
A stripped down rose gold color is romantic with a hint of grunge. It's not overworked and the evenness of the blend makes the color pop. Don't forget the light sandy edges.
Image: @mojkahair
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Cool Like Cara
Hairstylist Mara Roszak gave Cara Delevingne a cool metallic rose color for a movie premiere. It featured dark roots, a smoked-out pastel body and edgy silver ends.
Image: @mararoszak
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Tone It Down
This subtle smoky rainbow 'do has a gray base with lavender and fuchsia notes. Translation: It's refreshingly cool and toned down.
Image: @dearmiju
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Mix Things Up
Smoked hues mixed with candy pastels is a great way to switch to darker shades from being a bleach blonde.
Image: @mojkahair
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Multicolored
Is it steel lilac or dirty rose gold or smoked silvery pink? We don't know, but we love everything about this no-nonsense, boiled-down pastel blend.
Image: @mojkahair
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Fade to (Charcoal) Black
This faded out charcoal and muted blue look boasts a consistent blend instead of a gradient. And it works flawlessly.
Image: @dearmiju
