14 Flattering Balayage Hair Colour Ideas for 2025
Balayage is an ever-evolving hair colouring technique popular for its versatility and ease of maintenance. It’s not surprising that balayage is still among the popular colouring trends this year. We’re seeing a growing move towards bold colours and personalisation. Here are some of the leading balayage hair colours for 2025.
1. Copper Brunette
Copper brunette was all the rage in 2024, and that excitement has spilt over into 2025. This beautiful red-brown blend is the perfect hairstyle to add vibrancy and warmth to your dark hair. Try layering the brighter copper tones on the face-framing locks and deeper tones around the roots for dimension.
2. Mocha Mousse
Mocha mousse is the Pantone colour of the year. With its warm chocolate undertones on a brown colour, this hair colour is perfect for the multidimensional balayage. It’s a highly adaptable and low-maintenance style suitable for varying seasons and skin tones. If you have dark hair, consider the reverse balayage technique to achieve this versatile hairstyle.
3. Sunkissed Brunette
The sun-kissed brunette is a timeless balayage hairstyle. With its soft golden brown layers, this style works well for dark hair and light brown brunettes. Add soft gold or caramel highlights to add warmth and dimension. Don’t shy away from experimenting with chunky face-framing highlights, especially for dark brown brunettes.
4. Smoky Brunette
The smoky brunette look is the perfect balayage hair colour for those who love hairstyles with a glossy, muted finish. This style has neutral undertones that move away from the classic warm brown and copper undertones of the sunkissed brunette.
5. Blonde Balayage
Blonde balayage hair colour is a timeless choice for creating a natural, sunkissed look. This beautiful balayage colour is adaptable to fit different hair colours, skin tones, and colouring styles. You can customize this hair colour with various shades of blonde to create countless hairstyles, from blonde highlights to ombre.
6. Sunkissed Dirty Blonde
Dirty blonde is one of the best balayage hair colours to achieve a natural sunkissed look. So we’re not surprised this colour is among the top trends this year. It blends brown, blonde, and gold highlights to create a cool to neutral colour customisable for all skin tones.
7. Sunkissed Bronde Balayage
The sunkissed bronde is closer in appearance to the dirty blonde. It is the perfect balayage hairstyle for a natural, beachy look. To achieve the sun-kissed bronde, start with a bronde base colour and use the foilyage technique for the best results.
8. Golden Blonde
Whether it’s an all-over blonde or highlights, the golden blonde remains a timeless classic that’s always on trend. This colour is great when you want a warm, radiant, and rich hairstyle. And it works for blondes, brunettes and redheads.
9. Purple-red Balayage on Dark Hair
Say goodbye to monotonous dark hair with purple-red balayage highlights that have been making waves in recent years. This plum-tinted shade works well as a balayage colour for black hair by introducing red-purple highlights to the mid-lengths and roots. You can play around with different shades of red and purple to customise your look.
10. Cherry Cola
Cherry cola is one of the balayage hair colours that’s expected to appear a lot in 2025. Its adaptability to fit different skin tones is one of its attractive features. The rich reddish brown tones in cherry cola add movement, depth, and dimension to dark hair.
It works well as an all-over colour transformation, an ombre, or balayage highlights. Whether to choose between balayage highlights or ombre depends on the desired outcome. Generally, ombre hairstyles have a more dramatic transition between dark and lighter colours compared to balayage highlights.
11. Milk Chocolate Balayage
Milk chocolate will be another popular balayage colour in 2025. This colour is perfect for a versatile and flattering brunette with a soft, creamy finish against the chocolate brown base. This color is perfect for adding dimension and texture to your hair.
12. Cool Ash Blonde
The cool ash-blonde balayage is a timeless style perfect for all ages and the go-to hairstyle when looking for a cool modern hairdo. The style features grey undertones and pale golden hues that you can play around with to create neutral to cool balayage hairstyles. You can also play around with darker roots or shaded ends to add character to your hair.
13. Ash Brown Balayage
Ash brown balayage is a versatile hair colour that can be adapted for various skin tones and shades. It is one of the best balayage colours for brown hair. It builds on a cool brunette base, introducing soft, ashy highlights along the mid-length and ends of your hair.
14. Sunset Balayage
The sunset and sunrise-inspired balayage hair colour is perfect if you’re looking for a bold updo. Choose from the wide palette of the setting sun, from the warm orange and yellow hues to the soft shades of pink and lavender.
Color blocking is a coloring trend that’s on the rise this year. And what a perfect way to create a sunset-inspired multi-colour balayage.
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Whether you’re planning a bold colour transformation or more muted balayage hairstyles, you can’t go wrong with these top colours for 2025. Browse through your favorite styles before visiting Cutters Hairdressing for your hair colour transformation.