The creative team at Brooks & Brooks has unveiled With the Band – a statement colour technique designed to deliver the visual impact of hair accessories without the need to remove them.

“Whether it is an Alice Band effect created by Marlon Hawkins, or the Invisible Line created by Charlie Illi, this simple technique will elevate your colour services this AW25,” the salon shares.

Charlie Illi explains, “The technique uses a combination of foil and freehand application methods to create strong bands of colour, like hair accessories you don’t need to remove. This is one of my favourite colour creations, it’s technically demanding, but that’s exactly what I love about it!”

Inspired by Fashion Week runways, Illi was drawn to “huge, colourful Alice bands” seen on models, sparking the idea to recreate the look with pigment. “I love its uniqueness. You can place colour in so many ways – it’s the person in your chair that makes it,” she says.

For this look, Illi crafted a terracotta tone by “mixing mahogany, violet, orange and yellow on a undercoat of 8.” Her top tip? “Always start with a strong cut… this will form the foundations of your look.”