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TikTok is constantly inspiring beauty and hair trends. The latest viral sensation is a hair color.
Blackberry hair is a dark hair color with a violet and blue hue. And it's so beautiful! No surprise it’s catching the eye of Gen-Zers, with some creator attempting to get the color by using actual blackberries. But don’t get into your fridge just yet.
“Blackberry hair is best achieved by darkening the hair and adding a tonal glaze over top of it,” says Britt Dion, Aveda’s artistic director North America, Hairstyling. “I prefer to use a direct dye over top of black hair with a violet blue. This will allow the tonal value to truly shine through and help achieve the blackberry color look.”
If you’re feeling adventurous and want to give it an at-home try, there is a way. “It is possible to use actual blackberries to color hair, mixing them with apple cider vinegar and water to get the hair to absorb the color,” says Hairstory hairstylist Jennifer Covington-Bowers.
Though it is technically possible to dye your hair with blackberries, most stylists would recommend against it as it could leave hair splotchy and unbalanced. “Blackberries act as a stain on the hair instead of a dye. This means it is hard to remove the color once the hair is stained, making changing your look far more difficult than if you used a professional hair dye,” says Dion.