Hot Hair Trends For Fall: Bold

Just as the seasons change, so should women's hair color, says stylist-to-the-stars David Evangelista.

Gone are the days of stripy, bold highlights, he told The Early Show co-anchor Julie Chen Monday. This season, hair color is all about an overall color, a more blended look.

Colors are rich and bold, rather than ashy and blah, and should appear natural, as opposed to "done."

Evangelista gave three models a hot new hair color, along the lines of some of the hottest celebrity looks this season.

The work was done as his new salon,. the Cornelia Day Resort in New York.

LOOK #1: LIGHT BROWN WITH GOLDEN HIGHLIGHTS (A LA JESSICA ALBA)

One of the biggest trends for fall hair color is a beautiful brown base, with some subtle highlights woven through for shine. You don't see stripes of color; the highlights just provide overall shine to the hair. Jessica Alba is one celebrity who sports this look beautifully. Evangelista and his colorist, Norika, decided this model's base should be boosted to a lighter brown than the dark color it was, so they applied an overall color to bring it up. After rinsing the color out, Norika applied thin wisps of highlights throughout her hair using a technique called "balliage" (basically, just sweeping highlights through the hair in a natural way; no chunks of color here). The final result: a gorgeous overall light brunette that looks like it radiates gold.

LOOK #2: BORDERLINE BLACK (A LA LINDSAY LOHAN OR CAMERON DIAZ)

Open any magazine, and you'll see something startling: Some of Hollywood's most beautiful blondes have crossed over to the dark side — with their hair. Cameron Diaz and Lindsay Lohan are two of the most notable new brunettes, with their newly dyed ultra-dark, almost black tresses. Our model had bland, brown hair when she came into the salon, but she had a lot of yellow in her skin, and the faded highlights in her hair just brought her sallow coloring out more. So, Evangelista and Norika decided a bold, almost black hair color would balance out her skin tone and make her entire face come alive (Evangelista says it now looks like her face "is in Technicolor.") This is the easiest of the hair coloring processes: It's a one-shot deal. Norika painted a permanent color all over the model's head, and let the color sit for about 25-30 minutes. When the color was rinsed, Norika applied a gloss all over her hair to neutralize any red that the hair color may have pulled up; the idea here is to go for a true, deep brown; no traces of red whatsoever!) and for extra shine.

LOOK #3: BUTTERY BLONDE (LIKE NAOMI WATTS)

For a long time, chunky highlights were the hottest way to go blonde. The trend was contrast, and bold blasts of blonde against a darker base. That's not the case anymore. As with our other looks, overall color is what's hot, and if you want to go blonde, you've got to go all the way. Moreover, the best blondes today aren't white or ashy tones; it's about getting a beautiful yellow, buttery blonde, like the look of Naomi Watts. Our model came into the salon with dishwater-blonde hair with some faded highlights (A note: the lighter your hair is naturally, the easier this look will be to maintain; if you have naturally dark hair, you may not want to go for this look). Norika boosted her base color up a few tones with an overall permanent dye, then painted thin wisps of highlights back-to-back throughout her hair, leaving super, super-thin strands of her hair unpainted). In the end, the color looks natural and glows, and isn't stripy and drab.