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How to Create 2025’s Pantone Colour of the Year – Mocha Mousse
29 JanThe Pantone Colour Institute’s 2025 Colour of the Year, Mocha Mousse, is a soft, creamy brown with warm, inviting undertones. This versatile shade bridges warmth and depth, making it an adaptable and timeless choice for a wide range of hair colours that can suit every client. As hairdressers, incorporating this trend into your services can excite your clients, keeping them on-trend and coming back!
Mocha Mousse works beautifully for brunettes, blondes, and redheads who want a sophisticated update to their hair colour. With MUVO’s professional toning products, achieving and maintaining this look is easy—both in-salon and at home.
Tailoring Salon Colour Services for Mocha Mousse
For Brunette Clients: Rich, Creamy Warmth
Transform your brunette clients into trendsetters with a Mocha Mousse-inspired colour service. This involves creating depth and richness while keeping brassiness under control for a balanced, creamy finish that is invitingly warm but never brassy.
Service Tips:
- Colour Formula: Use a demi-permanent colour with warm mocha and subtle ash undertones for a refined balance.
- Toning Step: Post-colour, tone with MUVO Balayage Shampoo for Brunettes to refine warmth and neutralise brassiness.
- Finishing Touch: Apply a gloss treatment to add shine and seal in colour.
Client Maintenance Products:
- Toning: MUVO Balayage Shampoo for Brunettes
- Cleansing: MUVO Totally Naked Shampoo (specially formulated colour care shampoo)
- Hydration: MUVO Smooth Treatment for extra moisture and shine
For Blonde Clients: Soft Bronde Transitions
Mocha Mousse for blondes is all about adding depth and dimension to create a soft bronde tone. This is perfect for clients transitioning away from high-maintenance blonde or platinum seeking a more natural, blended look – think of those beige queens!
Service Tips:
- Colour Formula: Blend hand-painted balayage or lowlights with creamy mocha tones for dimension.
- Toning Step: Use MUVO Balayage Shampoo for Blondes to cool the tone and add a subtle mocha overlay.
- Custom Blend: Create a personalised cocktail by mixing Balayage Shampoo for Blondes with Just Peachy Shampoo to add softness and balance warmth with none of the brassiness.
Client Maintenance Products:
- Toning: MUVO Balayage Shampoo for Blondes
- Cleansing: MUVO Totally Naked Shampoo
- Hydration: MUVO Revolution Treatment
For Natural Redheads & Auburns: Cooling the Base
Natural redheads and auburn-haired clients have the ideal warm base for Mocha Mousse, but it will often require cooling down to align with the trend.
Service Tips:
- For Medium to Dark Reds: Tone with MUVO Coolest Brunette Shampoo and Conditioner to reduce copper tones and enhance mocha undertones.
- For Lighter Gingers: Intermix MUVO Balayage Shampoo for Blondes with Coolest Brunette Shampoo for a customised toner that balances warmth while boosting the mocha finish.
Client Maintenance Products:
- Toning: MUVO Coolest Brunette Shampoo & Conditioner for medium/dark reds
- Toning Cocktail: Blend MUVO Balayage Shampoo for Blondes with Coolest Brunette Shampoo for lighter gingers
- Cleansing: MUVO Totally Naked Shampoo
- Hydration: MUVO Smooth Treatment
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Customised Colour Cocktails: Perfecting the Mocha Mousse Look
For clients wanting to maintain their Mocha Mousse tone at home, recommend custom toning routines tailored to their base colour:
Brunettes:
Mix 2 parts MUVO Balayage Shampoo for Brunettes with 1 part MUVO Totally Naked Shampoo to gently tone and cleanse in one step.
Blondes:
Combine 2 parts MUVO Balayage Shampoo for Blondes with 1 part MUVO Just Peachy Shampoo for a subtle, soft mocha-bronde result.
Redheads:
For medium-to-dark red tones, alternate between MUVO Coolest Brunette Shampoo and Conditioner for a cooler mocha tone. For lighter gingers, intermix MUVO Balayage Shampoo for Blondes with Coolest Brunette Shampoo to balance the tone perfectly.
Why MUVO is Your Go-To for Colour Maintenance
MUVO’s professional toning shampoos are specifically designed to help stylists, and their clients, achieve and maintain on-trend hair colours. Whether it’s neutralising brass, refining tones, or adding depth, these products are versatile enough to meet the needs of every hair type and colour.
For added longevity, recommend a four-step maintenance system to your clients:
- Toning Shampoo: Tailored to their base colour and desired tone.
- Gentle Cleaning: MUVO Totally Naked Shampoo is for regular use to cleanse the hair whilst protecting colour.
- Deep Cleansing and Scalp health: MUVO Deep Cleansing Shampoo is highly recommended for once-a-week or every other wash to remove product buildup and maintain optimal hair health.
- Hydration, Repair and Protect: MUVO Smooth Leave In Treatment to nourish and maintain vibrancy. MUVO Revolution Leave In Treatment for heat protection, lightweight detangling and hydration.
The Mocha Mousse Movement: Elevate Your Services
Introduce the Mocha Mousse trend in your salon today and position yourself as a trend-forward colour expert. Incorporate MUVO’s toning shampoos into your services and retail offerings to ensure your clients not only leave the salon with stunning colour but can maintain it between appointments.
Stock up on MUVO Balayage Shampoos, Coolest Brunette Shampoo & Conditioner, Totally Naked Shampoo and Treatments to elevate your services and retail sales. To learn more or order, click here.
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