If you decide to open a beauty-biblical, you’ll find that the lexicon of beauty, food and or beverages has long been intertwined. It’s like they always find their way to one another—levitating under the same radar. Don’t believe me? How many foundations out there have been named after coffee or chocolate shades? Or blushers named after flush-coloured fruits like peach, pear, plump? Now, it looks like the ‘’disease’’ of edible-inspired names found its way to the hair industry, too.

In Asian countries like Japan and Singapore, the obsession with milk teas finally led to some badass inventory, because looks like the new trendy, and yummy, ‘’Milk Tea Hair’’, is considered to be the next-big-thing in the beauty industry. The colour combo of soft beige and fade creamy really reminisce the colour of a cuppa. The shade is not too warm nor too cool, a perfect shadow of tea with a splash of milk. Get it? 

What’s best, this colour was intentionally made universal to blend in with any skin tones and face sculptures, including your Asian features. But before you decide to order one Milk Tea hair shade at your favourite hair salon, here are a few things that you should consider. Fancy a cup? Get in line with Beauty Insider. 

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How To Identify Milk Tea Hair?

Just like other popular hair trends, milk hair tea can also be personalised depending on your choice. But if we’re speaking facts, the ‘’original’’ colour of milk tea hair is basically a mimic of a blend of cream and soft beige or brown. Think of an original milk tea, that’s what the original hair tone is supposed to look like. But of course, the hair trend has currently been bombarded with different shades of brown. The colour is extremely versatile though. As mentioned earlier, the colour was intentionally created to be universal in order to blend in with any skin tones and face sculptures, including Asian features. 

Milk Tea Hair Vs. Ombre Hair

Milk tea hair may look similar to an ombre hairstyle at first, but to be honest, they’re very very different. While ombre style mostly focuses on darker roots and lighter towards the end, milk tea hair however, has the perfect mix of warm and cool tones, starting from the root, all over to the end. The colour is more obvious and subtle all-over hues. 

How To Take Care Of Coloured Hair? 

Getting your hair coloured is easy, but maintaining good condition on the other hand, is not. With this being said, water is hair colour’s worst enemy—especially hot or lukewarm water. Coloured hair or not, you should stay away from rinsing your hair with hot water because it will damage your scalp and the fibre inside your strands. Take note. Anyhow, with coloured hair you should be extra precautious whenever you decide to wash your hair. 

What Ingredients Are Safe To Maintain Coloured Hair?

To be honest, anything that labels ‘’Colour-Safe Formulas’’ is good for your hair. If you find any products with ‘’clarifying’’ or ‘’detoxifying’’ words attached on the surface, do not buy them. These types of ingredients will overall remove artificial pigments from your hair. You will notice that the colour will dissolve more quickly than you wished. Not to mention, they will strip away the moisture, too. Other than that, if you find any hair care that contains sulphates are perfectly good for colour-treated hair. But be careful of the brand, too. Often cheap products have harsher sulphates as opposed to trustee brands used by professional hair-stylists. So, if you’re in doubt, ask for your hair stylist’s advice. 

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Milk Tea Hair Ideas To Try 

1. Classic / ‘’Original’’ Milk Tea 

To acquire this precise hair colour, your strands must first be bleached and then coloured with brown and blonde hues to produce the right blend of tones. Due note that hair colours like these may quickly turn brassy, so switch to sulphate-free hair products to avoid this. They will not remove the colour from your strands and are extremely moisturising and nourishing.

2. Cream Cheese Milk Tea 

Have you ever had a cup of cream cheese milk tea? We did, and let me tell you, it’s rich, but refreshing drink that may fulfil both sweet and savoury desires. This hair colour pays homage to the drink by effortlessly lightening towards the ends, emulating the drink’s rich, mousse consistency.

3. Milk Tea Latte

If you’re familiar with lattes, you know they’re made with brewed caffeine and steamed milk. Combined with ice, the frothy milk imparts an ultra-light colour to the tea, akin to this hair colour. Before attempting this style, stock up on purple shampoos and conditioners, as well as other colour-safe hair products. They will help to preserve the gorgeous latte tone by toning down any brassy colour that may develop on your strands.

4. Brown Sugar Milk Tea 

This is the colour that results when brown sugar milk tea is shaken to combine all of the ingredients—tea, milk, brown sugar syrup, and pearls. It’s a little darker than the basic milk tea, but it’s still a versatile colour that everyone can wear. Brown sugar milk tea hair has a chilly undertone that might soften your features.

5. Honey Milk Tea

By adding gentle warm highlights to the light brown foundation, this hair colour effectively captures the flavour of honey milk tea.

6. Caramel Milk Tea 

Caramel milk tea—just like its beverage counterpart, this hair style is described as warm, smokey, and sweet. It has a lovely golden tone to it that may make someone appear to have just returned from the beach!

7. Toffee Milk Tea

Here’s why we adore this hair colour: The black roots signify pearls, while the light brown base represents milk tea. All of this is accented by warm brown hues that mimic toffee syrup.

8. Hazelnut Milk Tea

Do you like hair colours that glitter and shimmer in the sunlight? Give it a go. The buttery and hazelnut-inspired tones will give your mane depth and sheen. 

9. Cookies And Cream Milk Tea

Try this cookies-and-cream-inspired milk tea hair colour if you want to try something different with your milk tea hair colour. The hairdo resembles the wonderful drink we get anytime we want something sweet and chocolaty! Unfortunately, unlike the real thing, this does not have cookie pieces.

10. Strawberry Milk Tea

This hair colour’s rose and pink tones remind us of the colourful strawberry milk teas we see on Instagram all the time. Sorry for sounding like a broken record, but you’ll need a purple shampoo as well as other colour-safe hair conditioners and treatments, to tone down the brassiness and keep the colour from fading.

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