In 2020, stay-at-home orders prompted colourful experimentation – but this year, it was sales of dye stripper that spiked during Australia’s lockdowns
In the middle of Melbourne’s sixth lockdown, I decided I needed to do something about my hair.
With the chances of restrictions easing looking less and less likely, I caved and ordered a tube of toner that my hairdresser promised would stop my blonde highlights turning Simpsons-yellow. As I clumsily slathered the cream on to my split ends, I noticed the name of the shade: “light beige”.
