From Beyoncé’s “sunwashed” shade to Sydney Sweeney’s beach-inspired hue, the celeb hair colour motto this summer time appears to be “go blonde or go house.”

The most recent star to lean into the pattern is Emma Stone, who popped up on her longtime hairstylist Mara Roszak’s Instagram with a dramatically lighter (and shorter) look. 

“I name it ‘tremendous blonde,’ ” says LA-based colorist Tracey Cunningham, who has been doing Stone’s colour since her Spider-Man days. “She simply shot three large motion pictures in a row and sooner or later, you need to seem like your self.” 

For Stone, 34, wanting like herself means returning to her pure blonde hair colour, which doesn’t usually current a lot of a problem for Cunningham. However on this case, the actress had been ping-ponging between hair colours attributable to numerous film roles (together with the upcoming Poor Issues, during which she has an almost black shade).

By the point she was able to go blonde once more, she had a darkish purple hue with “rather a lot occurring beneath,” says Cunningham. (The final time the actress was out and about was again in early June at Louis Vuitton dinner in Paris, the place she had a deep auburn hue.)

The method to take Stone lighter was, nicely, a course of. It started in June when Cunningham spent a complete day bleaching the star’s hair to an almost platinum colour. “We made it so blonde that she truly needed lowlights in it,” says Cunningham.

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Enter Marie Robinson, proprietor of the Marie Robinson Salon in New York Metropolis, who additionally works with Stone (Cunningham says they “share” the star). [Editors’ note: You know you’re A-list when you have a power colorist on both coasts.]

Robinson took over the job, giving the star lowlights whereas Cunningham was on trip in Europe. Then, about two weeks in the past Cunningham touched up the regrowth. The results of the tag-teaming: the intense and delightful blonde hue shared on Instagram. 

To maintain her hair wholesome, Stone makes use of Olaplex Nº.3 Hair Perfector therapy each time she washes her hair, as directed by Cunningham, who’s an envoy for the road of bond-building merchandise. A serious chop additionally helped. Hairstylist Roszak minimize off a number of inches to present the star what she calls a “cool girlie” bob.

“It was minimize on a really slight angle, with the entrance items being a contact longer than the remaining to create super-subtle dimension,” Roszak shared.