Get the Formula: Mariah Carey’s Hollywood Blondeshell

Mariah Carey's golden locks and show-stopping hairstyles by celebrity stylist Dior Sovoa, are front and center during her ongoing residency, The Celebration of Mimi: Live in Las Vegas.

Here is his Schwarzkopf Professional formula for the shimmering “Hollywood Blondeshell" color that Sovoa created.

 

"Hollywood Blondeshell" Formula and Step-by-Step

Schwarzkopf Professional: BLONDME. From dark brown to level 9 blonde with highlights and lowlights.

1. All over BLONDME 9+ Bleach and 9 percent 30 volume lifted for 45 minutes.

2. Shampoo with GOODBYE Orange for one minute. Rinse and let sit to air dry.

3. Lowlight the nape of head in a wide section with BLONDME Toning Milk Chocolate for 10 minutes. Add lowlights throughout the entire head in small sections with BLONDME Toning Milk Chocolate.

4. Rinse lowlights in cold water with shampoo two times. Let it air dry.

5. Add highlights with BLONDME 9+ Bleach with 6 percent 20 volume for 10 minutes.

6. Rinse with cold water, then shampoo lightly and apply treatment mask.

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7. On damp to almost dry hair, apply BLONDME Lifting Ice-Irisé and Lifting Ash for 15 minutes in highlight formula all over the head until different variations of blondes form.

8. Rinse hair with no shampoo and add BLONDME Toning Brown Mahogany toner to the roots for 10 minutes. Rinse with cold water. 

9. Let hair sit with treatment mask for 15 minutes. For the last three minutes of treatment, add conditioner all over head and rinse hair.

10. Let air dry and style as desired. Pro Tip: Dior uses OSiS+ products, including Curl Jam and Volume Up, to keep Mariah's curls together.