Brunette and tints at Tumi Hair
Considered brunette colouring, root retouches, and toner refreshes, with the depth kept glossy and the dimension kept alive across the maintenance cycle.
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What’s Different
Depth that stays dimensional
Brunette work can be deceptively difficult to get right. A single, flat application of colour can harden features and lose definition in natural light. At Tumi, brunette colour is designed with depth in mind, placing tone strategically so the hair reflects light rather than sitting as one uniform block.
Root retouches are carefully calibrated to the existing lengths, allowing regrowth to blend seamlessly so it becomes part of the overall finish rather than something visibly separate.
For clients seeking more movement, hand-painted brunette balayage introduces softness through the mid-lengths and ends, adding dimension while preserving the richness of the base. Each approach is determined during consultation, guided by hair history, condition, and the desired result.
What the Appointment Includes
What sits inside the booking
Every brunette appointment begins with a considered consultation. The colourist reads the hair history, the previous colour, hairs history, the water exposure, and confirms the right service before the booking is locked in.
Bond-builder systems run through the chemical work to protect the depth without flattening the dimension. A toner or gloss is paired where the finish calls for it, to refresh the shine and shift the tone cool or warm. The basin treatment that follows is matched to the work, and the home-care routine prescribed in the chair is the one that keeps the colour rich between visits.
The Basin Ritual
Included in every colour appointment
Every brunette and tint service includes the basin work the salon has built its reputation on. A personalised scalp and upper-neck massage at the basin, performed by the same colourist working on the hair. The bond-builder treatments, where the chemistry calls for them. A finish blow-dry with the at-home routine walked through clearly.
The moment at the basin is not a separate booking. It runs inside the appointment, in the quiet window while the colour or gloss develops. For many of Tumi’s regulars, it has become the part of the visit they count on.
Clients who would like to extend the basin work can pair their colour with a Tumi Hair Spa booking, for a longer massage and a deeper focus on scalp and hair health.
Who Books Brunette at Tumi
The regular cut-and-colour core
Brunette and tint work suits the maintenance client, the regular cut-and-colour core who returns on a steady rhythm to keep the depth fresh and the regrowth managed. It carries natural brunettes refreshing their gloss, brunettes covering early grey through a tint, and brunettes wanting hand-painted dimension without going lighter overall.
Most return every six to eight weeks. They come from Richmond, Cremorne, East Melbourne and South Yarra, and many have been on the same chair for ten years and longer. The shared interest is consistency, a known result held well across the cycle.
The Colourists
Who holds the brief
Brunette work at Tumi is placed by a senior colourist or director. Renato Marsilli’s editorial and Sebastian Professional background, built on the Australian team in collaboration with the Global team, informs how the colour team trains and re-trains across the year, including the toning and gloss work that keeps brunette dimensional.
Pricing
What to expect on price
Brunette colouring is priced by length and by stylist tenure, Senior Stylist (six to ten years) or Director (ten-plus years). Global colour covers retouches and all-over depth; toners and semi-permanent glosses are added where the finish calls for them.
Global colour
Toners and semi-permanent
Toners and semi-permanent colour are priced by length, product use and whether they are booked with another colour service or as a standalone appointment.
Prices are a guide. A current rate card is published on the pricing page.
Frequently Asked
Questions, answered before the chair
What is a toner, and does brunette need one?
A toner is a gentle, semi-permanent colour that refreshes shine and shifts the tone of the hair, cooler to neutralise warmth, or warmer to add richness. Brunettes use it to keep the gloss fresh between full colour appointments and to stop the colour reading flat as it grows.
How often should roots be retouched?
Most brunettes retouch the regrowth every six to eight weeks. The exact rhythm depends on how much the natural base contrasts with the colour and how fast the hair grows. The consultation sets the cadence that suits the head of hair.
Can a brunette have balayage without going blonde?
Yes. Brunette balayage adds hand-painted dimension and movement through the lengths while keeping the overall depth brunette. It is a softer-maintenance way to lift the colour without committing to a full blonde journey.
Is a consultation needed first?
For a first colour appointment, a change of direction, or hair coloured elsewhere, the complimentary fifteen-minute consultation is the right place to begin. No quotes are given over the phone.
Book brunette or tint work at Tumi
Glossy depth, managed regrowth, and a finish protected at the basin, held well across the maintenance cycle.
A 48-hour cancellation policy applies. View policy.