Cocoa Butter Might Be Hair Color Brunettes Have Been Craving All Along

This cool chocolate base gets to take the main stage by only adding very subtle balayage from midway to the ends. We’re swooning over the silky mocha finish.

While many cocoa butter blends stick with beige or biscuit blondes, this shade gets some gold-tinted balayage that is toned into a seamless finish.

This natural brunette hair color was given even more softness by adding toner to the mix. It gives the highlights a gorgeous muted look.

We didn’t think this sumptuous shade could get any better, and then we saw it with a shag haircut. We’re loving the rich warm brown color with the heavily layered and textured style.

This cocoa butter shade is heavy on the cocoa with only faint brushes of caramel blonde, mainly towards the face. If we can get that effortless done-undone look, we’re really on board with this deep brunette.

Bring a little extra dimension to the table with carefully placed babylights. This super deep mocha base has touches of warm chestnut and caramel, and we love the cocoa butter shade on a blunt bob.

Cocoa butter is a no-brainer for natural brunettes, and this deep mocha base color gets a subtle lift from warm hazelnut balayage throughout, heavily focused on the ends.

Baby strokes of balayage create a warm shade that starts with a medium chocolate brown and ends with red-brown cinnamon flecks.

Johnny Ramirez, the hands behind this dynamic brunette shade, credited “subtle kisses” of caramel and sunny blonde as the key to this lived-in look.

Add some babylights to that bob, and you’re in business. This chocolatey base color gets some major vibrance from warm cinnamon and chestnut.

We can’t get over the downright syrupy finish on this silky mane, and the deep cool mocha base gets perfectly complemented with a rich warm brown color.

You get the full gradient of chocolate tones in this look, from dark chocolate up top to milk chocolate on the ends. It stays away from sunny or warm balayage and sticks with a true cocoa palette.