Experts agree that going lighter after 40 is often a good idea. So we turned to our go-to color expert, Rick Wellman of the Patrick Melville Salon in New York for tips on how to get the best blonde over 40.
"Here is the ultimate example of blonde ambition well over 40's with an Italian background who locks in a 23 year old Brazilian stud," says color pro Rick Wellman of 53-year-old Madonna. "Admit it...she deserves credit, regardless of anyone's cougar jealousy."
"Madonna is the hair color chameleon who has found her blondeness," Rick says.
Get Madonna's blonde: Ricks says to that if you are genetically this dark to soften the brows and base prior to highlighting and avoid too much warmth and too much ash. "Stay neutral and soft," he says.