Blonde clients can be the hardest clients to please—they want their strands to be lighter, brighter, longer and thicker. But doing all that, and doing it well, is no easy task. Luckily, we’ve got what you need—like a few outside-the-box color secrets from the colorist behind Gwen Stefani’s iconic blonde. Here's what celeb stylist Danilo (her colorist for almost 20 years!) swears by when working with blondes.

Blondes don’t always require lightener

• Know this: For Gwen Stefani’s iconic blonde, Danilo never uses lightener because he finds the color pulls too white and it can also be more…