To make an impressionful statement with your hair color, try black and blonde highlights with dark roots and lighter blonde tips. This trend works on any length hairstyle; pair it with side-swept bangs for an eye-catching, sexy style.
Before coloring or bleaching your hair, ensure it’s healthy enough to go through the bleaching and coloring processes!
Warm Golden Blonde
Warm golden shades have become the latest blonde hair color trend. This timeless shade works best on cool-toned skin tones. Still, professional colorists can also adjust it to work for those with more blueish and pink complexions – an excellent solution for anyone wanting to go blonde without committing an icy hue.
Light honey blonde is an inviting golden tone that looks fantastic on blue-eyed ladies with olive complexions and brown-haired ladies with blue eyes. It features golden and caramel tones, giving off an authentic beachy radiance for a summery glow.
Balayage, the French hair coloring technique that involves hand-painting highlights onto the scalp for a natural-looking result, is the best way to give dark strands their desired rich blonde hue. Paul Mitchell National Educator Caitie Demetrician used Paul Mitchell XG Naturals products on Level 7 canvas, giving this brunette beauty natural-looking golden blonde shades with creamy, neutral tones.
Cool Blonde
As its name implies, cool blonde looks great on most complexions. Be wary, however; proper maintenance is necessary for this hue to become an unnatural-looking mink hue. Speak to your colorist about using toner to neutralize brassy or yellow tones to maintain a cooler blonde hair color.
Bronde is an attractive solution for women seeking a natural-looking brunette look without going too far beyond their original brunette shade.
To determine your ideal blonde shade, it helps to examine your wrists for blue or purplish veins that suggest cool undertones; otherwise, green veins could indicate warm ones. No matter which direction your veins fall, knowing which you have makes selecting the perfect shade easier.
Caramel Blonde
Caramel blonde hair can be the ideal solution for women who desire a subtle change of hue. This warm shade blends beautifully with dark brown tones and complements most skin tones, and can be added in various ways, including babylights for natural-looking roots or through balayage where color is painted onto hair in a sun-kissed manner.
Caramel highlights can help add a subtle but stunning boost of light blonde tones without going all-out blonde. These light strands create a natural contrast with brunette locks, drawing attention away from your neckline. Ask your stylist to add face-framing strands around the forehead and cheekbones for an aesthetic, flattering result.
Caramel hair with a hint of copper is ideal for giving your fall-inspired locks an instant glow. This beautiful shade of caramel blonde complements rich brown tones perfectly and will illuminate your complexion, adding warmth.
Black with Blonde Highlights
Blondes look incredible against all skin tones, but black hair with blonde highlights stands out particularly beautifully. From subtle face-framing highlights to striking streaks, this color combination creates a modern, fashionable style that turns heads.
Platinum blonde balayage on black hair creates an eye-catching and dramatic transformation, using hand-painting techniques to achieve an alluring and natural blend of dark roots and blonde strands that blend effortlessly. The cool undertones of the blonde shade blend well with warm tones found within its base color, producing an elegant yet fashionable result.
If you prefer something softer than drastic highlights, honey-blonde highlighting on black hair could be just what the doctor ordered. Honey blonde’s warm and golden tone will enhance the depth of your complexion, while toning shampoos and conditioners can help avoid brassiness caused by lighter blonde shades on darker locks. For maximum effect, use them once weekly!
