Bright pink highlights can add an exciting splash of color to long blonde strands, creating an eye-catching style when combined with beachy waves or loose coils.
Brown-haired women can also enjoy bold highlights; however, their stylist will require slightly more care to lighten existing blonde pieces before adding red hues!
Cool-Toned Blonde Accents
Incredible blonde is an ideal hue to suit all complexions from light to dark, from fair to deep. If you want an effortless color change with minimal upkeep requirements, opt for platinum or sandy blonde highlights that work with your natural brunette hue to lighten and brighten your locks while drawing attention to your eyes and softening facial structures.
Use a soft caramel-to-ash blonde highlighted ombre using a strand-by-strand technique for an attractive sunkissed effect. This hair coloring technique works best on women with warm skin tones (yellow/golden/peach).
Ask your stylist to try balayage instead of traditional highlight foiling techniques if you want a lighter look. Its more natural regrowth and lack of brassy hair effects make this style perfect for medium to light wavy blonde locks.
Balayage
Contrasting foil highlights, and balayage highlights are applied using gentle strokes for an all-natural appearance that plays up the texture of layered or textured hairstyles. Balayage has quickly become one of the hottest trending highlights everywhere, from red carpets and Instagram to Instagram–for good reason: its stunning sunkissed glow creates the impression that you just returned from an exotic vacation experience!
Balayage can also add depth and dimension to darker hues, making balayage ideal for brunettes looking for vibrant blonde locks without risking damaging bleaching treatments. The technique gives color depth without lightening every strand – perfect for brunettes who wish to maintain bright blonde locks without repeated bleaching damage.
A sunkissed blonde balayage with golden brown streaks looks breathtaking on brunettes. Try this look on either long layered bobs or chin-length wavy locks, adding shaggy, texturized waves for the ideal beach babe aesthetic. Additionally, this shade is easy to maintain since it does not involve full lightening of your locks, and associated regrowth lines can be avoided altogether.
Ombre
If you want a pop of color without transitioning completely into blonde, try this brown-to-blonde pink ombre for more prolonged, straight, or wavy locks. This look works incredibly well.
Sombre uses a lower-contrast color transition that begins at your desired shade, such as dark brown to light golden blonde or chestnut brown to caramel blonde. Its subtlety makes it suitable for those uncomfortable with all-over bleach jobs.
WellaPlex Opens in a new tab, a bond-strengthening lightener, was used by this colorist to maintain the health of her client’s hair. She recommends regular root touch-ups every two to three months as well as weekly deep conditioning treatments using sulfate-free products like Oribe Shampoo for Beautiful Color ($46), which allows color to fade gradually without becoming dull while helping prevent damage caused by overprocessing and UV exposure. Consider getting semi-permanent root shadow, or color melts for an even smoother fade-off!
Partial Highlights
As their name suggests, partial highlights involve only lightening specific strands of hair – this means they’re less damaging and often cost less upfront than full highlights or balayage.
Your stylist will use foils to isolate the areas to be highlighted before applying bleach or hair color – possibly with toner for optimal results – using bleach or dyeing products. All other strands will remain in their natural shade.
Partial highlights are an effective way to add dimension and dimension to the mane. This technique places highlights around your cheekbones or forehead for an instantly brighter glow that works equally well casually or dressily, depending on your style preferences.
