No matter the occasion or style you desire, there’s sure to be a highlight technique that suits every taste – beachy golden blonde or vibrant copper red. Discover some trendy highlight styles that’ll make you look your best this summer!
1. Balayage Highlights on Dark Hair
This style features balayage painted highlights on dark hair. The deep hues blend beautifully with lighter tones for an ombre-esque effect that requires minimal maintenance between salon visits.
2. Face Framing Highlights
Face framing highlights can be an ideal way to add dimension and draw focus directly to your features without making an all-out change. Typically featuring classic blonde hues, face-framing highlights add subtle color contrast against your natural shade for the illusion of sun-kissed locks – an especially beneficial approach for brunette girls as this provides quiet but low-maintenance ways to brighten up their look without brassiness! Your stylist can assist in selecting a hue to frame your face and complement your skin tone while still looking natural. Be sure to bring in pictures so they can help bring your vision to life! Depending on your hair type and desired lightness, this form of highlighting could cost more or less than others.
3. Chunky Highlights
Chunky highlights are an eye-catching hair color option that can add an eye-catching pop against any natural hue. They are easy to achieve using various highlighting and lowlighting techniques and complement most hair colors perfectly. Thick highlights can often be placed in face-framing patterns for an elegant and feminine aesthetic, and loose waves provide the finishing touches for this look.
4. Ribbon Highlights
Ribbon highlights have become an increasingly fashionable look, making celebrities like Kylie Jenner, Jennifer Lopez, and Dua Lipa famously prefer this trend. This highlighting technique involves applying ribbon highlights that are several shades lighter than your natural hair color to give this chic style. Straight or wavy hair works equally well when styling this trend; however, for maximum impact, it works best when done in a light blonde hue. Regular touch-ups should take place every six to 10 weeks, and use heat protectants on your locks to prevent dull or brassy highlights from developing over time.
5. Peek-a-Boo Highlights
Peek-a-boo highlights are ideal for adding color without bleaching your hair first. These highlights are applied underneath your natural hue and only show when you move or style your head – perfect for women who want to try highlights without damaging or over-processing their locks. Select the colors and patterns of peek-a-boo highlights that work best for you by considering your natural hair color, skin tone, and eye color when making your selections. When discussing with your stylist how you usually part your hair, they can find optimal placement for these highlights. Green may seem out of place regarding highlights, yet it works surprisingly well here for an effortless teal peekaboo look. It adds just enough pop of color that suits her wavy locks perfectly!
6. Full Highlights
Full highlights are one of the most accessible styles to understand; this style covers every strand of your hair with color. This style works exceptionally well if you like wearing your hair up or half up often and desire consistency in their class.
7. Babylights
Babylights provide a more sun-kissed, natural look. These tiny pieces of color add dimension without creating the stripy appearance typical of traditional highlights. While various methods are available for highlighting hair, professional services are the safest bet. An experienced colorist can evaluate your skin tone, eye color, and desired look to devise an optimal plan to prevent damage while keeping your locks healthy-looking.
8. Lowlights
Lowlights can add dimension without dyeing your entire head of dark locks a darker hue; all it takes is for your colorist to use an ash blonde shade so it blends seamlessly with the base hue.
9. Amber Lowlights
As Emma Stone has often done, Amber lowlights offer a subtle yet striking way to experience the rainbow trend without taking on a full head of bleached locks. Their golden tones look particularly striking on light brown hair.
