Hair Care

Dramatic (But Wearable) Hairstyle Transformation

Hang on to summer with a few well-placed highlights the way TotalBeauty.com reader Julie did -- it took her hairstyle from serious to sexy

by Audrey Fine

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Julie after So does Julie feel like her "hair bummer" has been banished? "Absolutely," she beams. "They did such a great job. I mean, I like darker hair on me and never wanted to lighten the whole thing, but I didn't realize how much of a difference just having a little bit of a lighter shade just around the face softens it up so much," she smiles.

"Same goes for the tips [of her hair], with just that hit of light, the texture shows up much more. Which is nice because I still have a darker base without the zebra-striped highlights running throughout," she says.

"And, I LOVE the eyebrows," she says. "Even though I have colored my hair every shade imaginable, I never bothered to match my eyebrows which really makes a huge difference."

The best part is that she feels like the attempt to carry summer's beachy feel through to fall and beyond really worked. "It just looks so natural. It's also nice on the days I don't feel like blowing it out. The sun-kissed color works really well when I just wear my hair messy/wavy. It could definitely pass for beachy -- even in November!"

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