Lucky you. According to Hill, light blondes have tons of freedom when it comes to highlights. Choose a tone that's golden or cool -- "even the lightest highlight can still look natural on a light blonde."
Dark blonde lowlights also look amazing on light blonde hair, says celebrity stylist Aura Friedman.
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Highlights for Medium Blonde to Dark Blonde Hair
Try golden or honey highlights.
"With medium blondes, it is a great opportunity to do an almost 'bronde' look with golden or honey highlights," says Hill. Friedman adds that if you're more of a dirty blonde, add taupe highlights or dark blonde lowlights. Both these looks will add dimension to your hair color.
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Highlights for Light Brown Hair
Try ashy blonde highlights.
To add some "wow"-factor to light brown hair, Pelusi recommends incorporating more blonde pieces throughout the hair, specifically in the lower half.
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Highlights for Dark Brown Hair
Try tone-on-tone highlights.
To add vibrancy to dark brown hair, ask your colorist for highlights that are one shade lighter than your current hair color, and have them layer different tones of that shade, says Hill.
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Highlights for Black Hair
Try chocolate brown highlights.
Highlights in black hair will help soften the harshness. "Make sure you stay within the tone that would be closest to how the sun would naturally lighten your hair," advises Hill. "You don't want to clash with the dark base making it look artificial."
Friedman recommends choosing chocolate tones, like coffee bean or milk chocolate.
Did you ever go through a gothic phase in high school, when you couldn't stand even a slight fade to your jet black hair color? Those days, you probably thought highlights were meant only for the carefree blondes or the sun-kissed brunettes of the world -- tortured soul, much?
Or maybe you had a head full of highlights -- bright blonde strands scattered on top of your dark brown hair -- and wish you could transport your current colorist back to your life circa college. You know, so he could talk you out of those fake-looking streaks.
Whatever your highlight history, it's time to think about revisiting them. Highlights offer the ability to switch up your hair color without getting a dramatic overhaul, and they can bring depth and life to an otherwise blasè brown or dull blonde. And lazy-girls, rejoice: The latest trends in highlights allow you to go a full six months between touchups.
The key to great, natural-looking highlights, say experts, is knowing what shades will work best with your hair color. Here, the best tips on how to get the right highlight shades for every hair color.
