Summers bring to mind sunny days, lounge chairs, junky novels -- and unfortunately, if you are a blonde, green hair. As Kermit says, “It ain’t easy being green,” especially when you pride yourself on your golden-, platinum- or...
Blondes have more fun, brunettes are more ambitious and redheads get a bit crazy -- so if you blend all three colors, will you be an ambitiously crazy fun-seeker? Whether the stereotypes are true or not, changing your hair color can be the perfect...
So, you've found the perfect highlighting kit. It has everything you need to highlight your hair in a myriad of ways, but where do you start? The kit itself won't transform your dull locks into sensational, sizzling highlighted ones. You need...
Strategically placed streaks of brilliant blond color add instant shine to your luscious locks. They can lighten your hair to fit a summery mood, or brighten your look in bleak and dreary winter. But before long, the highlights will begin to fade...
If you're giving yourself blonde highlights at home, you need more than a mirror: A trip to the beauty supply store is in order, and your shopping list is ready. You may already have some of these things, and some of the extras might come in your...
One thing about highlights; they always fade if you use a toner. This is because toner is considered a semi-permanent color application -- meaning it gradually gets lighter until you shampoo it all away. The temporary nature of toner means that...
If you're bold enough to have purple and blond highlights in your hair, you need a just-as-rad hairstyle to go along with it. You may be looking for an easy day-to-day hairdo or you might need something really fancy and elegant for a formal...
Highlighting your hair can be a beauty boost when you're in a rut; they give you a new look that isn't necessarily permanent. Dark blonde highlights are gorgeous on almost anyone, but before you take the plunge, think about the pros and cons of...
Light pink highlights on blond hair look supremely soft and feminine. It's a bold, vivid color to put in your hair, but the lightness of the pink blends more nicely with the blond and looks really girlie and glamorous. Now all you need to do is...
Vibrant blond highlights can add extra glamor in sleek shiny tresses and turn heads wherever you go. But before you color your hair, you still have to think about your hair health first. The warnings on your dye and relaxer boxes that say you...
If you have a lot of auburn and blond highlights in your hair, you've already got some serious loveliness going on in your mane. Auburn and blond are colors that work so well together, creating a rich, warm palette in your hair, nevermind the...
Highlights work well on all hair types and textures, not only creating interest with a second color in your hair, but also adding depth and dimension, making your hair look instantly more voluminous. If you're rockin' more blond than brown in your...
Nothing beats that just-stepped-out-of-the-salon feeling, but it doesn’t always last as long as we’d like. Blonde highlights can quickly turn dull, damaged and brassy if you don’t commit to proper after-care. Thankfully, there...
Blond highlights give your style a major refresher. Use sunny streaks to brighten up your base color, tone a fading dye job or give your face a young, healthy glow. Part of the beauty of highlights is that you can customize their placement for a...
It's interesting to think how the sun affects our skin and hair color considering it's a star that lives approximately 93 million miles away from the earth. Just so, it has the ability to change the color of your hair. There are easy, homemade...
Bright blond highlights can add sparkle and lift to any shade of hair when you sport a medium layered cut. Go stark with blond streaks on top of your dark brown or black hair for a striking counter-balance to set yourself apart. Let subtle...
Though blond is a dynamite color for highlights, it’s not your only color option. Highlights lighten the hair in streaks — whether they’re punky and chunky or subtly blended. Because stylists use permanent color or peroxide to...
Ah, to be blonde! Blondes have more fun, right? Well, you can see for yourself with pretty honey-blonde highlights that let you experiment with kisses of gold placed naturally around your face and crown. Find the exact shade that's right for you,...
Having two-tone hair is advantageous for a couple of reasons. Besides making you look super hot, the different colors in your hair create depth and dimension, making your hair look full and thick. This is especially true if you have blond and...
Catching each flicker of the sun, illuminating warmth and summer tones are the ever-desirable blond highlights. Shiny blond highlights look beautiful on many different skin tones and hair styles. Achieve head-turning locks, filled with delicately...
As long as you've got a couple inches of hair to work with, there are endless ways to play around with it and change up your style for every occasion. If you've got a layered hairstyle and lots of pretty blond highlights you want to show off, try...
As a brunette, there's no better way to lighten and brighten up your look than by getting some highlights. Even just a few blond highlights framing your face or scattered randomly around your head will make a big difference. Once you've got the...
You love your color. It's full of light brown and blond highlights and it looks absolutely stunning on you. There's no point in being thrilled over your new highlighted 'do, though, if you're covering the highlights up and not showing them off in...
Wouldn't it be wonderful if you could freeze your hair growth once you get the perfect cut and the perfect set of highlights? Unfortunately, you can't. You must maintain your highlights to get rid of those gawd-awful dark roots. Sometimes, though,...
To go from having blond highlights to being an all-over blond bombshell, you're basically just going to dye your hair the same way you did to get those pretty highlights. Only this time, you're coloring all of your hair except for the pieces that...
Blond highlights aren't for everyone, and choosing the wrong shade of blond could leave you looking trashy or tired for a fashion faux pas. In general, fairer skinned women look best in blond highlights, although darker ladies can rock caramel...
Nothing ruins knockout color like dark roots. Sure, a few weeks' worth of root regrowth is OK. You can change the part, pop in a few curls -- you can hide those suckers. But once you pass the four-week mark, you're pushing it. Most stylists...
Want to know what's worse than those old highlights that have worn out their welcome? Smoky, gray streaks where those highlights used to be, that's what. Covering over-bleached hair requires more than a quick color job. You have to add undertones...
Blonde highlights are always popular during the summer. Although some are blessed to have natural highlights as soon as the sun hits their strands, others need to fake it with a little help from their hair stylist. When it comes to blonde...
So, you're already a blonde highlighted honey, but you want to brighten your highlights more. Whether it's been some time since your last color, or you just want to be brighter and lighter, you don't even have to go spend your hard-earned cash at...
So you had your fun and tried to see if blondes really do have more fun. Maybe you had a lot of fun doing it, but now you want to get rid of those highlights. There are a few ways you could go about it if you went to a fancy-schmancy salon, but if...
Ash blond highlights are awesome, if you're looking for neutral or icy-blond highlights. The problem with ash, though, is it can turn on you and morph into a grayish or green-tinted monster at times. If your ash highlights turned a funky shade,...
Although shunning the sun helps to protect your skin from damaging rays, it can leave your hair looking dull and drab. Artificial highlights can dazzle you hair and make you look like you spend all your leisure time at the beach. Add shine and...
For the love of all that's white trash and blond, what have you done, girl? You're glowing, and not in a good way. You need to tone that mess down before you cause an accident. Lucky for you, it's easy enough to take the trashy out of your...
You asked for highlights -- not spotlights! With your electrified strands, there's no need to call ahead because your friends can see you coming a mile away. When your highlights are more than one or two shades lighter than the rest of your hair...