Blonde highlights are not just streaking your hair with a tube of color and going about your way. There’s an art to it. At Studio 312 Salon we specialize in crafting the perfect blonde tones to suit your style, personality, and skin tone.
Hair highlights are a fashion statement and a great way to enhance your natural beauty. It’s a testament to your individuality!
Read on for more information about blonde highlights, what they are, and how they can enhance your look.
What Are Highlights?
Highlights are a hair coloring technique where select strands are lightened to contrast with the rest of your hair. It creates depth and a sun-kissed effect. Unlike color blocking, which is designed to stand out, highlights are usually intended to blend into your hair in a natural way.
When you’re working with the right hairstylist, highlights are an artform. Each highlight is placed in a way that complements your natural hair, ensuring a look that is natural and as unique as you are. From subtle enhancements to bold transformations, a skilled stylist will be able to achieve your look.
Process Of Blonde Highlights
Adding blonde highlights to your look is a personalized experience that is tailored to your unique style. The steps are:
Consultation
Your stylist should discuss your hair goals and assess your hair type. Then you should receive guidance on what may look good for your hair and why. A good salon or stylist will be honest with you about whether you can achieve the look you desire, or if an alternative is better.
Your consultation will include looking at whether we’re working from a brown base, blonde, black, or red and going over the look you’re trying to achieve. Looks vary from golden blonde highlights, strawberry blonde, warm blondes, honey blondes, or caramel blonde highlights.
Are you going for platinum blonde or subtle blonde highlights? Do you want full hair coverage or just face framing highlights?
It’s important to answer all these questions with your stylist to ensure you end up with the look you want.
Tone Selection
The next part of the process is selecting the right tone that will accentuate your natural hair.
Even though blonde highlights are mostly associated with lighter colored hair, a skilled stylist will be able to pick a shade for even dark brown hair.
Application Of Highlights
Your stylist will then begin applying the highlights to your hair. They will use their skills and techniques to provide a seamless blend with your base color.
You can expect to be in the salon anywhere from 2 to 4 hours depending on your hair’s needs.
Hair Treatment and Styling
After the color application, your hair will be treated to preserve the color, health, and vibrancy so your hair isn’t dull when you wake up in the morning. There is nothing worse than your hair looking stellar in the salon and droopy in the morning.
Then it’s time for styling!
Your stylist might finish off the service with a blowout or a fresh cut, and they will surely consult with you on the best way to treat your hair.
Seasons For Highlights
The best season for highlights depends on your personal style, hair health, and seasonal trends. Highlights can be a great addition to your look any time of the year but there are certain seasons that might heighten their appeal.
Cool tones may complement the brighter, sunny days of spring and summer while warmer tones may complement the fall and winter seasons. Ultimately, it’s in whatever you like and the look you want to achieve.
There really are no “rules” when it comes to your signature look.
Benefits Of Highlights
The appeal of highlights is not just in their ability to transform your hair, but also in how they can enhance your overall appearance. When skillfully applied by an experienced stylist, highlights can create an illusion of depth and fullness to your hair.
Highlights also:
Accentuate Facial Features: Highlights are very good at framing a person’s face which accentuates features like eyes and cheekbones
Create a Youthful Appearance: They can also create a youthful look by covering gray and giving it that lighter “days on the beach” tone.
Confidence Booster: Beyond the physical aspects of highlights, getting your hair done just makes you feel good! When you come out of a salon with a new ‘do, your confidence soars.
Aftercare and Maintenance
Aftercare isn’t too complex when it comes to highlights. We recommend:
Specialized Hair Care Products: Use salon-recommended shampoos and conditioners to protect color-treated hair. This helps to avoid a brassy look or dulled colors.
Regular Salon Visits: Occasional touch-ups and visits can prolong the highlights’ lifespan.
Gentle Styling: Avoid excessive heat styling to preserve hair health since it’s already been stressed by the chemicals used to color it.
Do You See Blonde Highlights In Your Future?
We do! Make sure that when choosing your salon, that you choose one that is experienced in the techniques you’re looking for.
You don’t want to go somewhere to ask for a balayage or ombre effect if they don’t know what they’re doing.
At Studio 312, we pride ourselves on the diversity of our stylists. They are incredibly talented and make sure that you’re happy with the outcome each time. For questions or to schedule your consultation give us a call!
We can’t wait to help you look your best.
