But combining different coloring techniques, well, that opens up a ton of doors.
For example, pairing highlights and with lowlights, can give depth and dimension to hair.
Goes great with:A natural makeup look, or bold lip.
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Similar shades:Dirty blonde, ash blonde, medium blonde.
Price:Lowlights start at $150, depending on the salon.
Keep reading for some inspirational photos of blonde highlights and lowlights, thanks to our favorite celebs.
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It’s typically used to clear up the bridge between highlights and lowlights.
We love how the lighter shade is concentrated near her face, which draws attention to her best features.
For this look, use a texture spray, which amps up the dimension in the hair.
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High-Contrast
Beyonce’s mix of highlights and lowlights look especially dramatic when worn stick-straight.
Celebrity hairstylist Lorri Goddard prefers to do lowlights either wrapped in foil or hand-painted slightly between key highlights.
She calls it a foilyage technique and says that adding specific low-lights helps make highlights pop.
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Adding strategic pieces of lowlights truly enhances ones natural skin and eye colors, Goddard says.
No wonder everyone’s been loving her hair for ages.
Sun-Kissed
Jemima Kirke’s sun-kissed ‘do looks evening-worthy with a side part and waves.
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Adding texture and movement to the hair draws further attention to the use of color throughout.
Cool Blonde
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Think of your favorite cool blonde shade.
Does it look like this?
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Like most highlighted hair, a lowlight is often required to preserve hair while coloring.
Perfect Blonde
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Here, Hilary Duff shows off the perfect lowlights.
Blending warm, cool, and neutral tones is the best way to go.
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Just check that lowlights are neutral.
Neutral Blonde
Mae Whitman’s blonde waves incorporate a great mix of neutral tones.
Rez uses a demi-permanent hair color when depositing a lowlight, opting for the most neutral tone.
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you’re able to see that method at work here.
Caramel Tones
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This beautifully blended brunette to caramel bronde style hits all the right notes.
It’s the perfect blend.
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Baby Blonde Curls
This is just another example of exceptional dimension.
A Deep Base
Lowlights bring down the depth of the base.
Seamless Blonde
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We can’t have a blonde roundup and not includeRosie Huntington-Whiteley.
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Serena Williams’s golden beige color with deeper lowlights is a testament to that.
This is one of Chrissy Teigen’s warmer looks, and we can see why.
The blend of colors complement her skin tone perfectly.
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Toasty Blonde
Nicole Kidman is the queen of multidimensional blonde.
Her teased, dark brown hair is brightened with warm, champagne-colored highlights.
Burnt Caramel
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Looking for fall hair color inspiration?
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Jordyn Woods is our go to muse.
The side part, the burnt caramel highlights, the smokey eye and the coordinated sage green knitwear?
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