Blonde hair can be stunning and glamorous or soft and child-like in appearance. It is one of the most desired hair colors but those who have it often find that they want a change. The following 10 ways to change your blonde are subtle, natural looking ways to enhance the beauty of your blonde hair.
- Whether you are a natural blonde or a chemically enhanced blonde, you can highlight with tiny strands of extra light blonde to make your hair sparkle. You will not have to use harsh chemicals to lighten your hair. Often you will only need to use a high lift tint to lighten your already light hair.
- Add tiny strands of light auburn or light red-brown hair color to create dimension and to warm up your hair color. The all over effect is still blond but with a natural warmth that is great for most complexions.
- Add tiny strands of dark ash blonde or taupe distributed throughout to give depth to your hair color without taking away the blonde mystique. Leave a little bit more natural hair color toward the top and front, gradually going to equal parts natural hair and tinted hair in the back.
- Use both highlights and lowlights in your natural blonde hair to make it shimmer every time you move. Place your foils in this manner: one highlight, skip a section, one highlight, skip a section, one lowlight, skip a section, one lowlight, skip a section. Repeat. At the back – below the ears and occipital bone use one highlight to two lowlights to give a very natural deeper color blend.
- Apply an all over semi-permanent color gloss to deepen your blonde hair. Choose medium to dark blonde to make blue eyes shine. The color will gently fade away within six weeks. See Caution below.
- Choose semi-permanent color gloss in a light auburn or strawberry blonde shade to make green eyes greener and brighter. This color will gently fade away within six weeks. Caution: If your hair is very dry or porous, the color gloss may stay in your hair or fade unevenly.
- Divide off ¼ to ½ inch hair all around your face. Use high lift blonde tint or lightener to lighten that hair two to three shades lighter than your natural hair. When styled, this area blends nicely with the rest of your hair and gives you that glamorous bombshell blonde look with much less work.
- Divide off the nape section of your hair. This is everything below the occipital bone. Use a medium to dark blonde tint to darken this area. The shade of tint that you use will depend on your hair color. It should be at least two shades darker. (Tinting this area very dark can be done for a more dramatic effect. Be aware that this often produces a harsher appearance.)
- Divide off ¼ to ½ inch hair all around your face and all of the hair below the occipital bone in back. Tint this hair one or two shades darker than your natural light blonde for a Florida beach sun bleached effect.
- Use color pigmented shampoo to change the tone of your hair color on an almost daily basis. Use golden shampoo to add warm gold tones. Use red shampoo for a strawberry blonde cast. Use purple or blue toned shampoo to take out warm or brassy tones.
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