What Is The Difference Between Highlights and Lowlights?

September 04, 2020

It’s easy to get the latest hair coloring trends! Changing your hair color doesn’t have to be drastic! Think of Highlights and Lowlights as a pop color instead of a full transformation-they can be used either to brighten or deepen. Although, the two terms use the word “light” each of them has a different purpose of hair. Highlights and Lowlights mean that they both share the coloring of strands in hair by using paper or freehand technique to create a contrast effect with your base color. These sections should always be combined perfectly, and it can only be done with a magical touch, of hairdressing!

What are Highlights?

The main purpose of adding highlights to your hair is to brighten up the overall color of your hair, adding softness and dimension to it. Never go more than 3 shades lighter.

January by Jon Renau

Get the most out of this wavy beachy look in Chocolate Cherry color. If you are fed up with plain brown hair but don’t want to change dramatically your hue, try this Brown, with Violet Bold Highlights.

Tinsley by Envy

Take 5 years off with this short layered bob style. Look gorgeous from every angle with plenty of volume at the crown. Tinsley is presented with color Chocolate Caramel, a base color of a Medium Brown highlighted with a soft red and blonde.

Editor’s Pick Elite by Raquel Welch

A stunning polished mid-length cut with light waves. True2Life fiber, with one of the top-selling colors, “Golden Russet” Strawberry Blonde with Golden Blonde Highlights that will make you look the way you want to look.

What are Lowlights?

Lowlights aim to add depth and dimension to your hair look. They involved in picking up a few thin or thick sections of hair coloring them in a shade or two darker than your base color.

Alden by Estetica

Below the shoulder style that gets defined by its loose waves. A lace line that will give you an effortlessly natural look to style it however you like. Alden in a Light Brown with chunky Golden Blonde Highlights and Golden Brown roots.

Allure by Hair Do

A voluminous style that features textured ends throughout. It is a synthetic fiber that you can style by using heat tools at a temperature from 240-350 degrees. One of a kind color ‘Glazed Mocha” a soft Medium Brown with Golden Brown Highlights at the top, that will brighten up your undertone color.

Shilo by Noriko

Shilo is made with the finest materials available. Long layers that create a great movement and a Monofilament top for way styling versatility and a realistic Crown. Ready for a color change? Try Mocha –H, Medium ash-blonde with champagne blonde highlights and medium brown roots.

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