If you’re looking for a fresh, spring look to shake off the winter blues, one to consider is
adding some hair highlights for a fresh look. Highlights are one of the biggest spring hair
trends. Highlights not only add tremendous depth and dimension to your hair, but they
also provide a wonderful boost to your mood and confidence. As the weather gets
warmer and the days get longer you can take on a more youthful and brighter
appearance with a lighter hair color. It will leave you feeling like you’re ready to take on
the world as we emerge from a long and dreary winter.
This spring is the prime time to refresh your look and lighten things up with highlights
whether you choose a bold color to make a statement, or something more natural
looking. This is the time to stop being afraid to experiment and try out some new styles
and shades. It’s amazing how just a little bit of color can go such a long way toward
helping your look and feel your best.
First Time Highlights
If this will be your first time to have highlights perhaps you’d like to start with some faceframing highlights which are subtle pops of lighter color around your face to brighten your complexion. Or maybe just a few foils on top of your head to give you natural looking highlights with a sun-kissed look for your spring hair makeover. Partial highlights for brunettes in spring are especially striking. Either would be a great way to ease into the world of highlights, and you can always add as many more as you want to later.
Partial Or Full Highlights?
One of the first decisions you have to make before lightening your hair for spring is whether you want partial highlights or full highlights. The main difference between the two is the amount of hair that is lightened. With partial highlights, only certain sections of your hair are lightened, whereas full highlights are evenly dispersed throughout your mane. Which you choose depends on how much or how little you want to change your base color.
Choosing Your Highlight Color
So what tone should you go with for highlights? The color you choose should compliment both your base hair color and your skin tone so that they don’t look fake and out of place. To determine the best color or colors to use to lighten your hair you should speak with your stylist. They’ll be able to recommend a selection of colors in the right tone to best suit you. If you’re looking for some spring hair color ideas think about a soft buttery balayage for blonde hair or partial higher contrast caramel for brunettes.
But What About Curly or Short Hair?
Don’t be intimidated about highlighting curly or short hair. Properly placed highlights for curly hair can accentuate your curl pattern making your coils look bouncy, springy and full of life. And highlights for short hair provide contrast to create the ultimate depth of color for your strands. Don’t ever let the length or texture of your hair stop you!
Maintaining Your Highlights At Home
When it comes to maintaining your highlights at home there are a lot of factors to consider. Your stylist will evaluate your hair and give you a personalized hair care
prescription. They will advise you on the right products to use, and give you spring hair maintenance tips such as how often you should shampoo to keep your hair clean while maintaining your color for as long as possible.
Touch Ups, Toner and Glaze
To keep your new highlight color looking its absolute best you will need to have occasional touch-ups. How often your highlights need to be touched up depends on the style of highlights you choose. Most people will need a touch-up every 4-6 weeks, however, rooted balayage highlights won’t require touch-ups as frequently. Another thing you can do to keep your color true and vibrant is to get a toner or a glaze between highlight appointments. This can be especially helpful if you’ve chosen blonde highlights for spring as they can sometimes go a bit brassy as summer approaches. A quick toner will counteract this and give you your blonde color back.
Deep Condition Highlighted Hair Regularly
And when it’s time to come into the salon for a haircut or a touch-up, don’t forget to add a deep conditioning treatment to keep your hair healthy, strong, and shiny. There is nothing that can replenish moisture, strengthen strands, and repair damage quite like a salon deep conditioning treatment can. Chemical processing, heat styling, and general everyday wear and tear deplete your hair of moisture and nutrients leaving it weakened and prone to breakage and split ends. Salon conditioning treatments put back all that is lost to restore your hair to its former glory.
If you’re having trouble getting into the springtime spirit, come on into Michael Thomas Hair Design and allow our talented colorists to boost your mood with some gorgeous spring-inspired highlights! We have two salon locations to serve you in Naples, FL at Carillon Place at 5032 Airport Pulling Road and Crossroads Vineyard at 6025 Pine Ridge Road, both in Naples, FL. You can call us at 239-430-2800 to schedule an appointment at our location nearest you.