Red Hair With Blonde Highlights

The manner in which you put blonde highlights in red hair will decide whether you will sport an attention grabbing or subtle look. The way your hair is cut and styled also plays an important part in the final outcome. If your base color is a lighter shade of red, then bright golden highlights will look gorgeous in your hair. If you have dark plum red hair, platinum highlights will give you an ultra chic high fashion look. Read more on hair coloring and highlighting ideas.

While tinting red hair with blonde highlights, the size, number and location of the highlights are the keys to achieving the look you desire. If you want your highlights to blend with the rest of your hair, you should get slim highlights on the crown of your head. However, if you want noticeable highlights, you can get large blocks of hair colored blonde. If you want to spice up a simple shoulder-level bob, you can add highlights in a way that your hair transitions from red to blonde in places. If you have layered hair, a slightly unusual option is to have blonde highlights at the back. If you have long red hair in shades of mahogany, copper, auburn, etc. a look you can experiment with is blonde lowlights, which is also very trendy. If you want red hair with blonde highlights without going to a professional, you may like to read more on how to highlight your own hair.

If you want red hair with blonde highlights, it is best to pick shades of blonde that will look natural in your hair. One approach is to just lighten sections of your hair, which will leave you with pretty but not loud highlights. If you have thin hair, highlights may help add body as coloring is said to make the hair's shafts swell. While getting your highlights done, if the traditional foil method is used, know that highlights attained this way require more maintenance once the roots grow out. By opting for less structured, widely-spaced pieces of color, such as 'hair painting' or 'baliage', you can reduce your follow-up visits.

Blonde Highlights in Dyed Red Hair
While adding blonde highlights in red hair that has been colored, a possible outcome is that you end up with brassy orange highlights. One way to prevent this result is by first decolorizing the dyed section of hair several times, to remove the red pigments. This should be followed by filling the section of hair to be highlighted with ash tones to neutralize the red. While putting blonde highlights in red hair, one has to be cautious not to over-bleach or over-tone.

Tips for applying Blonde Highlights
When applying blonde highlights in red hair, it is sufficient to apply color on the top layers of your hair. The placement of your highlights will also depend on how you wear your hair. If you usually put your hair up, you could put color around your hairline to give your highlights maximum visibility. You can also decide whether you want full or partial highlights.

While washing colored hair, use cool or tepid water. This will help the color last longer. Apply the conditioner from the mid-shaft towards the tips and comb it through your hair. Leave it on for at least a minute before you rinse it out. While styling your hair, ceramic irons and tools are the least damaging to your hair and really bring out the sheen of your tresses. Read more on

One certain way to achieve red hair with blonde highlights is to consult a professional. It is good practice to take along pictures of the look you want, which will be a great help to your stylist. A secret to great looking blonde highlights in red hair is to put in gradual, safe highlights which will make your hair look naturally tinted by the sun.
By Marian K