Hair Highlights - Hottest Hair Colour Trends for 2011

Almost all of us are always on the look out for that 'elixir of youth', that extra something that would give us eternal youthful appearance. Fortunately for all of us, hair highlights are here. Hair color highlights can help you get a totally new, and more importantly, younger look. Remember hair highlighting can be quite a technical job unlike simple hair coloring jobs and are best done in a salon.

Techniques such as foil highlights and hair painting are time consuming and therefore hairstyle highlight is something that is best done by a professional. You can also take a photo of someone whose hair color highlights you admire, when you visit the salon. In fact, going through such photos would help you form an 'idea' about what exactly will suit you. There are a few simple tips though that can help you choose the right hair color. It is always preferable that olive toned people go in for darker colors while red shades would look great on those who are pink-toned. For those of you who are yellow toned, orange and yellow based colors are a strict no-no, while other colors are fine.

Hairstyle Highlighting Ideas for 2011

While there are many techniques available, most of the times you may actually run out of ideas when it comes to hairstyle highlights. For instance you may be tearing your hair in despair, confused as to which are the colors that would match your hair in the first place. You can always do with a few handy tips here. If you are someone who is looking for a highlight for dark hair, you should not go 2-3 shades lighter than your natural hair color when it comes to highlights. You can try out tones of red or a blend of gold and copper, which would look good on you. Similarly brunettes would look great with brown hair highlights. Now read on these 4 Hottest Hair Colour Highlights Trends for 2011:

•  Bright Hues: It is a popular trend in hair color this year which can be quite clear with the big list of female celebrities adopting bright dyes and looks. Check out some in my gallery of 10 Wonderful Bright Colour Highlights for Hair.

•  Ombre – the surfer strands: Its name is a French word meaning gradient shading. Here, the roots color is dark while the strands are shaded in surfer/gradient style. Great option to consider with darker-haired girls/women.

•  Platinum Blonde Hair: If you are thinking about blonde colour then you can't be wrong. Yes, it is a fashion trend in 2011. But remember to take a professional advice before deciding on going for a lighter shade than your natural hair colour as it may or may not suit your skin tone.

•  Balayage: This type of highlights gives much better results than the foils technique – as stated by many salons. Let's discuss it later on.

Photo Gallery for Dark Brown Hair Color

Hair Color Highlights Trends

Bright colors highlights are the trend this season. Hot reds for instance are in. So too are rose, burgundy and crimson. The secret here is to mix n' match, while keeping it as light and natural as possible. Your head is literally your canvas and make it come alive in all its vibrancy with hair highlights.

Where to Get Advice:

A professional hair stylist may be able to guide you through all these aspects of coloring. You can also try browsing through virtual hairstyle websites, where you can get a fair idea as to which are the colors that would suit you. Check out some videos on how to apply hair color.

	Amber 22-May-2011
	I have dark brown hair and I'm curious if red or strawberry pink highlights would look nice

	Adriana 18-Sep-2010
	i like Ashley Tisdale's hair cut because i was looking for high lights and i found just the match. Ashley Tisdale highlights are nice but i'm looking for a lot of tones in for brown.

	Marie 19-Aug-2010
	I would like to know if strawberry blonde or just blonde highlights would be pretty in my dark brown hair?

	Brenda 20-Aug-2010
	Black highlights look good wit blonde or caramel.Im an 12 year old is there any non permanent highlights that will go away that salons will have.

	Mercedes 18-Aug-2010
	So i'm trying something totally new this year, i want highlights, but i'm stuck on what to get. I have like a medium brown hair color with natural highlights but only on my bangs. What color would look right??

	Chelsey 11-Aug-2010
	dark brown hair and black hair look really good with red gold and copper tones. if your hair is black, brownish black, darkest brown, dark brown your hair will naturally lift redder. keep that in mind if you are doing it at home.

	Tania 22-Mar-2010
	I'd like to know what highlights would look good with dark brown hair?

	Samantha 1-Mar-2010
	what highlights look good with my black hair?

Different Hair Highlights Techniques

Hair highlights can make you the cynosure of all eyes, if done properly. Remember hair highlights do need more than just a bit of skill. Hair highlights also depend to a large extent on the overall texture and health of your hair. It would also depend on the number of hair highlights that you want. Since there are so many issues involved, it is always best done at the salon.

Successful hair color highlights are done in three ways. One of the techniques involves applying bleach to the strands of hair and then actually wrapping them up in foil. This technique known as 'foiling' and gives good results, since it is done very close to the hair roots. The next technique is hair painting. It can be done both at the salon and at home. You just pick up a brush and apply bleach on to the hair in this method. The third method is quite tedious. In this method you place a plastic cap with a number of small holes on the head. You then pull strands of hair through these holes and then bleach them with the colors of your choice.

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