Hair For You

The idea is that our hair gets darker as we age. Also, as we age, our skin naturally loses pigment, which can make darker hair colors look unflattering and severe. Seems like our bodies are just working against ourselves, doesn’t it? Solution? Highlights, of course! Adding warmer highlights to your hair can take years off your face. You can even go so far as to say that your hair when you were young, say 4 or 5 years old, would be your most natural, flattering sun-kissed hair color. Highlighting, rather than just changing your base color, would be the best way to achieve the look you are going for: as young as possible, without looking like you are trying too hard. Also, highlighting is much easier to maintain and you won’t need to rush to the salon every 4 weeks or less for a root touch-up. Some people may even be able to go as far as 4 months with highlights, depending on how light their highlights are compared to their natural color.

Highlights can give hair dimension, definition and add a relaxed, sun-kissed look to your hair. If done correctly, they can even take years off of your face. However, achieving natural-looking highlights can be tricky and can easily turn out streaky and fake. Fortunately, most people already have natural highlights in their hair and there are ways to bring your highlights out more if you are not willing to take the risk. If you want a dramatic change, a stylist and processed highlights would be the best way to go, but these tips can help you bring out a subtle difference. The best way to do this is keeping your hair as healthy and lustrous as you can by taking care of your hair and making sure it is properly moisturized. Using a deep conditioner will help infuse body and shine, if you are not sure what kind of deep conditioner to use for your hair type, consult with your stylist. Regularly getting your hair trimmed is very important because split ends can give your hair a dull, matte appearance. Heat can seriously dry out your hair and will create the same effect, blow-drying and flat-ironing should be done as rarely as possible. When you must blow-dry or otherwise style with heat, make sure to use a thermal protector and leave-in conditioner to protect your hair. Not only do you need to keep your hair healthy on the surface, but you also need vitamins and minerals that will stimulate blood flow to your roots. For example, B complex vitamins regulate the amount of oil produced in the hair to moisturize evenly. Although I’m sure you have heard of spritzing a little lemon on your hair to help bring out highlights, doing so can dry out your hair and defeat the purpose of “natural” highlights.