Many women tend to want lighter hair than what nature gave them. However, there are blonds that are looking for ways to darken their hair with lowlights. Whether you are a natural blond or dyed your hair blonde and now want a change, lowlights can be your answer.
While blonde hair color will never lose its popularity, light blonde hues are not as mainstream as before. Women are exploring darker colors and enjoying them. Ombres and balayage actually keep the roots deliberately dark, taking some of the all-over lightness out of the look.
Lowlights are gaining popularity for the same reason. So if you are looking for something new and stylish for your blonde locks, consider lowlights.
How to Add Lowlights to Blonde Hair
As you check out the styles, decide which color you like and how light or dark you want to go. While you can choose to have them evenly placed around your hair for an overall lightness, it’s a popular choice to focus lowlights near the front of the face for particular emphasis; just study a few looks and decide what you want your overall look to be.
Blonde Hairstyle Ideas with Lowlights
Every woman wants to be different. Blonde hair with lowlights has its fans but hasn’t become very mainstream yet. So if you want to make a statement with your unique image, consider adding lowlights to your blonde locks.
There is no need to wait and think this over. We have picked 30 different examples to help you see how amazing blonde hair can look with lowlights. Lowlights come in many different colors and can make your blonde mane appear truly stunning!
1. Bronze Blonde
Bronze blonde hair with lowlights will look especially amazing if you add more color to the bangs. Leave all your hair light and darken just the blunt bangs. The effect will be stunning.
2. Dark-Rooted Blonde Hair
If your locks are dyed sandy blonde, you can add some strawberry blonde lowlights to make them look a little darker. This is a great idea for women whose natural hair is brown or chestnut.
3. Honey Blonde Lowlights
Honey and golden blonde lowlights are the best way to darken your blonde locks. If you use two or more colors, your mane will look even more impressive. Don’t be afraid to experiment with several shades.
4. Sunrise blonde lowlights
The mix of golden copper, light red, and chestnut creates a soft, natural-looking color. For help planning a similar blend, discuss these tones with your colorist.
5. Reddish Blonde Lowlights
Reddish blonde lowlights are a great way to darken bronze blonde hair. You will create dark strands while keeping the hair blonde. Make an experiment with adding honey highlights.
6. Ash Blonde Lowlights
If you like the dirty blonde look but are looking for something new, consider partial lowlights to frame your face. Choose from ash blonde and chestnut blonde or go further to explore the darker shades.
7. Chestnut Lowlights
If you have honey blonde hair, it will look terrific with chestnut lowlights. Ask your hairstylist to weave chestnut lowlights all through your mane to get a fantastic color mix that will last for a long time.
8. Dirty Blonde Lowlights
Dirty blonde hair with lowlights looks especially terrific. Use honey and golden shades coupled with ash blonde to get an amazing effect. You can even use light brown to darken the color.
9. Dark Blonde Lowlights
If your natural hair is dark blonde and you had it dyed light sandy blonde, dark lowlights can help you get your natural color back. You don’t need to take drastic measures. Start with just a few strands.
10. Yellow Blonde Lowlights
Blonde hair with lowlights can look extravagant if you use yellow colors. Such mix of hues will create an impressive shade that can be unique for every woman. See how it looks on you!
11. Champagne lowlights
Champagne blonde hair with lowlights will look great if you add some reddish hues. Champagne blonde can easily be turned into light red with the right use of lowlights. This shade is truly stunning.
12. Blonde Layers with Darker Ends
When you decide to create lowlights you have a choice of where to make them. You don’t need to create them all over your mane or make some patches. Consider dyeing just the very bottom part of your locks.
13. Red lowlights
Red lowlights are a perfect way to start turning yourself from a blond to a stunning redhead. Start by making partial lowlights that frame your face and then you can add a few all over.
14. Side-Swept Blonde Pixie
If you think that lowlights can look good just on long manes, you are wrong. Pixies and bobs also look amazing with lowlights. However, short hair needs a special careful approach.
15. Brown Lowlights
Honey blonde hair with lowlights will look especially fantastic if you are not afraid of drastic measures. Consider using brown and mahogany hues for your lowlights to completely change your image.
16. Silver lowlights
Silver lowlights might seem like a weird choice to some but others believe it to be the most fashionable color in the world. Gray locks are gaining popularity and trying them will make you look stylish.
17. Caramel Blonde with Brown Roots
Caramel blonde hair with brown lowlights looks amazing. This is a good choice for girls who used to have light brown hair and then dyed it blond. Brown and chestnut lowlights will help you get your color back.
18. Honey and Golden Brown
Honey blonde hair looks perfect with golden brown lowlights. This rich color looks natural and lightens up your whole face. Meanwhile, the dark roots won’t be as visible. What a great color mix!
19. Creamy Blonde Bob
Creamy blonde is another variation of the ultra-light blonde shade. A great way to make it a little darker is to use the spring honey blond lowlights. Start with creating just the partial lowlights.
20. Tousled Honey Blonde Waves
Blonde hair with lowlights can look even more fantastic if you use honey as the lowlight color. In fact, honey and golden shades are the most popular ones for lowlighting blonde hair. They are a fail-safe option.
21. Golden Chestnut Brown
Golden chestnut brown hair color is not easy to achieve. The best option is to start with dark blonde hair color and use chestnut and honey lowlights.
22. Nutmeg Lowlights
Nutmeg lowlights are a perfect way to make your blonde color richer and reduce the amount of daily maintenance.
23. Ash and Brown Lowlights
Ash and brown lowlights are a great way to turn your ordinary dirty blonde hair into an amazing mane that features several bright and rich colors. Become a brunette!
24. Rounded Ash-Blonde Bob
Bobs are a great hairdo for the summer. This blonde hairstyle with low lights requires the least maintenance as compared to other hairstyles. The dark blond and light blonde highlights with dark brown really create a different dimension.
25. Gray Blonde Hair
If you are someone who likes experimenting with hair color, this hairstyle is perfect for you. Gray is such an upbeat and stylish color. Pair this gray tone lowlights with dirty blonde ones and stick to your dark roots for an amazing look.
26. Golden Blonde Layers with Brown Lowlights
Golden Blonde highlights are something that will never go out of style. Mix this golden blonde color with some coffee brown lowlights and get this amazing hairstyle with dimension.
27. Honey Blonde Beach Waves
If you are the girl who has always stuck to her dark roots, yet at the same time finds the need to change it up, this hairstyle is perfect for you. The hair colored in honey blonde with dark brown lowlights will make you look like a star. It’s a perfect risk taker kind of hairstyle but at the same time you know there is absolutely no chance of it looking bad.
28. Blonde-to-Brown Waves
If you are into hair colors that gradually become darker towards the end, this one is a good option. Honey Blonde color towards the crown that fades into mid-tone brown towards the ends of the hair.
29. Honey Blonde Lob with Brown Lowlights
Balayage, a French freehand technique from the 1970s, exploded in mainstream popularity in the mid-2010s. Here honey blonde lowlights are mixed with light to dark tones of brown to result in this perfect blonde, brown balayage effect. Perfect for all skin tones.
30. Ash-Blonde Waves with Dark Roots
When you look at this hairstyle, you might think it’s not for everyone, but the dark roots change that. These dark roots are perfect for any skin tone, and later on they fade into light blonde that still has a dark brown base towards the bottom. This hairstyle is perfect if you want to play around.
Lowlights give blonde hair a richer, more dimensional finish. There are so many ways to keep your hair blonde while pumping up the color to make it richer and more impressive. Don’t be afraid to lose your blond locks. Experiment!
