Burgundy Highlights: 10 Stunning Looks for Women to Rock

Burgundy hair with highlights is a great option when you want a makeover. It is low maintenance, easy to do, and can transform the way your hair looks, even making it seem more voluminous.

Today, we’re going to take a quick look at some of the best burgundy highlights we found for you to draw inspiration from. But before we do that, let’s talk a little about this particular hairstyle.

Choosing the Best Burgundy Shade for Your Skin Tone

It’s no secret that burgundy highlights won’t look the same on everyone, but that doesn’t mean they won’t look good on you. You just have to find the best burgundy shade for your own skin tone.

If you have a darker, yellowish, or olive skin tone, deeper burgundy shades will often look better on you than lighter ones, since they can accentuate your natural skin color and make your complexion look richer and healthier.

Meanwhile, if you have a paler skin tone, you might want to go for lighter burgundy shades, almost red tones, since these can bring some color to your complexion instead of making it look even paler.

Now, it’s worth mentioning that this doesn’t mean you can’t try dark burgundy shades on lighter skin or vice versa, since it will also depend on your natural hair color!

Just to give you an idea, burgundy highlights on black hair don’t look the same as brown hair with burgundy highlights. They might both look great on you, but they can make your skin tone look warmer or cooler, so you should keep that in mind.

How to Get Burgundy Highlights

Doing burgundy highlights is very similar to doing regular highlights, but with a few extra steps. Let’s begin with how to do burgundy highlights on blonde or light brown hair.

First, make sure you have all your tools close by: a hair applicator tool (you can swap it for a small toothbrush if you want to), gloves, and the hair color. Once you have everything ready, you can proceed in one of two ways.

• Use a silicone highlighting cap to help you select and pull out the pieces of hair you want to dye.
• Separate your hair into different sections, from the bottom to the top, and begin applying the color mix with the applicator using uneven strokes on small strands of hair.

If you decide to go with option 2, remember to select small pieces of hair as you go. We want highlights here, not balayage, which is a different technique.

Then, all you have to do is leave the burgundy plum hair color on for as long as the instructions recommend, wash your hair, deeply hydrate it, and you’re done.

Now, the process for burgundy highlights on black hair is similar in most parts, but you may need to pre-lighten the sections first if you want the burgundy to show up brighter and more clearly.

To do this, mix the lightener with the developer and apply it only to the strands you are going to dye afterward. Again, you can do this with a silicone cap or by sectioning your hair. Rinse, dry your hair, and then apply the burgundy dye.

From that point on, the process is the same. Let the color develop, wash your hair, hydrate it, dry it, and you’re done.

Watch This Video to Learn How to Do Burgundy Highlights on Dark Hair

Coolest Burgundy Highlights Hairstyles

Here are some of the chicest burgundy hair highlight ideas for women to try this season.

1. Soft Burgundy Ribbons with Full Fringe

Many women are scared of getting burgundy hair with highlights because they think it won’t look good with bangs, but that’s simply not true. The highlights add depth and texture, while the fringe helps frame the face and pull the whole hairstyle together.

2. Glossy Brunette with Fine Burgundy Babylights

Subtle burgundy highlights on brown hair look especially good because they blend naturally into the brunette base. At the same time, they bring light and depth to the haircut.

3. Loose Curls with Blackberry Burgundy Highlights

This is a great way to wear burgundy highlights while still keeping your natural base intact. You can style your hair with a large-barrel curling iron to make the burgundy pieces stand out even more against your darker color.

4. Cherry Cola Waves on a Textured Bob

This hairstyle is for those who want a rich cherry-cola finish with deeper burgundy dimension throughout the hair. If you want to make this wavy bob style even better, add a few soft waves to make the color look fuller and more textured.

5. Long Waves with Deep Burgundy Ends

This hairstyle is ideal for those who want low-maintenance burgundy highlights on very dark hair. It’s simple to do, adds color and depth, and the soft contrast between the dark base and the burgundy ends looks beautiful.

6. Dimensional Burgundy Ribbon Highlights

If you have medium brown or bronde hair and don’t want super-fine highlights, you can always go for this style. Mix soft brunette tones with burgundy ribbons to achieve this look, then add loose waves to bring out the different colors in your hair.

7. Stacked Bob with Burgundy Panels

This is a great way to put a little twist on classic burgundy highlights. The color placement accentuates the contrast between the black base and the red-burgundy pieces, which makes the stacked shape stand out even more.

8. Soft Brunette Waves with Burgundy Veiling

As we mentioned earlier, burgundy highlights look incredible on brown hair because they blend in naturally. When you style it into soft waves, the burgundy really pops out and adds movement and texture to your hair.

9. Tousled Lob with Bright Burgundy Streaks

Again, this is a very low-maintenance burgundy highlighted hairstyle that can bring a lot of movement to people with finer hair. Not to mention, the red touches give this tousled lob a fun and modern finish.

10. All-Over Burgundy Dimension on a Wavy Bob

If you want burgundy dimension from root to end, this is the right hairstyle for you. The short blunt bob cut with soft waves gives the color the depth it really needs.

As you just saw, burgundy highlights look amazing on all types of hair and can make dark and light bases alike look fuller and more textured. We hope you get to try some of the looks we mentioned and that you enjoyed this little segment.

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