What is the difference between lowlight and highlight?

Unlike highlights, which are lighter than the base colour, lowlights are hints of colour darker than your base colour, which are woven into the hair. It is also great to introduce a lowlight technique when hair becomes overly light and lacks dimension from regular highlighting.

Is it better to go all over blonde or highlights?

In most salons, single-process color is cheaper than highlights. Additionally, single-color tends to be gentler on your hair than highlights. The bleach used in highlight formulas can cause damage, particularly if you have them done often, or use other chemical hair treatments.

Can you put lowlights over highlights?

For example, if a client has over-highlighted their hair, then lowlights are a great option. The darkening technique is also popular during seasonal changes when someone wants to warm up their old highlights, says Brennan. Lowlights could also be used to blend harsh ombré or balayage highlights.

Can you do lowlights and highlights at same time?

Yup! And most people do, actually. Unless you want streaky highlights with tons of contrast, there’s a good chance your colorist will tone down and blend the color with lowlights, whether they’re placed along your roots for volume or throughout your hair for texture.

When should you get lowlights?

If your hair is looking a bit flat, lowlights can also help you fake some volume in a sort of hair color optical illusion. And if old highlights are looking dull (or if you want to darken them up when the seasons change), lowlights are a great way to give them a bit of depth and drama.

Where do you put lowlights in blonde hair?

You can use Lowlights on both Light and Dark Hair Colours. Do not place Lowlights on the top of your head like Highlights. Place less Lowlights in your Top Sections and more through the Bottom Sections of your Hair.

What do lowlights look like?

Simply put, highlights are dyed or bleached sections that are lighter than your natural hair color or base hair color, while lowlights are darker (think: chocolate-brown streaks on chestnut hair or dark-blonde pieces on a sandy base). “They’re also great for disguising gray strands without coloring your whole head.”