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High-Summer Is Here! How To Perfect Fresh-From-The-Beach Highlights

Aug 13, 2020 | 4 min read

Expert advice on what exactly to ask your colourist for...

If you're looking to get beach-perfect hair colour without actually stepping foot on sand (let's face it: most of us are right now), then natural-looking highlights are a stellar choice, no matter your natural texture or colour. Think: subtle waves of lighter tones that make it appear as though you have spent all summer soaking up sun-rays in Bali.

Fresh-from-the-beach highlights are the easiest way to capture the perfect high-summer look and suggest that you spent more time at sea than you did in the salon. Even better, by keeping your roots a darker hue to your ends (a typical trademark of the look), you can disguise regrowth and limit the required upkeep. In fact, it’s often the case that the longer you leave the highlights, the better the fresh-from-the-beach glow will become.

Whether you're a natural blonde looking to add a few slices of perfectly sunkissed locks, a brunette seeking a warm, subtle glow or a red-head in pursuit of additional depth, senior stylist from Pastels Salon Jumeirah in Dubai, Danielle Stewart, offers her expert advice on how to achieve the perfect fresh-from-the-beach highlights. And most importantly, what exactly to ask your colourist for…

For a fresh-from-the-beach, sunkissed look, should we ask our colourlist for balayage or foils?

How many shades lighter than the natural hair colour should we expect the highlights to go?

How important is the placement and size of the highlights?

Is it important to take reference imagery along to the salon?

Can highlights, as opposed to block colour, accentuate a woman’s existing hair style?

Are there any complexions or hair colours that shouldn’t consider highlights for a fresh-from-the-beach glow?

What after-care do you recommend to keep fresh-from-the-beach highlights looking their very best?

Danielle Stewart is the senior stylist at Pastels Salon Jumeirah, Dubai, +971 4 388 3534/+971 4 388 3397