How hard is it to maintain highlights?

Maintaining highlights on blond hair is no easy feat, as it's super prone to brassiness. "Every two to three weeks, you should use a purple shampoo—like Joico's Color Balance Purple Shampoo—to keep the blond highlights bright and full of life," says Tzipi Benmaier, Bumble and bumble senior colorist.

Are highlights high maintenance?

“Highlights are fresh and youthful,” says George, adding dimension and movement to any base color. Not to mention that the maintenance and upkeep required is noticeably less than if you were to change your hair color entirely—AKA way fewer salon visits.

Do highlights need maintenance?

Getting and maintaining highlights requires a certain level of commitment. Those lovely blonde accents woven throughout your locks might look perfect when you walk out of the salon, but after some time, the colors dull and your dark roots appear. Most hairstylists recommend going back for a touchup every 8 to 10 weeks.

How often do you have to upkeep highlights?

Generally speaking, it's a good idea to go in for highlights every 6-8 weeks. However, the length of time you can go between highlight appointments varies depending on you and your hair, based on the following factors.

How do you maintain hair highlights?

Watch This Before Getting Highlights

Do highlights ruin your hair?

Highlights and coloring -- Highlights and semi-permanent dyes aren't as damaging as bleach, but they aren't without consequences, Mirmirani says. They can also change the inner structure of the hair, causing a lackluster look and dryness, especially if you frequently color to hide roots or gray hair.

What not to do after getting highlights?

Don't wash your hair too often. The highlights are affected by just water, too, and using the product too often can stress your hair beyond its limits. Also, avoid excessive rinsings; just tilt your head back and let the water run through your hair for several minutes to get the shampoo and conditioner out.

Do highlights fade back to natural color?

4. Your Highlights Can Fade, Too. Just because they aren't allover color, does not mean highlights aren't susceptible to fading. It's not the color rinsing out, though, it's actually the color oxidizing.

Why do my highlights fade so fast?

A common reason behind fast-fading hair color is insufficient processing time, meaning the hair color did not stay on long enough. This especially holds true if you or your client have grey hair. Grey hair cuticles are tightly packed down and take longer to open and absorb artificial hair color molecules.

How do I keep my highlights from fading?

What is the hardest hair color to maintain?

Blonde is usually the hardest on your hair's health. That's because in order to lighten hair you have to strip pigment from it, and that requires ammonia and peroxide — two of the most damaging chemicals in hair dye. The more solid your blonde, the faster you'll need to return to the salon.

What are the most low maintenance highlights?

How long should highlights last?

Keep in mind that due to root growth, all-over coloring will need to be touched up every four to eight weeks, while highlights can last up to two or three months. Ask your stylist about a gloss treatment following your color. This step can really add a boost to the color and make hair shinier.

What color hair is easiest to maintain?

Brown. Brown is a fairly easy color to maintain for just about anyone, no matter what your natural locks look like. Granted, if you're already a brunette, staying in that family will offer a lot less maintenance for you.

What is less maintenance highlights or balayage?

highlights is maintenance. In terms of longevity, balayage lasts longer compared to traditional highlights. The seamless transition makes any root grow-out less noticeable. Plus, balayage hairstyles can go for many months without requiring any touch-ups.

What is the lowest maintenance blonde?

Freehand Blonde Balayage with Ashy Roots

A balayage is a great low-maintenance hair color option if you're looking for a subtle refresh in your hair.

Do I want highlights or balayage?

"Highlights are often placed much closer to the scalp and applied in specific sections while the balayage process includes a graduated painting the color onto the hair in random sections," says Rivera. If you are looking to add non-uniform chunks or sweeps of color, balayage is a better option.

What colors stay in hair the longest?

As natural brunettes, brown hair dyes can last the longest compared to other hair dyes. There's no need to bleach your hair colour as the eumelanin content will allow the hair colour to stay on longer. Besides, with the aforementioned colouring techniques, you can still flaunt your beautiful brown locks.

How long do highlights take to grow out?

Highlighting heavily, coloring it in a lighter shade, or changing the tone turns going back to natural into a bit more of a task, but it's not typically complicated. The first step is to do nothing, just let your hair grow out for at least two to three months.

Is highlighting hair permanent?

Highlights can be any color, as long as it is a lighter level than the surrounding hair. Hair lightened with bleach or permanent color will be permanent until new growth begins to show. Highlighted hair can make the hair appear fuller.

What do I need to know before getting highlights?

Are highlights always bleach?

Lighter, glitzer, magic dust…it's all bleach

“If you're going from dark to blonde or getting light highlights, your stylist will be using bleach in your hair. This may be called lighter, glitzer, lifter, gentle lifter, magic dust or whatever,” Martin says.

How soon can you get highlights again?

Standard time in between appointments is 4-6 weeks, since your hair grows on average 1/2” a month. Of course you can stretch this out to 6-8 weeks if you don't mind the roots. Being able to stretch it out usually depends on what your natural hair color looks like compared to your artificially “sweetened” hair color.

How do I keep my blonde highlights bright?

Is it better to dye your hair or get highlights?

Coloring has everything going for it: it allows you to change your look, boost your hair's shine and enhance your style. Highlights give your hair more subtle tones.