10 Ways to Update Your Blonde Hair

Always glamorous, often soft and even child-like in appearance; blonde hair is one of the most desired hair colors in almost every country.  However, those who have it often find that they want a change. The following suggestions are subtle, natural looking ways to enhance the beauty of your blonde hair and give you an updated fashion.

1. 1.     Whether you are a natural blonde or chemically enhanced, you can highlight with tiny strands of extra light blonde to make your hair sparkle. This may not require the use of harsh chemicals. If your blonde is natural, you will only need to use a high lift tint.
   
   2.     Add tiny strands of light auburn or light red-brown hair color to create dimension and to add a warm glow to your hair color. The over-all effect is still blond but with a natural warmth that is great for almost every complexion.
   
   3.     Add tiny strands of dark ash blonde or taupe distributed throughout to give depth to your hair color without taking away the blonde mystique. Start with more strands of your natural lighter blonde toward the top and front, gradually going to equal parts natural hair and tinted hair in the back.
   
   4.     Use both highlights and lowlights in your natural blonde hair to make it shimmer every time it moves. Place your foils (saran wrap, cotton, or other medium) in this manner: one highlight, skip a section, one highlight, skip a section, one lowlight, skip a section, one lowlight, skip a section. Repeat. At the back – below the ears and occipital bone use one highlight to two lowlights to give a very natural deeper color blend.
   
   5.     Apply an allover semi-permanent color gloss to deepen your blonde hair. Using medium to dark blonde hair color will make blue eyes shine and brown eyes intensify. The semi-permanent color will gently fade away within six weeks. See Caution in #6.
   
   6.     Choose semi-permanent color gloss in a light auburn or strawberry blonde shade to make green eyes greener and brighter and blue eyes bluer. This color will gently fade away within six weeks. Caution: If your hair is very dry or porous, the color gloss may stay in your hair or fade unevenly.
   
   7.     Part off ¼ to ½ inch hair sections all around your face. Use high lift blonde tint or lightener to lift that hair two to three shades lighter than your natural hair. When styled, this area blends nicely with the rest of your hair and gives you that glamorous star-quality blonde with much less work and upkeep.
   
   8.     Divide off the nape section of your hair. This is everything below the occipital bone. Use a medium to dark blonde or even light brown tint to darken this area. Your choice of tint will depend on your hair color. It should be at least two shades darker. (Tinting this area very dark can be done for a more dramatic effect. Be aware that this often produces a harsher appearance.)
   
   9.     Divide off ¼ to ½ inch hair all around your face and all of the hair below the occipital bone in back. Tint this hair one or two shades darker than your natural light blonde for a Florida beach sun bleached effect.
   
   10. Use color pigmented shampoo to change the tone of your hair color on an almost daily basis. Use golden shampoo to add warm gold tones. Use red shampoo for a strawberry blonde cast. Use purple or blue toned shampoo to take out warm or brassy tones.