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Showing the Sun with Summer Highlights

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Highlights are a perfect way to move your hair into the summer season; they do exactly what the sun does after time - pull out pieces of hair and change their shade, giving your hair the shine and multiple dimensions that make it stunning. Wanna get this look yourself? Go ahead! You can either do it at home or go into a salon. However, if you're considering getting your hair cut, too, go ahead and do it first. The shape of your new style may affect where you want to put the highlights. Also, wait at least two weeks in between a former chemical treatment and getting these highlights.

Home Highlights - If you are considering doing your own highlights at home, consider the risks. Highlights are much more involved than an all-over color, and there are chances that your hair will come out looking too yellow or bleached. It's also difficult to make sure that you're doing an even job all over. However, it you've done it before or have a friend to help you, go ahead. Just pick a product one or two shades lighter than your natural color, make sure that you use a good conditioner on your ends to protect them, don't leave the box mixture on your hair for too long, allow the natural shape of your hair style to guide you, and follow all directions on the box.

Salon Highlights - These stylists are trained to know exactly what colors to use on your hair and where to use them to give your hair the best look. They can give you advice on what types of highlights to use or how to go about processing hair that is permed, previously color treated, or graying. Also talk to a stylist about your hair if you are pregnant; some pregnant women's hair reacts quite differently to highlights! In any case, the stylists are the experts, and they'll be able to help you get your best look.

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