Highlighting versus dyeing your hair?

i have long brown curly hair. i want a change but i want to look trendy but natural. what do you reccomend? any pictures or celebrities hairstyle do you reccocemend

Highlighting versus dyeing your hair?

I realize you may not have the money to do what I do every month, but this has worked the best for me. I go to a hair stylist once a month for a cut and color. I hated my brown hair and he colored (he won't use the word dyed) it a lighter shade that was "blondish". It looked much more realistic than my natural color! He uses one of the best brands out there--Schwarkopf (?sp) and after it's done it looks like there are natural highlights without him adding them. I get it done once a month because my hair grows really fast and I'm vain enough that I don't want any roots to show so that people will know this isn't my natural color. Sorry, I don't keep up with celebrities very much, but I have noticed recently that more and more are going to shorter lengths. Go to a Borders or Barnes %26amp; Noble and look at the hair styling magazines. Many of them will have pages of celebs with their new hair colors and styles. I don't think I helped you much, but I've been doing this for over 12 years and I've had so many positive reactions--from males as well as females.

Highlighting versus dyeing your hair?

highlighting is better since you dont have to do your whole head

Highlighting versus dyeing your hair?

highlights don't look as bad when they start growing back in, so you don't see the roots as quickly, depending on the color and contrast... then again, I always look for the lower maintanance types of hair styles... generally, I think something close to your natural hair color looks the best.

Highlighting versus dyeing your hair?

I think, with your hair texture and color, slightly lighter blonde highlights would be pretty. I think you should work up to dying your hair, since it's a big change. You could try one of the many semi-permanent dyes that start to fade and wash out after 8-10 shampoos. Most of those kinds of dye can only go darker or change you current shade (aka give you a red tint).

Highlighting versus dyeing your hair?

Dying your hair is a drastic change, fun too I agree.

Personally I have gone whole head only one time. I dyed my hair burgundy from my natural light brown. It wasn't a drastic change while in doors, but in the sunlight it was awesome. Plus as my hair grew out, it wasn't a tacky difference seeing my roots.

That's the bad thing about whole head dyes that are drastic, like from brown to blonde, is that as your hair grows, the natural colored roots become very noticeable. And having to go in and redye your hair every so often to color your roots to match the hair can get old/annoying.

I did the blonde strips of hair in a way that was fun but could be hidden. I picked a lil grouping of hair strands on each side so that they would be seen while my hair was down. But when my hair was up in a pony tail, they could be covered up or my hair could be brushed in a way to let them be seen.

Highlighting is easier, not as tacky to grow out. Plus with highlighting you can do several colors aka highlighting and lowlighting. Lowlighting as in dye strands a darker shade.

Personally I like the gradual color lightening that the sun does during the summer. Though I must confess that I cheat. I have this hair gel that has lemon juice mixed in. The lemon juice accelerates the lightening process. And it "works" while I am out and about.