by Kaleena StroudUpdated August 2019 You want highlights to spice up your hair but don’t know if you want partial or complete highlights? What’s the difference anyway between partial and complete highlights? We’re explaining how to look geteach and how to determine which one might be the right fit for you (the answer might be both!). You will be able to tell the difference in no time followed by images of each design. Oh! Look!
What component highlights are there?
Partial highlights are those people you see with a brightening or framing effect put around the eyes. A stylist may call them a quarter head of highlights. Ideally they will have most of their natural color peeking through the back and around the neck’s nape. How your colorist does it Using foils and color of your choice, partial highlights are applied either in the top half of your hair or the top half of your hair and the front sides of your hair. Since highlights only cover a portion of your tresses, your stylist can recommend lighting the foundation so you can take your highlights a few shades lighter than your natural one. Partial highlights pros of partial highlights Cons of partial highlights Let’s look at how partial highlights will add a touch of natural-looking color to your hair using various techniques and colors.
Golden Beachy Waves
The addition of partial blonde highlights to waves gives it a lot of scale as shown here. These beachy waves are only highlighted at the top layer, leaving darkness at the root and below evenly throughout. With a long bob, it’s a perfect combination. 
Dimensional partial highlights can be as playful as you would like them to be. Adding face-framing pieces brightens the complexion and adds intrigue without changing the overall color of your hair. This brunette on the beach is trendy, low-key.
Soft and Subtle Browns
Sometimes just a few color touches of a shade lighter than your natural tone may spice up things. This sleek, soft hairstyle has partial highlights that look at the ends. Show this picture to your hairstylist if you want something subtle! The 
Playful and Cool Color
The partial highlights shown here frame her face and extend over her hair’s top layer. You can quickly lighten the base if you have short hair and apply partial highlights for an all-over hair change. It’s that easy. 
Classic and Refined
It really brightens up by adding bronze and hot blonde shades to brown hair. Get the look from top to bottom with foiled highlights adding lots of color throughout. For a natural look and easy maintenance, leave the bottom half brunette. 
Straight and Bronzed
Brightening brunettes with shades of honey and bronze is a classic move that doesn’t happen too early. It is soft and natural, but it still offers the look just finished my hair. Highlights of partial foil look best on straight hair as shown here. 
Cool-tone balayage
Use a scanning method for your hair colorist to give you partial color which gradually gets heavier towards the ends. It gives a feel of lived-in which is incredibly easy to maintain. You have a cool-toned layered lob ideal at any time of the year with a little toner and playful layers. 
Natural tones with curls
This hairstyle has partial highlights that hit the right mid-shaft where most curls are. This gives a ton of shine and light-reflection to the overall look. We love it because of the natural summer vibes kissed by the sun. 
Partial Red Balayage
You can also use Accent highlights to add vibrant color to your skin. You may add an interesting and fashionable color pop using hand-painting or partial foil highlights for dark hair. Use this technique to try new colors without too much hair damage. 
Subtle Blonde Highlights
This long textured bob is spirit-filled. Relaxed waves with plenty of movement and soft blonde highlights peaking through it’s a winner. Within each wave, the blonde reflects light and adds dimension. 
What are the hot spots?
Full highlights are highlights that wrap around and can be called a full head of highlights by your colorist. It may be that girl you see with an epic scan from brunette to blonde or that multi-dimensional woman with a range of bronze-gold colors all over her hair. How your colorist makes it happen to highlight your hair from the front side all over the back and even the neck nape. Full highlights can change your hair color dramatically depending on whether you use balayagetechnique foils or a mixture of partial and full highlights. Full highlights pros Partial highlights Let’s look at how full highlights work out when done right.
Brunette-Blonde Beauty
This amazing blonde and brunette blend makes us bronde. It’s easy to reach in one or two full highlights sessions (depending on your hair thickness). It’s the beige look to keep the tone cool. We love this long bob light blonde. 
Ice Blonde All Over
You can achieve this ice blonde look by using baby lights (very thin highlights) in your tresses. The long and feminine curls give a lot of life to the blonde hair. Including a source to the paint provides a lived-in feel to less touch-ups. 
Multi-Dimensional Highlights
The effect is stunning when complete highlights are rendered from top to bottom. Great for smooth straight hair and great for older women looking for a classic look, we suggest that you try this model. By having realistic hair like this, stay away from streaky highlights. 
Full Color Blend
Enjoy the highlights! You can use them to add multiple colors to your gorgeous locks or use it for a fun mix of colors like this fiery red and blonde look. Show some pictures to your colorist which motivate you and empower your locks. 
Red and Chunky Blonde
Original highlight – a bit chunky. If you want to look straight-out-of – the-salon, inquire in an arrangement of colors for chunky foiled highlights. With a full head of highlights, you can completely transform your look. 
Auburn Red Warmth
Not only is this hair technique used to add blonde and caramel colour! Make room for hot orange. Using complete highlights to go hotter, but without root-to-tip red hair. This way the look can be handled much smoother and simpler. 
Classic All-Over Blonde
Want to go blonde at all? It’s the time now! You can go for a few rounds of highlights without bleaching all of your hair to slowly reach the level of blonde you’ve been dreaming of. For a new blonde hairstyle, wear the color all over. 
Brunette to Blonde
Does this look have dreamy colors and beautiful bouncy waves that you can’t love? Holding the highlights between the root up and down gives it a scanning-vibe. The curls start right where the highlights on those with long hair start to thicken perfectly. 
Icy Blonde Hair
This beauty was made possible by the hair color technique. For color like this, all-over color is highly recommended, so there’s not much left between the natural color and the cool blonde except for rooty peices and around the nape. 
All over with layers
Thin highlights can soften both blond and brunette if you get the right color. The soft layers of bouncy are classy and make the hair look natural and bright. Without trying too hard it’s highlights! 
Some people go in with full highlights to get more vibrant color and then just get touch-ups done with minimal highlights as the re-growth is more visible from the top roots and not so much from below and from behind. But it’s important to know which one you want to begin with so that once you book the appointment you can let your hair stylist know. Complete or partial, it’s your option. Related Posts Shadow Root Hair Low Maintenance Shaded Looks Foilyage Is Your Next Favorite Hair Color Technique Best Face Framing Highlights The Best Color Technique for Curly Hair Smudging Is the Best Way to Highlight Hair Strobing Is the Best Way to Enhance Your Face Shape Hair Cuts and Styles Stay Connected No matter what your hair type is, we can help you find the right hairstyles The Right Hairstyles © Copyright 2019 Menu HomeAgeTeens