![]() Rez notes that if you want to lighten a dark brown base to dark blonde by way of highlights, you can do so by way of what's called a midlight. "The midlight should be the second color incorporated in the foiling technique that will be connecting your dark base to the highlights," says Rez. ![]() Rez adds clients can typically expect to go three to four months between touchups with this coloring method. ![]() "Once the right level of lift is achieved via highlights, doing a root shadow will blend the highlights in with your own starting color and an all over gloss will get the right shade of dark blonde," says Rez. "This way, your natural/ base color be running through the lengths of hair and preserving depth throughout the dark blonde end result so color is not hollow." Rez suggests asking your colorist to leave your base color in between highlights or adding lowlights for best results. ![]() "If you want it to be a cooler dark blonde, then you need to lift the hair to a yellow shade first, then apply the dark blonde shade over it to have a cooler dark blonde effect," Papanikolas says. Matrix brand ambassador George Papanikolas tells Byrdie that while choosing an ash shade can help neutralize warmth in the hair, expect the overall look to be on the warmer side. "Dark blonde should lean in the neutral and or neutral-cool tonal world or it can read brassy to the eye," says Matt Rez, a celebrity colorist and Redken ambassador. "It can work for almost anyone if the tones are right and natural/starting base color is preserved throughout." If you want to dabble in the blonde hair lifestyle, why not try a richer tone? But the maintenance of platinum hair color is a daunting and expensive task. ![]() That being said, the popularity of going platinum is not lost on us, and in fact, we fully support the trend. Here at Byrdie, we find ourselves lusting after the current hair trends set by celebrities as well as hues inspired by the change of seasons. ![]()
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