Hair Highlights
Add Dimension, Contrast & Character to Your Hair
If you like your current haircut but feel that your hair could use more depth, brightness, or contrast, Hair Highlights can give you a noticeable change without coloring the entire head.
Highlights add lighter tones to selected sections of your hair, allowing your natural or existing hair color to remain visible between the lighter areas. This creates a more dimensional appearance instead of one solid color.
Whether you want something subtle and natural-looking or a more noticeable change, the placement and tone of the highlights can be adjusted to suit the look you want.
At Looks Men’s Salon, our stylists consider your natural hair color, haircut, hair length, skin tone, and desired result when recommending a suitable highlight look.
HIGHLIGHT STYLES
See the Looks we create.
IS THIS THE LOOK YOU’RE LOOKING FOR?
Hair Highlights may be a good choice if you want to:
Keep some of your natural or existing hair color
Add lighter tones to your hairstyle
Make your haircut look more dimensional
Add brightness without coloring everything the same shade
Create more contrast between different sections of your hair
Give your hairstyle a more noticeable appearance
Highlight the texture and shape of your haircut
Try a color change without going for a completely different full-head color
If you want your entire head to be one new color, Full Hair Color may be more suitable.
If you want to keep your base color and add lighter sections, Highlights may be the better option.
WHAT CAN HIGHLIGHTS DO FOR YOUR HAIR?
Add Dimension
If your hair looks like one solid color, highlights can introduce different tones and make the overall color appear more dimensional.
Add Brightness
Lighter sections can brighten the overall appearance of your hairstyle and create more visual interest.
Create Contrast
If you want your lighter tones to stand out, stronger contrast can create a more noticeable and distinctive look.
Make Your Haircut Stand Out
Highlights can be placed to complement your haircut, helping bring attention to its shape, texture, layers, and movement.
Give Your Look a Fresh Change
You don’t always need to completely change your hair color to make a difference. Adding selected lighter tones can refresh your existing hairstyle while keeping some of your original color.
WHAT KIND OF HIGHLIGHTS DO YOU WANT?
Not every highlight needs to look the same. The overall result can be changed depending on how light you want to go, how much contrast you prefer, and where the lighter sections are placed.
SUBTLE HIGHLIGHTS
Want something that looks more natural?
Subtle highlights use lighter tones that blend more gently with your existing hair color. They can add dimension and brightness without creating a very strong contrast.
Good for you if you want:
- A more natural-looking change
- Soft dimension
- A less dramatic result
- A fresh look without a major transformation
MORE NOTICEABLE HIGHLIGHTS
Want people to notice the change?
More noticeable highlights create stronger contrast between the lighter sections and the rest of your hair.
Good for you if you want:
- A more visible color change
- Stronger contrast
- More definition
- A bolder and more distinctive hairstyle
WHERE SHOULD THE HIGHLIGHTS GO?
The placement of your highlights can make a big difference to the finished look.
Your stylist can consider the shape of your haircut, length, texture, and how your hair naturally falls when deciding where the lighter sections should be placed.
For example, highlights can be used to emphasize:
The Top
To bring more attention to the top section of your hairstyle.
The Front
To create more brightness around the front and frame the overall appearance.
The Textured Areas
To make textured or layered sections more noticeable.
Selected Sections
For clients who want a more controlled and distinctive result.
The goal is to make the highlights work with your haircut, rather than simply adding lighter color randomly.
WHAT COLOR SHOULD YOUR HIGHLIGHTS BE?
The right highlight shade depends on your current hair color and the look you want.
You may prefer a lighter tone that blends naturally with your existing hair, or you may want a stronger contrast for a more noticeable result.
Your stylist will consider your starting color and discuss the available options with you before choosing the final tone.
Your Current Hair Color Matters
The same highlight shade can look completely different depending on the color underneath it. Your stylist will assess your existing hair and help determine which direction will work best for the result you want.
Your Desired Look Matters
Think about how noticeable you want your highlights to be.
Do you want people to notice a small change, or are you looking for a completely refreshed appearance?
You can show your stylist a photo of the look you like, and we can discuss how it can be adapted to your hair.
WHAT SHOULD YOU EXPECT AT LOOKS?
Your appointment starts with a consultation.
Tell your stylist what you want — whether you want subtle brightness, more contrast, a stronger transformation, or simply more dimension.
Your stylist will look at your current hair color, haircut, length, and condition and discuss the most suitable highlight direction.
The finished result will depend on your starting hair color, selected tone, amount of highlights, placement, and your desired level of contrast.
Because every client’s hair is different, your result may not look exactly the same as a reference photo — but the photo can help your stylist understand the style you’re looking for.
WILL HIGHLIGHTS WORK WITH YOUR HAIRCUT?
Yes, highlights can complement many men’s hairstyles.
They can be particularly effective with:
- Fade and taper hairstyles
- Textured haircuts
- Short hairstyles
- Medium-length hairstyles
- Layered styles
- Longer textured hairstyles
- Hairstyles with visible movement and definition
The placement of the highlights can be planned around your haircut so that the lighter tones help emphasize the shape and texture of the style.
HIGHLIGHTS OR FULL HAIR COLOR?
Still deciding?
Choose Highlights if you want:
Lighter sections + dimension + contrast + your base color remaining visible
Choose Full Hair Color if you want:
The overall hair changed to one main color
If you’re not sure, don’t worry. You can simply tell our stylist what you want your hair to look like, and we can help you decide which service is more suitable.
IS HAIR HIGHLIGHTING RIGHT FOR YOU?
If you want to refresh your hairstyle, add lighter tones, create more dimension, or make your haircut more noticeable, Highlights could be the right choice.
You don’t need to know the exact shade or placement before your appointment.
Bring us your idea, your reference photo, or simply tell us “I want my hair to look brighter” or “I want something more noticeable.”
Our stylist can help you choose a highlight look that works with your hair and the style you want.