Tired of harsh, chunky highlights that scream for attention? Teasylights offer a gentler approach to brightening your locks.
These soft, subtle highlighting techniques add dimension and sparkle without overwhelming your natural color. Ready to refresh your look with something sweet and understated?
1. Baby Lights Magic
Ultra-fine strands of lighter color woven throughout your hair create that sun-kissed look kids naturally get during summer.
The delicate application mimics how sunlight naturally brightens hair, making this perfect for highlight newbies seeking natural-looking dimension.
2. Caramel Drizzle
Warm caramel tones dripped strategically through darker bases add richness without the stark contrast of traditional highlights.
The golden-brown ribbons catch light beautifully while blending seamlessly with your natural color, creating depth that looks expensive and effortless.
3. Honey-Dipped Ends
Just the tips of your strands get dipped in honey-blonde goodness! This technique focuses brightness around your face and ends.
The concentration of lighter color creates movement and frames features perfectly, while keeping your roots natural for easy grow-out.
4. Shadow Painting
Your stylist creates depth by painting darker lowlights alongside subtle highlights. The shadow-light play adds incredible dimension without brightness overload.
Unlike traditional techniques, this approach focuses on contrast rather than lightness alone, creating sophisticated results.
5. Cinnamon Spice Ribbons
Reddish-brown strands weave through darker bases, adding unexpected warmth and spice. These auburn-tinged highlights work beautifully on brunettes seeking dimension.
The rich, cinnamon tones catch light differently than blonde highlights, creating a gorgeous glow effect.
6. Frosted Tips Revival
Forget the crunchy 90s boy band look! Modern frosted tips are softly blended and barely-there.
The stylist hand-paints just the very ends of your hair for a subtle lift that catches light when you move. Perfect for those wanting minimal commitment.
7. Pearlescent Glimmer
Cool-toned, opalescent highlights create a pearly sheen that’s especially stunning on platinum, silver, or ash-brown bases.
These highlights have a slightly iridescent quality that changes in different lighting, adding dimension without obvious color contrast.
8. Ribbon Balayage
Unlike traditional balayage, ribbon highlights are painted in thin, vertical sections for a woven effect.
The technique creates movement that mimics how ribbons flow through hair. Stylists place each highlight strategically to enhance your natural hair movement.
9. Champagne Bubbles
Tiny pops of light blonde scattered throughout create a bubbly, effervescent effect! These mini-highlights add sparkle without overwhelming.
The random placement mimics how champagne bubbles rise – unpredictable and delightful, catching light from every angle.
10. Toffee Swirl
Rich, golden-brown highlights swirl through darker bases creating a melted toffee effect. The warm tones complement olive and golden skin beautifully.
The highlights are concentrated in swirling patterns rather than straight lines, creating natural-looking dimension.
11. Twilight Dimension
Subtle violet-tinged highlights add mysterious dimension to dark hair. The barely-there purple undertones create depth without obvious color.
In sunlight, these highlights reveal their true nature with a beautiful purple sheen that adds unexpected interest to brunette shades.
12. Wheat Field Blend
Various shades of blonde—from ash to honey—are blended together for a natural, field-of-wheat effect. No single highlight stands out.
The multi-tonal approach mimics how wheat fields have countless subtle variations, creating dimension that looks completely natural and sun-created.
13. Tea-Stained Tips
Like paper dipped in tea, these highlights create a vintage, lived-in look. The warm, slightly muted tones look gorgeously understated.
The technique focuses on mid-lengths to ends, creating a subtle gradient that resembles how tea stains paper unevenly.
14. Moonlit Streaks
Cool, silvery highlights mimic how moonlight naturally illuminates hair. These are placed strategically to catch light in dark settings.
The placement focuses on the parts of your hair that would naturally catch moonlight, creating a magical effect that’s subtle yet striking.
15. Watercolor Wash
Inspired by watercolor paintings, these highlights blend seamlessly with no harsh lines. The color is diffused like watercolor paint on paper.
The technique involves backcombing sections before applying color, creating that characteristic soft-edged, dreamy watercolor effect that looks incredibly natural.