https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/highlights-or-single-process Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 26 Apr 2026 17:25:21 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/highlights-or-single-process#post-824562 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:20:22 +0000 BlondeAmbition 824562@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've never heard of a blonde semi permanent tint! The thought of roots doesn't scare me, my hair is a very light brown, like a mousy timid blonde and I wouldn't be going platinum blonde. I totally agree my hair needs a break too, on my quest to get a more affordable highlights done I went to an affordable hairstylist who must have used only peroxide to lighten my hair and now I am paying the unaffordable price of having unmanageably hair that is stripped! No amount of conditioner can fix that. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/highlights-or-single-process#post-824555 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:17:03 +0000 Thistle 824555@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree with krishnidoux. You will see roots almost immediately, and your hair will look flat. Also, the damage to it can be substantial. Think lots of split ends, and untameable frizz.</p> <p>I don't know what your hair color is, but have you considered highlights closer in color to that? The regrowth won't show as much so you won't need it done so often.</p> <p>I stopped highlighting my hair about 6 months before we started trying for our first baby. I had them do a color wash to make the highlights match my natural color. Honestly, not sure I will ever go back to highlighting. The upkeep is killer, both in cost and time! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/highlights-or-single-process#post-824542 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:07:10 +0000 cinnamon fern 824542@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>BA, that's a big hair bill I admit - but I think you'll find it's even more with single process blonde! The roots show SO FAST. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/highlights-or-single-process#post-824458 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 13:32:59 +0000 RoseandJoan 824458@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have naturally dark blond hair and have been having a mix of highlights and low lights for quite some time, however, at my last visit I decided my hair needed a break. Root growth was not really an issue so I had a blond semi permanent tint applied. I am very happy with the results, my hair looks glossy whilst my existing highlights have been refreshed. Perhaps this is another option available to you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/highlights-or-single-process#post-824455 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 13:14:37 +0000 BlondeAmbition 824455@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wish I had the guts to go pixie! Maybe one day I will but for now I love my long hair. I agree, nothing replicates the look of beautifully done highlights. The only problem living in NYC is that they are super expensive! It's hard to shell out $300 every 6 months. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/highlights-or-single-process#post-823467 Sat, 19 Jan 2013 20:30:32 +0000 krishnidoux 823467@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>A better way to be blond might be to have partial highlights done instead of full ones. Or have short hair! Ever since I've cut mine to a pixie, partial highlights are enough. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/highlights-or-single-process#post-823239 Sat, 19 Jan 2013 16:02:42 +0000 MNsara 823239@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I just began switching it up with my highlights: one time is a partial foil with highlights and medium lights, the next time is just 'spotlights' which are less than half the price. </p> <p>I haven't done it long enough to form an opinion, but it's just those darn roots along my part that make me feel drab and that's where the spotlights go.</p> <p>Just a thought. . . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/highlights-or-single-process#post-823228 Sat, 19 Jan 2013 15:53:35 +0000 BlondeAmbition 823228@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks, I do have lowlights as well. It's just that this process of getting the highlights and maintaining them is so costly, I'm wondering if there's a better way to be blond. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/highlights-or-single-process#post-823227 Sat, 19 Jan 2013 15:53:06 +0000 cinnamon fern 823227@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree with Krishni too. I switched from single-process to highlights recently, and am super happy with it. I used to get it done every six weeks, and really should have had it done more often - the roots bothered me for a couple weeks before I got it done every time. Now I get highlights once every three months, so it ends up being cheaper.</p> <p>My hairdresser charge the same for roots as for the initial single-process color. This made sense to me once I saw it done - you're paying for their time and skill, not the amount of dye - and just doing the roots takes as long or longer than doing a whole head of hair. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/highlights-or-single-process#post-823115 Sat, 19 Jan 2013 13:23:55 +0000 Claudia 823115@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree with Krishnidoux's advice.</p> <p>The cost in this case is worth it, unfortunately. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/highlights-or-single-process#post-823113 Sat, 19 Jan 2013 13:21:31 +0000 krishnidoux 823113@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I advise against it. I did it once and the regrowth shows almost immediately, plus the result looks flat and hair yellows faster too. </p> <p>I wonder if you aren't in need of some lowlights, actually, if you have been doing highlights for a long time. Lowlights will add depth and shine, making your blonder strands look even blonder. It helps in keeping the highlights last longer. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/highlights-or-single-process#post-823112 Sat, 19 Jan 2013 13:18:25 +0000 BlondeAmbition 823112@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have been getting blonde highlights on my light brown natural hair color for years. I do like the results when they are done well, but I don't like the cost of upkeep! I'm thinking of doing single process blonde hair next time but I've never done it before. I know the coloring is much cheaper, but how is the upkeep? Would I need to do single process every couple of months or roots only? Is the cost of doing roots less expensive?</p> <p>Thanks for any advice! </p>