Chocolate brown hair with caramel and blonde highlights

Brown hair with blonde highlights has been one of the cutest hair trends for as far back as we can remember. It’s a classic blend of brown and blonde hair that suits both reserved and outgoing personalities.

Being a blonde or a natural brunette doesn’t mean you can’t get past the other side of the hair color spectrum. However, if you are a brunette, you should know that it is incredibly simple and easy to lighten your overall appearance and embrace a multidimensional hair ornament by adding a few golden blonde strands from here to there.

There is no better time than now to add some blonde and shiny highlights to your brown hair. Whether you dream of a wonderfully blended look like tortoiseshell brown, or an unexpected smokey ash blonde, you will find the right shade below!

So what are you waiting for? Pick your favorite way to rock brown hair with blonde highlights, all inspiration needed righ below!

If you have naturally dark brown hair, a fabulous set of platinum highlights is just what you need to bring to life. The gorgeous contrast between black and brown hair will not only shape your lovely locks but will also add color to your rich roots. A creative highlight that is worth trying. If you are looking for an inspiration, this is a great reference.

2. Blonde Highlights Under the Top

You can go for highlights underneath to add a twist to your brown and blonde makeover. All you have to do is maintain your brown base and lighten the part underneath in your favorite shade of blonde to have a stunning hairstyle.

3. Light Brown Hair with Blonde Highlights

Blonde streaks and light brown hair go hand in hand. The tones are similar, making this a soft and splendid blend that won’t come off as flashy but as sunkissed. Brown hair with blonde highlights is this year’s trend for sure.

4. Half Brown, Half Blonde

We all know that ombre hair revolutionized the beauty industry, but what do you do when you don’t want an abrupt transition? You can combine your blonde ombre with delicate highlights that spring from your brown roots and blend into your desired gradient.

5. Brown Hair with Blonde and Red Highlights

What makes blonde highlights even more delightful is that they also work well with streaks in other colors. For instance, brown hair with red and blonde highlights is one of the most beautiful ways to bring some warmth to your overall look.

6. Short Brown Hair with Blonde Highlights

Short hair doesn’t mean you can’t sport a fabulous set of blonde highlights. Bob haircuts, in particular, look ravishing when you add blonde streaks to a brown base.

7. Brown and Blonde Balayage

Another way to own a brown-blonde gradient is with help from the balayage coloring technique. This ultra-trendy method can help you transition from a brown base to eye-catching blonde locks without paying too much attention to the dye.

8. Highlights and Bangs

You can always add some sweet bangs to your brown and blonde highlights for a completely new look. To contour your highlights and natural features simultaneously, go for some side-swept bangs.

9. Platinum Blonde Highlights with Brown Hair

Contrast is the main point for quite a few girls, though. If you want to accentuate your blonde highlights, go for ash or platinum blonde. You’ll get a black & white effect that you’ll grow to love more with each passing day. An appealing way to style your hair. Try it out!

10. Discrete Highlights

Subtlety, on the other hand, is a key aspect for other women. For example, Gigi Hadid, a supermodel, and major beauty muse, prefer to use blonde highlights to add a touch of shine to her light brown hair and get that natural look. Become a step closer to looking like your favorite supermodel. Try this!

11. Medium Brown Hair with Highlights

Is your natural color not too dark but not too light, either? You should know that medium brown locks will look brilliant if you scatter some blonde streaks throughout them. Opt for some honey or caramel highlights to maintain an overall earth tones color scheme.

12. Highlights Around the Face

Did you know that highlights around your face can significantly impact your features? Contouring highlights, as they are known, frame the face superbly for dazzling effects. Look charming in this style.

13. Bronde Hair

To put it simply, bronde is a perfect combo between brown and blonde. As a result, it’s become a Hollywood favorite, with A-list celebs like Taylor Swift and Jessica Alba rocking it.

14. Chocolate Brown Hair with Blonde Highlights

Milk chocolate brown hair and honey highlights are a breathtaking mix, indeed! These two natural tones blend remarkably well together and with seemingly effortless results.

15. Brown Hair with Chunky Blonde Highlights

In most dye cases, you’ll see thin highlights spread randomly through a woman’s hair. Nevertheless, some ladies opt for chunky blonde streaks. These provide greater contrast between the color and are an excellent idea if you prefer a bolder approach to your hairstyle.

16. Reverse–Blonde Hair with Brown Highlights

You can always experiment the other way around, too – try brown highlights on blonde hair. This idea works great for girls with naturally blonde hair and is a superb choice for anyone searching for a complete makeover.

17. Long Brown Hair with Blonde

Long hairstyles will almost always help you show off your new highlights in a glamorous way. Having longer locks also means you can play around with color distribution. For example, you can get frontal highlights with lowlights.

18. Blonde Highlights and Dark Brown Undertones

On the other hand, you can also consider keeping those dark undertones. This is a terrific idea if you have an asymmetrical haircut, like an A-line bob. It helps contour this precise cut in a highly flattering way.

19. Reddish Brown Hair with Blonde Highlights

A set of subtle highlights will do the trick to enhance dark ginger hair. If your natural hair color has red tones, you’re best off with some strawberry blonde highlights that blend well with the rest.

20. Dark Blonde Highlights

If your hair is naturally dark brown, you can try out dark blonde streaks for a more natural look. You can also add platinum or silver highlights to the mix as well.

21. Blended Blonde Highlights

Well-blended highlights will make it seem as if you have solid but very shiny hair color. You should choose this option if you want to add some shimmer to your light brown locks.

22. Dark Brown Hair with Blonde and Red Highlights

You’ll often see red and blonde highlights paired together. One of the reasons for this is that, when applied to dark brown hair, they provide a rich burgundy shine.

23. Brown Hair with Blonde Highlights and Lowlights

If you want to maintain your brown base but long to bring it to life and light, go for highlights and lowlights. To add dynamism and shape, choose highlights in a lighter color and lowlights in caramel or dark honey.

24. Rose Gold Highlights

Both rose gold and strawberry blonde is super trendy shades used for both highlights and balayage or ombre. You can combine these styling techniques to get a vivid shade of dirty blonde with a splash of pink over your naturally brown roots.

25. Subtle Blonde Shine

This is another example of subtle highlights’ impact on your hair. All you’ll have to do on a chocolate brown base is blend some honey-colored highlights, and voila, instant glam!

26. Brown Hair with Caramel and Blonde Highlights

This pretty mixture makes you think of a steaming cup of Irish coffee. It’s not your typical color mix, but it’s a dream come true for a boho hairstyle. The key is to mix the caramel and silver-blonde highlights evenly.

27. Ash Brown Hair with Blonde Highlights

By adding platinum highlights gracefully wrapped around your ash blonde or ash brown locks, stand out from the crowd.

28. Caramel Blonde Lowlights

Not all ladies want highlights to go with their brown hair. Some would rather have strand-shaping lowlights. Choose a deep caramel tone to outline wavy or curly hair with lowlights for a subtle approach.

29. Copper Blonde Highlights

Another alternative for flashy blonde highlights is this blonde copper hair color. This warm shade makes for a more natural transition from your natural color to your highlights. It will work especially well if you have a reddish-brown base.

30. Brown Hair with Blonde and Purple Highlights

Bohemian souls can express their unique style with blonde and purple highlights. This combination is feisty, fresh, and funky – all in one! Simply perfect for a girl who’s not afraid to show her true colors and attitude.

31. Blonde and Orange Mixture

Although this isn’t your typical highlight mixture, blonde and orange make quite the visual impact when thrown together. Adding bright red-orange highlights to the front can contour your face shape and bring out your facial features.

32. Honey Brown Hair with Blonde Highlights

If you were born with honey-brown hair, you don’t need to worry about lightening it with a blonde. Instead, you can scatter some highlights just a shade or two lighter than your roots to make the color pop.

33. Blonde Undertones

Instead of opting for dark undertones and a lighter top, you can always have fun by going the other way around. Similar to lowlights, this balayage-inspired look contributes to volume and a charming shape.

34. Short Dark Brown Hair with Blonde Highlights

This is another example of the contrast you can achieve by placing platinum or silver highlights on dark brown hair.

35. Between Balayage and Highlights

A stunning way to get a rich color while using different shades is by using both the highlighting and the balayage coloring techniques. Choose two colors that go well together, such as honey blonde and ash blonde.

36. Silver Blonde Lowlights

With silver, ash, and charcoal hair colors conquering the beauty world, you will think about switching to classic blonde streaks after seeing any of these shades. Both lighter and darker silver tones are so chic and pretty!

37. Curly Brown Hair with Blonde Highlights

Highlights look simply perfect on naturally curly hair. That’s thanks to the fact that highlights will contour your corkscrew curls.

38. Golden Brown Hair with Blonde Highlights

This coloring job is so well done that you can barely notice that highlights were applied in the first place. It’s another prime example of how you can get a boost of shine without going over the top.

39. Blonde and Burgundy Highlights

If you want more contrast from your red and blonde highlights mix, go for burgundy! This combo looks especially radiant on dark brown hair, so keep it in mind if this is the case with you.

40. Brown Hair with Ash Blonde Highlights

One of the numerous benefits of ash blonde highlights, especially on brown hair, is that they add to the natural tone of the look. In addition, they come close to your earth-tone base to provide the eye-catching effect that highlights are meant for.

41. Blue and Blonde Streaks

This dark silver-blonde with electric blue highlights is a truly fabulous mix – made all the more perfect by that fishtail braid. Yet again, this is a flattering hair coloring choice for bohemian or rebellious women. Beautiful, isn’t it?

42. Caramel Brown Hair with Blonde Highlights

To switch back to natural approaches, this is what caramel brown hair with blonde highlights looks like. The results are appealing, classy, and visibly appropriate for all sorts of situations, environments, and occasions.

43. Autumn Colors Blend

Regardless if you’re in the middle of autumn or just dying to have some fall-inspired colors in your hair, here is the solution! This complex mixture of blonde, honey, and caramel highlights and lowlights. The cinnamon-like results look marvelous!

44. Brown Hair with Strawberry Blonde Highlights

Strawberry blonde is always a sweet option for your highlights. This great choice will add original touch to your highlights while also adding warmth and a playful edge.

45. Brown Hair with Blonde Tint

This ever-so-subtle blonde tint is yet another unique way to add more shine to your natural hair color. You won’t notice the individual highlights per se, but you will enjoy the shimmering results.

46. Blonde Highlights and Splashes of Rainbow

If you want your hair to be as colorful as your personality, go for it! In addition to blonde highlights, splash some striking colors like red, purple, or blue. Go with any (or as many) tones as you want!

47. Brown Hair with Lots of Blonde Highlights

This abundance of magnificent platinum highlights results in a unique half-and-half look. In the end, most people won’t even be able to tell if your natural color is brown or blonde!

48. Brown Hair with Light Blonde Highlights

These chunky ash-blonde highlights look nothing less than phenomenal on light brown hair. An exquisite twist is provided by the auburn lowlights, which make the whole hair color work look delicious!

49. Blonde Highlights with Side Braid

If you have a new set of highlights, why not properly show them off? Any type of braiding will do the trick, as it will help enhance the colors in your weaved portions.

50. Chocolate and Caramel Streaks

For this idea, it’s all about the way you mix delicious, eye candy tones to get a warm and alluring shade. This coloring work uses chunky caramel highlights on auburn brown hair in a way that sublimely complements the natural base.

51. Sunny Pixie Cut

Not only is Jennifer Lawrence one of the best-known actresses in the film industry, but she’s also a style icon for girls who love to keep it natural. Furthermore, she proved that brown hair with blonde highlights is doable even if you have a pixie cut.

52. Straight Brown Hair with Blonde Highlights

Women with naturally straight hair should consider a set of visible blonde highlights. This type of hair will make the streaks stand out – without too much effort. The long bob above is also a good idea.

53. Tan Glam

Are you in love with the way tan hair looks, especially after you’ve done some well-deserved sunbathing? Well, the best way to go is a light brown and blonde combo, like Kim K. has in this shot. It’s all about getting a well-rounded shine without slipping into solid blonde.

54. Blonde Top, Brown Base

You can also choose to keep a portion of your brown hair without highlights – like the lower part in the example above. Then, to compensate, lighten the whole top part with champagne blonde highlights leaving a few wisps of your natural brown here and there.

55. Black, Blonde, and Brown Hair with Highlights

Here’s a highlights blend that’s sure to impress. We recommend it for women who have brown to black hair and want to add some chocolate brown and blonde into the mix.

56. Wavy Blonde Balayage

You cannot go wrong with a blonde balayage. Here she is wearing her beautiful blonde hair with dark roots. She has styled it with beautiful curls to help show off her new color.

57. Sandy Pecan Blonde

This next look is a great sandy pecan color. Here she has kept her pretty hair right around shoulder length and went with a wavy look. Be sure to add in a few pops of blonde to get the most out of this look.

58. High Contrast Brunette

This pretty style has a deep contrast between brown and blonde. Here she has kept the base of her hair dark with light blonde coming in about halfway down. Throw in a money piece and beachy waves and you are going to love your new style.

59. Brown Fall Blonde Highlights

Next up is a beautiful brown hairstyle with blonde highlights that would be perfect for the fall. Here she has kept her hair long and curly and it looks amazing.

60. Dimensional Blonde

If you are thinking about adding some color to your style then asking for dimensional blonde would be a perfect look. Dimensional blonde is when you add in both lighter and darker blonde tones to your style so ends up looking natural and fresh.

61. Brown Hair Ombre

Another way to go is with a brown hair ombre style. In the photo above she has kept it long and wavy with the perfect amount of blonde added in. This would be an amazing hairstyle for women of all ages to try.

62. Dark Brown and Ashy Blonde Highlights

Dark brown and ashy blonde is always a good combo. In the hairstyle above she has kept her hair extra long with dark roots and it gradually fades to a light blonde. Finish it off with a few loose waves and you are going to love the way you look.

63. Little Dimension on Brown Hair

One of the most natural-looking hairstyles you can try is this next one. Here she has kept her hair super dark with little dimensions of blonde added in. She has added in the perfect amount of curls and it looks amazing.

64. Chocolate Brown with Blonde Highlights

This pretty look is best described as a chocolate brown with a few blonde highlights added in. Keep your hair long and few the edges and you are going to love your new style.

65. Warm Highlights on Short Hair

Here is a short and sassy hairstyle for you to try out. In the look above she has kept her bob short and cut right along the chin line. Keep the base dark and brown and add in a few blonde highlights, you can keep it straight or add in a few curls because either you are going to love the way you look.

66. Natural Morena Illuminate

Middle parts are all the rage. Here she has kept her hair long and wavy with the perfect amount of blonde added in. Be sure to keep the base dark and you are going to love your new look.

67. Brown Color Melt with Blonde Highlights

Another way to color your hair would be with a color melt. This is a technique where your stylist will add color to the roots. It leaves you looking natural and fresh, just as she is in the photo above.

68. Neutral Brown with a Hint of Gold

This short and sweet look would be the perfect haircut if you are looking for a fresh shorter style. Here she has kept the hair cut right around the shoulders, added hints of blonde, and added beautiful waves.

69. Beachy Beige Blonde

Beachy waves are such a vibe when you add in blonde highlights. Here she has kept her brown hair neutral with the right amount of caramel highlights. Finish your look off with plenty of hair spray so you can stay looking fresh all day long.

70. Double Drawn Brown with Highlights

This hairstyle is called a double-drawn brown look with highlights. This would be such a lovely look for women with mid-length hair to try out. You can wear it with waves or try keeping it straight for a sleeker vibe.

71. Chocolate Brown with Blonde Peekaboo Highlights

Chocolate brown hair color sometimes needs a pop of blonde to add texture. In the photo above she has kept her hair extra long and kept it mostly dark with pops of blonde coming through. Add in a bright blonde money piece and part your hair down the middle to get the most out of this style.

72. Beautiful Golden Tone with a Mix of Dark Brown

Beautiful golden tones are always a good idea. In this next hairstyle, she has added golden tones to her dark brown hair and the contrast between the two colors looks amazing. Try adding in a few spiral curls and you are going to feel so beautiful.

73. Toffee Dimensional Brunette with Blonde Highlights

Another tone of blonde highlights you can try is this lovely toffee tone. Here she has kept her hair cut right at the shoulder line with a middle part, and plenty of blonde highlights. Finish it off curly and you are going to love your new look.

74. Brown Hair with Blonde Highlights on Face Frame

Up next is a bright blonde hairstyle. Here she went with dark roots and added plenty of blonde hair. She has also added in a few face-framing layers and kept it thick for an amazing finish.

75. Chocolate Brown Balayage Hair

Chocolate brown hair looks so good with a few blonde highlights. Here she went with hints of blonde in her face-framing layers and curled the hair away from the face. She has kept her hair extra long, but it would look amazing no matter how long your hair is.

76. Butter Blonde

Butter blonde looks amazing all year long, but it shines in the summer. Here she has kept her long hair parted to the side with touches of blonde throughout. Add in big curls and you are going to love your new butter-blonde hair.

77. Fall Brown with Blonde Highlights

Fall hair comes in all shapes and colors. Here she kept her hair two-toned with a rich copper color and pops of blonde. Add in spiral curls, keep it straight, or throw it up in a pony either way you are going to love the way you look.

78. Sandy Blonde

Looking for a new hairstyle for the summer. Here she has kept her hair extra long and added in a pretty sandy blonde color. She has kept the roots dark and it leaves her looking natural and fresh.

79. Blonde Highlights on Warm Brown

Warm brown hair looks amazing with a few blonde highlights. In the photo above she is wearing her long and thick hair wavy with hints of blonde coming through.

80. Blonde Streak and Highlights with Brown Hair on Medium Length Hair

This next look is a sleek and straight style for ladies who like wearing their hair mid-length. Here she went with light brown hair with blonde highlights and a trendy money piece in the front. Be sure to part it down the middle and wear it straight to get the most out of this style.

81. Brown Brushlight Ombre with Blonde Highlights

Here is a lovely look with a brown brush light ombre. She has kept her roots brown and it gradually fades to a light blonde. Add in plenty of waves and you are all set.

82. Dimensional Brunette with Blonde Highlights

Up next would be a perfect hairstyle for ladies with thick hair. Here she is wearing her long brown hair with chunky blonde highlights and a blonde money piece in the front. Wear it cutly or straight because either way, you are going to love your new style.

83. Cold Warm Brunette with Blonde Highlights

Warm brunette tones always look good with blonde highlights. Here she picked the right tone of blonde and it looks so pretty with her brown hair. Here she is wearing her hair long and wavy and very classy.

84. Brown Hair with Blonde Highlights on Lob Hair

Next up is a beautiful hairstyle that women of all ages could try. Here she is wearing a lovely lob-length cut with blonde highlights and big waves.

85. Vanilla Blonde with Blonde Highlights

Vanilla blonde is another one of the best hair colors for women to add to their dark brown hair. Here she kept her roots dark and added in the blonde about halfway down and it looks amazing. You can wear this look with a bit of wave, or try it straight for a sleeker style.

86. Pop Brown Blonde

Here is a pretty look for women who like to keep their hair long and wavy. Here she has lovely dark brown hair with blonde highlights added in. She has also added a pretty blonde money piece and styled it with a middle part.

87. Brown Hair with Blonde Highlights on Curls

If you want a short look with so much style then you have to give this style a shot. Here she has kept her hair cut right passed the shoulders, left it dark, and added in honey blonde highlights. Style it with waves and you are all set.

88. Shadow Root with Highlights

If you have been thinking about shadow roots here is your sign to try it out. This is a technique where your hairdresser will add a darker shade with your highlights to make it look more natural. Finish it off with beach waves as she has done here and you are all set.

89. Shimmering Root Blonde

Here is another lovely look with shimmering blonde hair color. To get this look keep your hair about shoulder length, add in a middle part, and curl the edges. This would be a beautiful style to wear during the summertime.

90. Chocolate Brown with Streak Blonde Highlights

Up next is a mid-length hairstyle that is on the darker side. In the look above she has her beautiful dark brown hair with a few blonde highlights and bright blonde money in the front. She went with spiral curls and it looks super pretty.

How to Take Care of Your New Blonde Highlights?

Nothing is more beautiful than the feeling you get when you leave the salon with your new color and hairstyle. But as time goes on, the color will begin to fade without proper care. So we have prepared some tips to help you maintain your new blonde highlights.

If you have to comb your wet hair …

… do it with great care and gentleness! It is very important to always start with the bottom of the hair and then go up, preferably with a wide-toothed comb.

Wait a few days, and only then wash your hair.

The longer you wait to wash your dyed hair, the better! It may take a few days for the hair cuticle to close completely, and if you wash your hair too quickly, you will risk causing the color to fade.

Use hair mask

Regardless of the dye used, it will make your hair drier. So, you need to use a repairing hair mask from time to time to enhance its shine and maintain moisture balance.

So, What’s YOUR Hair Motivation?

Brown hair with blonde highlights can be rocked by anyone looking for a change.

If you’re more laid back, you have countless ways to incorporate the streaks to get a bit of shine subtly. On the other hand, bold and fearless gals can go wild with an abundance of highlights or combinations with additional colors.

Go with your instinct, enjoy your new sparkling locks, and tell us your choice in the comments!

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