Advertisement There are plenty of great options on offer, but to pick one that will give you your brightest blonde ever, take a look at your current hair color. Are the colors you would like to tone down more orange or more butter yellow?

• For more yellow tones, check out IGK’s Mixed Feelings Leave-In Blonde Toning Drops.
• For shades that have gone one step beyond the gold category and strayed firmly into the orange camp, take a look at Fanola’s No Orange Shampoo./li>
• Finally, TIO NACHO’s Natural Lightening & Volumizing Shampoo has special formulation of botanical extracts to naturally lighten hair, while keeping it bouncy, healthy and moisturized.

Whichever you go for, make sure to use your toning shampoo no more than every three washes because the purple or blue pigments can build up in hair, eventually leading to a muddy or dull appearance. If you’ve already gotten to that point, though, don’t stress; a couple of washes with a normal shampoo will help fade out the unwanted tones.

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How to Get Natural Highlights

Highlights are pretty much universally flattering, adding a feel of dimension and body to hair, as well as highlighting those areas you want to draw the most attention to (think, around the eyes and tops of cheekbones). But, how do you replicate those salon-like highlights without a trip to the colorist?

Luckily, you can use all of the natural hair lighteners mentioned above, just in a more focused way to achieve that highlighted effect. So, instead of applying a lightening product over the whole head, use a toothbrush to apply smaller amounts of product to targeted areas you’d like to be blonder.

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Words of Caution

The shade you achieve through at-home lightening will depend quite a lot on any other permanent and semi-permanent hair colors you already had in your hair. The results you get on color-treated and natural, regrown sections of hair may be different, resulting in an awkward color oops moment. So, just go slow and don’t be afraid to go to a professional colorist, if you have any doubt.