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#5: Dark Hair, Bright ‘Lights
Dark hair below, bright highlights above, deliberate ombre touches all throughout – it’s such an iconic look. This isn’t the Sarah Jessica Parker’s version though, oh no. Platinum highlights for short hair became a thing with Madonna, way back in the ’80s.
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#6: Dark Red Hair with Copper Highlights
This is absolutely stunning. One of the great things about dressing up short hair with highlights is that it can take bright colors. Here, dark red hair brightens up even more thanks to the layers of gold, pale copper, and light auburn. If you want a red ‘do, this is the way to do it.
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#7: Chocolate Vanilla Swirl
Bad play on words, but this looks just like a perfect swirl of ice cream. You don’t often see brown highlights on blonde hair; it’s usually the reverse. Possibly this hair isn’t naturally blonde, but that’s hardly the point. Reverse the traditional sometimes, because it ends up looking pretty sweet.
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#8: An Extreme ’90s Throwback
Here’s another take on the ’90s version of short hair highlights, but this is a more extreme version with a stark contrast between the light brown and blonde highlights. While this contrast makes it different from short hair balayage, the highlights are blended so artfully that the overall effect is very smooth.
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#9: Blonde All Over
Though the base is dark brown, this is a study of blonde highlights. Most of them are extremely light, but there are a few streaks of golden blonde, dirty blonde, and honey blonde. Still, this is one smart way to go light without completely bleaching your hair.
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#10: Hair on Fire
Here’s another take on red hair, this time with blonde highlights. The change is jarring but not extreme – if you look closely, you can see how beautifully the red blends up into the blonde.
