Today I'd like us all to turn our attention to the lowlight. Ah, yes, the lowlight, the dimension-adding hair color technique that oftens gets pushed aside for the flashier, more in-your-face highlight. But lowlights deserve some love, too, and you can clearly see why here on Molly Sims...

See how the under layer of her hair is streaked in a darker shade than her upper layers? Those are lowlights. And although you don't necessarily have to go with such a drastic difference, for such big streaks (hers is really more of a full-on second layer of dark color), or to limit your lowlights to only the bottom section like Molly did here, you can clearly see what the darker portions do for her—they punch up her color, make her waves look a little thicker and generally give her a little something extra.

So how do you get 'em? Any haircolorist can work some in for you. Or if you're a DIY type, you can get 'em by buying a slightly darker shade than your usual color and painting streaks in where you want some more depth.

Any of you have lowlights? Considering getting them?


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