--- title: "7 Tips for DIY Hair Highlights ..." description: "Start with Clean Hair; Make Sure You Chose the Right Kit; Always Perform a Strand Test; Highlight Close to Your Face; Next, Highlight the Top of Your Head; More ..." url: "https://allwomenstalk.com/7-tips-for-diy-hair-highlights/" category: "beauty" last_updated: "2026-06-07" --- # 7 Tips for DIY Hair Highlights ... Looking to highlight your hair at home? Why spend the extra money when you can pinch your pennies and do this in your home spa? With these 7 tips, you’ll be set to go! ## 1. Start with Clean Hair ![Start with Clean Hair](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/www/2010/04/7-tips-for-diy-hair-highlights/start-clean-hair_tips-diy-hair-highlights_500x360.jpg) Photo Credit: [Giusi-gurL](https://www.flickr.com/photos/giusi/3373571106/) Make sure your hair is clean and free of oil and hair products. Don’t even attempt highlighting with oily hair! ## 2. Make Sure You Chose the Right Kit _ Photo Credit: mmmfruit_ If your hair is blonde, add light beige highlights. If you hair is light brown, go for dark blonde streaks. For medium and dark brown hair color, place caramel brown slivers through and through. If your color is jet black, light brown highlights look more natural. ## 3. Always Perform a Strand Test ![Always Perform a Strand Test](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/www/2010/04/7-tips-for-diy-hair-highlights/always-perform-strand-test_tips-diy-hair-highlights_500x375.jpg) Photo Credit: [Snakelady](https://www.flickr.com/photos/sheilamalone/132601274/) If the highlights are too dark, use a lighter shade of dye. If it’s not light enough, use more dye and wait 5 more minutes. ## 4. Highlight Close to Your Face _ Photo Credit: Lin Pernille ♥ Photography_ Highlight the parts of hair around your face first. Use small strands of hair. If you can see through the strand, then you know the strip of hair is the perfect size. ## 5. Next, Highlight the Top of Your Head ![Next, Highlight the Top of Your Head](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/www/2010/04/7-tips-for-diy-hair-highlights/next-highlight-top-your-head_tips-diy-hair-highlights_500x333.jpg) Photo Credit: [Jeanique](https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeanique/4090416011/) Use the 3-finger guide. Place your fingers as if you were counting 3 fingers and place them at the crown. The areas your fingers touch are the places you need to add the highlight. ## 6. Highlight 9 Areas, Total ![Highlight 9 Areas, Total](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/www/2010/04/7-tips-for-diy-hair-highlights/highlight-areas-total_tips-diy-hair-highlights_500x375.jpg) Photo Credit: [studiosizzle](https://www.flickr.com/photos/studiosizzle/2866420233/) Be sure and do this 3 times, for a total of 9 highlight areas. Leave the dye on for the recommended time, then rinse and shampoo. Now, stand back and admire a job well done! ## 7. Keep Your Color Longer ![Keep Your Color Longer](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/www/2010/04/7-tips-for-diy-hair-highlights/keep-your-color-longer_tips-diy-hair-highlights_76x250.jpg) Phytocitrus Restructuring Shampoo - Color-Treated Hair **Price:** $24.00 at [sephora.com](http://www.sephora.com?ref=allwomenstalk.com) Maintain your new highlights by using shampoo for color treated hair, going easy with blow dryers and flat irons, and applying a glaze about once a month. Have you ever given yourself highlights at home? Do you have any tried-and-true tips to share? I’d like to hear about it! 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