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Blonde Hair Specialists at Monaco Salon in Tampa

Even if you're not a natural blonde, your secret is safe us.

Maybe you're already a blonde and want to go a little brighter, or perhaps your hair is naturally dark and you want to go blonde. The first big step is deciding which shade of blonde is right for you. Here is a breakdown of popular blonde shades. Whether you want to go platinum or just want a little lift, Monaco Salon has multiple options on how to make you blonde and blonder.

Blonde Trends

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Warm Blondes

We are definitely seeing a trend towards warmer tones of blonde hair. Warm blondes looks awesome on cool skin tones. More than just highlights, the look is an all-over blonde with golden hues, and very natural looking. For clients starting with light brown or bronde hair, this look will require a head full of fine foils to create the all-over blonde look. For a rooted, dimensional look, it will require another color application at the roots and around hairline. These warm blondes are different than their cool, icy counterparts. Warm blondes should skip the purple shampoo and embrace the golden tones.

Honey Blonde, Teddy Bear Blonde, Honey Graham Blonde

Sun-kissed Blonde, California Blonde

Natural Golden Blonde

Caramel Blonde

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Cool Blondes

The opposite of warm, cool blonde hair is pale and icy without any golden tones. Cool blondes looks awesome on warm skin tones. To knock down any golden tones, cool blondes can have a toner applied and use purple shampoo at home.

Platinum Blonde

Icy Blonde

Ashy Blonde

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Neutral Blondes

Just as the name implies, these blonde shades fall somewhere in middle and they tend to flatter all skin tones.

Wheat Blonde

Butter Blonde

Beige Blonde

Whether you go warm or cool, subtle or bright, getting that perfect shade of blonde is all about balance. The most natural looking hair is multidimensional. When you talk to one of our artists about blonde hair about which shade of blonde is best for you, keep an open mind if they suggest weaving three different shades throughout your hair, or suggest incorporating both highlights and lowlights however subtle they may be.

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All Over Blonding

More than just heavy highlights, a full head blonding service lightens hair all over the head. Hair is sectioned and lightener is brushed on from root to tips, or just the regrowth if this is a touch up service. After hair is processed and shampooed, a toner is applied to reduce any yellow tones, or tone down any brassy hues to keep your platinum color looking icy.

Platinum Card Blonding

The Platinum Card, sometimes called platinum balayage, is performed with the help of foils. A Platinum Card is essentially a modern approach to a full head lightening. More than a highlighting service, during a Platinum Card, we foil every piece of hair.  We section hair, paint on lightener just up to the root, and wrap in foil. Using foils gives the scalp a little more protection and allows us to achieve a pure platinum result without any variation. Foils help us take a client as light as possible in one session because they slow the dry time of the lightener, which gives us more lifting time. The Platinum Card technique give our stylists that extra control because, let's face it, no head of hair is completely uniform in color. Using the Platinum Card approach, your hair stylist can target different zones around the head with different strengths of lightener.

Extreme Lifting: From Dark to Platinum

Going platinum certainly makes a statement. And depending on your natural hair color, going platinum may be more of a journey than a destination.  If you want to go from very dark to very light, we can get you there, but keep in mind it may not be achievable all in one trip to the salon.  Take your time and do it right, and enjoy all the shades in between.

Brighten Up Without a Chemical Service

These highlights were done with 3 rows of hand tied wefts! Color that won't fade plus the luxury of more hair!

 

 
 
 
 
 
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"I did my hair with Virginia, she was so sweet, extremely understanding , nice and very personable. She took me from jet black to blonde in an healthy way and did bunch of treatments. I 100% recommend her. She gets you to your goal 100% guaranteed. I can go on for days about how great of a hair artist she is. I will 100% be going back." - Mallak F.

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The Many Shades of Blonde Hair

Shades of Blonde Hair
Dimensional Blonde Hair
Dirty Blonde Hair
Platinum Blonde Hair
Caramel Blonde, Butter Blonde Hair
Babylights & Teasylights
Shadow Root Blonde
Pastel Hair Color on Blondes
Blonde Highlights on Brunette Hair
Extreme Lightening

True blonde hair is multidimensional so the best way to reproduce that look is to give depth and richness to your color. A large wash of blonde can be boring unless there are darker and lighter strands throughout your hair. When you talk to your stylist about blonde hair and which shade of blonde is best for you, keep an open mind if they suggest weaving three different shades throughout your hair, or suggest both blonde highlights and lowlights however subtle they may be.

Don't you hate that expression?! Bronde sounds much more elegant! If you have dirty blonde hair - lighter than brown but blonde is a stretch - lightening up can be a beautiful compromise. Your stylist will use your natural skin tone as the guide to finding your best complementary shade of blonde. If you have warmth in your skin, go for a cool blonde, or if your skin has cool undertones, warm it up with a honey blonde or caramel blonde. Go for highlights and lowlights, keeping your darker blonde base but adding in some lighter blond for variation. This will give you a fresh, new look that you’ll want year round.

If you are going for a more edgy look, going platinum is a good way to make a statement. Be careful though, not everyone should be wearing platinum blonde hair. A way to keep it chic is by pairing a pixie cut with your statement color to keep your hair from looking overdone and washed out.

These blonde shades take an expert eye and professional lighteners to lift your hair to that perfect undertone. Warm, honey tones and champagne tones can be achieved.  Talk to your color expert and feel free to show pictures of the colors that you like. You'll get an expert opinion on what will look best on you and how your hair will lift during the lightening process.

Babylights are subtle, blended highlights that resemble the natural blonde hair of childhood.  The babylights technique uses much smaller slices of hair in each foil which yields a more subtle look. Teasylights are also very subtle and remain a hot trend for blonde hair in Tampa.  During a teasylights service, sections of hair are teased, or backcombed, before the lightener is applied. The overall look is lightened without obvious streaks of blonde. It's similar to a balayage effect because of the blended look of the highlights.

The look of a darker root, called shadow root or smudge root, is also a big blonde hair color trend. It not only adds beautiful dimension to blonde hair but it also makes for a low maintenance look because you can go a bit longer in between color appointments. With a rooted look, you will have more of your darker base color showing through. If you don't prefer the undertones of your natural base color, a shadow root look can also be achieved by applying a single process color just to the root area following your highlight service.

Add a little color with subtle accents of pastel pink or purple using highlights or create an all over opal effect. If you are already wearing a light blonde or  icy blonde hair color, adding a pastel color is quite simple! Darker shades of hair will first need to be lightened in order to get a clear color.  Not sure which accent color is best for you? Just ask one of our hair color experts.

Don’t let the blondes have all the fun. Highlights are a great way to add dimensional color to dark blonde and brown hair too. You know how color cosmetics can play with dark and light to sculpt your features?  Some well placed highlights will perform the same magic. With so many looks to choose from, ask your stylist about balayage, color melt, ombre hair and handpainting. You don't have to go blingy blonde, we can create a look that is subtle yet uplifting.

From dark to light, we have mastered the art of the dramatic hair color change. Extreme lightening is possible. If you have very dark hair and would like to go blonde, talk to one of our blonding experts.  They will tell you what you can reasonably expect.  Anything is possible, it just may not be possible in just one appointment. Consider blonde hair as a journey, not just an immediate destination.