How To Achieve “Healthy” Highlights with High Lift Hair Color

If you're craving sun-kissed highlights without compromising the health of your locks, high lift hair color could be your golden ticket. In this guide, we'll walk you through the process of using high lift color to create beautiful, healthy highlights that will leave your hair looking luscious and vibrant.

Understanding High Lift Hair Color:

High lift hair color is designed to lighten your hair several levels while maintaining its natural pigment. Unlike traditional lighteners, high lift color achieves a lighter shade through a completely different process.

Using hair dye — specifically Wella Professionals Koleston Perfect Special Blonde — this process lifts and tones the hair at the same time to create stunning, healthy highlights in a single process and can lift up to 5 levels with a range of gorgeous blonde shades of all levels.

Plus, in addition to a range of shades with natural and vivid results, this range is the first and only professional hair color combining uncompromised color performance with Metal Purifier ME+ dye technology for true-to-tone color and protection from damage.

Choosing the Right Shade:

Selecting the right shade is crucial for achieving healthy-looking highlights. Consult with your stylist to choose a shade that complements your natural color. Because Wella Professionals Koleston Perfect Special Blonde can lift up to 5 levels, you’ll be able to explore a range of color options to create the ideal finish.

Preparation is Key:

Consider doing a strand test to determine if your client is a good candidate as well as the processing time needed. Encourage your client to invest in quality hair care and to deep-condition their hair a week before the application to enhance its moisture levels.

Essential Post-Color Care:

Once the processing is complete, rinse your hair thoroughly and use a sulfate-free, color-safe shampoo and conditioner. Follow up with a deep-conditioning leave-in to replenish moisture and nourish your strands. For best results, clients should incorporate a color-protecting hair care routine to prolong the vibrancy of their highlights.

For high lift healthy highlights, nothing compares to the repair you’ll get from Wella Professionals ULTIMATE REPAIR range. With a Shampoo, Conditioner, Miracle Hair Rescue and new ULTIMATE REPAIR Protective Leave-In, hair will be protected from start to finish and everywhere in between. Enjoy innovative ingredients that work at a molecular level to repair and reconstruct the hair's fiber, effectively reversing damage caused by heat styling, environmental stressors, and chemical treatments. Plus the new Protective Leave-In features a delicate cream serum with 5-in-1 protection to guard against UV, 450º F heat, mechanical damage, frizz, and breakage and has an anti-frizz effect to protect all hair types hair for up to 72 hours and increase manageability. *Can be caused by hair brushes, elastics, claw clips, or extensions.

Wella Professionals ULTIMATE REPAIR Shampoo ($25.00), Wella Professionals ULTIMATE REPAIR Conditioner ($25.00), Wella Professionals ULTIMATE REPAIR Miracle Hair Rescue ($35.00), Wella Professionals ULTIMATE REPAIR Protective Leave-In $35.00.

Maintenance and Touch-Ups:

To keep your healthy highlights looking fresh, avoid excessive heat styling and protect your hair from external stressors. Schedule regular trims to prevent split ends, and touch up your highlights as needed to maintain the desired look.

With the right technique and a bit of care, high-lift hair color can be a fantastic way to achieve healthy and luminous highlights.

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Wella Professionals is the N°1 Salon Color Brand in the world.* Included in this, one of the brand's fan favorites includes Wella Professionals Shinefinity — a glazing treatment that will improve tone and add a Touch of Shine to every service. In addition to creating unbeatable shine and beautiful true-to-tone results, you can look forward to the following with Shinefinity: *Based on Wella Master Brand USD sales on the 2022 Salon Hair Care Study for the hair coloring products category published by Kline.

37 Demi-Permanent Shades that are intermixable for endless color options
Offers up to 250% shinier hair*
Up to 50% smoother hair**
Up to 50% softer hair**
Add a Touch of Shine to any service such as haircuts, styling & blowouts, root touch-ups, hair coloring, or a hair refresh.
Tones that last up to 6 weeks
Innovative formula regulates the pH of the hair to ensure it doesn’t fall below 6.5 for balanced, optimal color results.
Can be used on natural hair color, after lightening, or in addition to gray coverage services.
Pick from 2 developers: Bowl and Brush Activator or Bottle Activator
Pick from Cool, Warm, Naturals, or Booster color palettes, Signature Naturals collection and the new Wella Professionals Shinefinity Flash Glaze shades are essential to use after any lightening service to create a bright blonde finish in just 5 minutes.
Use Shinefinity to create shine, refresh color and highlights, add tone, enhance dimension, or correct color.
1 Shinefinity tube sold every 10 seconds in the world.