50 Blonde Balayage Hair Ideas for Your Next Style

Fashionable and trendy, a blonde balayage undeniably makes you look stylish! There are tons of different ways to get those pretty light streaks in your hair, but this hand-painted technique is the most popular and beloved by all it-girls. No wonder, it is known as customized highlighting, and this means your colorist will do their best to find out what works for YOU.

Scroll through these absolutely stunning hairstyles to get inspired and book your hair appointment.

1. Highlights on Brown Hair. Check the delicate muted colors of this coloring. Light hair blended with ashy mushroom shades will earn you countless compliments.

2. Honey-Toned Highlights. This long hair radiates warmth through the honey-flavored shades of the base color verging on brown at the roots and illuminated with some strokes of a bright light shade throughout the length.

3. Balayage with Lowlights. What’s great about this style is that it provides both chic blonde locks and the extra volume achieved with darker roots and lowlights.

4. Full-Head Highlights. The style’s so bright and sparkly and will go absolutely amazing with summer sunshine. It’s almost a full head of highlights with some extra foliage.

5. Golden-Toned Highlights. If you have tanned skin, warm highlights will give you a glamorous sun-kissed look as if you’ve just returned from a holiday on a sunny tropical island.

6. Bright Streaks. Here, the honey base is beautifully illuminated with fine white ribbons running from the top through the mid-length and melting into the shiny buttery ends.

7. Vanilla Highlights. These lavish beachy waves that aptly mimic the texturizing effect of salt water on the hair call for a sun-kissed look, and they get it with the creamy mix of light warm and cool shades.

8. Highlights on Dark Hair. All hair colors are beautiful, but if you think that your dark hair is a bit “boring” or “monotonous”, spice it up with a light-colored highlights. It will create texture and depth for a glamorous yet natural finish.

9. Choppy Wavy Layers. Highlighting looks particularly gorgeous on choppy hair. While the light brown and warm blonde shades create a beautiful contrast and make the hair look more voluminous and textured, the loose beachy waves enhance this cute piece-y look.

10. Bronde with Money Pieces. This superb coloring immediately strikes the eye with the bright face-framing ribbons set against the brown base while keeping the rest of the color scheme quiet and perfectly blended.

11. Ashy Waves. If you’re looking for ideas to re-vamp your hair color for the colder months, ash highlighting may be a great choice. It will perfectly pair with cozy and neutral-color clothing that you’ll likely be wearing for the coldest days.

12. High-Contrast Highlights. Girls who like to keep it simple and enjoy their natural beauty would love this look with light streaks that don’t require too much time or effort to create. Just stick to blonde and brown strands – it is one of the hottest trends this year.

13. Long Platinum Waves. With this hairdo, you’ll look like a Barbie doll, and we mean that in the best way possible. Light tones mixed with soft brown shades will appear incredible on thick long wavy hair.

14. Rooted Creamy Blond. This color palette promises low maintenance for brown-haired girls since they can rock the light shades and enjoy longer breaks between visits to a salon with just a bit of DIY retouching on the roots.

15. White Highlights. Look at the latest trends, and you will see mushroom colorings sitting right at the top of the list. You can adjust it to fit your haircut and skin tone, which makes this coloring ideal for pretty much anyone.

16. Toasted Almond Waves. So romantic and sleek, a hairstyle that will look astonishing any way you go about it. Pair it with thick light streaks at your face for an extra accent on your beautiful features.

17. Highlighted Brunette Locks. If you’re not willing to go all-blonde and say goodbye to your natural hair color, you don’t have to! Add some golden tones to your darker hair to create that hot sun-kissed vibe.

18. Light Brown with Silver. If you have a pale complexion with a pinky undertone, you are sure to pull off striking icy strands that don’t require much bleaching when done on a light brown base.

19. Ashy Long Bob. Nothing says hot trends just as this fashionable ashy color. Go ahead and serve the best light balayage looks with this hairstyle. Get a few highlights to go from the very crown of your head to show off the deep contrast of the roots and bleached lengths.

20. Beige Highlights. Neutral light shades flatter a much wider range of skin tones, from cool to neutral, from fair to dark. So, get inspired by these beachy vibes and customize the beige highlighting to suit your complexion and natural hair base.

21. Pearlescent Highlights. These mid-length locks beautifully shimmer with a delicate blend of ivory, silver, and light ash, gaining more depth at the roots through a light shade of brown.

22. Bright Face Framing. Although sticking to a naturally sun-kissed look in general, this dye job takes the more-is-more approach to face framing and spotlights the face with the statement-making chunky strips.

23. Caramel-Toned Highlights. If you have long hair and a warm skin tone, the tasty caramel highlighting is the right choice. It will perfectly complement your complexion, giving you a glowing and sophisticated look all year round.

24. Beige and Platinum Highlights. The following light cool highlighting oozes those “cover-girl” vibes that so many bloggers and models are striving for these days. Don’t be shy – try this look, and the number of compliments you’ll be getting from strangers will blow your mind!

25. Balayaged Straight Hair. Wouldn’t you like to sport an iridescent color like this pearl tone which is much more exquisite and diverse than platinum?

26. Streaky Front Highlights. Cooler light shades always work best with peachy or slightly darker skin tones. Get yourself some chunky bright blonde highlights and frame your pretty face with thick platinum money pieces for a spicy dramatic look.

27. Vanilla and Brown Locks. You can’t but fall in love with such a delicate take on a blonde that infuses creamy and golden hues into the barely visible dark base.

28. Money Pieces on Brown Hair. Getting white strands around the face is a never-failing way to brighten up your look while some multi-tone highlights scattered around the head will add depth and shine to your brown hair.

29. Highlights with Rootmelt. We usually see light-toned highlights on a brown or even dark blonde base. But don’t be put off by your very dark hair, the mix of icy and caramel shades will give your dark hair a new depth. The result is stunning!

30. Highlighted Lob. Fine hair can sometimes look “flat” and it can be tricky to find the right color for it. Light-beige highlighting will create instant depth thanks to both warm and cool tones. Finish the hairstyle with some loose waves to add a bit more volume.

31. Faded Horizontal Ombre. For a fresher look, concentrate the lightest color around your face. A smooth blend of rich caramel brown with warm platinum shades easily fits any skin tone and creates a well-balanced overall look.

32. Light Wavy Lob. A lob like this looks minimalistic, which would be ideal for the office. The warm honey shades create a very soft, delicate, and elegant look and, the waves are worth waking up a bit earlier in the morning.

33. Brown and Light Beige. With some cool-toned brown peeping out on the crown and light beige undertones filling the mid-length, this smokey coloring seamlessly flows in light shiny ribbons and delivers tons of dimension.

34. Long Warm-Toned Waves. If you have long hair and a warm skin tone, use it to your advantage with warm colorings. It will make your skin glow and your hair look luscious.

35. Frosty Highlighting. Without breaking the warm color scheme, this medium hair is handsomely spiced up with a pinch of root shadowing and a bunch of lighter shades up to contrasting platinum.

36. Dip-Dyed Brown Lob. Shaggy haircuts have long been everyone’s favorites, and they only get better with juicy highlights. Keep the tips cooler and brighter for added spice.

37. Streaky Messy Waves. Ladies looking for a natural yet trendy long hair look can opt for a rooted bright coloring finished with messy waves. The hairstyle looks voluminous, very natural, and effortless.

38. Short Rooty Hair. Make that haircut pop with the right colors to match. Shadow roots will let you keep this style dimensional, low-maintenance, and classy at all times.

39. Face-Framing Layers. If you have brown hair with outgrown highlights, you can achieve a similar trendy fresh-looking coloring by lifting and enriching the highlights and then using a toner to get rid of unwanted brass or reddish tones.

40. Beachy Highlighted Lob. Play around your ragged lob and spruce it up with a full head of bright highlights. The blend of sun-kissed blondes and warmer in-between shades truly gives it a soft Californian vibe.

41. Melty Highlights. This lived-in hair color combines highlights and a root melt to add drama to the look while avoiding any harsh lines and ensuring low maintenance as the hair grows out.

42. Wheat-Colored Waves. Well-blended highlights will give your hair a flawless look with just the right amount of dimension and brightness. Complete the style with some waves, and you will get that classy hairstyle all modern women crave for.

43. Straight Highlighted Hair. It might be a good idea to give your hair a day off and not use a curling iron. Besides, a balayage hairstyle with shiny, healthy long hair will make you look younger, as teen girls are very much into straight hairdos these days.

44. Light Hair with Lowlights. Light streaks on brown hair look amazing, but depending on your base color, we recommend choosing the shades wisely. For really dark rooted hair, go for warmer tones and set them off with silver babylights.

45. Ashy Brown and Blonde. Fair-skinned girls have a great chance to complement their complexion with this nice combo of muted blonde and ashy brown created using both highlights and lowlights.

46. Golden Streaks on Brown Hair. If you are looking for a high-impact coloring that will work with your brunette hair and olive skin tone, this earthy version of gold and brown is just what you need.

47. Beach-Wavy Mane. If you already have a mix of light and dark shades in your hair and want a freshened gorgeous natural look, just lift your highlights, add some brighter face-framing, and curl the ‘surfer’ beach waves leaving some frizziness. The extra texture is guaranteed.

48. Warm Highlighted Thick Locks. This is a great option if you’re looking for an effortless and classy look. Warm highlighting finished with relaxed waves will give you those vibes as if you’ve just stepped off the beach.

49. Grayish Waves. Some ladies like to re-dye their locks when a new season comes. They opt for warmer shades in summer and add cooler tones to their hair for the fall-winter period. If you haven’t tried this trick yet, it’s time to experiment. Easily change your warm tones into platinum shades and vice versa.

50. Dark Blonde Highlights. This masterful color job brings together warm caramel highlights and fairly white insertions to set them against the deep brown base for a wearable look with a twist.

After looking at all these pictures, it’s hard not to want to get a makeover. Time to give your stylist a call!