Contemplating highlights

Hey guys!
I am contemplating getting highlights done at the Curly Hair Institute. I want something natural, so it adds visual interest to my hair. When I was younger I got highlights done at a cheap salon in the mall, and they put in a really light blonde colour. It basically looked like I had pale worms all over my head. I definitly want to avoid this. I don't want it so natural that I can't tell it's done though.
Is it worth the added expense? I have dark brown hair, and I want something that blends well but makes my curls stand out. I think they mentioned caramel coloured highlights, when I asked them over the phone what would work for me.
How long do highlights last for? Will I need to get them re-done at each haircut (every three months) or could they last for longer? A haircut ($100) and highlights ($130) is a lot of money, so I want to see how long I can stretch this out for!
P.S.
Does anyone know where I can find some before and after pictures of highlighted hair, especially brunettes? I want to get an idea about what I should ask for.
Thanks!
I am contemplating getting highlights done at the Curly Hair Institute. I want something natural, so it adds visual interest to my hair. When I was younger I got highlights done at a cheap salon in the mall, and they put in a really light blonde colour. It basically looked like I had pale worms all over my head. I definitly want to avoid this. I don't want it so natural that I can't tell it's done though.
Is it worth the added expense? I have dark brown hair, and I want something that blends well but makes my curls stand out. I think they mentioned caramel coloured highlights, when I asked them over the phone what would work for me.
How long do highlights last for? Will I need to get them re-done at each haircut (every three months) or could they last for longer? A haircut ($100) and highlights ($130) is a lot of money, so I want to see how long I can stretch this out for!

P.S.
Does anyone know where I can find some before and after pictures of highlighted hair, especially brunettes? I want to get an idea about what I should ask for.
Thanks!
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I have some highlighting and I regret it. Not that it looks bad or anything, and it's only in the top, but every time I get a wild hair up my butt and decide to highlight it makes the wave in the canopy relax, and I need all the help I can get as it is. Because the chemicals are removing color from the hair, my theory is that it also breaks down the bonds in the hair and the wave becomes lessened. But your hair is MUCH curlier than my own. So who knows if it would do that to yours. You have beautiful hair and I'm partial to dark hair too, admittedly, since I have it LOL.
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Its funny, because once I saw you're post that is what I have been thinking. Basically, after I read it I didn't think of posting my same question.
I've read that highlights add dimension to curly hair especially dark hair. My hair is dark brown now is uneven due to new hair growth and 5 months of no dye. Highlights are expensive and high maintenance that I have even thought of henna but that would elimanate the highlights? totally confused here..
Hair: naturally very dry and VERY porous
hair seems to be moody.
Does not seem to like oils
Does not like protein or too much?
Does not like rich products
So, I ask myself. What does it like? That is the question, and I'm on a mission.
Well... it will probably not eliminate highlights you already have. It will dye them red. It will not create new highlights. It is a red translucent dye that goes over whatever you already have.
It is permanent. Really permanent. If you ever decide you want to lift it out, there is every likelihood you will not be able to.
EVERYONE whos opinion I have asked about highlights in my hair has not been enthusiastic, so I'm going to listen.
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I am attempting to have caramel and honey highlights (two tones) and keep my brunette as a base color, and will probably do that on purpose next time.
This time my base color started out light (spent some time in the sun), then I got highlights and the end result was all over too light (even looked--gasp--gray in some spots!)
so I had a friend of mine add what I thought would be brown lowlights here and there, but ended up just giving me brown hair with some highlights left over.
It was too ashy, so in the shower with my conditioner I added a red glaze (Clairol Nice & Easy Boosting Glaze) a few times until it warmed up to where I like it
I do wish I had snapped some pics with it curly while it was super-light when I first got it highlighted, it had a pretty beachy blonde curliness to it. But it was only like that for a week or so, and I was still straightening most of the time then.
As you can see, I have very fine/thin hair and so the color adds texture to my curls as well as interest to "draw the eye" away from my scalp, as my colorist told me.
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Oreosmakemehappy: how do you pin your hair up like that?! I know I posted about how to do updos last night on your thread, but I really, really, really like how you pull it back. My hair is slightly longer and I have more hair, but it's pretty similar. Please help me! It's too hot for me to wander around with my hair down!
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It works for me better than a ponytail as a pony is too harsh and skinny on my head. I need more fullness going on.
That is pretty much how I do all 2nd and 3rd day hair lately (that pic is 3rd day--you can see a few bald spots and some frizz). I'm sort of tired of it, but at this length I don't feel like I have a lot of options (which is why I was looking for new ideas).
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Well, it looks fabu. Thanks for replying!
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