20 Best Pics of Brown Hair With Highlights for Your Ultimate Color Inspo

These beachy highlights look completely natural and totally effortless—everything your SunIn look from the '90s wished it could've been.

This ombré look might have been achieved by a balayage technique, but it looks totally natural (and that's exactly the point).

Ask your stylist to add in some babylights (superfine highlights) for an even more natural finish.

News flash: Highlights don't have to mean bright blonde. This bronzy look is proof that lightening your hair just so is enough to make a difference.

If you're not quite sold on warm or cool tones, go with something right in the middle, like this neutral beige and "ice gold" highlights, as this stylist puts it.

If you like a few darker pieces peeking through the bottom of your hair, ask for your highlights to be applied with the balayage technique for extra dimension.

That sweet spot right in the middle of blonde and brown? That's called bronde, and it looks like this. The best of both worlds really.

If you love the idea of an ombré but hate the harsh line that divides the colors, ask for a softer, less obvious version like this one.

An obvious time of the year to get highlights is during the summer, but a light sprinkle of cool-tone babylights would be perfect for the fall or winter.

If you were to tell me this color was real, I'd believe you. Make people think you're just blessed with delicate highlights like this.

Remember chunky highlights of the early 2000s? With the color-melting technique, you get the exact opposite (read: no distinct lines) for perfectly blended color like this.

No, you don't need mermaid-length hair for beautiful, Insta-worthy highlights. See here for proof.

Not into warm tones? That's cool (had to, sorry). Instead, ask for highlights that are more neutral or cool-toned.

No need to dive headfirst into highlights—tiptoe into the trend with a little lightness on your ends and babylights scattered throughout your hairline.

Remember when you spent all summer outside as a kid and got the perfect bleached ends? Yeah, you can get the same effect as an adult, but without all the sun damage.

When hair is perfectly golden like this, with no brassy or yellow tones, you'll never want to stop taking photos of it.

The extreme, dip-dyed ombré might be a look of the past, but this soft blended version is totally perfect for the brunette who wants to go bright blonde without the commitment.

The best part about balayage? It grows with you, not against you (in other words, it never looks grown out). Sometimes, all you need is a little touch-up at the roots.

When you find yourself asking, "Are they blonde or brunette?" You know you've reached the perfect shade of bronde.

Ask for a few face-framing pieces to highlight that gorgeous face of yours.