Burgundy highlights are the season’s must-have color trend, offering a rich and dimensional update to classic styles. This season, the shift is toward lived-in color with soft face-framing layers and glossy natural texture, moving away from chunky highlights and flat-ironed poker-straight lengths.
Trendy Burgundy Highlights come in 22 variations, ranging from low-upkeep, blended looks to high-impact, face-framing statements, and from mid-back lengths to chin-length bobs. Whether your hair is fine, thick, straight, or wavy, there’s a burgundy approach that works. If your color fades fast or your highlights grow out with a harsh line, this collection shows you how to keep the dimension looking intentional.
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Mid-Back Length Deep Burgundy With Subtle Highlights
The payoff of a mid-back length deep burgundy base is that the lighter highlights can hide in the layers and surface only when you move. Thick, straight hair starting at mid-back is the ideal canvas: the middle part and the length below the chin elongate oval and long faces. Ask your colorist for mid-back length, deep burgundy with subtle lighter highlights, face-framing layers. The curtain bangs land just past the cheekbones, so plan a trim every six to eight weeks to keep them from grazing your chin.
Long Layered Black With Burgundy Ombré
The ombré here starts close to the root, so the black base fades into deep burgundy gradually rather than hitting a hard line halfway down. Long layers and curtain bangs keep the transition from looking like a grown-out dip-dye. Ask your colorist for long layers, black to burgundy ombré, curtain bangs. The effect is built in the bowl, not at home: ombré demands a colorist who can feather the shade through the mid-lengths and ends.
Styling is where you cheat. Air-dry with a wave cream or wrap sections around a large barrel iron. The dimension provides the visual interest. Expect a salon visit every ten to twelve weeks to refresh the ombré and reshape the curtain bangs.
Shoulder Length Black With Burgundy Highlights
How do you get burgundy highlights on black hair without the result looking like a stripe? You ask for placement that favors the face. This shoulder length cut uses curtain bangs and face-framing pieces to pull the burgundy forward, so the color catches light at the front rather than disappearing into the length. Ask your colorist for shoulder length, black with burgundy highlights, curtain bangs. The wavy texture helps the highlights read as woven in, not painted on. Curtain bangs also ease the grow-out on a round or heart face.
Collarbone Layers With Burgundy Red Highlights
A solid burgundy can sit flat on collarbone length hair. This version avoids that by adding lighter red highlights on the same dark base, so the color has two speeds: deep in the underlayers, brighter where the layers fall. Ask your colorist for collarbone length layers, dark base with burgundy and red highlights, curtain bangs. The difference between this and a single-tone burgundy is the red pieces break up the mass, which matters more on a shorter canvas. Curtain bangs keep the front from feeling heavy.
Mid-Back Dark Brown With Woven Burgundy Highlights
Woven highlights on a dark brown base grow out differently than chunky ones. Because the burgundy strands are distributed evenly through the mid-back length, there is no obvious line of demarcation. Ask your colorist for mid-back length, dark brown with woven burgundy highlights.
This finish typically needs a toning appointment every eight to ten weeks to keep the burgundy from pulling orange against the brown base. Loose waves are the easiest styling for this back-view look: spray on a salt texturizer, scrunch, and let the highlights show. Trim the ends every eight to ten weeks to prevent frayed ends from dulling the dimension.
Collarbone Burgundy Base With Lighter Highlights
A smooth blowout with face-framing layers keeps the burgundy base and lighter highlights in constant motion. The layers soften a square jaw and balance an oval face, while the middle part adds length to rounder shapes. Ask your colorist for: collarbone length, burgundy base with lighter highlights, face-framing layers. A round brush gives the smooth finish, and the collarbone length needs a trim every six to eight weeks to hold its shape.
Collarbone Rich Burgundy With Side Part
Why does rich burgundy hair feel like the official color of sweater weather? Because it warms up wavy, thick collarbone lengths without shouting. The deep burgundy base with subtle lighter tones catches evening light, which makes it a natural fit for fall gatherings and winter parties. Ask your colorist for: collarbone length, deep rich burgundy, side part, voluminous blowout. A side part adds lift at the root, and the collarbone length keeps the volume from weighing down fine hair.
Angled Lob With Burgundy Peek-a-Boo Highlights
The angled lob cuts a sharp line, but the burgundy peek-a-boo highlights stay hidden until you move. That makes the effect a slow reveal instead of an upfront statement. Daily styling requires a texturizing cream to keep air-dried layers from falling flat, and the salon visit runs longer because the highlights are blended into a dark brown base. Ask your colorist for: angled lob, dark brown with subtle burgundy peek-a-boo highlights. A trim every six to eight weeks keeps the angle crisp.
Mid-Back Burgundy With Vibrant Red Highlights
Vibrant red highlights on a burgundy base are placed in a weave pattern, so the color reads as dimension rather than streaks. The red pieces sit between thicker burgundy sections, which lets the lighter tone flash through loose waves without overpowering the base. Ask your colorist for: mid-back length, burgundy base with vibrant red highlights, loose waves.
Thick, wavy hair starting at mid-back carries the contrast well, and the back view shows exactly how the highlights travel through the layers. A diffuser encourages the natural wave, and the mid-back length stretches trims to every eight to ten weeks.
Collarbone Lob Dark Base With Burgundy Highlights
How do you make burgundy highlights show up on a dark base without going full red? Ask for a lob with vibrant burgundy pieces woven through the top and sides, not just the ends. The dark base keeps the contrast subtle, while the wavy layers let the color catch light from the side. Ask your colorist for: collarbone length lob, dark base with vibrant burgundy highlights, loose wavy layers. The lob suits most face shapes, and a smoothing serum keeps the gloss. Plan a trim every six to eight weeks.
Collarbone Voluminous Burgundy Blowout
A voluminous blowout on a collarbone cut works best when the soft layers give the deep burgundy color somewhere to land, and the side parting adds height at the crown. This style suits thick, wavy hair that can hold a curve through the day. Ask your colorist for: collarbone length, deep rich burgundy, side parting. The volume is a styling commitment, not a happy accident. Use a root volumizing spray before the blow-dry, and plan a trim every six to eight weeks to keep the collarbone shape clean.
Skip the flat iron so the blowout lasts past the first hour. The bounce comes from the wave pattern, so let it cool in rollers or clips before you touch it.
Chin Length Bob With Burgundy Highlights
Set a chin-length bob with subtle burgundy highlights against a longer canvas, and the effect is immediate: the bob makes the color read bolder because there is less hair to spread it across. The dark brown base keeps it grounded, so the highlights do the talking. Thick, straight hair starting at chin length gives the bob its clean line, and the smooth blowout is what sells the shape. Ask your colorist for: chin length bob, dark brown with subtle burgundy highlights. This one is a salon job through and through, since the weaving needs a steady hand and the cut needs to land exactly at the jaw. A trim every four to six weeks keeps the line sharp, and a smoothing serum keeps the shine on the burgundy, not on the frizz.
Collarbone Burgundy With Side Part Volume, Wavy
A side part is the cheapest volume you will ever buy, and on a deep burgundy base it also shifts where the lighter tones are visible. The collarbone length with soft layers gives the wave pattern room to move without dragging the face down. This suits round faces especially well, since the height at the crown and the side sweep elongate the shape. Thick, wavy hair is the ideal starting point; fine hair will need more product to hold the lift. Ask your colorist for: collarbone length, deep rich burgundy, side parting. A voluminous mousse at the roots before blow-drying keeps the shape honest, and the collarbone length needs a trim every six to eight weeks to keep the ends from splitting.
Mid-Back Dark Base With Blended Burgundy
The trick to a dark base with blended burgundy highlights is the weave: thin sections of color placed close together so the result shows dimension, not stripes. On mid-back length, the loose waves carry the burgundy from root to tip, and the middle parting lets it fall symmetrically. This technique works well on thick, wavy hair because the texture scatters light across every strand. Ask your colorist for: mid-back length, dark base with blended burgundy highlights, loose waves. The blend keeps the dark base from looking flat, and a texturizing spray is all the wave pattern needs to hold its shape. Mid-back lengths grow out at a slower pace, so a trim every eight to ten weeks keeps the ends healthy without sacrificing length.
The highlight placement is the whole game here. Keep the sections fine and the result looks lived-in; go chunkier and you are back in 2002.
Collarbone Burgundy With Lighter Highlights and Bangs
Wondering when to trade your winter color for something that does not fight the spring light? This is it. A rich burgundy base with lighter burgundy highlights gives a glow-up without a full commitment, and the curtain bangs frame the face without the upkeep of a blunt fringe. The collarbone length with soft waves keeps the whole thing moving, and the middle parting lets the curtain bangs fall where they want. Thick, wavy hair carries the lighter tones best, since the texture catches the brightness in every bend. Ask your colorist for: rich burgundy base with lighter highlights, curtain bangs. This is a work-and-weekend color that does not need a special occasion to earn its keep.
Collarbone Face-Framing Burgundy Highlights
Face-framing layers do most of the visible work here, and the color follows their lead: a rich burgundy base with lighter burgundy highlights woven through the front pieces at collarbone length. Thick, wavy hair carries the soft blowout without collapsing, and the layers soften a square or oval face. Ask your colorist for: collarbone length, rich burgundy base with lighter highlights, face-framing layers. The grow-out is the part nobody warns you about: front pieces sit closest to the root line, so the lighter strands show first, usually around week six. A round brush keeps the finish smooth between visits, and collarbone layers need a trim every six to eight weeks to hold their shape.
Mid-Back Deep Burgundy With Face-Framing Bangs
How do you ask for bangs that blend into highlights instead of sitting on top of them like a separate haircut? Bring the words, not a vague gesture at your forehead. Ask your colorist for: mid-back length, deep burgundy base with lighter highlights, face-framing bangs. The bangs should be cut after the color is placed, so the lighter pieces land inside the fringe rather than beside it. On thick, wavy hair, face-framing bangs soften a square or oval face and give the layered waves at mid-back a clear starting point. Expect a blowout with a round brush to keep the fringe from curling up, and a trim every six to eight weeks to stop it grazing your eyes.
Mid-Back Burgundy With Dimensional Highlights
A middle parting through a wavy blowout separates the lighter burgundy highlights at mid-back into depth instead of stripes. The base is burgundy, the highlights are lighter burgundy, and the glossy finish is a salon result. A gloss or toner refresh every six to eight weeks keeps the dimension from going flat and the tone from drifting warm. This color needs frequent upkeep. On thick, wavy hair the middle part elongates a round face, and the layers need a trim every eight to ten weeks. Ask your colorist for: mid-back length, burgundy base with lighter highlights, middle parting. The tone is the maintenance.
Mid-Back Solid Burgundy Waves
A solid burgundy is a single-tone job, and that changes the whole process. There are no highlights to break up the base, so the color has to be applied evenly from root to mid-back, then checked under proper light before the toner goes on. Any patchiness shows immediately without lighter pieces to distract from it. Ask your colorist for: mid-back length, solid rich burgundy. Subtle layering through thick, wavy hair keeps the loose waves from hanging flat, since one flat shade has nothing else doing the movement for it.
Wavy texture holds the shape with a texturizing spray and little else. The tone is the fragile part: reds fade faster than browns, so a toner refresh every six to eight weeks keeps the burgundy rich instead of rusty. Mid-back lengths also want a trim every eight to ten weeks to keep the ends clean under all that weight.
Mid-Back Glossy Burgundy Highlights
A side parting plus loose waves is a volume decision as much as a color one, and it is why the deep burgundy base with lighter highlights at mid-back looks fuller than the strand count suggests. The side part lifts hair off one side and suits a round face; the loose waves do the rest. Thick, wavy texture is the real requirement here. Fine hair in the same shade and length reads flatter, because the highlights need bulk behind them to show dimension instead of a single sheet of color.
Ask your colorist for: mid-back length, deep rich burgundy with lighter highlights, side parting, loose waves. Skip it if your hair is low density and prone to falling flat at the crown, or if you want a wash-and-go finish. A shine serum keeps the gloss between salon visits, and a toner refresh every six to eight weeks holds the tone. Trim mid-back lengths every eight to ten weeks.
Mid-Back Layered With Burgundy Highlights and Bangs
Burgundy highlights with curtain bangs look softer and more romantic than the same color without bangs, which keeps the focus on the strands themselves. The thick, wavy hair here starts at mid-back, with a layered blowout that lets the dark base and prominent burgundy highlights move together. Curtain bangs frame the forehead and soften square or oval faces, so this version makes the color feel approachable. Ask your colorist for: mid-back length, dark base with prominent burgundy highlights, curtain bangs. Blow-dry the bangs with a small round brush to keep them sweeping outward, and plan a trim every eight to ten weeks to hold the shape.
Collarbone Dark Brown With Vibrant Burgundy Highlights
The dark brown base here does the quiet work while the vibrant burgundy highlights carry the show, and the contrast stays sharp as long as the lighter pieces are kept fresh. Thick, straight hair cut in layers ending at the collarbone gives the color plenty of surface, especially with a smooth blowout and a middle part. Vibrant burgundy fades faster than deeper tones, so expect to refresh the highlights every six to eight weeks, and use a color-safe shampoo in between to slow the shift toward brass. Ask your colorist for: collarbone length layers, dark brown base with vibrant burgundy highlights. A smoothing serum keeps the straight texture glossy and helps the highlights stay distinct from the base.
Final Thoughts
For a subtle effect, ask for blended, peek-a-boo highlights that peek through when you move. For more impact, request face-framing or ombré burgundy tones that draw the eye forward.
- Use color-safe shampoo and conditioner to maintain vibrancy.
- Tone every 6-8 weeks to keep highlights rich.
- Apply heat protectant before styling to preserve color.
- Schedule a salon visit every 8-12 weeks for touch-ups.
Embrace the rich allure of burgundy highlights.
