Thinking of lighting up your dark hair with caramel highlights? You should because this is one of the most popular and beautiful ways to do it. This dark color of blonde highlight is perfect to wear any time of the year and gives your dark hair a warm feel. There are a few different hues and tones that you can choose from when deciding to add caramel highlights.
You can go with a lighter caramel latte type color or a warmer mocha caramel color. It all depends on what your natural color is and what kind of vibe you are looking for. If you are unsure of what would work best for your hair, you can always consult with a hairdresser, or friends, to figure it out! Now, let’s take a look at the 50 best dark hair with caramel highlights hairstyles in 2022.
1. Dimensional Lob with Caramel Highlights
First up is this mid-length hairstyle with a dimensional lob cut. Here they went with even highlights and pretty waves to her short hair, which looks beautiful.
2. Caramel Highlights with Center Part
This next hairstyle is perfect for women who have been growing out their hair for a while and need a new look. They kept the base dark and added lovely and light caramel highlights evenly throughout. Add in waves, and you are going to love your new look.
3. Brunettes Blonde with Caramel Highlights
Here is a look at what adds just a bit of color to the bottom half of her hair. To get this look, keep the top section dark and straight, add pretty caramel to the bottom, and finish it off with loose waves. This is a style that women of all ages love wearing.
4. Sexy Layers with Caramel Highlights
If you are in the mood to dress up and get a new hairstyle, these sexy layers should be your next look. Here she has kept most of her hair long with just a few short layers in the front that are full of light blond highlights.
5. Caramel Highlights with Dark Roots
Dark roots are so popular with women who like to color their hair. Keeping your roots dark has plenty of different benefits. It keeps your regrowth healthy, and you do not have to run back to the hairdresser as often.
6. Dark Brown Hair with Caramel Highlights
If you need a subtle way to add a bit of texture to your style, then this dark brown hair with caramel highlight style would be perfect for you. They have finished it off with beautiful curls, and it looks amazing.
7. Caramel Balayage Highlights
A balayage is a great idea if you are thinking of coloring your dark hair. Here she has a medium caramel tone that is perfectly blended into her dark hair for a fabulous finish.
8. Smooth Caramel Highlights
This smooth caramel highlight look should be high on your list for a short and sweet style. Here she has her hair cut right above the shoulders with chunky highlights added in.
9. Chestnut Hair with Caramel Highlights
Chestnut hair color is so beautiful during the colder months of the year because it brings a nice warm tone throughout. They kept the top section dark and straight and added a bit of caramel color to the bottom sections. Add in pretty waves or wear it straight, and you will love how you look.
10. Warm Caramel Highlights on Dark Hair
Here is a short and warm-looking hairstyle for women. In the photo above, she has kept her hair about shoulder length and added warm caramel touches throughout. You can wear this straight, curly, wavy, or anything in between.
11. Bronze Caramel Highlights
Bronze and caramel highlights are always in style. Here she is wearing her new color with long locks that are curled perfectly at the ends. This color would be so pretty no matter how long your hair is.
12. Mid-Length Caramel Highlights on Dark Hair
This next hairstyle is one of the most requested looks of 2022. Here she is wearing her mid-length hair with even highlights and pretty waves throughout. Keep your hair cut right passed your shoulders and you are all set.
13. Golden Caramel Highlights
Golden highlights look so pretty when you add them to your dark hair. That is what she did in the look above, adding a middle part and pretty curls.
14. Dark Blonde with Caramel Highlights
Here is a style with a pretty dark brown base and a light caramel tone. She has added loose curls in the bottom half of her hair shoulder-length hair, and it looks so good.
15. Soft Dimensional Caramel Highlights
Dimensional highlights are a way of adding color to your hair using both dark and light hues. In the photo above, they did just that, and it looks beautiful. It is always a good idea to style your hair with curls to show off your new color.
16. Dark Hair with Creamy Caramel Highlights
If you like keeping your hair dark but still want to lighten it up, this would be a perfect look for you to try out. Here she has her long hair styled with loose and messy curls, bringing out the highlights perfectly.
17. Dimensional Caramel Highlights
Here is another way to keep your hair dark but still add in caramel tones. To get to look, grow your hair out long, keep the base dark, and add in dark caramel highlights. Next, throw in a few waves, and you are all set.
18. Voluminous Caramel Highlights
Wow, this next look has voluminous curls with dark lowlights added in. This style would work best for women with thick hair who love wearing it with big curls. Part it on the side, and you are all set with your new style.
19. Full Head with Caramel Highlights
Here is a beautiful short hairstyle with big curls and caramel highlights added evenly though out. She even has added hints of red, and the colors blend perfectly.
20. Shoulder Length Caramel Highlights
Ladies with shoulder-length hair, you do not need to look any further because we have found your next look. Here she has her long hair with caramel highlights and even curls for a stunning style.
21. Caramel Highlights with Wispy Bangs
Long hair and wispy bangs always look together. Here they took her already gorgeous style to the next level by adding dark blonde highlights that blend in perfectly with dark hair.
22. Caramel Highlights with Waves
Caramel highlights and waves are a match made in heaven. Here they added these two styles to her dark hair, which looks so good. Be sure to keep your hair all at one length with a middle part to get the most out of this look.
23. Natural Hair with Caramel Highlights
Here is a style for all the ladies out there who like to wear their hair naturally but just need a bit of color added in. In the photo above, she has her long hair dark and curly with the perfect amount of caramel color added in.
24. Beautiful Curly Caramel Highlights
Women with curly hair already know how hard it can be to find the right look. But look no further because we have found you the perfect new style. Here she is wearing a curly caramel look for mid-length hair.
25. Caramel Highlights on a Face Framing Hair
Up next is a fabulous hairstyle for long hair. Here she has added chunky highlights with a pretty light caramel color and added a few face-framing layers in the front. You can wear this style wavy or straight because you will look amazing either way.
26. Short Caramel Babylights
A bayalage is always a good way to add a bit of color to your style. Here they kept it flawless with touches of caramel added throughout. She has naturally curly hair, which helps show off her new color.
27. Caramel Honey Swirl Highlights
Caramel honey is one of the best colors to wear when you have dark brown hair. Here they added the slightest amount of honey color in a swirl design, which looks beautiful. Style it with thick waves, or wear it straight for a sleek finish.
28. Dark to Caramel Highlights Ombre
29. Soft Wave Caramel Highlights
Soft waves never looked better than they do here. She has kept her hair extra long with chunky highlights and soft waves throughout this style. This is such a pretty look that would look beautiful on women of all ages.
30. Natural Brown with Caramel Highlights
Women with natural brown hair, this should be your next look. In the photo above, she has added bright blonde highlights and styled it with waves to show off your new color. She kept the top natural and dark, and the contrast looks amazing.
31. Chocolate Caramel Highlights
This next look will be perfect for you if you are looking for a darker vibe. Here she has her dark locks with touches of light brown added in. Keep it sleek and frizz-free by adding in your favorite anti-frizz products.
32. Caramel Highlights for Layered Wavy Hair
Caramel highlights are so pretty when you have layered, wavy hair. Here she went with long layers and beach waves to create this look. Be sure to part your hair on the side to get the whole vibe of this style.
33. Subtle Caramel Highlights
Subtle caramel is a great choice, regardless of the time of the year. Here she has extra long hair with curls and thin highlights throughout. You could always throw your hair up in a half-up half-down style to show off your new color.
34. Wavy Bob with Caramel Highlights
Bob’s hairstyles are so beautiful when adding a bit of blonde and waves. Here she has kept the hair cut right above the shoulders with layers added in and styled with perfect waves. Try this lookout during the summer, and you will surely get so many compliments.
35. Light Caramel Highlights with Mid-Part
Mid-parts are so trendy right now. In this next look, she is wearing her shoulder-length hair with a mid part and with the perfect amount of blonde added in. Add in waves, curl the two pieces in the front, and you are all set.
36. Soft Blonde with Caramel Highlights
This next look would work best for women with long natural hair. Here she has added caramel and soft blonde highlights evenly throughout her long hair. Style it with waves or wear it straight because you will love your new look.
37. Messy Hair with Caramel Highlights
Messy hair is such a vibe right now. She has styled her long hair with a few layers and thick bangs in the photo above. Here she has added a few messy curls, which look beautiful.
38. Inverted Bob Caramel Highlights
Up next is a beautiful haircut for women with dark hair. She is wearing an inverted bob with caramel highlights added in evenly and perfectly. Be sure to add in pretty waves as they have done here and you will love how you look.
39. Caramel Highlights for Layered Bob
Layered bobs are a popular look with more mature women. Here she has her inverted bob with pretty caramel color added in. She is wearing her new look natural and straight for a sleek look.
40. Beautiful Caramel Highlights
If you have been growing your hair out for a while and need a new look, you should give this next style a chance. Here she has added pretty caramel tones to her dark brown hair and finished it off with long and loose waves.
41. Natural Caramel Balayage Highlights
Caramel tones are always so beautiful when you use a balayage technique to add them to your dark brown hair. In the photo above, they kept the hair on the top dark, and it blended it down flawlessly to a light caramel color on the bottom.
42. Ash Brown Hair with Caramel Highlights
Ash-brown is one of the hottest colors to wear in 2022. She took this style to the next level by adding touches of light caramel and finished her style with neat and soft waves. This is a hairstyle for women that can be worn all year long.
43. Natural Black Hair with Caramel Highlights
Natural black hair sometimes needs a little pick me up. In the photo above, they went with caramel peekaboos, which look beautiful. Try throwing your hair up to show off your new color, or wear it down and wavy as they are doing here.
44. Soft and Dark Hair with Caramel Highlights
Next is this beautiful style with soft and dark hair and a few chunky highlights added in. This will be a perfect hairstyle if you are a businesswoman or just like looking classy.
45. Long and Straight Caramel Highlights
There is nothing more sleek and stylish than this next hairstyle. Here she has an extra long length with caramel highlights on her dark hair, which looks amazing. Wear it down or up because both ways you are going to love the way you look.
46. Brown Caramel Highlights with Mid-Part
Mid-parts are so popular when you like wearing your hair with face-framing layers. That is what she has done here, and she has also added touches of blonde to her dark hair. To get the whole vibe of this look, you will want to add curls in the front and add waves to the back.
47. Ice Latter Hair with Caramel Highlights
Ice lattes are popular for drinks and hair colors. Here they went with an iced latte highlight color on her dark brown hair; the two colors work perfectly together. Add a slight wave to your hair, and you have got yourself a brand-new look.
48. Dark Chocolate with Caramel Highlights
Dark chocolate looks just as good as it tastes in this next hairstyle for women with dark hair. She has also added in the right amount of caramel blonde highlights, and it looks amazing.
49. Summer Caramel Highlights
If you are looking for a fresh new hairstyle to spice up your summer, this is one of the best options. Here she has her hair styled wavy, making her new color shine bright.
50. Textured Bob with Caramel Highlights
Last up is this textured bob hairstyle with dark brown hair. Here she has taken her dark hair to the next level by adding touches of light blonde throughout. Finish it off with beautiful waves, and you are all set.
Conclusion
Now that you have been through our list of pretty caramel highlights for dark hair, are you ready to make your hair appointment? Be sure to save this list so you can show your stylist. Please let us know which one was your favorite or if you have ever tried any of these pretty caramel highlights before!

Jenni Haward has been working as a hairstylist for almost 11 years. With that much experience, she was able to start her own business. It has been two years since she started and had made three salons in three different cities and is still growing. She is continuing to pursue the career hoping to impact more with her skills and knowledge.
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