Because the relatively lovely title suggests, the candlelit brunette hair color (presently trending on TikTok, in fact) enlists delicate child lights (minimal highlights) peppered all through the lengths to raise the hair to a kind of caramel-esque brunette, as if every strand is bathed in candlelight. This lit-from-within gleam (as seen on the likes of Kaia Gerber) is heat, mellow and gentle. It takes the hair’s pure color and lifts it by weaving in skinny strands of a a lot lighter color. For my first step into the world of hair dye, I entrusted Carmel Blackburne, grasp colourist at John Frieda Salons, with creating the look.