Brunette needs hair advice, color, highlights, style, products?

Blondish hair when I was a baby. Hair turned a med-brown color with ash tones as I got older. In mid-thirties now. My hair is somewhat wavy. It straightens well with a flat iron. It curls but won't hold a curl for very long with a curling iron or curlers. I tried a couple of perms in the 80's but ended up looking like a poodle. When it rains I have some uncontrollable waves. During the dry days of winter my hair is straight. I have lots of hair but the hair strands themselves are somewhat thin. My eyes are med-brown. My face is oval. I have a prominent nose, large eyes, full but subtle lips. I'm a cross between Jennifer Lopez (face shape) and Gloria Estefan (nose), if you can picture that! I'm 5'2 and in shape. I work out at the gym daily so need a style that is easy to manage. My hair is currently about 2 inches below shoulders in layers. I would love to let it grow some more or keep the current length. White/yellow toned skin, light in winter tans easily in summer.

Brunette needs hair advice, color, highlights, style, products?

Sounds like you have hair like mine.... poor you lol. Personally I like to keep my hair at about the same length yours is, and at the moment I have some blondish highlights it, though I've had light brown highlights in the past. I just had my mom or a friend do them from a box. I generally keep my hair completely straight, and if I'm going somewhere nice flip the ends out. Of course they never stay that way :). I like the Garnier Fructise Sleek and Shine system.

Brunette needs hair advice, color, highlights, style, products?

get caramel highlights !

Brunette needs hair advice, color, highlights, style, products?

Highlights would look great. Ask friends who have had theirs done that you think look good) where to go. Some stylists are better at color than others. It is a big cost so you want to get it right the first time.

Brunette needs hair advice, color, highlights, style, products?

Honey blonde highlights are really pretty as well. My hair sounds the same as yours and I help the wavyness by curling in medium chunks with a 1 1/2 inch barrel curling iron. Flip over hair spary and then scrunch for volume. This takes about 10 min tops