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If you like to wear a lot of updos, Hill recommends adding a few ponytail highlights near the nape of the neck and over the ears. "I think it's good to keep some highlights around the whole perimeter of your head because it seems lighter without doing full, internal highlights," she says. "When you lift [the hair], you have just the few highlights over the darkness, and it looks natural."