As the rather beautiful name suggests, the candlelit brunette hair color (currently trending on TikTok, of course) enlists subtle babylights (minimal highlights) peppered throughout the lengths to lift the hair to a sort of caramel-esque brunette, as though each strand is bathed in candlelight. This lit-from-within gleam (as seen on the likes of Kaia Gerber) is warm, mellow, and soft. It takes the hair’s natural color and lifts it by weaving in thin strands of a much lighter color. For my first step into the world of hair dye, I entrusted Carmel Blackburne, master colorist at John Frieda Salons, with creating the look.