Breakdown of Haz los reflejos como quieras, pero cuanto menos decoloras, más brillo logramos.
pero
but
los
the (masculine plural)
hacer
to do / to make
querer
to want
lograr
to achieve
menos
to (telling time) / minus / less
más
more
como
as / like (such as, similar to)
cuanto
all that / as much as (relative) / the more/less (in proportional comparisons)
decolorar
to bleach
el brillo
shine
el reflejo
highlight
Questions & Answers about Haz los reflejos como quieras, pero cuanto menos decoloras, más brillo logramos.
Why is quieras in the subjunctive here?
The phrase como quieras means "however you want." We use the subjunctive here because it refers to an action that hasn't happened yet and the exact way you will do it is unknown or up to you. If you were describing how someone routinely does something, you would use the indicative: Lo haces como quieres (You do it the way you want).
In the structure cuanto menos... más..., why are the verbs decoloras and logramos in the indicative rather than the subjunctive?
Because this statement is expressing a general truth or a proven rule about hair: "as a general rule, the less you bleach, the more shine we achieve." If this were a specific future condition or predicting an uncertain outcome, it would require the subjunctive: cuanto menos decolores, más brillo lograremos.
Could I use mientras menos instead of cuanto menos in this sentence?
Yes, absolutely. In Latin America, mientras menos (and mientras más) is actually much more common in everyday speech than cuanto menos. Both are perfectly valid and mean exactly the same thing in proportional comparatives.
Wait, does reflejos usually mean "reflections" or "reflexes"?
Why is it más brillo and not más brillos?
Here, brillo (shine) is used as an uncountable noun, just like in English. You are talking about the overall amount of shine you achieve by bleaching less, so it stays singular.
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