Who is highlighting

Blond hair tint is often found in Slavic beauties. As a rule, its owners are unhappy with the color of their hair, in its natural form it does not look too expressive. But for a professional hairdresser, the light brown shade is a godsend because it provides a wide field of activity.

Curls can be lightened to shades of blond, or vice versa to paint in darker colors. But the most popular with the blond-haired beauties is highlighting. This technique is the highlighting of individual strands with the help of blonding drugs.

Shades to highlight blond hair

The effect of staining depends on the correctness of the choice of shades for highlighting. The paint is selected on the basis of the original hair color. With dark brown curls all shades of brown and golden are in perfect harmony: wheat, copper, brandy, amber, honey, frosty chestnut.

The advantages of highlighting techniques for light brown hair

Highlighting is one of the most spectacular methods of coloring, which makes it possible to impart an extravagance to the image without disturbing the harmony of naturalness. It is best suited for thin hair, the owners of which are often fair-haired ladies. In comparison with the technology of continuous dyeing, highlighting has the following advantages:

✓ Individual strands are exposed to chemicals, so the structure of the hair does not suffer,
✓ Regrown roots are not striking, so the services of the master can be accessed every 1.5-2 months,
✓ The technology allows you to give the hair shine and visual volume,
✓ Zoning emphasizes the attractive aspects of appearance and successfully masks minor flaws,
✓ Suitable for hair of any length and structure, it masks gray hair well.

By cons can be attributed: the complexity of the procedure at home without assistance, as well as a longer duration of staining.

Types of highlighting

There are several colorings classifications based on different criteria. In the field of clarification distinguish such technologies:

• classical (full) - strands tinted throughout the head. This will go to the owners of hair of any length,
• zonal - in this case, allocate any one part: the lower curls or just a bang,
• partial - a kind of the previous one. If you have a very short haircut, you can make stylish feathers all over your hair. Another way - the color of individual curls in the face.

The density of the clarification and the width of the bands allocate:

• frequent (fine) highlighting - affects from 40 to 60% of all hair. For him, they take thin strands all over the head or only in its upper part. Option for owners of thin, lifeless curls. Helps to visually add hair volume and become lighter by 2-3 tones,
• rare - looks good on thick hair. When bleaching, only a few strands are taken all over the head. It is used in cases when it is necessary to emphasize in contrast the main color of the hair,
• thin - suitable for girls who seek the effect of naturalness, and by nature do not have a luxurious, lush head of hair. Strands should be no thicker than 0.5 centimeters,
• wide (large) - optimal for long hair. Since more than half of all curls undergo staining, it is advisable to use gentle formulations without ammonia.

And, in fact, the technologies themselves melirovki, characterized by the intensity of clarification, the area of ​​exposure to paint, a palette of colors and other nuances:

1. American. Suitable for girls with dark strands. It looks contrasting due to the use of bright colors, mainly copper-red-red gamma, and a significant number of tones (from 3 to 5).
2. Brazilian. This highlight is created for light brown hair of any length. Due to the soft iridescent shades of natural gamut, a very natural effect is obtained. The roots should be the darkest part of the hairstyle, the tips should be the lightest.
3. Balayazh. Looks beautiful on medium dark long hair. The technique involves applying paint in broad horizontal strokes only on the tips. Curls are filled with radiance, visually becoming thicker.
4. Booking. It is optimal for blond and dark blond hair, although you can also make it on brown (after all, the brond is an alternation of light and dark strands). The main thing is that their length was not less than 10 centimeters, otherwise it is impossible to achieve a gradient. The gamut of colors is natural, and the result is brilliance, additional volume, well-groomed hair.
5. Venetian. Such highlighting will go to the owner of dark curls, who wants to create the effect of burnt strands. It is carried out in the open way, without use of a foil.
6. Veiling. Looks like a translucent veil over her hair. The result is achieved by a set of very thin strands (3-4 millimeters) exclusively in the upper part of the head. The technique is ideal for bob, ragged and graded haircuts.
7. California. It has almost the same characteristics as the Venetian, but is usually used on light curls. This is a popular technique for short strands.
8. Ombre. It has many varieties. The classic technology - dark roots and light edges - is ideal for dark hair, because it allows you not to touch the root zone. Owners of light curls can use the technique of reverse, triple or glaring ombre.
9. Salt and pepper. A successful combination of thin strands of white-gray-black gamma creates a unique effect, ennobles early gray hair. It also looks good on young ladies, and in other cases it can add age visually.
10. French. Another name is mazhimish. It is considered one of the most benign technologies for blond and light brown hair, which as a result become lighter by 2–4 tones. There are no restrictions on the length. Looks beautiful on wavy curls.
11. Color. Performed in different techniques and fits any curls. It is only important to choose the right colors in order not to look vulgar or funny.
12. Shatush. Used on dark hair, creating the effect of burnt tips. The edges of the strands brighten arbitrarily. Suitable for medium and long hair. Disguises gray hair, but only if it is not more than 1/3 of the total volume of hair.

There is also a separation according to the highlighting method:

• through the cap - is considered a classic, but already obsolete technology. Recommended for thin, short and medium length curls,
• on foil - a more modern method that is suitable for owners of long hair,
• comb - so you can shade shades of different lengths. The composition is applied to the teeth, and then combed with a comb comb curls. Great for long dark hair, avoiding sudden transitions and eye-catching contrasts,
• by hands - This method has several types of implementation. "Glazing" (lightening the tips) is optimal for brown-haired women and brunettes, if the length of the curls does not exceed 15 centimeters. "Frost" - a technique for curly, curly hair.

Another variety - back highlighting - allows you to beautifully return to your original hair color without long-term growth and at the same time look well-groomed. It is usually practiced by brown-haired women and brunettes, who, after repeated clarification, have ceased to be clear. For coloring take colors close to the native shade of curls.

Who is undesirable

Restrictions on the choice of technology, range of colors - a question that is solved individually. However, there are more general recommendations. when you should refrain from the procedure:

• immediately after a recent hair dyeing with an aggressive composition or a natural preparation (henna, basma). You have to wait about a month, otherwise the result of the interaction of dyes may be unpredictable,
• following a perm. For the same reason,
• during the hormonal adjustment of the body. Pregnancy, feeding, taking hormones - all this reduces the chances of success,
• after a long illness with antibiotic treatment. In this case, you first need to restore the body,
• if the hair is weakened, damaged, fall out strongly. Sparkling is considered a gentle way of affecting strands, but on an unhealthy head of hair it looks untidy.

Attention! Before staining, check the selected composition, whether it causes an allergic reaction. If so, replace the dye and transfer the procedure.

Basic rules and tips

1. Apply the composition only on dry curls. The exception is the “Frost” technique, in which the hair should be wet.
2. Do not choose complex techniques with a large number of shades for self-coloring. Start with simple options.
3. Wash your hair a couple of days before the procedure to protect your hair from the effects of chemical dye components.
4. Thick, long locks are better to be washed in two parts: first, the bottom, then, after washing the preparation, the top. This will avoid a noticeable difference between the curls that are colored at the beginning and at the end.
5. Dark hair is pre-clarified, and then tinted with a gentle composition of the selected shade. It is better to distinguish between procedures in time for the hair to rest from active changes.
6. Be sure to wear gloves, regardless of the method chosen. Protect clothing with a waterproof cape, old dressing gown or peignoir.
7. When highlighting through a cap, use a reusable product. It fits the head more tightly and is more comfortable to use.
8. Foil for painting can be any: food or special hairdresser. Prepare the strip in advance of the required length and width. For highlighting in several tones, take foiled paper of different colors, where each color will correspond to a different shade.
9. To keep a small indentation from the roots and prevent the ink from flowing, make a small bend on each strip of foil (on its matte side). Put the ribbons under the curls so that this pocket is located near the root zone.
10. Begin to highlight the hair with the neck, and the top of the head and bangs are treated in the last place, because in these areas the hair is thinner and more tender.
11. The open method (without foil) harms the strands less, but it is more difficult to perform, especially at home.
12. Do not hold the paint on the head longer than the manufacturer recommends, otherwise you can burn curls. It is better to repeat the clarification procedure in order to achieve the desired result.
13. When washing away the composition from the colored strands, do not remove the cap so as not to stain the rest of the hair with the preparation. Rinse your head, then remove the product, starting from the back of the head, and again rinse the entire head of hair.
14. If you use a foil, turn it around alternately, moving from the back of the head to the crown. Rinse each curl on your piece of paper, and then proceed to the next strand. So you keep the clarity of the picture.
15. Immediately after dyeing, treat the hair with a balm or apply a mask.

For staining at home, invite a helper, especially if you are planning to color yourself on your first time.

Features care after

After the procedure, hair care should be manifested in several directions:

1. Maintain color. Buy special products for dyed curls: shampoo, balsam, conditioner. They will make the shade more saturated, they will not allow him to quickly wash or fade. There are separate preparations for light, copper, brown, black hair. Also, it is not recommended to immediately sunbathe in the sun, go to a solarium, walk without a hat, swim in the pool without a hat right after the melirovaniye. Maintain these rules for at least 2 weeks. To fix the pigment, complete each shampooing rinse with cool water to close the hair scales.
2. Recovery. When melirovanie exposure to the dye is not subjected to the entire head of hair, but the strands still deteriorate from the brightening and ammonium compounds. In this case, masks that are able to reanimate brittle, damaged, dry curls will help. Use or 1-2 times a week. It can be purchased or homemade products. Do not add stress to your hair: at least for the first time, give up hot styling. Dry your curls with a cold jet of a hairdryer. Pay special attention to the tips. Cut them regularly, not allowing them to be cut.
3. Nutrition. Colored curls are deficient in moisture, so often girls complain of dry, brittle hair. Correct the situation by entering into the complex of procedures for the care of hair, the use of moisturizers. Make sure your strands receive enough nutrients not only from cosmetics, but also from your diet.

Proper highlighting will decorate a woman of any age, regardless of what her hair. There are so many methods that the choice can be difficult only by how to dwell on one of them. Successful shades and neat execution will be the key to creating a beautiful hairstyle, and careful care after painting will help preserve the health of the curls.

Classic

Involves highlighting individual strands that will stand out from the base color. As a rule, the curls that are subject to discoloration are chosen as the tips of the comb in a zigzag-like manner (through the same distance), and after applying the pigment they are wrapped in foil.

California

The main task of this variant of coloring is to achieve sun glare on your curls. The master tries to make the transitions from the roots to the lighter-colored tips of the hair soft, so the oxygenant is selected, lightening by 3-4 tones. Color activation takes place in the open air.

The result is an illusion of strands faded in the sun. Read more about California hair weave on our website.

Mazhimesh and majorcontrast

These two options come from France. They involve the use of ammonia-free dyes, which are best able to shade the curls of blond and light brown beauties. The first option is designed to create close to natural overflows, and the second is to play in contrast by selecting bright pigmenters. How is mazhishes or French hair dyeing, you will find on our website.

It assumes a soft shading of paint along the entire length. As a rule, the technique of execution involves the formation of scars on the curls, chaotic strokes and natural drying of color.

Highlighting on dark long hair with a bang in the technique of shatush looks stylish and harmonious.

This option of painting is suitable for owners of dark and blond hair. It will help to bring into your look tender and romantic notes of sunny modulations. Masters can create both soft and sharp color transitions.

Similar coloring will suit self-confident brown-haired women and brunettes. It suggests a contrast between the tips and the roots of the hair. You can find more information about the ombre staining technique on our website.

How much is

The cost of highlighting for long hair depends on:

• prestige salon or performance at home,
• selected dyes, clarifiers and tinting agents,
• medium hair length
• additional procedures performed by the master (for example, a wash of the previous color, a restoring mask after the procedure, styling),
• highlighting options (of course, partial staining only bangs and the temporal region will cost you much less).

If you call a specialist at home, the price for the service varies from 2 to 5 thousand.rubles. The cost of salon procedures is several thousand more expensive - 3.5–9 thousand rubles. To make painting at home you will need brightening powder - 450-750 rubles, depending on the brand of the manufacturer and a tint tool - 300-800 rubles. You can find ordinary oxidizers for 250–300 rubles. Thus, the cost of self-highlighting will not exceed 1.5 thousand rubles.

Correctly select the color

How to make highlights? There is nothing complicated in the procedure, you just need to choose the right color and follow the technique of a specific painting.

Highlighting long curls best reveals its beauty on the hairstyles by type of cascade. When you have a graduated haircut, with the use of modern techniques of clarification, an additional volume is created by pulling the color and the carved outline of the hairstyle is favorably emphasized.

When choosing a color you need to take into account your color type. If you have peach or dark skin, you can pick up all the shades with gold (for example, honey or wheat). Girls of the type "winter" with pale skin and light eyes will suit pastel shades of blond, as well as ashen and pearl color.

Highlights on blonde hair

Of course, light-blond girls and blondes with long hair can safely choose highlighting. In addition, for bleaching their curls does not require too aggressive clarifier - it is enough to purchase an oxidant in 3-6%.

Light brown-haired fit:

Blondes can choose any shades of blond:

An important point! On blond hair, the effect of burnt hair may not be strongly noticed. Therefore, some blondes prefer to reverse highlighting, that is, the coloring of the hair in darker colors - coffee with milk, amber, walnut.

Color options for dark-haired beauties

For black and brown curls, we recommend to choose the following color options:

Also, to make highlighting on black curls with a shade of gray, you can play on the contrast, dyeing fine strands in ashy colors. For example, the popular version of "salt and pepper."

In order to create the most harmonious image of brown-haired women, it is better to choose tones that are several shades lighter than the base one. In addition to caramel and honey, they are suitable:

If you want to achieve beautiful modulations, the play of light and shadow, then use more than one shade, but several (albeit from the same color palette).

What kind of clarification to choose

Before dyeing, professional fashion industry experts recommend cascading haircuts. If your curls are slightly longer than the shoulders and you prefer to lift them at the roots while laying, then the best option for coloring is balayazh. Also hairstyles by type of cascade fit American and French technology performance.

Owners of asymmetrical hairstyle should be partially highlighted in order to emphasize certain areas of hair.

Important! If you want to rejuvenate, then choose the straightening strands at the temple and bangs. The fact is that the lighter color attracts attention, and therefore, the surrounding people do not notice the age-related changes on the skin of the face.

If you have your favorite hairstyle-ladder, you can choose Californian or Venetian execution.

Highlighting on long hair with a bang is better to perform fine strands. Similarly, rare strands are selected on the bangs, in order to obtain a uniform distribution of color throughout the head.

Girls with straight hair can try to brighten the tips using the ombre technique. It turns out very interesting, extravagant and stylish. In addition, if you get tired of this image, you can easily cut off the old color.

Many bleaching techniques suggest indentation from the roots. If your hair is just below the shoulders, the wizard recommends that you start the discoloration 10 cm below the eye line. So you get an unusual hairstyle and can protect the hair roots from the harmful effects of oxygenator.

Who is suitable hair highlighting?

• Highlighting hair, as the most gentle method of coloring, will suit any girl with dark or blond hair.
• Women aged highlighting will help lighten the face and reset a few years.
• Highlighting on dyed hair will diversify the color scheme of your favorite shade and make the color as versatile and deep as possible, as well as visually give your hair a luxurious thickness.
• Dyed with henna and heavily damaged hair do not like highlighting.
• Depending on the color type of the girl, an experienced master will always be able to choose shades for highlighting that will improve her hairstyle.

Popular hair highlights

• French highlighting barely noticeable. Softly bleached, small strands shine with nutty shades and resemble a light touch of the sun.
• California highlighting Looks brighter and more contrast. For the best result, 5 different tones of one color are used.
• American highlights suits colorful brunettes and brown-haired women. 5 and more tones of red and red flowers are used.
• Extravagant highlighting It is made in ash tones to give the hair an artificial gray hair.
• Reverse highlighting It is popular among fair-haired girls and involves dyeing the strands in chocolate shades.

Ideas for you

American highlighting involves the use of 3 to 6 contrasting or harmonious shades.

Brazilian highlighting involves the initial lightening of the lower strands, as if they were burned out.

Venetian highlighting involves the creation of several not too contrasting shades on dark hair.

Highlighting at home - the procedure is not too time consuming. Every girl who ever.

Toning hair after highlighting is an obligatory procedure that will help create an effect.

Dyeing a shatush means creating a light sun kiss on your hair, like hair.

Useful videos

Bleaching, dyeing or highlighting hair? What is better to choose and in what cases the trainer-expert of M-Cosmetics company will tell.

Detailed master class on the implementation of the classic hair highlighting.

How is the diagonal highlighting, says professional colorist Valentina Miller.

Staining benefits

Highlighting to dark blond or light brown hair has undeniable advantages. First of all, it is more gentle than full staining. Dyes do not affect all the curls, and on the individual strands, because you can make your haircut stylish without harm to hair.

• a wide range of different techniques
• visual hair styling volume
• correction of imperfections of the oval face and skin tone,
• neat disguise of gray hair,
• underscore geometry haircuts,
• effective methods for long and short hair,
• preservation of a tidy look of a hairdress within 1-2 months.

Highlighting techniques

Light brown curls are ideal for partial dyeing, as they can be lightened and darkened. The task of your master is to choose the right technique for applying pigment and shades that will be in harmony with the base, skin and eye color.

We consider the methods of coloring, which most go to fair-haired ladies. Here there are suitable solutions for hairstyles of any type: short, medium length, long, symmetrical and asymmetrical.

Classic

The technology involves the application of the dye composition to the entire length of the curl from root to tip. The thickness of the strands can vary, the thinner they are, the more natural the effect will be. The paint should not be very different from the base so that there are no vulgar transitions.

You can use several shades of the same color at once, this will create beautiful modulations in curls, will refresh them and add volume. The technique is suitable for short haircuts of the type of square, and it is also used by long-haired ladies.

The only difference is that a special cap with holes is used to dye short curls, through which strands are drawn through a hook, but long hair is dyed under a foil.

California

The hair of girls from the California coast is constantly under the scorching sun, because of which some strands fade. You can get this effect not only on a holiday trip, but also after visiting a beauty salon.

California highlighting allows you to create amazing natural highlights in your hair due to a combination of a wide palette of natural shades: golden, ashen, honey, coffee, cognac beige.

The technique is gentle, as beeswax based dyes are used, and thermal paper and foil are not needed at all. Also its advantage is that the roots will not treacherously darken against the background of the entire hairstyle, they do not have to tint every 2-3 weeks.

French

Light blond hair is an ideal base for the French technician or mazhish, as it is also called. Strands are lightened with a safe dyeing compound; you do not need to use aggressive brighteners in advance.

This is a great option for fine hair. Dairy, light beige, nut, wheat shades will visually make the hair more thick and voluminous, give it a special gloss.

The composition of the paint does not include ammonia, because it does not have a negative effect on the hair shaft. However, the natural shade can be lightened by 2-3 tones. Also, the technique differs in that for its implementation does not require foil or thermal paper, the pigment does not spread along the strands due to beeswax, which is part of it. Mazhimesh is considered one of the most benign types of partial staining.

Brazilian

A great option for dark-blond girls and with an average brightness of the base, as it allows you to create natural highlights in the curls. Pre-clarified strands are painted in colors that are most similar to the natural shade of the hair.

The set of tones may be different, depending on what effect you want to get. The more subtle smooth transitions, the brighter and more sunny the hairstyle will look.

The result will be a great mood and imitation of sunbeams entangled in your hair. Coloring looks gorgeous on the hair of medium length, long curls and square.

Venetian or amber

This technique is similar to the Californian, but more appealing to the ladies who have dark blond hair. A palette of amber, chocolate and golden hues is suitable for them.

If the hair color is lighter, it is advisable to use wheat, platinum, lemon, chocolate and sand shades. Lovers of extravagance should experiment with burgundy, white, purple, blue strands.

Curls are painted from the middle to the tips, but the roots can darken in the hair, which will give it a slight carelessness and charm. The length of the curls does not matter, the technique is not performed only on very short haircuts. If you have an elongated caret or cascade, yantra lightening will be an excellent choice.

Owners of light and light blond curls, this technique fits perfectly. The essence of reverse highlighting is not to lighten, but to darken, some strands. This method is most often chosen by ladies who are tired of the light color, but they do not dare to completely repaint it at once. Partial coloring of the strands will help to mask the growing roots, hide the insufficient thickness of the hair, give the hairstyle a neat and well-groomed look.

It is important that the gamma of pigments be in harmony with the base color. If you do not take into account this moment, you can get vulgar feathers instead of soft and gentle overflows. In order not to miscalculate the tones, the stylist carefully studies the color type and all the features of the hair.

A truly universal technique that fits both light blond and dark blond ladies. She is in the lightening of individual sections of hair, most often it is bangs, whiskey or the tips of the strands. Perfectly complements asymmetrical short haircuts, also perfectly harmonizes with long curls, highlights the silhouette of complex geometric hairstyles.

For balayazha this season it is best to use natural color combinations: coffee and beige, honey and wheat, chocolate and copper. However, lovers of extraordinary decisions can also make a difference in their appearance.

The effect of burning flames on the tips of curls or regrown roots can also be recreated with this technique.

The cold range of steel, white, silver and pearl is suitable not for all fair-haired girls. The main thing is that the shades are combined with the color type. In this case, you will get a truly gorgeous result.

Strands are painted arbitrarily, they can have different widths, which creates a vast space for the stylist's imagination.

This bright technique requires regular color updates, so be prepared to see your hairdresser often. However, the result is definitely worth all the effort. You revive your hairstyle, forget what boredom and monotony are, as the curls will constantly be filled with new shades.

Do we paint at home or in the salon?

Many girls can not decide where to paint the curls: at home or at a professional master? The issue is very controversial, as there are many photo and video lessons on the Internet about how to color the curls correctly. The results are always more than impressive.

But there are many risks that you may face if you decide to change your image yourself.

• manifestation of red or yellow after dyeing,
• uneven distribution of pigment,
• wrong color range,
• overdrying hair.

Peculiarities of home coloring

If you are still confident in your abilities and want to save on the master, you should consider all the features. First of all, you need to accurately determine the technique of highlighting and color gamut. Also note that you can not paint the sick, weak and emaciated hair, it only hurts your hair.

• Separate the strands very accurately, they should be approximately equal in diameter to make the hair look natural and neat,
• if you work with a hat, pull out the locks gently, without touching the adjacent strands,
• when working with foil, note that the hair is placed on its matte part, it will enhance the thermal effect,
• apply the paint quickly so that the strands processed in the first rows are not dried out,
• use only high quality and proven pigments,
• definitely use special care products immediately after painting,
• in case of failure, be sure to contact a professional who will tell you how to remedy the situation.

Salon dyeing features

Even if you decide to do highlight in the salon, it still does not give a 100% guarantee of getting a good result. Modern technology is quite difficult to perform, because you must be completely confident in the qualifications of your hairdresser.

Do not hesitate to check the diplomas and certificates of the master, to study the examples of works before the procedure. This will help to insure against undesirable consequences.

The advantages of professional coloring:

• the master studies all the features of your appearance, chooses the color gamut of coloring compositions,
• you are offered a choice of some of the most gentle and suitable techniques for you,
• if the hair is damaged, instead of coloring you will be offered the current treatment,
• salons use only high-quality paint,
• After the procedure, you will receive detailed recommendations for the care of hair.

In conclusion

Light brown hair is perfect for partial dyeing, since both bright and dark locks are clearly visible on them. Depending on what kind of image you want to get, and what base tone of the curls, you can choose the most appropriate highlighting techniques.

The peculiarity of modern methods is that they gently affect the strands, but at the same time they change the hairstyle beyond recognition, giving it chic and gloss. Trust your hair only to proven professionals and enjoy the results of transformation.

Is it worth doing light strand staining?

Highlighting - a real classic. It fits brunettes, brown-haired women and blondes, light strands can be narrow and wide, frequent or rare. For maximum purity of color, the hair is pre-treated with blond powder, but you can do without it, using a paint without ammonia with a tinting and lightening effect.

Light coloring strands of youth, adds volume to the hair, makes the image more fresh and modern. However, sharp contrasts have already gone out of fashion and are used only by lovers of shocking. Much more impressive look soft play of colors. Highlighting light strands is ideal for fair-haired, dark blondes and brown-haired women, but brunettes, after clarification, will have to think about harmonious toning.

The complexity of implementation, depending on the color and condition of the hair

Light highlights suitable for hair of any color and texture. However, to achieve the ideal result, special efforts will not have to be applied only to blondes and light brown-haired women. It is enough for them to lighten the hair by 3-4 tones, for which you can use bezammiachnymi tinting inks, avoiding the traumatic bleaching procedure.

Light brown hair looks great with light warm or cool highlights. To achieve the desired shade is easy. Dark blond strands are desirable to discolor with the help of a weak activator mixed with blond powder. It is not necessary to lighten them to the maximum, it is enough to change the tone by 2-3 levels.

Brunettes and dark brown-haired women will have to lighten their hair at least 2 times.. This approach will destroy most of the pigment and make the strands susceptible to light toning.

No less complex material - a hair with a large percentage of gray hair. It requires toning of the drug, mixed with an oxidizing emulsion with a concentration of at least 6%. The mixture is applied in layers and incubated for at least 40 minutes. Then the strands are tinted with the brightest shade in the desired range, mixed with a transparent corrector.

Before and after pictures

See how bright highlights look on different hair colors:

The choice of paint and the right tone

The hue of the paint is selected depending on the overall color type and the original hair color. A cool platinum or silver-ash gamma is ideal for haired ones. Girls with tanned skin should try warm shades of light caramel, flower honey or cream. The cool color shades like beige gamma of varying intensity, and girls with warm peach skin can try on all the options of gold, from old to white or lemon yellow.

Bright highlights suitable and red-haired. They should choose natural shades of the same color range, but less saturation. For example, curls of color of bright copper will be decorated with golden-red or honey locks.

Preparation and collection of the necessary tools

In order for the paint to lay down smoothly, and the color of the strands was saturated, a course of restoration procedures should be carried out before highlighting. Professional masks or homemade mixtures based on eggs, fermented milk products, black bread, gelatin or honey will help moisturize and nourish the hair. Warm oily wraps and rinsing with decoction of herbs are capable of improving the state of hair.

The preparatory course may take 1-2 months. After that, you need to update the haircut. Clear contours will help to position the strands correctly; moreover, on the exfoliated ends, the tinting paint changes color.

In stores for professional hairdressers you can buy all the necessary components. For home highlighting, you need to prepare a set of accessories and consumables.:

• brightener in the form of powder or cream,
• ammonia tinted paint,
• oxidant of the desired concentration,
• brush or brush for paint distribution,
• mixing tank
• comb with a long handle,
• protective cape or towel
• plastic gloves.

Depending on the technique chosen, you may need a silicone cap with holes, a comb with sparse teeth, a hairdresser, or food foil.

Home coloring

1. The coloring process depends on the chosen method.. The most gentle and simple option is highlighting the ombre. Before the procedure, the hair is tied with rubber bands, and the diluted paint is spread over the free ends with a flat brush. Wrap curls in foil is not necessary. The exposure time depends on the initial color of the hair and the structure of the hair. For thin and brittle it does not exceed 10 minutes, it is necessary to highlight dense dark hair for at least 40 minutes.
2. Very fine frequent staining is convenient to do a special comb or comb with rare teeth. They are painted, and then combed hair from root to tip. If necessary, the procedure can be repeated. The result will be a beautiful game of colors, strands will get different shades and will look very harmonious.
3. It is necessary to make a basalt pile to perform California highlightingcombining dark roots with light tips. It guarantees a smooth and uniform border of colors, toning will look very natural. The preparation is applied on the free parts, the foil is not applied.
4. If you decide to highlight the hair with wide strands, you should use foil strips.. They will not allow paint to be smeared, ensuring clear contrasts. A strip of foil is smeared with diluted paint, a curl is placed on it, and another portion of the coloring composition is applied on top. Foil tuck and fold in half. Gradually processed all strands, they can be painted in a circle or in parallel, on either side of the parting.
5. The exposure time of the drug depends on the color and condition of the hair.. Light and thin strands gleam no more than 10 minutes, for processing dark and dense it will take 40-50 minutes. For a more benign effect, you can use a low concentration oxygent and constantly wet the strands.
6. After a necessary period of time, the bleaching mixture is washed off and the hair is tinted with the desired color.. A mixture of ammonia-free paint and oxidant is distributed throughout the hair, kept for 15-30 minutes and washed off. In conclusion, the head is treated with a nourishing balm or a moisturizing conditioner.

What can go wrong?

The most common mistake when home highlighting - the wrong color. It is especially difficult to predict the shade of bleached dark hair. Often, instead of a beautiful ash blond locks become yellowish-red. Removing unnecessary color will help tint with the addition of purple corrector.

You should not try to lighten the strands as much as possible, use a high concentration oxygent. Such a drug can hopelessly spoil the hair, making them dull and dry. It is better to increase the exposure time of the brightener by constantly wetting the hair with it. Layer-by-layer application will ensure even removal of pigment and help avoid injury to the hair shafts.

What if failed?

Cosmetics will help improve the situation: colored crayons, mascara, mousses. These unstable drugs are applied to the hair straight from the tube and do not require rinsing. Colored pigments will disappear after the first shampooing, but you can update them as often as necessary.

Often the hair does not tolerate highlighting, splitting, stratified, fall out in whole bunches. Nourishing masks and balms will help to restore the hair. Do not interfere with updating haircuts. Cutting off the affected ends, you can significantly improve the appearance of hair.

If the hair is almost damaged, you should not resort to home coloring. It is better to contact a high-level salon that specializes in working with problem hair. They will carry out the necessary procedures: Brazilian restoration, lamination, keratin straightening.

A cocktail of proteins or plant ceramides is applied on the strands, then they are pulled out with an iron. Hair becomes very soft, smooth, docile, easy to fit into the hair.

An additional bonus is a durable natural shine that lasts at least 2 months. Plus, such procedures for your curls are very useful, they will never prevent additional food.

Professional restorative procedures do not cancel home care: gentle washing with balm, weekly masks and wraps.

Duration of the result and subsequent care

After contrasting bright highlights the hair needs particularly careful care.. It is necessary to wash them with soft shampoos without aggressive surfactants. It is best to purchase products from the professional series for colored hair. Such funds are expensive, but spent very economically.

In the professional lines there are products with golden pigments, a proofreader, an overwhelming yellow, cold purple pigments. Supporting silver-ash tone. The line includes not only shampoos and nourishing balms, but also deep-regenerating masks, serums and tonics.

It is not necessary to use the entire professional line.. It is enough to choose from it 2-3 bestseller products, which can be supplemented by other brands.

1-2 times a week a regenerating mask with vegetable ceramides, vitamins or a complex of proteins is applied on the light strands. Masks can be alternated using their courses for 4-5 procedures. If the strands are dry and brittle, before washing they are treated with a quickly absorbing emulsion based on valuable oils.

Bright highlighting is an ideal option for anyone who wants to refresh the image, to make it more relevant and youthful. Thin or wide blond strands give the missing amount of hair to the head, visually refresh face, go well with any shade of hair.

How to highlight long hair?

Technique depends on the chosen method of painting. For long curls, the cap is inconvenient to use. Before applying the paint under the strand enclose the foil. When the coloring composition is applied, the ends of the hair with foil are raised to the roots so as to bend the strand in half. As a result, the dyed hair is completely wrapped in foil. For some techniques, multi-colored foil is used to control the sequence of shades used.

There are techniques that eliminate the need to use foil. An example is California highlighting. After applying the paint, the curls are in contact with the air. Due to this, it is possible to achieve a smooth transition between different shades.

The straightening of long strands is also performed using a comb of a certain shape. This comb has rare teeth. With its help, it is convenient to distribute the paint over the entire length from root to tip, therefore it is most often used for the classical technology of partial painting.

American highlights

American technology includes several techniques:

The first type of highlighting is most often carried out on dark curls. Apply several shades (from 2 to 4). Colors are selected depending on the initial shade of hair. The essence of this technique lies in the fact that in the end the hairstyle looks natural, the hair color looks natural.

Red highlighting

This type of American coloring technique involves the use of red-brown shades. Best suited for dark and black hair. There are several options for this technique. The most popular is this: the strands are first lightened, and then the coloring is made with the selected shade (or several shades).

This technique is more often used for short hair, since its essence lies in the painting of the ends of selective strands. But also for owners of a long “mane”, this technique is applicable. Balayazh is used for both light and dark hair. If the strands are dark, you can first make a cascading haircut. In this case, the colored tips will make the hair more bulky and effective. For dyeing dark hair is usually selected natural shades that blend harmoniously with the original color. Hazelnut and honey shades are most popular for long strands. For lightening the lower part of the strands caramel shades are used.

Lovers of bright appearance, too, will suit this technique. With dark hair harmoniously combines bright colors. For such highlighting, you can choose blue, red and other bold shades.

If you have blond hair, this technique will make your hair more voluminous and give it a certain texture. Especially this type of coloring is suitable for owners of liquid hair. Use several shades to make your hair look natural.

Very natural looking hair after dyeing in the style of "hidden" balayazh. In this case, the master selects shades that are close to the natural color of the strands, and the coloring is carried out so that the overflow of color is soft and natural.

If you dreamed of becoming a “snowy” blonde, but did not dare to do such painting, balayazh will allow you to realize your dream without drastic changes. It is enough to lighten the strands of the face (the lower part, including the tips) into the desired tone, and paint the remaining strands with more natural shades.

Classic ombre involves the use of only two shades. Strands are dyed several times using a special technology. This technique is suitable for dark and blond hair. You can make transitions from dark to light (for dark strands) and from light to dark (for light hair).

Monochrome transition from black to platinum blond will make your hairstyle stylish and bright. The transition from dark to light and vice versa can be sharp or blurry. In the second case, 2 or more shades are required.

Most often for ombre used shades close to the natural color. The transition from chocolate to light nut (for dark hair) and vice versa (for light) looks beautiful. Hair roots do not stain. To create indistinguishable transitions apply 3-4 shades. This is a complicated dyeing technique, which is better to be entrusted to an experienced master, since it will not be possible to do such painting on long hair without special skills.

Crazy colors

This type of coloring is suitable for courageous girls who want to radically change the image. For painting using bright contrast and even neon shades. Bright blue, blue, purple, pink strands look best on long black or close to black hair. You can do this coloring and blond hair, choosing a soft, but contrasting shades.

Correctly calculate the dye and prepare the tool

Before you do highlighting, you need to buy something in a professional cosmetics store. If you carry out high-grade highlighting on very long curls, then an oxidizer bottle will be quite enough (the standard volume of an oxygenant is 150 ml).

With paint, things are different: for long blond hair just below the shoulders, you will need 1.5 packs (100 ml of dye), but if the length of the hair has passed the shoulder blades, buy 2–3 packs of dye (120-180 ml).Also pay attention to the density of their strands.

If you have previously been painted in a dark color, and your new image provides a lighter base for highlighting, in any salon you can order a hair wash or in another way. With the help of a set of chemicals, artificial pigments will be eliminated, and your hair will receive its natural color.

There are 2 ways to lighten curls: oxidizers and powders. As a rule, the latter are used only in salons and are not allowed for free sale. But if you search hard, you can purchase them at a professional cosmetics store or at a hairdresser.

Oxidizers are selected depending on the structure of the curls:

• if you have blond thin hair - take 3%,
• Brown hair, depending on the thickness of the hair and color saturation, is worth buying 6–9% brightener,
• for girls with dark brown and black, 9–12% oxigent will do.

For painting at home, you can use ready-made versions of dyes. Brands such as Estelle, L'Oreal, Garanière, and Palette offer special dyes from the “For melirovanny hair” series. For example, you can buy dye on the basis of beeswax Majimeches from Loreal. Also, widespread access to the Russian market received sets for bleaching curls Wella Safira, which, according to user feedback, gives a natural color that shimmers beautifully in the sun.

Platinum Loreal pasta will be an interesting option for home use. Although it is designed primarily for complete bleaching of hair, experts from the world of hairstyles recommend using it for highlighting.

If you are brown-haired or brunette, after highlighting it is necessary to carry out toning. The fact is that with a strong discoloration, the oxygenant removes both natural and cosmetic pigment, leaving a hollow space in each hair (curls become thin). Just it and it is necessary to fill it with shading means, say, creamy paint from Matrix.

What is needed

Tools required for clarification:

• ceramic or glass container for mixing the coloring composition,
• comb with the tip for the selection of strands,
• paint brush
• a pair of gloves,
• foil (in some cases)
• a few clips, because you have to divide the hair into zones,
• drape needed for wrapping shoulders.

Advice for beginners. If you want to speed up the process of staining, you can use a special paddle for highlighting. It has sharp edges and allows you to simultaneously apply the dye to one of its sides, transferring it to the hair.

Performance technique

It is easy to make highlighting on long curls, the main thing is to be patient, follow the recommendations of professionals and watch video tutorials.

California highlighting is very simple, it is only important to allocate 60–80 minutes of free time.

1. Combine the clarifier with a dye or powder in a non-metallic container. As a rule, a ratio of 1 to 1, but be sure to read the instructions.
2. Cover your shoulders with a towel and divide the hair first into a horizontal parting, and then into 5 zones (two occipital areas, zones at the temples, the top of the head).

When bleaching curls, be sure to start applying the suspension from the back of the head. The fact is that the strands at the temples and on the crown are thinner, therefore, they are more likely to be exposed to a chemical reagent.

1. Now select the order in staggered order. No need to shallow or take wide curls - the optimum thickness is 1-1.5 cm. Do not try to be consistent, because the chaotic choice of strands will make your hair even more harmonious. Collect them in a bundle for convenience.
2. Apply dye to the tips for about 10–15 minutes.
3. After the specified time, distribute the shade, slightly darker than the previous one, to the middle of the curls. Moving to the roots create a more saturated color. It is not necessary to carefully paint each strand, because this technique involves soft transitions.
4. Leave the dye activated for 30–40 minutes.
5. Wash your head with warm water and shampoo for bleached hair.
6. Be sure to use a balm conditioner.

5 minutes before the end of the activation of color swipe with a wet brush on each strand from top to bottom. Such a manipulation will help smooth out the contrast between transitions.

How to care for curls

Lightening is very difficult to call a sparing option for painting, unless, of course, you have made paint with ammonia free dyes. This means that after the procedure you will have to actively care for your hair.

Care Tips:

1. Once a week you should do a restoring mask that will help to adjust the lipid balance and moisturize the curls. It is prepared on the basis of the products that you find in the refrigerator - fruit, honey, kefir, natural yogurt.
2. Eliminate the use of styling products, which, although they model the hairstyle, still adversely affect the structure of the hair.
3. Minimize use of hair dryer. If you need to dry your head very quickly, use the cold air of the machine.
4. Say "no" to mechanical damage to your hair: do not comb wet hair, use wooden combs or hairbrushes with natural bristles, do not rub hair on a towel while drying it.
5. Every month, cut the cropped tips.
6. Use balsam conditioner, applying it only on wet curls. You can rinse your hair with the usual decoction of herbs (chamomile, calendula, nettle, oak bark, burdock root).
7. Try not to wash your hair very often, because this way you will quickly remove the pigment.
8. Eat right - plenty of fruit, fiber and protein.
9. To avoid tangling of long hair during combing, always start the procedure with the tips, gradually moving towards the top of the head.
10. Protect the curls with a hat when you go for a walk in sunny weather. Chlorinated headwash water is also a taboo.

To keep the color on your hair as long as possible, get shampoos from the “For bleached hair” series, and also use gel fluids to give the effect of illumination. In addition, do not make masks deep action on the basis of oils, because they can quickly remove the artificial pigment.

The next staining procedure is allowed after 3 months.

Thus, almost all highlighting techniques are suitable for long-haired beauties. Arm yourself with a few free hours and choose the right cosmetics for the procedure, and then you will certainly be able to achieve the desired effect at home. If you are not confident in your abilities, then the skillful hand of a professional will help you to create a masterpiece on your curls.

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