The way to lighten individual strands is known to everyone. With each passing day, more and more people are asking about which highlighting technique has more advantages, and how this or that version of dyeing falls on hair of different lengths and colors. This article will help to understand this, where the main advantages of this type of coloring are indicated, as well as its features and common techniques.
Highlights of highlighting
Any hair highlighting technique has its advantages, but we will talk about them below, but first you need to understand the main advantages of highlighting in general. Among them:
- Visual increase in the volume of hair.
- Emphasizing the dignity of the face.
- Fresh and well-groomed look of hair.
- The perfect combination with any type of face and hair length.
- Not done as often as standard plain dyeing.
Features
In addition to the main advantages that absolutely every highlighting technique has, there are also certain features that distinguish this type of color from other options. So, the main features of hair highlighting can be noted:
- Area highlighting designed for dark blond hair shades. With this staining, only the upper strands are covered with a paint layer, due to which the result is an elegant contrast of light curls and natural hair color.
- The classic way where dyeing is carried out along the entire length of the hair. In this case, the strands are discolored by tinting, after which a softening of the contrast between the natural color and the colored strands is observed .
- Reverse highlighting, that is, dimming the natural shade. Such painting, as a rule, is done by blonde young girls in order to achieve a natural color by dyeing individual strands in dark colors.
- Gentle highlighting, where the strands are lightened literally in a couple of tones. In this way, protection of weakened thin hairs is achieved, while using ammonia-free paint, which contains moisturizers.
Highlighted hair care
Highlighting the hair, the technique of performing which as a whole is not as complicated as any coloring, is stress for curls. Therefore, experienced craftsmen strongly recommend that you regularly use various oil-based masks that are designed specifically for colored hair. It is best to add an ampoule with liquid vitamins A, E, B5 and so on to a regular hair mask.
Popular Techniques
Any more or less popular highlighting technique is familiar to masters working in special salons. Each hairdresser must have all the necessary devices, tools and dyes in order to perform high-quality painting. But before visiting a salon, a person should at least have a general idea of the basic techniques that he can offer in a beauty salon. In addition, if there is no money or time to visit the hairdresser, you can do the highlighting yourself at home. Information and step-by-step instructions to all well-known highlighting methods are provided below.
California or American highlighting
California highlighting, the implementation technique of which is simple and accessible for every person, is considered to be the most fashionable. It creates the effect of burnt hair, and the hairstyle as a whole looks quite beautiful and natural. This color will look best on natural brunettes or brown-haired women.
Highlighting technology:
- Hair is divided into clear horizontal partings.
- Separated hair is bundled in about 1 cm bunches, creating a checkerboard effect.
- In a ratio of 1: 1, the oxidizing agent and the paint are combined.
- The finished composition is neatly and smoothly applied to the hair buns, which is the main difference between this type of highlighting.
Reviews
Of course, this painting technique has relatively good reviews. Highlighting of this type is preferred by many girls and women. As young ladies note, it is easiest to paint in salons, as professionals know the technique better, they can’t misfire. Women of a little older age argue that this technology is extremely simple and it can be done without much effort on their own, without spending any extra money on a hairdresser.
Both after the procedure in the salon and after staining at home, the result is impressive to everyone. Although at first glance it seems that such highlighting is suitable only for young girls, nevertheless, it also looks gorgeous on older women.
Venetian version
Venetian highlighting, the implementation technique of which is not particularly difficult, but nevertheless it is more accessible to specialists working in professional salons, differs from other options in the richness of shades and their rather creative combination. Highlighting gives the hairstyle more volume, makes the hair shine, while maintaining naturalness. It should also be noted that the Venetian version does not harm the hair at all.
In any case, the winning shades for dark hair will be: honey, sand, cognac and chocolate. In addition, another considerable advantage is the fact that these tones can be used not only separately, but also be combined with each other.
Comments
This highlighting technique is not always successful at home, which is not very pleasing to women. In order to get a great result, in any case, you will have to spend money on a specialist - either calling him at home, or going to his salon. But there are exceptionally good reviews about the effect, because in another way it will not work to achieve such beauty.
The method "Through the hat"
The easiest method is highlighting with a special hat, in which there are holes for strands. This option is intended for owners of short hair. The intensity of staining directly depends on the distance that is observed between the strands during the procedure.
Tools required:
- special hat;
- flat brush;
- special hook for pulling hair;
- coloring agents;
- a pair of mirrors;
- gloves, towel, peignoir.
Procedure progress:
- The cap is put on the head, and through its holes, with the help of the hook, small locks are pulled.
- With a flat brush, a coloring agent is applied to elongated hair.
- In order to brighten one tone, you should keep the dye on your hair for up to 15 minutes, and for intensive dyeing - at least 40 minutes.
- Without removing the caps, wash off the paint.
- The cap is removed, the hair is thoroughly washed with shampoo, and then with a balm.
What girls say
The first advantage that girls note is the ability to hide random sharp transitions. To do this, you only need to tint light strands in a suitable shade.
In addition, highlighting through a hat is a rather interesting procedure, which not only gives a wonderful effect, but also teaches beginners the skills to cope with difficulties. After all, when working with a hat, you need the ability to work well with your hands, without harming the client.
If a person does highlighting on his own, then for him the option with a hat is ideal, since he can easily pull strands out of holes and dye them without touching the rest of the hair.
Using foil
Another good option, not inferior in originality to the previous one, is the technique of highlighting on foil. The main advantage of this method is that it is suitable for absolutely all types of hair, regardless of length and color.
Before staining, prepare the following tools:
- clamps;
- paint;
- flat brush;
- strips of foil 10 cm wide;
- hook, as in dyeing through a hat;
- a pair of mirrors.
Execution Technology:
- The width of the strands and their frequency for dyeing is determined.
- Paint is being prepared.
- A part is highlighted, a thin strand is taken and superimposed on the foil, and then smeared with paint and fixed with foil.
- The same actions are done on the right, and then the left side.
- For clarification, it is required to keep the paint for no more than 20 minutes, and for intensive staining - more than 50.
- The foil is carefully removed and the paint is washed off using shampoo.
Real people feedback
Compared to highlighting through a hat, in this case there are much fewer problems. Not too much time is spent on painting, but in the end we get a result that I want to demonstrate to everyone around. It is these facts that the owners of highlighting of this type note, recommending that all girls try this method.
Highlighting "Veil": execution technique
In this case, the strands located on top are highlighted. First, a thin strand is separated, which will be visible on the palm of your hand, and then a strand for highlighting is selected from it with a zigzag.
The clarifier must be applied to the foil, and then put the hair there and wrap the foil. As you can see, the method is quite similar to the previous one, but they should not be confused, since the effect is significantly different.
To fix the foil to the hair, the corners need to be bent, squeezing firmly. After 15-30 minutes, you can already wash off the paint with shampoo and balm with a healing effect.
Customer Reviews
The excellent result, which is noticeable immediately after washing off the paint, cannot fail to please its owners. And besides this, people claim that this highlighting method is the fastest, since there is no need to spend too long time on preparation, and then on the procedure itself.