Gorgeous beautiful hair has always been considered the standard of female beauty and attractiveness. In pursuit of the perfect head of hair, the girls try on themselves a lot of various means for coloring and styling. One way to change hair color is highlighting. This method allows you to add brightness to the image, brightening only some strands.
Although the procedure for highlighting curls is less harmful than complete dyeing, it nevertheless depletes the hair, making it dry and brittle. Therefore, all women and girls who exposed their strands to partial lightening should use special means to care for them. The most popular are masks for highlighted hair. And what kind of means and how to use them correctly, this article will tell.
What's better?
Speaking of caring for weakened hair (which is exactly what they are when they undergo partial or full lightening), we can say that they need those products that will help moisturize each hair.
Various masks for highlighted hair can make hair less brittle and more elastic. Of particular value are those that have in their composition natural oils. The benefits of plant components can hardly be overestimated, because they are a storehouse of vitamins, minerals and trace elements. Among the useful components for home masks include medicinal decoctions of herbs and fruit extracts.
Summarizing all of the above, you can make a list of the most useful remedies for damaged hair. These include:
- Masks with glycerin.
- Tools with oils.
- Masks based on decoctions of medicinal herbs.
- Caring masks with egg and honey.
- Regenerating masks with vitamins.
- Professional masks for highlighted hair.
All funds from this list can complement each other.
The benefits of glycerin in hair masks
Hair masks using glycerin can significantly soften curls, smooth naughty strands, and also help in the treatment of split ends and get rid of dandruff.
Glycerin as a part of therapeutic products for hair acts enveloping, protecting each damaged hair, creating a dense film on it, which minimizes the aggressive effects of negative factors. To achieve a positive result, it is necessary to use such masks with courses. Usually a mask is done once a week for two months. You can make adjustments to the schedule depending on the individual characteristics of the hair.
A variety of masks for highlighted hair with glycerin will be a real find for women with damaged strands. Therefore, we consider recipes for cooking popular options.
Regenerating hair mask with gelatin and glycerin:
- 1 tsp gelatin;
- 100 ml of glycerin;
- 5 tbsp honey;
- half a tablet of salicylic acid.
Brightening hair mask with camomile:
- 100 ml of chamomile decoction;
- 60 g of glycerin.
The components must be mixed and evenly distributed over the entire length of the hair. Wash off the remaining product after half an hour.
The miraculous power of oils
In modern times, pharmacy chains offer a wide selection of various oils that help give homemade masks for highlighted hair useful properties. Such products as oil of wheat germ, shea, camellia, ylang-ylang, grape seed are widely in demand.
All these oils are widely used in the manufacture of expensive shampoos and other products for the care of damaged hair. They can be used not only in combination with other ingredients, but also as a full-fledged self-medication.
To do this, apply a few drops of any oil to the hair and leave for 25-30 minutes, then rinse. Masks using these oils are considered very beneficial. Therefore, we consider recipes for making some of them.
Mask for very damaged hair with wheat germ oil
- 0.5 tbsp castor oil;
- 10 drops of wheat germ oil;
- 2 tbsp honey;
- 1 yolk.
Melt honey in a steam bath and add the rest of the ingredients to it. Moisten hair with this solution and leave for 30 minutes.
Mask restoring with camellia oil:
- 2 tbsp olive oil;
- half a banana (ripe);
- 7 drops of camellia oil;
- 50 g yogurt;
- 2 yolks.
This is the best mask. Streaked hair damaged by dyeing should be few. Otherwise, it is better to entrust the care of hair to a professional.
Masks with vegetable oils help not only moisturize your hair. Reviews indicate that they care for the scalp. After using a home remedy, the strands are not confused and comb well. These masks with oil extracts of plants and fruits in the composition are good in that their components can be replaced and combined.
Power of nature
What are herbal decoctions useful for all hair types? They help to saturate weak ringlets with moisture and useful elements. Therefore, so often, experts recommend using decoctions and masks for highlighted hair, requiring special nutrition and hydration.
Mask of decoction of burdock root:
- 50 ml of decoction of burdock (roots);
- 2 yolks;
- 30 ml of kefir.
To prepare a decoction from the roots of burdock, you need to take 0.5 kg of peeled roots and pour them with boiling water. Allow the product to boil for 2-3 minutes, then set aside and wait for cooling. Next, mix the broth with yolks and kefir, then apply to the strands, leaving for 45 minutes. Rinse off with warm water.
This recipe is universal, because it is suitable for all types of hair.
Gift from bees
The benefits of honey for hair have been known for a long time. It has valuable regenerative properties, so it is well suited for the rehabilitation of damaged hair with a faded appearance, a brittle structure and split ends.
Honey mask for highlighted hair at home is easy to prepare. She will return curls of beauty and radiance. And another important component, which is very much appreciated in cosmetology, will help in this - a chicken egg. Mutually complementing each other in cosmetics, these two ingredients provide curls with complete care. Every woman who wants to have beautiful hair should use such masks.
Healing mask:
- 100g of liquid honey;
- 1 yolk;
- 8 drops of essential oil (any).
Honey mask with lemon juice:
- 100g of liquid honey;
- 1 yolk;
- 30 g of freshly squeezed lemon juice;
- 5 drops of argan oil.
No vitamins
Hair needs vitamins for proper growth. Of course, vitamins enter the body along with food. But in the case of hair coloring, they need to be applied directly to the hair. The vitamin mask for highlighted hair will give a stunning effect (leave positive reviews about it).
Vitamin mask:
- 6 drops of vitamin E;
- 6 drops of vitamin A;
- 1 yolk;
- 1.5 tsp burdock oil;
- 30 ml of chamomile pharmacy infusion.
After applying the mask, the hair becomes silky and shiny.
Professional Tools
If you don’t want to bother with the preparation of homemade masks for the care of exhausted hair, then they can be purchased at a pharmacy or store. Even if you need to spend a tidy sum on them, the result is worth it. The most popular are masks (colored, highlighted hair damaged by chemicals, there may already be a lot, professional medicines can cope even with massive damage), which contain oils, vitamins, and also valuable extracts from plants.
The list includes such cosmetic products:
- Lumino Contrast by L`Oreal Professionel.
- Pantene.
- Mask for hair Gliss kur "Extreme recovery".
- Elseve Hair Mask "Full Recovery".
All purchased masks for highlighted hair act instantly, giving the curls shine, silkiness and well-groomed appearance.
Night rest
Not everyone knows that brittle hair can be restored at night, during sleep. To do this, you only need to apply the mask to the hair, put on a plastic cap on top, and wash your hair in the morning. If you are interested in the question of which masks of highlighted hair do not spoil, but provide intensive restoration, then night care products are your answer.
Sage care complex:
- 50 ml of sage broth;
- 50 ml of chamomile decoction;
- 1 yolk.
All substances should be mixed and moistened with hair. After that, it will be necessary to wrap the hair with a towel.
Mask "Abundance of oils":
- 8 drops of grape seed oil;
- 5 drops of camellia oil;
- 8 drops of shea butter;
- 35 ml of olive oil.
Shake all the oils well and then grease their hair. In the morning, wash your hair thoroughly with shampoo.
Such funds will help if the highlighted hair is dry. These masks are absolutely harmless.
Proper care
Reviews say that it is very important to use a full series of care products. Shampoo, conditioner and balm should be selected taking into account the characteristics of the hair. Of great importance is also the hardness of the water with which you wash the curls. If it is very hard, then it is better to soften it. This can be done by boiling or adding special products.
It is equally important to choose the right combs and styling products. Everything should be sparing to the maximum. And, of course, it is worth limiting yourself in the use of a hairdryer and other styling devices. If you take hair care seriously, they will always look great.
What to give preference to?
It often happens that a hair mask suitable for one person does not fit another. If masks with oils make strands heavier and make your hair oily quickly, then it is better to replace them with herbal preparations.
Cosmetics created on the basis of seafood are well suited for any hair. After all, preparations from this series are rich in micro and macro elements, amino acids, which, during prolonged use, will help restore weak and dull strands.
Protection of every hair
A very good remedy (an alternative to salon care) is ordinary gelatin. If it is properly prepared and applied, the substance will give an amazing effect. Gelatin lamination will help to envelop each hair with an invisible coating and smooth the flakes. Therefore, colored and highlighted strands will be stronger and stronger, which means that their fragility will decrease. The gelatin mask recipe must be strictly observed:
- 1 tablespoon of gelatin;
- 3 tablespoons of warm (boiled) water;
- 8 drops of any oil;
- 2 tablespoons of a factory hair mask.
Gelatin should be poured with water and left to swell. After 15 minutes, it should be placed in a steam bath and, stirring, pour oil into it. After that, add a mask to the mixture and mix again. Apply the finished product is required on wet curls, after which they are wrapped in cellophane and a warm towel. The duration of the cosmetic product is 45 minutes. After the procedure, the hair should be washed under warm running water without shampoo.