Many of the women like to make periodic changes in their appearance, to experiment in order to change and at the same time remain unique. Highlighting hair helps with this . In the modern world, there are various types of highlighting, acquiring new nuances every year and without losing their popularity. If we talk about highlighting in general, then this concept takes on a variety of forms in its modern form, although initially when it appeared, it meant lightening or bleaching individual strands of hair.
This technique made it possible to emphasize the structure of the haircut, making emphasis in the right places, the hair received the effect of volume and movement, adding airiness to the external image due to the game of glare. Highlighting not only changes the color of the hair, it “revives” them and helps to hide the early gray hair that has appeared , making it possible not to use so often persistent dyes that damage the hair. Now different types of highlighting have appeared, which take into account not only the main color of the hair, but also their length and structure, as well as how healthy they are.
First of all, it is necessary to note the varieties that depend on the length of the hair. For short hair , highlighting is done using a special cap with numerous holes. Through them, the master pulls out special strands of hair with a special hook, on which the brightening mixture is then applied. This method is good to do when bright highlighting is performed. For long hair, a more appropriate way is highlighting, which is called American. A foil is used for it, in which each colored strand is wrapped separately so that there is no possibility of changing the color of neighboring hair. In this case, by the way, you can use several different light shades, but the procedure itself is quite complicated and requires considerable skill and patience.
Also, the types of highlighting vary depending on the primary color of the hair. For owners of light blond or wheat hair (and the whole color of natural blond gamma), the “majimesh” method is best suited, which is performed using cream paint that does not have perhydrol in its composition, so the lightening effect is obtained only in two or three tones . That is why this method is the most gentle, because it practically does not harm the hair. It creates a magnificent effect of shades and highlights on natural blond hair.
Unfortunately, this method is not suitable for brown-haired women and brunettes, because with it it is impossible to lighten dark strands to the desired shades. Dark highlighting is best done using the “baliage” technique, in which the dark background of the main mass of hair is preserved, only the tips stand out on it with their contrast. This technique is great for short trendy haircuts with graduation.
It should also, when choosing types of highlighting, be aware that it is not recommended to do it in cases:
1. Most recently, you did perming for hair;
2. If the hair is dyed with henna. In this case, you can not do highlighting for several months;
3. Your hair is damaged and weakened - first you need to undergo a course of treatment to restore the health of your hair.
The whole procedure takes from one to three hours in time, depending on the highlighting method, number of shades and hair length. As with dyeing, highlighting also requires further gentle hair care. For this, special means are needed that have nutritious and restorative properties - shampoos, balms and masks. Only then will your hair not only shine with shades, but also have a beautiful and healthy appearance.