Ever since ancient times, girls and women dreamed of being beautiful and attractive. However, before, there were strict laws that forbade beautiful women to display their property. For example, the famous Italian philosopher Thomas Aquinas in his treatises wrote that a woman should obey her husband in everything, like the Church of Christ. Therefore, she should look so as to keep him from sinful thoughts (treason) and not tempt or induce other men to commit adultery.
In addition, philosophers and other great men of antiquity were convinced that female beauty should balance on a fine line. After all, if a person is of an unpleasant appearance - she is an ugly girl that no one will marry. But if a virgin is an unprecedented beauty, then most likely she is a witch. And you need to run away from this, like the devil from incense!
Now, to the great joy of the beautiful half of humanity, they are allowed to do almost everything they want. For example, every woman can do highlights on her hair at home. And no one will give her a bonfire!
Where to begin?
Of course, in the cabin you can update your image much faster. However, there is no guarantee that the result will perfectly suit the person. But the fact that she will have to pay a lot of money for the procedure is a fact. That is why many ladies prefer to experiment on their appearance on their own, believing that if something goes wrong, it will not be very offensive.
But the highlighting procedure is not so scary. The main thing is to understand the technology. But first you need to prepare the necessary attributes. After all, just to buy a brightening agent in a store, in a hurry to apply it to your hair and wait as a result of an excellent result is silly. And even the proverb about the fish subtly hints at it.
So, for the implementation of the highlighting procedure at home, the following tools and materials will be required:
- old clothes that cover your shoulders and neck;
- plastic comb (comb, not brush);
- a plastic, glass or ceramic bowl needed to prepare a brightening mixture;
- special brush for applying the composition;
- bleaching agent for hair;
- durable and comfortable rubber gloves (those that are enclosed in a box with a brightening agent are also suitable).
In addition, it is very important to remove all metal objects from yourself: gold or silver chains, earrings, bracelets, rings, before the highlighting procedure at home (on dark or light hair). And one more important point - you need to apply the mixture to “stale” hair, that is, you can’t wash your hair for three to four days before the procedure.
What treatment options are there?
If a beautiful person decided to change the image with the help of highlighting, it is important for her to know what kind of action the procedure implies. But for this it is necessary to understand what highlighting technologies at home exist.
The most convenient and simple of them are implemented using:
- foil;
- plastic bag;
- elastic bands for hair;
- combs.
Of course, professional masters use slightly different methods, but it is important to understand that in their case the situation is greatly simplified. And not at all because they studied skill for years. The thing is different. The fact that they do not do highlighting for themselves, they color another person, it is much easier to do. After all, a similar situation is with hairstyles. How many original options can be made to a friend, sister or daughter. And which of them will turn out just as well on their own hair?
That is why, reading the instructions below, it is important to think about how to make highlighting at home itself. Will it be possible to carry out the necessary manipulations on my own? Perhaps it is better to call for help from friends and already with them to think out a plan of action.
Highlighting with foil
The first technology that we are researching at home is very difficult to implement. Rather, at the initial stage, when we process the locks around the face, everything works out fine. But when we go to the parietal and occipital parts of the head, the nerves are pulled to the limit, and it seems as if one wrong movement will lead to disaster.
However, highlighting at home with foil allows you to achieve excellent results. Indeed, in the end, the hair looks very dignified. Therefore, it may seem to many acquaintances that the procedure was carried out in an expensive salon, and not on their own at home. In addition, this is the best and most convenient option for highlighting long hair. For short, it does not fit at all.
Thus, we can say that this technology is difficult to implement, but the result is worth it. And if our reader decided to use it, he should prepare hair clips and foil cut into strips. They should be ten centimeters longer than the hair and curved on one side by about a centimeter.
Highlighting procedure with foil
If the warnings described above were not frightened to a beautiful lady, and she nevertheless decided to change her appearance using the technology described above, we proceed to detailed instructions.
So, how to make highlighting at home with foil:
- We put on old clothes.
- We dilute the clarifying mixture.
- We divide the hair into zones.
- We stab each with its own clamp.
- We put on gloves.
- Separate the first curl.
- We lift it and lower it already onto a strip of foil, which should be pressed to the roots of the hair with a curved end.
- With a brush, apply a clarifying agent to the prepared curl.
- We turn the foil in half, fix it so that it does not unfold and does not interrupt the discoloration process.
- Now we are taken for the next lock.
- We retreat a short distance from the roots and repeat the described actions, continue until we touch all the zones.
- We maintain the mixture for the time indicated on the bleaching agent.
Highlighting with a package
This technology is considered the most convenient. However, it is completely unsuitable for long hair. But with short allows you to be controlled for one or two. And the result is excellent. In addition, such highlighting to herself at home is quite simple. Which will be very useful if a beautiful lady is used to acting exclusively on her own.
To carry out the technology, a plastic bag is required. Its size should be determined independently. Because everyone’s heads are different, and we will need to put the package on this particular part of the body.
So, having figured out the most important tool, you need to properly prepare it. To do this, you need to make many holes in it. The main thing is that they should not be too close to each other. After that, you can begin to highlight hair at home.
Highlighting procedure with a package
If a beautiful person has hair no longer than fifteen centimeters, then she is recommended to dwell on the above technology. Which involves the following actions:
- Put the bag on your head.
- Using a comb or knitting hook, we pull out strands of hair through the holes.
- Cooking a brightening mixture.
- Put it on the hair.
- We stand a certain time.
Highlighting with elastic bands for hair
In recent years, the effect of "overgrown roots" has gained unprecedented popularity. To make such highlighting of hair at home, you need to prepare a lot of gum. Indeed, it is thanks to them that they will be able to experiment with color saturation, create original transitions, revitalize hair with bright tints. This technology is perfect for beautiful women with hair, the minimum length of which reaches the shoulders, and the maximum - to the shoulder blades. However, with a skillful approach, even girls with short and long haircuts will be able to try out this type of highlighting at home.
Highlighting procedure with elastic bands for hair
To perform the following technology, you will need to perform such manipulations:
- The most important rule of this method is as follows - hair should not be styled otherwise than the girl usually wears. That is, it is important that the parting remains strictly in place.
- Then we divide the hair into zones, be sure to observe the parting line.
- Now we are preparing a clarifying agent.
- We apply it to the ponytails, trying not to go to the root area.
- We stand the right time.
Highlighting with a comb
Many girls use this method to change their image with caution. Because it is simply impossible to predict whether the result of the procedure will be pleasant. After all, it is not known how the paint will behave, whether it will turn out to achieve a smooth transition and whether spotty staining will come out. However, this option of highlighting yourself at home is easiest to do. Therefore, some beautiful people still decide to try it. If you follow the technology described below, you can get an excellent result that will appeal not only to you, but also to your friends.
Highlighting procedure with a comb
If the beautiful lady still decided on this option, she needs to carefully read the instructions. Indeed, only in this case she will not be able to be horrified to see the fruits of her labors.
So, how to make highlighting at home for yourself:
- To begin with, it is important to prepare a comb with wide teeth.
- Then mix the components of the bleaching agent.
- Dip the brush into the mixture.
- Run a comb through the cloves.
- Then comb the mixture onto the hair. However, it is important to do this in one motion, stepping back from the roots about one and a half to two centimeters.
- Maintain the mixture on the hair for the specified time.
However, it is important to note that experts advise to first test this technology using a mild brightening agent. If you like the result of the procedure, you can try a stronger composition. The main thing is to wait at least two weeks after the first highlighting at home. Bleach should be applied to dark hair with extreme caution. This will avoid unpleasant consequences.
The way for professionals
We already mentioned earlier that eminent stylists avoid the described options. They make manipulations very quickly and easily, so they don’t need a “shutter” in the form of a plastic bag, foil or rubber bands for hair. But what is the way professionals choose? And how to make hair highlighting at home that the masters use?
One of them is called "California." According to this technology, a bleaching agent is applied directly to the hair with a brush. And the whole further process of clarification takes place in a natural environment. That is, the head is not covered with a film or a towel.
How to make hair highlighting at home? Very simple, you just need to prepare a special composition. Then, with light movements, holding the brush parallel to the hair, apply it to several strands. The main thing is not to touch the non-stained parts of the curls. Then wait for the necessary time.
Original highlighting
We are used to thinking that you can only make brightening highlights at home. A photo of the standard staining option was proposed above. But eminent stylists are in a hurry to convince us of the opposite, insisting that we are not afraid to experiment with color. What should be understood by this expression?
In fact, everything is simple. Recently it has become very fashionable to decorate your hair with contrasting or even unusual tones. For example, honey-eggplant highlighting looks spectacular. On dark hair at home, it is not difficult to do it, you just need to lighten the curls in any way described above. And then apply a tinted balm of “eggplant” tones to the strands.