Coloring the strands white can be done in several ways. One of these methods is highlighting, which is considered one of the most popular types of staining.
Highlighting is used on both light and dark hair. Thanks to this coloring, you can update the image, while partially leaving the original hair color and emphasizing the hairstyle by adding volume to it.
Who suits and how it looks
Light shades visually add volume to the haircut. Light red and warm tones are ideal for a triangular face. For an oval elongated face, it is recommended to emphasize the strands that frame the face.
To determine which tone is suitable, it is necessary to study the color types of appearance.
Skin diseases are also taken into account, in which bright curls will highlight facial defects.
Appearance color table
Color type | Type, color | Hair | Leather | A tan | Eyes |
Spring | Soft, warm | Golden or light blond | Light, golden hue | They tan well, they get a bronze tint or coffee with milk | Gray, different shades |
Winter | Contrasting, cold | Platinum blonde, dark | Very light | They tan poorly, the skin may take on an olive tint | Dark, with a bright iris |
Fall | Contrast, warm | Red-haired, dark blond | Swarthy, with a peach tint | When sunburned, the skin turns red, does not get a tan well | Brown, green |
Summer | Soft, cold | Light brown | Light pink | Sunburn normally, it turns out a peach shade | Blue, green, blue |
Representatives of non-dyed black hair belong to the winter color type. This type often needs strong bleaching if all hair is dyed. A more gentle option is highlighting, the tone of which should be close to the natural shade of the hair (light blond, copper, coffee, currant). This option looks feminine and emphasizes dignity.
For brown-haired women and brunettes, if the hair color is natural, dyeing individual strands or only the ends of the hair is suitable. The modern option is the effect of burnt-out strands. Shades for this type of highlighting can be light blond, golden or copper. Looks gentle, looks especially advantageous on slightly curly hair.
Ash or gray shades are best suited for a cool color type. It is important that the owners of the winter color type have fair skin without defects and green, blue or gray eyes.
Girls with dark skin and brown eyes will have to give up this coloring option.
It is difficult to achieve harmony with the use of ash shades, since silver or graphite tones require careful selection and the right combination of colors, therefore, without the skills of hairdressing, you can not cope with the task. Light strands on dark hair look unusual, emphasizing the geometry of the haircut.
For girls who have naturally brown hair color, a copper, cognac, golden shade is suitable. Representatives of brown hair color belong to the autumn color type. If the natural hair color is close to dark blond, then silver or platinum shades are suitable.
Features of highlighting for different hair lengths
The methods for dyeing hair for long, medium and short lengths differ significantly, because they have different dyeing techniques, in which several shades are used.
Highlighting for short hair lengths, as well as for a bob haircut, is carried out in several styles:
- Bright strands - this is a style in which thin strands are painted white as a priority. After that, several small strands are isolated and painted in bright colors that contrast with the rest of the curls. For unusual highlighting, use pink, purple or bright red.
- Peek-A-Boo - this style gives volume to the haircut. For light highlights, dark tones are added, with which the ends of thin strands are painted.
- Two-Tone - is a creative color option. Performing this method, 2 shades are used, 1 tone different from each other, which contrast with the main hair color.
- "Feathers" - this color option is suitable for a bob haircut. The crisp white lines contrast with the main hair color. It is not recommended for representatives of an elongated face, thin and tall girls, as the clarity of the line will visually stretch the face.
For long to medium length hair, the following methods are suitable:
- Venetian highlights - this is to create the effect of sun glare on the hair. Separate curls are dyed, which should be 2-3 tones lighter than the main hair color. This option is considered more gentle than the classic highlighting. Suitable for owners of curly hair. Coloring is done with a comb and brush, without using other materials to protect the colored strands from the bulk of the hair.
- California - 4 or 5 shades are applied, which are combined with each other. Each strand is tinted separately without the use of highlighting foil. This dyeing method uses a pigmented paste, which contains beeswax, gently bleaching the hair.
- Brazilian - when painting, at least 3 shades are used, which smoothly pass from dark to light. The hair at the roots is left dark, blending smoothly to the ends of the hair in light tones. When performing it, thin and wide strands are selected. The strands are preliminarily lightened by 4-5 tones lighter than the base color, then dyed in different tones, which are combined with each other and are as close as possible to the natural hair color. Using Brazilian staining, you can mask gray curls.
Choose large or thin strands
Light strands have many advantages, the main one being less gentle coloring. It is not recommended to lighten with large strands on dark hair, with curly, thin and brittle curls.
Detailed recommendations for dyeing with wide and thin strands:
- In order to make a long-lasting color effect, choose shades from one palette.
- Thanks to highlighting on large strands, you can gradually go from dark to light hair tone.
- The width of large strands should be at least 1.5 cm.
- Thanks to a set of thin strands using the "salt and pepper" technique, you can mask gray hair.
- After lightening, the hair requires additional care. The obligatory application of a balm or conditioner after each hair wash and regular use of nourishing treatments with olive or almond oil.
- It is recommended to use moisturizing shampoos or special lines created for highlighted hair.
- It is undesirable to lighten hair with thin or large strands immediately after perming, dyeing with henna, basma or other paint. Before lightening your hair, you must not do these procedures for 2-3 months.
- It is necessary to apply a regenerating mask once a week. One of the masks at home is the following recipe: 60 g of honey; 1 ampoule of vitamin A and E; 100 ml hot water; 30 g dry leaves of nettle, sage and celandine. The dry leaves are brewed, honey and vitamins are added to the cooled mixture, then the resulting liquid is applied to the entire length of the hair for 40-50 minutes.
- After washing your hair, it is undesirable to comb it when wet; it is necessary to dry it a little so as not to injure the surface of the hair.
Shade selection
White strands on dark hair in the classic way, which was previously used more often, differs from modern lightening options. Classic dyeing meant contrasting, sharp transitions from light to basic dark hair color.
Today it is a popular type of highlighting when using tones close to natural color and a gradual transition from natural shades.
It:
- Platinum or pearl tones are more suitable for white skin and blonde hair.
- For girls with dark skinned brunettes, light brown shades are suitable.
- On brown-haired women, honey, nut shades, caramel will look perfect. Consider the type of facial skin. If it does not have defects in the form of skin diseases, you can use red tones.
- Ash or wheat tones will go well with dark blond hair color.
- Owners of black hair and white skin are not recommended to use golden shades. The best option would be dark beige, ash, cherry or eggplant.
Paint selection
Light strands on dark hair are dyed not only with special dyes for highlighting, but also with ordinary dyes that will color the natural hair color well.
For instance:
- Brightening hair paste has a gentle effect on curls. One of these pastes, Blonde Glam Blond Idol Redken, contains beeswax and a keralipid complex. During exposure to paint, the structure of the curl is protected.
- Paste Estelle Whitetouch Estel Haute Couture is an option at a price of about 300 rubles. After bleaching with this paste, dyes are applied to fill the hair with pigment.
- Paints that do not contain ammonia are suitable for home use. But it is taken into account that these types of dyes will not radically lighten the hair. It is advisable to use ammonia-free dyes for natural hair color.
- A special brightening cream will not only slightly brighten the curls, but also provide additional hair care. The paint does not require mixing of components. Coloring of strands occurs in 1-2 tones.
- The cream color is suitable for uncolored hair. Some of the most famous hair brightening creams: Kapous Bleaching Cream, Schwarzkopf Professional.
- Brightening powders are the most popular products for highlighting hair, one of which is Estel paint, suitable for use at home.
Retention time table of clarifying powder:
Oxidizer | Approximate holding time |
3% | 50 minutes |
6% | 40 minutes |
9% | 30 min. |
12% | Suitable for intact hair, most often on Asian hair types |
Strand lightening techniques
To lighten hair, several techniques are used, which differ in the final result.
Classic
It is considered a popular type of coloring, strands are lightened along the entire length of the hair. The selection of curls can be frequent or rare, it depends on the thickness of the strand. With frequent highlighting, a sharp transition from natural hair color to bleached is poorly visible. But the rare highlighting creates a sharp contrast.
Zonal
Using the zonal type of highlighting most often lightens the upper strands or framing the face. Zonal hair coloring can be concentrated in a specific part of the hairstyle or evenly distributed throughout the haircut. This type of coloring is ideally combined with light and brown hair.
After lightening, there may be additional toning of the strands with a warm or cold shade.
After that, to add shine to the hair, the glazing procedure is carried out as desired, but it must be borne in mind that it is not a healing and restoring hair structure, only the visual effect of the shine of the curls is created.
The reverse
This type of highlighting is similar to the classic technique in the method of recruiting strands and applying a coloring agent, strands are selected all over the head. The main distinguishing feature of this technique is not lightening the strands, but darkening the curls. Shades for dyeing are chosen as close as possible to the natural hair color.
Traditional
White strands on dark hair are used in this particular type of coloring, this is its main difference. Thanks to the severity of a light tone, brown-haired women or representatives of light brown hair, you can gradually change your image and become a bright blonde. The staining technique is similar to the classic type of highlighting.
Staining sequence
Depending on the technique, there is a sequence of the procedure, consisting of several stages.
With hair bands.
To get the desired result, you need to follow these steps:
- The hair is combed and divided into zones, collected in tails so that they are evenly distributed over the head.
- Cover your shoulders and prepare a brightening composition.
- The coloring agent is distributed to the ends of the tails. The waiting time for lightening will depend on the percentage of oxidizer and the type of hair. For brittle or thin curls, the time is reduced.
- The lightening process is monitored so that there is no unwanted color. It is possible to apply a brightener during the coloring process, especially if it is a powder that can dry out.
- After lightening, the head is thoroughly washed and a balm or hair conditioner must be applied.
With silicone cap
Highlighting hair with a silicone cap is best suited for short hair, since long hair is problematic to pull through the holes.
Algorithm of actions:
- The hair must be pre-styled with a hairdryer so that the strands are lightened evenly throughout the haircut.
- A special silicone cap is gently put on the head.
- Using a crochet hook, pull out small strands through the holes made in the cap. Pulling strands can alternate through one hole. With more frequent highlighting, the curls are pulled through all the holes.
- A dye is applied, the holding time depends on the product used and the type of hair.
- When the strands have lightened, the cap is removed and the hair is thoroughly washed.
With foil
Foil highlights are ideal for long and medium hair lengths:
- It is necessary to divide the hair into zones. The parietal zone is separated - these are 2 partings that start at the forehead and end at the frontal-parietal zone, have a U-shape.
- The following zones are temporo-lateral, and the occipital zone, which is separated by 2 vertical partings, their width is equal to the width of the parting in the parietal zone. Secure hair with a clip.
- The remaining hair in the occipital area on the sides is also fixed with clips.
- A coloring agent is being prepared.
- Coloring begins from the parietal zone, highlighting a strand of small width with a special highlighting comb with an iron tail.
- The strand is combed and held with the left hand, in the right hand a tail comb, with the help of which the strands are gathered in small or large darning.
- Previously, the end of the foil is folded about 1 cm and a little brightening agent is applied, then the curls are placed on the foil, retreating from the roots by about 5 mm so that the coloring composition does not get on the head.
- Next, carefully paint over the strands with a brush. The foil is folded and fixed by pinching the ends of the foil that are closer to the hair roots.
- The next strand is separated and fixed with a clip.
- Further, similarly performed in the above-described way. The strands are lightened along the entire U-shaped parting to the forehead.
- Then the temporo-parietal zones and the occipital are stained. When using a lightening powder, it is important to pick up the strands quickly.
- After lightening the hair, the foil is removed and the head is washed using a regenerating mask or hair balm.
Using a comb
To paint in this way, you need to do the following steps:
- Comb your hair.
- The coloring composition is applied with a brush to a special comb.
- The selected strand is combed from the roots and along the entire length of the hair.
- The staining time is kept according to the instructions.
- They wash their hair.
By highlighting with light strands, you can change the color of your hair with a less negative impact on them. These can be Eslel De Luxe dyes, which can be applied at home on dark hair, but strictly following the instructions. They give purity of color and contain useful ingredients: green tea, horse chestnut.
Hair highlighting is suitable for all girls and women. It is important to choose the right shade, for example, for women over 40 years old, it is desirable to dye strands 2-3 tones lighter than the base hair color, since contrasting colors will emphasize age.
Article design: Anna Vinnitskaya
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