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- 1. What kind of highlights on dark hair to choose?
- 2. What is highlighting
- 3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the procedure?
- 4. Types of highlighting dark hair
- 4.1. California highlights on dark hair
- 5. Shades
- 6. American highlights on dark hair
- 6.1. American highlighting technique
- 7. Under the sun of Venice
- 7.1. Technique Venetian highlighting dark hair
- 8. Coloring in the style of ombra on dark hair
- 9. Types of ombre
- 10. Ombre Shades
- 11. Balajage for dark hair
- 11.1. Features of highlighting balayazh:
- 12. Major Contrast
- 13. Shatush on dark hair
- 14. Creative highlighting
- 15. Highlight salt and pepper
- 16. Coloring dark hair with dark paint
- 17. How to choose the right dye for highlighting dark hair
- 18. How to choose the right color scheme
- 19. Highlighting previously dyed dark hair
- 19.1. The procedure has several advantages:
- 20. How to do staining at home
- 20.1. Highlights on dark hair with a cap
- 20.2. Highlighting dark hair with foil
- 20.2.1. With staining with foil you will need the following:
- 20.2.2. Step-by-step description of the procedure
- 20.3. Highlighting dark hair with a comb
- 21. How to restore hair after highlighting procedure
If you have already dyed your hair black for a long time and you are tired of being a brunette, go to a beauty salon and make a highlight on dark hair in our time. After all, changing the color of the curls is one of the fastest options to change your image. If you are not planning a particularly drastic change, then highlighting in this case will be just right.
What is highlighting
During the procedure, highlights are painted in contrasting shades or individual strands are lightened. Thanks to this dyeing technique, the thickness and volume of the hair is visually increased and shining sun glares on the curls are created.
Highlighting can be of various kinds. Each salon can offer you several to choose from. But before choosing one of them, first find out how they differ from each other.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of the procedure?
Today, the highlighting technique is one of the most popular among modern fashionistas. And there is nothing surprising, because in a very short time you can change your appearance. At the same time highlighting has several advantages:
Half of the strands are not colored, and because of this, does not receive the harmful effects of the coloring matter and peroxide.
Highlighting helps disguise gray hair.
After the procedure, the curls seem more voluminous and fluffy.
The skin of the face acquires a fresher shade, which helps aged women look much younger and fresher.
This type of painting saves money. With traditional staining, you need to update about once a month, but when you are flashing, correction is needed much less often. How often this will need to be done depends on the rate of hair growth.
If you are unhappy with the result, then at any time you can return your original color.
The very procedure of highlighting takes a lot of time. To dye your hair with this technology, you will need a few hours.
With the procedure of highlighting, you will have to wait a bit (about a month) if you have done a perm shortly before or have long been dyeing your hair in a dark color. You can get unpredictable results if you disregard this rule.
If you do not have the appropriate skills, then you will not be able to make a beautiful highlight at home. Professional services are also worth a lot.
Types of highlighting dark hair
Many people used to think that only owners of blond hair can afford such coloring. But this is not the case; highlighting is successfully done also on dark blond and even on black strands.
Technology staining by this method is divided into several varieties. Our stylists offer the following:
California highlights on dark hair
This type is the most popular among famous fashionistas. The technique of this coloring is that a bright dye of several tones is applied to the strands. With this technology, you can get a spectacular transition of colors and visually make the hair more voluminous.
Light Californian highlighting strongly resembles an ombra, due to the fact that it is performed not by feathers, but by transitions. Quite often, professionals try to brighten the tips - it has a natural look, resembling curls faded in the sun.
This type of highlighting refers to the most gentle staining procedures. Its main features are the following:
- foil is not used during the procedure, the paint dries out naturally and does not destroy the hair structure,
- dark hair shades should be brightened before the procedure, otherwise the new color will not be sufficiently saturated,
- you will have to repaint the strands in about three months, since they retain their natural color near the roots,
- due to the stretching of the color, the hair shade looks natural, without sharp transitions of a light tone to a darker one.
This technology of coloring is considered to be difficult: not every hairdresser will be able to correctly choose the necessary shades for painting. California highlighting is a rather delicate work that requires both a creative approach and professional skills from a master. One knowledge of the procedure for performing the procedure will not be enough, because for each client you should choose the coloring option that suits her.
The following shades are most often chosen: beige, sand, honey, golden, wheat and caramel. During coloring, the curls are in contact with each other, and by that the paint has the ability to spread throughout the hair and create natural transitions with beautiful highlights.
Attention! If you have dark hair, then to obtain the necessary shades, strands before highlighting will have to lighten.
Usually the zone located at the roots (5-7 cm) is not painted. As a rule, lightening hair causes them significant harm. Therefore, when performing meliorirovaniya on dark hair, experts use paint without ammonia.
American highlights on dark hair
More recently, this type of highlighting was the most fashionable. This method is to create "feathers" on the upper curls, which adored many of the fair sex.
Initially, the technology of American highlighting suggested not to discolor individual curls, but to give them a noble reddish tint, for example, red, burgundy, orange, copper. Recently, the usual natural colors have been replaced by extravagant: green, purple or yellow.
Coloring can be as soft with slightly noticeable highlights and smooth tints, as well as bright, contrasting with clear transitions from its natural color to the new. The first option is usually chosen by older ladies who want to have an elegant look. Contrast staining is preferred by younger women - it gives them the opportunity to look fresh, bold and original.
American highlighting technique
- foil is needed for dyeing: to get a more saturated color, the colored strands are wrapped in its thin plates,
- as a rule, the hairdresser uses no more than four colors, because of this, the transition of shades is not smooth enough,
- to get an unusual image with multi-colored hair, a specialist can use only two shades,
- only upper strands can be stained - the lower ones remain of a natural color.
Now American highlighting is done differently: individual curls are lightened, so that their color is close to the natural. Most often it is chestnut shades. This approach makes the hair alive, shiny and shining, as well as more voluminous and thick.
Under the sun of Venice
It has similarities with the California maze. It differs only in the choice of color: in California, golden and light colors are preferred, while in Venetian sand and wheat strands are combined with warm shades of coffee, brandy and chocolate.
Interesting! The name of this type of highlighting is explained by the fact that it first appeared in Venice in the Middle Ages. Of course, in those days local women of fashion did not use chemical dyes yet. For a few hours they were just under the burning rays of the sun so that their curls at the top of the head would become lighter by several tones.
With the help of Venetian highlighting, you can get the original complex color, in which the hair will seem more lush and thick. Dark-toned strands, mixed with light thin curls, will shimmer beautifully in the sunlight, and give the owner of this hairstyle a cheerful and rested look.
Technique Venetian highlighting dark hair
- the foil is not used with this highlighting method, the hair after dyeing dries in a natural way,
- the selection of shades depends on the primary color of the strands,
- near the roots, the natural color is preserved, and the curls on the tips are made light and sometimes completely white,
- paint should be applied at a distance of about 3 centimeters from the roots, and then distribute it over all strands with light laid-back strokes,
- usually 4-5 different tones are used when dyeing.
As a rule, there are fewer light strands and they are thinner. In order to have a “sunny” hair style, stylists select warm colors. More than others for the Venetian highlighting used golden, beige, chocolate, coffee, auburn color.
Coloring in ombre style for dark hair
Ombre is a method of hair coloring, in which there is a smooth transition from the roots of dark color to light ends (it happens and vice versa, but this happens rarely). Such coloring is one of the variations of highlighting, but there are certain differences in the technique.
To get a beautiful "stretching" you need to use 2-3 shades in one color. A few seasons ago, ombre staining was a hit, because it made it possible to move from one color to another without sharp boundaries. Today, this type of coloring is also used very often, but there have been significant changes in the methods of coloring, which led to new original variants of ombré.
Ombre Types
Two-tone ombre - only two colors are used: dark and light, between them there is a horizontal border, which can be blurred, smooth, and clear.
The length, both dark and light parts may be different. Those girls who want to look extravagant, usually prefer bright colors (blue, red, pink).
Multitonal coloring - multi-step color transition using intermediate shades. Compared with a two-tone ombra, this is a more complex technique that only a true master can. The main requirement for this type of staining is the correct choice of colors and the absence of sharp transitions from one color to another.
Creative multi-color coloring is a way of coloring, which is used mainly by young ladies. For those who want to pay attention to their hair, we recommend painting with a rainbow effect, for example, a smooth transition of chestnut roots to green or blue tips. Intermediate can be any color - pink, burgundy, yellow.
Ombre with reservation is a hit of the current season. It is also called "regrown brondirovanie." It is done in the following way: the part near the roots is left dark, and the tips are made light using the bronzing technique. The dark zone can be any width.
Owners of layered and cascading haircuts perfect fit frame ombre haircut type. In this case, the tips of the curls are made lighter, which gives the hairstyle a special charm, volume and depth.
Tip! Ombre looks great on dark blonde, chocolate and chestnut hair of medium length. If the hair is short, then this coloring will not look so impressive. This is explained by the fact that on a short length it will not be possible to create a smooth “stretch” of color.
Popular types and techniques
Initially it was thought that only owners of bright hair could afford such a coloring, but now highlighting is very successfully done on a dark blond and even on a black base.
If you make highlights soon after curling, it will adversely affect the condition of the hair, they will become brittle and thin. 4 week break required.
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Dark or light
Highlighting has been done for a long time, not only lightening strands, so when choosing a color you should not limit yourself to bleaching compositions.
You can also use dark colors, picking up tones that are close to natural. The hair will acquire additional volume, “play” with artificial lighting and the sun.
Externally, this type of staining reminds booking.
Modern beautiful highlights on dark hair of medium length, photo:
Venetian
It is done on natural dark strands, and painted in a dark color. The ideal is considered selection of colors from a chocolate or black palette of shades, but the master makes the final decision based on the tone of the hair.
Typically 4-6 different shades are applied, and foil not used. The paint dries out in natural conditions, and on the strands a natural transition from tone to tone is obtained.
This type of staining preferably choose girls like "winter" and "autumn"It looks great framing dark skin or tanned face skin.
Venetian highlights on dark hair, photo:
Venetian highlighting for dark hair, video lesson:
French
Another option for gentle highlighting of dark hair. Good for light brown based and performed with colors that brighten the strands by 4 tones.
Several tones can be selected, and the palette ranges from a milky white to beige and golden yellow.
For very dark hair, the method is not suitable., but on the light brown and light chestnut results of its use look great.
French highlighting on dark hair, photo:
Classic
It is deservedly popular over the years among women of all ages. The thickness of the strand is in the range of 3-5 mmThan they are thinner, the more natural the result looks.
At first, a brightening agent is used along the entire length of the ponyad, and then the total weight of the hair is tinted along the entire length. Preference is given to pastel tones. - pearl, beige, mother of pearl.
This way helps brunettes to become blonde, coloring only half of the total volume of the strands.
Classic highlighting on dark hair, photo:
Gray, white and ashen
Ash highlights suits dark-haired women with fair skin of cold shade and blue or gray-blue eyes, moreover, it eliminates excessive blackness, brings fresh notes to the face and makes it more expressive.
Girls using this method achieve a special style of the image, and women aged hide gray hair.
If used for highlighting gray color, black will look more clearly, unlike ashen, which blurs, smoothes and softens the contrast.
Lovers of contrasts are also encouraged to use white highlightingwhich will not only revive the look, but will also bring in some expression.
Ashy (gray) highlights on dark hair, photo:
Highlights on dark hair with a gray ash color, photo:
Red color makes the appearance of a bright, dynamic. The result will look unusual. To create the illusion of glare, should be chosen for dyeing fine strands.
On the blond or chestnut base you can additionally use brondirovanie, this combination will give volume.
For example, on chestnut hair can be combined in red, brown, white and milky.
Light reddish highlights (dyeing in red color) on dark hair, photo:
American
Performed with foilwrap dyed strands. This method is used for thick and / or curly hair.
In the hairstyle, you can make interesting effects, because applying the foil, you can select individual strands, isolating them from the neighboring and not allowing them to be painted.
After the procedure, the hair looks as if burned out under hot sunshine.
Fashionable American highlights on dark hair, photo:
Brazilian
This is a Californian variety. the way of highlighting. The master seeks as a result to achieve the greatest possible naturalness of colors.
The colored strands look as if they were burned out under the hot rays of the summer sun.
Insofar as the foil is not used, adjacent strands slightly stained, thanks to which natural color is achieved.
Brazilian highlights on dark long hair, photo:
This method involves the use of dyes of various colors and shades. It is usually preferred by bold extravagant girls, choosing bright colors.
The virtue of the technique is that no prelightening needed. Aged women choose this type of staining because it perfectly hides gray hair.
You can separate both thick and thin strands. It is imperative to use foil to prevent colors from being mixed during painting.
Unusual color highlights on dark hair, photo:
Small or large
Small highlights used in cases when you want to hide gray hair.
Large highlighting used for emphasis and selection of individual curls.
Large highlighting on dark hair (large strands), photo:
Option of small highlighting on dark hair color of medium length, photo:
Frequent or rare
The highlighting differs not only in the color gamut, but also in the degrees of saturation of the hair shades.
If bright colors are used, creative highlighting is suitable for dark hair with lightening of small rarely located strands.
If a girl with dark hair wants to become blonde, but does not decide, the ideal option would be staining often located strands.
Frequent (thick white) highlights on dark hair, photo:
Rare highlighting on dark hair, photo:
Zonal (partial)
In this case, not all of the head is streamed, but individual strands or sections, while the lower hair remains intact.
Usually for this purpose strands are selected near the facethat helps to give an image of freshness.
What is the zonal (partial) highlights on dark hair, photo:
Color spectrum
Means use the same as for traditional coloringBut since the procedure is complex and it will often be too costly to carry it out financially, it is better to stop the choice on the line of professional, slower washing means, giving preference to those that can be combined with each other, which will help to achieve interesting color solutions.
Choosing a color, you can stop on both natural and extravagant shades. You need to focus on personal preferences and overall style.
Dyeing dark strands in light colors, you should focus on the natural range - ocher, wheat, gold belong to warm shades and are naturally combined with dark colors. It is also worth mentioning the brandy, copper, caramel, chestnut.
But do not underestimate the cold tone, especially if the main hair color belongs to the cold gamut.
A very dark base from a cold range is well suited. blueberry colors, and warm bronze and chocolate.
If you want extravagance, create a shocking image green, red, blue strands will help, but it should be understood that the hairstyle with such colors will not always look appropriate, therefore, it is better to create such images exclusively for thematic events, using washable gels.
How to do it yourself at home
Make a beautiful highlight at home is quite difficult, but since professional services are expensive, girls try to paint their heads with their own hands.
If the necessary skills are not at all, it’s better to start with the easiest way - performing the procedure with a comb.
A more complicated option is to use a cap.because it is difficult even to pull out the strands on the sides and on the back of the head even with two mirrors.
If you want to use foil, at home it is better to do highlighting on dark hair with the help of an assistant with the skills of using this technology.
The choice of oxidant
Any suitable technique and light or dark paint is used, but it should be borne in mind that When buying an oxidizing agent, it is necessary to pay attention to its concentration:
- for brown-haired fit 6–9%,
- for owners of thick dark hair 9–12%.
Before washing off the lightening agent, it is necessary to check whether the color has reached the required degree. To do this, select the order painted last.
Depending on the length - on short, medium or long curls
Technique is selected depending on the length of hair..
Short (up to 15 cm) can be dyed with a hat, but long ones are processed only with special or household foil and it is better to do this with the help of an assistant, because it is very inconvenient to separate the strands on your own head from behind.
If you have thick long hair at homeit is better to divide the process into two stages.
First, the occipital part is processed, which, after the required time has elapsed, is washed and dried, and then the rest of the head is processed.
This is done so that there is no sharp contrast between the strands being painted first and last.
After all, a non-specialist spends much more time on all operations and the first strands will be exposed to the dye for too long.
Highlighting dark hair, video master class:
Special technologies
At home You can highlight on the back. To do this, short hair is brushed and a brush with light strokes on the surface of the resulting "hairstyle" is applied with a brightening composition that will withstand the required time and washed off.
It is possible to dye short hair with the help of elastic bands., for which the hair is divided into 8-12 sections, on each of which a tail is made, fixed with an elastic band.
The prepared coloring composition is applied with a brush on the tips of the tails, making neat feathers.
Owners of curls can achieve the so-called effect of frost, distributing the paint with gloved hands over the newly washed wet hair.
To do this, the head leans down and the composition is distributed evenly across the individual strands.
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How to fix a failed painting
After several black hair highlights, the original pattern is distorted, the shades mix and the strands cease to appear clearly.
If the result did not bring satisfaction, will rescue the technique of reverse highlighting, allowing to correct the result after poor-quality color or repeated application of the method.
It can also gradually return to the native color, refresh the usual highlighting scheme or hide the growing roots.
Natural color is used to adjust the result., for which the selection of paint selects a strand from the neck. But if you wish, you can use any dark shade that is close to natural.
Perform staining can be either using foil or through a cap. You can look beautiful, without waiting for several months, until unsuccessfully painted strands will grow and be cut.
Highlighting dark hair - photo before and after:
On a dark basis, it is often better not to highlight, otherwise the hairstyle will soon cease to look.
High-quality dyeing will give dark hair an interesting shade. and make the hair volume, and that the procedure does not cause harm, the hair should be provided with appropriate care.
Highlights on dark hair (photo 2018)
The advantages and advantages of highlighting is that it is the most gentle compared to others, which adversely affects the structure of the hair. This procedure is done on both long and short and medium curls. Regardless of whether you have straight hair or curly hair, you can try this technique on your hair and make notes of rainbow shades.
Also, any fashionable haircut can vary the game of color and shape. The method of coloring by highlighting on light brown and dark curls is better to apply after shearing, since styling also subsequently plays an important role. But do not be lazy to learn photos and pictures before and after highlighting.
Types of highlighting and photo before and after
Before you opt for a specific solution in this technique, familiarize yourself with its types and features. If you study photos, videos and reviews on this topic, it will give you more confidence. So, for dark blond and brown curls, there are several options for painting in the technique of highlighting - balayazh, coloring in the likeness of Ombre, Venetian, American and California, toning with dark paint. And all this is done in two ways - with a brush and foil. Many beauties who cannot afford to create such things in the walls of an expensive beauty salon, have learned to perform the ombre technique at home.
Types of highlighting:
Highlighting dark hair before and after the photo:
Highlighting Californian dark hair
If you look at the first photos and videos of celebrities, you will see that half of them wear hairstyles with dyed locks using the shatush method. Beautiful and makes the image of a skillful combination of different colors on the head of hair.
It’s very difficult to do this at home, which is why stars of show business always turn to stylists and a whole staff works on their image, who tirelessly follow the latest trends in the world of beauty. The purpose of this method of highlighting - coloring dark strands in two or three shades of light paint. The difference with this technique is that a smooth transition is created, so it is often confused with ombr.
Lightened tips as the completion of this hairstyle once again give volume to the overall shape of the haircut. There is such a thing as American toning, which is not much different from California, the only thing it is done with a foil in which each strand is wrapped separately. This technology is suitable for both short and long hair.
California highlights photo:
On dark hair frequent highlighting
Frequent highlighting is gaining popularity, as it allows you to change the color of the curls by 1-2 tones. To do this, you need to repaint the little strands by 2-3 tones lighter. The result is an almost uniform color. Over time, the strands will grow back and with a repeated procedure you can achieve an even brighter juicy result.
Video how to make highlights on dark hair at home
Lovers to comply with the latest trends increasingly have to resort to various methods of painting at home. Girls wearing squares with bangs can also work wonders on their heads with the help of various techniques, brushes and foils. For any length of hair, it is possible with the help of a cap to make frequent and fine highlights over the entire head.
Short or long bangs began to paint in lighter tones to give charm and volume, as can be seen from the photos of many artists and celebrities.
Painting technology is very simple:
- First, put on an old T-shirt that you don’t mind getting dirty.
- Cut the foil into strips that are 23 cm longer than your strands.
- Prepare the paint and divide the head into zones, fastened with hairpins.
- Separate the first thin curl and enclose a piece of foil. Apply the coloring composition and cover with another strip. Retreating 2 cm from the strands, repeat the entire procedure over the entire head. Wait 30 minutes and wash the paint off the hair without removing the foil. Next, remove the paper and wash your hair with shampoo. Leave the hair dry naturally.
Video Tutorial:
Highlighting dark hair as an alternative to coloring
By right, the pioneer of the highlighting procedure for millions of women is Jacques Dessange, the maestro of hairdressing. His models were Brigitte Bardot, Patricia Kaas, Juliette Binoche and Madonna. It was he who invented the coloring of the strands, giving this way the hair grooming and at the same time easy carelessness and mystery.
If you are a happy owner of luxurious dark hair, you want a variety, but you cannot decide on a cardinal change of style, we advise you to try highlighting on dark hair.
Ombre shades
Usually the tips of the strands are painted in light tones: beige, amber, honey, nut, wheat, coffee or light brown. But lately more bold decisions have become fashionable, in which the following options are used: pink, blue, red, white. If you combine the red shades, you can create a bright image that will allow his mistress to stand out among other girls.
Features of highlighting balayazh:
- hair is dyed after shearing, because with the help of dyeing it emphasizes the shape of the hair,
- the hairdresser produces strokes of various widths and lengths in the horizontal direction,
- foil is used for painted tips,
- the boundaries between tones can be clearly visible or blurred if desired,
- hair is painted only on the top layer.
In order for the hairstyle to have an elegant look, the selection of colors must be correct. Nowadays, natural shades are considered fashionable. But, nevertheless, young girls can use original color schemes.
Majorcontrast
Young women who want to look unusual and bright, can use majicontrast technology. This is a contrasting combination of dark and light colored curls.
The technology uses intensive clarifiers and resistant paints. Novice colorists find it difficult to cope with this method. Therefore, it is better to contact a professional who has performed this procedure more than once.
Shatush on dark hair
This method is the most gentle when straightening strands.The tips of the hair are lightened in a chaotic manner, and the roots are darkened with a special composition. This helps to make the feathering smooth and as natural as possible and give additional volume to the hair.
When highlighting shatush, foil is used very rarely. More often, craftsmen use stretch tones or lightweight bouffant.
Creative highlighting
It is a coloring in very bright and flashy colors of previously bleached curls. This is not an ordinary style and you need to be prepared for the fact that everyone will pay attention to you and your appearance is hardly suitable for the dress code of the company where you work.
The technique itself is similar to the coloring that has been in fashion for several seasons. However, the creative has a more unusual and bold forms. This also applies to the avant-garde method of staining. In this case, the hair resembles the skin of an animal (leopard spots or stripes of zebra).
Dark hair coloring dark paint
Dark highlighting of dark hair appeared not so long ago, however, in a short time, it fell in love with many fashionable women. Applying paint with this method makes the hair more voluminous and thick and, without significantly changing the image, updates it and refreshes the face.
Dark highlighting has its advantages. One of them is that this method does not cause significant harm to the hair. During normal highlighting, it is necessary to lighten the tips, otherwise the bright colors will not look saturated. For darker shades, discoloration is not necessary.
For dark highlighting, coffee, chestnut, auburn, chocolate and caramel colors are used. In this embodiment, they will look quite elegant, stylish and elegant.
This image is created by toning individual strands in ashen color, creating a gray hair effect. But we draw your attention that after that the hair may become weaker and brittle. Therefore, in the future, you will have to pay special attention to your hair and minimize the use of curling iron and hair dryer.
How to choose the paint for highlighting dark hair
There are no special secrets here. For this technology, the same colors are used as in traditional dyeing. But there are still some peculiarities:
When choosing a staining agent, pay special attention to formulations for professional use.
By these means, the oxidant should be selected separately, it must be the necessary intensity of exposure. A stronger oxidizer goes up to a darker initial hair tone. A weak remedy may not cope with straightening strands to the desired state.
If you want to create the effect of burnt hair, you need to dilute one part of the dye with a stronger oxidant, and the second with a weak one.
Women with red, brown or light brown hair are recommended highlighting, which uses dye of the same shade, but is lighter by several tones. This will help create a more natural look.
Among other things, choose the right dyes, which will have to be mixed with each other to get different colors. Best of all, if it is done by a master professional, who will take into account the thickness and structure of your strands, as well as their color. All this is of great importance for obtaining the final result.
How to choose the right color scheme
The most commonly used technology is to brighten dark curls immediately into several tones.
However, progress is moving forward and other varieties of highlighting are emerging every day. Thanks to this, women of fashion get the opportunity to use both natural color solutions and rather extravagant ones. In this case, all decide the personal preferences and overall style of the girl.
Classic highlighting is the process of dyeing dark strands into brighter natural tones. In this case, stylists recommend choosing warm shades (golden, ocher, wheat). Also cool tones, for example, beige or light nut, will also look quite impressive. By making this choice, you can turn into a blonde and not cause much harm to your hair.
If you have chestnut curls, and you expect a natural result from highlighting, then the following colors are a good option: caramel, copper, cognac. With this solution you can get a surprisingly attractive and stylish result.
Dark-haired beauties should pay special attention to tones such as blueberry, bronze or chocolate.
It will be interesting to look red curls - this option can be used by courageous and confident enough girls.
Extravagant and bright women can perform highlighting more original, using green, pink and blue strands. This will give the opportunity to create a shocking image and stand out between others. But we should not forget that this hairstyle will not always look appropriate. If you still want to make such highlighting, the stylists in this case are advised to use a washable gel. This will give you the opportunity if you want to quickly return to your previous image.
Highlighting previously dyed dark hair
As we have already noted, highlighting on stained curls can be done after a month. But even after a month, this procedure should be carried out with extreme caution on the colored dark strands.
It is impossible to perform highlighting on damaged or carelessly colored hair.
In addition, small highlights on dark curls do not always look beautiful and are not suitable for everyone.
Width pryadok can be any. To resolve this issue, it is better to consult a professional.
Highlights on dark hair with a cap
At home you can make melirovka "feathers", which is the easiest way to paint. This method is also called "classic". It is performed using a special cap with holes.
This method is very suitable for short dark strands.
To make highlighting in this way, you will need to purchase:
- highlighting cap (for this you can cut holes in the swimming cap),
- comb,
- rubber gloves for hands
- paint
- paint brush
- tool for pulling hair through holes (you can use a crochet hook).
- Prepare all the necessary materials and devices for the procedure.
- Using a comb, carefully comb your hair.
- Put a hat on your head.
- Remove small strands of hair through the holes in the cap.
- Using a brush, evenly apply the desired shade of paint on them. At first it is necessary to paint the upper curls, then the lateral and already the last - the lower.
- We maintain the coloring composition the time allotted according to the instructions. After that, thoroughly wash it under running water. When the hair is well washed, you can remove the cap, rinse the curls with conditioner or balsam and then dry them.
Please note that this option is only suitable for short curls, because when you pull the hair through the holes, you can confuse the strands, and dye those that do not.
In any case, at home painting it is necessary to strictly follow the instructions from the paint manufacturer. And after the procedure to restore the hair structure, do not forget to use a special mask.
Highlighting dark hair with foil
If you have long curls, it will be most convenient to perform the procedure on foil. All hair is divided into separate strands and applied to them the ink mixture. After that, the strands are wrapped in pieces of foil to prevent staining of the rest of the hair. This procedure is quite simple, you just need to split the hair into even strands.
Step-by-step description of the procedure
- First, divide your hair into zones where you are going to create highlights. If you plan to highlight the entire head of hair, then you should start from the back of the head and move to the parietal zone, as is done during normal painting. Painting ends, as a rule, the temporal zone.
- Prepare the foil. To do this, cut it into pieces of the required length and fold it so that the pockets are folded into which the strands are placed - this is done so that the paint does not leak out.
- Back off a little from the roots of the hair, apply a uniform layer of paint and wrap the strand in foil. Wrap the foil should be up, fold both side edges. To make the bond stronger, you can use barrettes.
Highlighting dark hair with a comb
If you do not have the necessary skills in creating highlighting, but still decided to do this procedure yourself at home, then start with the easiest way - using a comb.
Before proceeding to the procedure, select a color that will be well combined with a shade of your hair, and decide on the thickness of the strands. In order to make highlighting with your own hands, you must clearly observe the following sequence:
According to the enclosed instruction, prepare means for clarification.
Give your hair a beautiful shape. You do not need to wash or moisten the curls with water.
Dip the comb into the cooked compound. Comb should be wooden or plastic and rare teeth. Then carefully comb the hair over the entire length.
The coloring agent should remain on the strands for the time specified in the instructions. After this time, carefully wash the hair with a shampoo and balm.
To obtain the most natural result, it is recommended to use shampoo or balm with tinting effect.
Before proceeding to dyeing hair, it is very correct to consult a master professional. Although his services will cost a lot, but he will help you choose the right color palette and the most suitable method of coloring.
If the state of your strands is not very good, if they are damaged, dull and brittle, then you should treat curls before highlighting.
It must be remembered that an allergic reaction may follow the use of the coloring agent. Therefore, before using the dye, you need to check it on a small area of skin.
Do not dye your hair very often. It is advisable to take a break between painting for at least a month.
Highlighting is a complex technology and cannot be done without having certain skills and knowledge. If you have any doubts, it is better not to risk, and seek the advice of a specialist.
How to restore hair after highlighting procedure
Despite the fact that highlighting is a gentle option, but no staining passes without a trace. For such types of painting as majikontrast, salt and pepper or ombre, rather aggressive and resistant types of dyes are used, therefore after them the hair needs restoration.
Contact modern beauty salons and there you will be offered a wide choice of sprays and masks that can restore damaged hair. In addition, there are simple homemade methods for natural and quick hair restoration.
We advise you to use a curling iron and a hair dryer as rarely as possible in order to avoid mechanical impact on the hair structure. Sudden temperature drops make the curls fragile and brittle.
There are many nourishing and moisturizing shampoos, conditioners and masks that are specifically designed for dyed and damaged hair.
There are also many recipes for homemade masks. Here are a few of them:
Apply sour cream on clean damp hair, cover your head with a wrap, and then wrap up with a towel. Hold for about an hour, then rinse with warm water.
Beat the chicken yolk and apply it on clean, wet strands. Hold for 30-40 minutes, then rinse with warm water.
Rub the olive oil into the curls. Put on the cap and soak for 40-50 minutes, then rinse. If not olive, you can use any other vegetable oil.
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"Pros and cons"
Even if the girl really wants to be transformed by dyeing her hair in this way, you still need to know whether she can do it or not.
The procedure is shown in the following cases:
- the desire to refresh the image without damaging effects on the curls,
- gray hair
- thin hair without volume.
Situations when highlighting is not suitable:
- curls, weakened by perm and frequent staining,
- too dark or henna-colored hair.
Highlighting on dark hair: description of the procedure
Highlighting is one of the options for hair coloring. It consists in mixing the natural color and color in which it is planned to dye the strands.
For the implementation of the procedure will need:
- paint,
- paint brush
- hair clips
- bowl (not metal),
- towel,
- gloves,
- cap or foil.
Separate two types of highlighting technology. In the first case, a special cap is put on the head, through the holes that are on it, stretch the hair strands. On the curls applied lightening composition.
The second type is highlighting through foil. It is worth noting that this method is the most popular today. Almost all salons use it.
This procedure is carried out in several stages:
- the foil is cut into rectangles 10 cm wide,
- hair is divided into three parts. Separate the strands of desired thickness with a thin comb teeth, and the rest stabbed,
- staining start from the top. Strands lay on the foil and put the coloring composition. Foil folded in half,
- fall back up 2 cm and paint the next strand in the same way,
- the procedure is carried out over the entire head, starting from the crown, ending with the side zones. Dyeing time lasts 30-40 minutes,
- the composition is washed off with shampoo and balsam.
In the salon, at the request of the client, a restoring mask or bio-lamination is done after the procedure.
Types of highlighting: frequent, dark, along the entire length
Coloring gives a different result depending on the technology of the procedure. There are the following types of highlighting:
- California highlights on dark hair.
This is a fashion trend today. It assumes the coloring of strands in different shades (wheat, honey, and nut), due to which the effect of sun-bleached hair is achieved. The result of staining - iridescent strands, the effect of volume, durability.
California highlights look natural, so there is no need to tint hair often.
Quite a risky and unusual procedure involving complete freedom of action. The master applies the coloring composition to the intuitively selected strands. And it does this not along the entire length, but starts from the middle, smoothly moving to the end. It turns out chaotic and uneven staining. Achieved the effect of glare and sun-bleached hair.
- Frequent highlighting on dark hair.
It assumes a uniform staining of thin strands over the entire length. 
The method is quite complicated, but the result is incredibly spectacular and amazing.
Not easy to cope on your own at home. To achieve the desired result should seek the assistance of a specialist.
With competent work of the master, it looks natural and neat, disguises gray hair.
This method is ideal for those who want to "go" in a blond, but gentle way for the hair. Perfectly is suitable both for young girls, and for women in age. Goes well with any haircut.
- Dark highlights on dark hair.
Achieved using cognac, coffee, chestnut, brown and red shades. Perhaps bright staining with rare blue, green, purple tones.
- Highlighting on dark hair with toning.
Makes color brighter, more saturated. It is possible to get cold ash, platinum or warm wheat, honey tones.
To obtain the desired color, professional hairdressers recommend toning the hair after lightening rather than dyeing. Toning is done with gentle permanent paints with proteins and other beneficial substances, therefore the harm to the hair is minimal.
Includes techniques: American Colors, Crazy colors, California highlighting, red highlighting. The procedure in the classic version is close to coloring and involves the use of 2-5 tones, as close as possible to the natural. The result of dyeing - glare strands, volume.
- Classic highlighting on dark hair.
Provides uniform staining throughout the entire length. The procedure is carried out using a lightening agent.
It creates the effect of gray hair. The technology of the procedure involves staining with a clarifier followed by toning in ashy shades.
Highlights for long, medium and short hair
Hairdressers highlight the highlighting of short, medium and long hair. Types of staining vary in complexity, cost of materials and time.
Highlighting on short dark curls involves the use of contrasting light shades that will help create a bright, bold or delicate image.
Coloring on medium and long hair allows the use of the technique of "balayazh", American, California melirovaniya. Especially sumptuously looks effect burned hair and glare strands on the curls below the shoulders.
Color highlighting for large and small strands and bangs
Color highlighting on dark hair is possible in any shades. Effectively looks as coloring in one tone, and in several bright shades.
The procedure is shown to young extravagant girls who want to be in the center of attention, and representatives of subcultures. Youth and enthusiasm emphasize blue, green, pink shades. Students in higher education institutions and working women should preferably be stained in less flashy tones, yet the “nuclear” colors on the hair are still considered unnatural, therefore not everyone has it in honor.
Color highlighting is also popular with adult women. They use more “familiar” copper, cherry, and red shades.
There are no contraindications in the shape of the hairstyle and the structure of the hair for color highlighting. Red, red, green, blue tones are suitable for natural brunettes. If the curls are very dark, pre-bleaching is required.
Ombre Hair Color highlights
Ombre Hair Color (Dip-Dye, Balayazh, Degrade) is a two-tone dyeing method with a horizontally blurred border between dark roots and lighter hair ends.
With the classic Ombre staining, stylists work with 2 shades. For the root zone, a tone is chosen that is as close as possible to the natural shade of the hair, and the ends are highlighted using the bronzing technology. Today, Ombre Hair is not only the choice of most Hollywood divas, but also girls who follow fashion trends and care about the health of their dark hair.
Highlight dark hair. Pros and cons
About 10 years ago, the masters of hairdressing did not recommend highlighting for dark hair, but did not offer alternatives. Today, due to the expansion of the product range of lightening products, various types of highlighting have become available for brunettes and brown-haired women. But, like any impact, highlighting has positive and negative points.
Pros:
- When highlighting at least 50% of the hair remains unpainted and not exposed to peroxide.
- Impeccable type of coloring for those who do not dare to change the appearance dramatically.
- Ability to grow natural hair.
- Perfectly disguises gray hair.
- Aesthetics. Highlighting gives the hair volume, revitalizes any hairstyle, emphasizes the skin, giving the face a more healthy look.
- Saving. Stylists do not recommend making too frequent highlights on dark hair. Therefore, you will visit the salon not once in 3 weeks, but once in 3 months (depending on hair growth).
Minuses:
- Time. The painting procedure is quite time-consuming, so get ready to spend up to 5 hours in the beauty salon.
- Make highlighting on dyed dark hair can be no earlier than in a month. This rule also applies to chemical perms, because when interacting with active reagents, hair can become undesirable shade.
- To make high-quality, accurate and beautiful highlighting at home without certain skills is almost impossible.
Tips and tricks
- The main condition for highlighting is healthy hair. If the hair is damaged, then staining should be postponed.
- If the hair is colored, then before the highlighting procedure, you need to tell the master when you were wearing makeup and what brand to avoid unexpected results.
- Remember, natural colors are always at their peak. To make the strands look natural, the master must choose the right shade:
- maximum 3 tones lighter than natural
- no more than 2 tones of eye color
- preferably close to skin tone
- should not make the face pale and painful.
- Fashionable shades: caramel, honey, coffee, nutmeg. Also mocha, milk chocolate, cinnamon and beige.
- After highlighting, hair requires careful care. Use shampoos, balms, masks, fluid gels and serums for colored hair. Try to use less hair dryer, iron for leveling and curling.
Every real hairdresser is an artist in the shower, only instead of gouache and watercolors, he uses hair dye. Trust to perform highlighting on dark hair to a good master and your curls will sparkle with new colors, they will become even more beautiful, more refined, more luxurious and lively.
Highlighting the dark color at home
Before the procedure, you must purchase a kit for classic highlighting at home. It includes:
- bleaching compound with an oxidizer (9% oxidizer is suitable for owners of dark hair),
- foil (food or special for highlighting),
- comb for the separation of strands,
- paint brush,
- clamps
- gloves,
- paint tank
- plastic wrap or towel.
Coloring takes place in several stages:
- the foil must be cut so that its length is 2-3 cm longer than the length of the curls,
- should prepare the coloring composition according to the instructions,
- Before starting the procedure, it is necessary to determine the width and frequency of the colored strands,
- from the parting, the strands should be divided into 7-8 parts: 2 each from the sides, 3-4 each from the central part of the head. Selected strands fasten clips
- staining starts from the top of the head, moving down. The tip of the hairbrush separates the horizontal curls. Of them stand out several thin strands that are laid on the foil,
- The bleaching emulsion is applied. If highlighting is performed along the entire length, staining begins, departing 1 cm from the roots,
- the foil is wrapped from the end and from the sides,
- soak the bleaching emulsion on the head for 30-40 minutes,
- wash the paint with shampoo, additionally use balm. Upon request, a regenerating mask is applied.
When highlighting on dark curls may be a manifestation of yellowness. To neutralize it, wash your hair with violet tinted shampoo or tint your hair with an ashy or blue balm.
After the procedure, the hair retains a well-groomed appearance for 2-3 months. After this period, you need to visit the salon again or repeat the procedure at home.
Care after highlighting
A hairdresser can offer services of lamination, keratin recovery, application of medical formulations to curls.
Components applied to the scalp and hair before bedtime and leave for 8-10 hours. The effect is noticeable after the first procedure.
It is difficult to make highlighting at home on your own if this is the first time you have encountered this issue. You can learn the technique of performing this procedure from the following video.
A professional stylist will tell and show you how to do everything correctly, using the example of Venetian highlighting.
Reviews of the procedure
The second time I do frequent highlighting. This is the most gentle way to smoothly go to the blonde. After dyeing, I regularly make masks, I go to restorative procedures, every three months I cut the tips with hot scissors, so the hair is vibrant and shiny.
The result of highlighting depends on the skill of the hairdresser. In the first case, it was ugly: thick feathers with yellowness and even redhead “adorned” on the head. And the hair was streaked in a beauty salon, where the prices for the procedure are high. The second time, she dyed her hair at the hairdresser’s and was very pleased with the result: her face was “fresher”, it became more lovely, childish.
Sparkled in bright colors: red, cherry, purple. Even though I am 25 years old, I look like a mischievous teenager, I like it!
Alevtina, 25 years old.
Highlighting is a procedure that allows you to gently change the image, to make the hair visually more voluminous, the face is younger, and the feedback from women confirms this. Modern technologies of dyeing allow you to experiment with hair and find the image that reflects the attractiveness and hide the flaws.
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