Highlighting on light brown hair with small strands. Step-by-step instructions and photo highlighting on light brown hair

There are a variety of staining techniques: bronding, ombre, balayage. But on light curls, not all of them look advantageous and spectacular. The best option that can be offered to owners of sandy and similar shades is highlighting on light brown hair.

The main types of highlighting light brown hair

Highlighting is a special procedure for removing melanin from strands, due to which they become much lighter than their natural shade. This coloring technology is widely used to create the effect of density and mask the first manifestations of gray hair.

Depending on the technique of conducting a row bleaching session, there are different types of highlighting:

  • california. Its second name is Hollywood. This is one of the most popular types of curls painting. It is considered relatively safe and is often used by foreign celebrity stylists.
  • Venetian. This technique fascinates with the result of painting: it creates the effect of natural fading.
  • Reverse. A special type of highlighting, where the curls are not lightened, but, on the contrary, are darkened. This method is used during the treatment of fragile and repeatedly colored hair. It allows you to reduce the harmful effects of paint.
  • classic. A coloring option in which mainly the upper strands are worked out. The effect of such a session largely depends on the chosen thickness of the curl: the wider it is, the more striking the painting will look.

In addition, this type of painting is classified according to the number of processed strands. Depending on this factor, rare highlights on blond hair and frequent. The first option - only some strands are discolored, they can be located all over the head or in one specific area.

Frequent highlighting- a delicate procedure for dyeing light brown hair, which requires great accuracy of the master. Depending on the execution technique, a specialist uses a special cap with slots or foil.

Let's consider each option in more detail.

California highlights

This painting is carried out exclusively "outdoors". Painted areas are not covered with foil or polyethylene. Instead, the master lets them dry naturally. During the dyeing process, the active substances lighten the melanin pigment, but do not penetrate deep into the structure of the rod, thereby not causing severe damage to the curls.

How California highlighting is performed with tinted paint on light brown hair:

  1. The scheme of applying paint depends on the thickness of the hair and the desired effect. This work requires a lot of experience and filigree. The main component of successful coloring is the study of very thin strands.
  2. Most often, specialists prefer to work in blocks. Separate “blocks” of hair stand out along the partings, which are superimposed on the foil. After that, curls are selected from them.
  3. Each strand is stained with a safe composition, after which it is left to dry. After 40 minutes (sometimes the time interval reaches 50), the hairdresser washes off the composition and does toning.
  4. The expected effect is lightening hair up to 5 tones. Please note that it is almost impossible to carry out high-quality California highlighting on light brown hair at home. The main feature of the technique is the absence of unpleasant yellow highlights.

The result is the effect of natural burnt hair.

French or Venetian highlights

There are legends that in medieval Venice, girls sat in the sun for up to 8 hours to get beautiful red locks. If cold Californian highlighting is performed purely on light curls, then the Venetian technique is carried out exclusively on dark strands.

How beautiful highlighting is done on medium-length dark blond hair in the Venetian style:

  1. Initially, the master needs to zone the strands. For this, the same scheme is used as for the ombre. The occipital, crown, two temporal zones and the central rhombus stand out (traditionally, it remains untouched).
  2. The dye is applied in a chaotic manner to strands from a certain zone. This is extremely important to obtain a spectacular transition from dark to light shades.
  3. The paint is applied from the ends of the hair to their middle. This painting technology does not imply the study of the roots.
  4. The dyed strands are left to dry without foil, resulting in an interesting two- or more-color highlighting.

With the help of the Venetian technique, natural chocolate, caramel and honey shades are obtained. After the procedure, it is not recommended to re-tint.

Classic way

Most often, ordinary or classic highlighting is done at home. This technique involves surface staining of the tape type. It is suitable for girls who do not want sharp transitions on the strands or who want to slightly refresh their hair, while not changing the image.

How is the usual highlighting for short light brown hair:

  1. Curls are divided into sections, individual zones are fixed with clamps. Using a special comb with sparse teeth of different lengths, the hairdresser selects some curls from the total mass. After that, they are combed with a small comb.
  2. Foil is placed under them, in which dyed hair will then be wrapped. The paint is applied from the roots with a stretch to the tips.
  3. When the strand is colored, it is wrapped in foil and the action is repeated again with the next “block”. When one zone is finished, the hairdresser moves on to the next.
  4. To give the coufure an elegant platinum finish, powder tinting is carried out at the end of the session. With it, the master removes yellow highlights. At home, you can use tinting or tinted shampoo.

At home, the procedure can be carried out with a regular shower cap. To do this, cut through the polyethylene with scissors to get a uniform mesh. Then put the device on your head, and gently pull the strands with a hook or the tip of a comb. The main thing is not to take it with thick curls, otherwise you will get ugly transitions between the painted and “own” areas.

Reverse highlighting

This is a complex coloring of repeatedly clarified hair. Unlike the classical method, with the reverse technology, the curls do not discolor, but, on the contrary, are stained with dark paint. On light and light blond hair, such highlighting looks very impressive, emphasizing the contrast of the hairstyle.

How Ice Tint is done:

  1. First, the master paints the curls in a dark shade, as close as possible to the natural color. It can be natural caramel or even chestnut darkening.
  2. After the hair is washed with water to get rid of the paint and dried. Now certain strands are selected from the mop, which are carefully combed with a small comb.
  3. Light paint is applied on the fleece. The brightening composition is left to dry without foil, then it is washed off. If necessary, platinum tinting is additionally carried out.

This type implies very thin highlighting, almost natural. Contrasting coloring is suitable for owners of dark hair - growing roots will not be very striking.

Highlighting dark blond hair

The most beautiful and bright look is the discoloration of the lock on dark blond hair. Often the procedure simply involves light highlighting using harmless dyes.

Depending on the technique used, there are such types of this painting:

  • Multicolor. Very trendy coloring in the style of the 90s. then at the peak of popularity was the combination of several shades of hair. It can be blue tints or strands with a pronounced pink tint, combined with a platinum base color, etc.
  • classic. Here staining is carried out in two colors. In most cases, honey and platinum. The result is a graceful transition between "your" color and dyed hair.

Partial highlighting

Another name for this technique is brazilian coloring. This type of highlighting is ideal for long hair of a light brown shade, which will later be tinted with ashy color. The technique is very similar to the unusual California bleaching, but it does not involve painting over the crown area.

Here, the entire mop is divided zonally into lateral, two central sections, the back of the head and the crown rhombus. From each site, except for the rhombus, strands are selected, which are covered with a dense layer of paint. The hair is left to dry in the air, after which it is further tinted.

Double zonal highlighting has become widely known due to its interesting appearance. When all areas are blooming, the rhombus partially covers the dyed hair, emphasizing the naturalness.

Balayazh and shatush

Very effective highlighting of light brown hair at the ends, can also combine toning and coloring. Best suited for curly girls or lovers of complex hairstyles. It looks original and intriguing, because when weaving dark strands and blond curls, an expressive difference is created.

How to make ombre highlights for short light brown hair:

  1. If you have a bob or cascade - do not despair. Even on these hairstyles, bleached ones look organic. To start, gather your hair into a high ponytail at the crown and backcomb it. It should look like a palm tree.
  2. Hair with a fleece is carefully stained from the tips to the gum. Ideally, you need to stop at a distance of 1 centimeter before the tie. If you go lower, then the paint will “slip off” and as a result, the ombre will look sloppy.
  3. For dark hair, after washing, you will need to additionally carry out platinum or silver toning. No need to run and buy expensive specialized powders. For this purpose, the well-known "Tonic" will perfectly cope with this.

If desired, already 2 weeks after dyeing, it will be possible to make a creative colored ombre on the hair - purple, red or multi-colored.

Shatush- thick partial highlighting of light brown or dark hair, which results in a stretched color. In fact, this is almost the same as ombre, only after it you get not straight and clear lines of transition of shades, but soft flowing waves. Shatush or stretching suits all girls, regardless of their haircuts. The most important thing is to choose the right shade.

Red highlights and ashy coloring

In 2017, the fashion catwalks were blown up by the latest trend - tiger eye coloring. This is a brassy red highlight that is a cross between shatush and discoloration. There are two types: straight and classic. Its execution technique is no different from Venetian bleaching, with the exception of the selected shades.

Hair dyed according to this system looks as natural as possible. After working through the redhead, beautiful chocolate, bright golden-red and fiery curls are obtained. To learn more about the technique, we recommend watching the video tutorial.

Photo coloring options

To accurately select the right highlighting technique for light brown hair with bangs, without it or shoulder-length, you need to view more than a dozen photos. We tried to make the task easier and collected photos of all existing staining options. With such an assortment, you can independently choose the desired type of discoloration.

Highlighting for short hair and bob

Previously, large highlights and a short haircut were considered something incompatible. Now it is one of the most iconic trends of our time. For greater showiness, partings of short haircuts are decorated with contrasting sparkles or highlighted with colored wax.

Medium length highlights

Naturally, the most common options for highlighting on curls to the shoulders. The advantage of this length is that it is easier to paint and style. Therefore, ombre, balayazh and "california" look most spectacular on cascade and "straight line" hairstyles.

Long hair

On curls of the 3rd and 4th length, you can do any of the listed types of staining. In particular, wide ribbon highlights or deep gray ombre.

Bangs

Facial hair is the hardest part to work with. If the length of the bangs allows, then it is painted in the same way as the main mop. If not, then just don't touch it. What is the result - you can see in the photo.

Still in the world of the salon industry, partial or rare highlighting of individual strands is popular. This coloring option allows you to create unusual overflows, which are either woven into the canvas of natural hair, or are designed to make the image extravagant due to contrasts. Since individual areas lend themselves to coloring, zonal highlighting is considered gentle.

What is rare highlighting

We all know that traditional hair highlighting involves coloring 40% of the hair. Surface highlighting does not greatly affect the head - the master processes only certain areas. Therefore, you get an interesting stylish look, without much harm to your curls.

By coloring part of your hair, you can:

  • give curls additional volume;
  • correct the imperfect oval of the face;
  • emphasize the depth of color;
  • visually rejuvenate your appearance by shifting attention from age-related changes on the skin of the face to beautiful golden tints on the hair;
  • in the best light to present your haircut.

If you want to achieve maximum naturalness, for this, choose colors that are in harmony with the base.

Council of professionals. To avoid contrast overflows, do not use foil or a plastic bag while the dye dries, because when interacting with oxygen, a softer color is obtained.

Types of highlighting

There are such implementation options:

  • highlighting the upper strands of hair (designed to point out a graduated haircut);
  • applying dyes to the bottom layer (internal coloring can create an unusual highlight of the strands from the inside - such an illumination effect will look especially elegant on brown-haired women and brunettes);
  • coloring strands near the face (highlighting only the front strands provides a slight “draining” of color and beautifully emphasizes the oval of your face, gives mystery and extravagance);
  • feather dyeing (especially relevant for short graduated haircuts);
  • highlighting the ends of the hair (as a rule, they are carried out in colors as close as possible to the natural - the effect of burnt curls is created);
  • lightening strands that are located on a specific area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe hair is otherwise called zonal highlighting (for example, for asymmetrical haircuts, you can paint only one side - it will be quite bold and intriguing);
  • coloring the crown with bangs (will add mischief and coquetry to your image);
  • only bangs highlighting (highlighted bangs are the trend of this season);
  • superficial highlighting, when the smaller half of the head is painted, is approximately 20%.

Pros and cons

Of course, rare staining of individual strands is the most gentle version of modern techniques. Light highlighting can save you from problems with overdried ends. After such a procedure, the curls will not seem exhausted or lifeless, but will only acquire beautiful overflows of the color palette you have chosen.

Other benefits of this staining:

  • does not require frequent tinting of the roots, as happens with full toning;
  • when using light shades, you will look much younger;
  • able to hide the gray hair that begins to appear;
  • especially true for brunettes who want to lighten their curls (they do not have to dye their entire hair);
  • does not require much time, since individual strands are subject to staining;
  • is a universal type of staining.

But in addition to the advantages of this type of painting, you can find a couple of cons:

  • not suitable for women whose gray hair occupies more than 1/3 of the head;
  • due to the high popularity, the prices for the service in the salon are too high;
  • it is very difficult to choose the right area to be stained (without much experience, you can make a mistake and not achieve the expected effect).

Cost of the procedure

The cost of partial painting in the salons of Russian cities starts from 1500 rubles. The price of the service is affected by:

  • the popularity of the procedure;
  • coloring option (of course, highlighting on the floor of the head will cost more than painting bangs and tips);
  • hair length;
  • salon prestige;
  • selected dye and oxidizing agent.

To carry out such highlighting will not be difficult at home. In this case, you don’t even have to ask a friend or mother, because you can highlight the strands on the crown, at the temples, below or on the bangs on your own. The cost of a standard clarifier is at least 150 rubles. The paint will cost you 450-950, taking into account the brand. Also, if you have medium length hair, there may be a dye that you use next time. As you can see, the procedure at home is many times cheaper.

Who suits

Rare hair highlighting with feathers is suitable for everyone without exception. This coloring option can refresh even very short haircuts (which cannot be said about other techniques). In the next photo, you can see how highlighting for short hair emphasizes the beauty of a short bob hairstyle.

Attention! If your curls are weakened: split and look like straw, then highlighting on thin sparse hair is your right choice. Due to the fact that only part of the hair can be lightened, you do not risk harming the health of the curls.

If you want to get a little daring look for a glamorous party or rock concert, then just below eye level, select a few strands and dye them in the right color.

Contraindications:

  • pregnancy and lactation;
  • newly curled hair;
  • 6 months have not passed from staining with henna or basma;
  • individual intolerance to perhydrol.

Various shades of an extensive color palette are selected depending on the color type. For example, owners of pale skin and light eyes will have “cold” colors to match - ash, ivory, light walnut, etc. If you have peach or tanned skin, then give some sun to your curls by choosing wheat, honey or gold.

Highlights on blond hair

Blonde girls should focus on the following color options:

  • nordic blond;
  • mocha;
  • Ivory.

If you have a light blond color, feel free to experiment with all shades of golden and wheaten.

red-haired ladies we recommend colors with an amber sheen, as well as all shades of red (copper, hibiscus, salmon).

Feel free to experiment? Then choose muted shades of pink, blue, emerald. These colors will emphasize your style and make your look avant-garde.

Blonde girls can also have reverse highlighting in dark colors. To do this, choose walnut, cognac and chocolate shades.

Rare highlights on dark hair

For girls who naturally have dark and thick hair, it is best to do the top coloring. Highlighting the upper part is designed to shade the existing color, making the image more lively and dynamic.

Also, dark-haired beauties can make a choice in the direction of lightening the strands near the face and highlighting the bangs. The next photo shows how beautiful this coloring option looks.

For extravagant personalities, you can choose such extraordinary colors:

  • plum;
  • emerald;
  • crimson;
  • pale blue.

Features of the procedure

If you have short hair, you can use it, through which feathers are selected in a checkerboard pattern for lightening. At the exit, small and frequent feathers will be waiting for you.

If you are going to play in contrast, then be sure to use foil. The selected strands are wrapped around it so that the dye does not accidentally affect the rest of the hair and shows up better.

If you want to do partial highlighting with small strands, then you need to buy a special spatula comb with sparse teeth. On top of this tool, a dye is applied, and then stretched with a comb along the entire length of the hair, while adding a coloring pigment.

During the procedure, it is not recommended to wash your hair. This is done in order not to significantly damage the strands treated with perhydrol. Since sebum will carefully envelop each hair, the oxygen does not greatly destroy its structure. For details on whether you need to wash your hair before highlighting, read on our website.

Choose the right oxygen. If you are a blonde or light blond girl, buy a 3% oxidizer. For fair-haired beauties with a normal type of curls, a 6–9% activator is suitable. But for dark-haired girls, depending on the thickness of the hair, experts recommend buying 9-12% oxygen.

Before starting the procedure, be sure to test the paint on your wrist or elbow. This is done in order to identify an allergic reaction to perhydrol and other components of the dye. In case of swelling or redness on the skin, it is better to refuse this type of staining.

Important point! Even with partial coloring, do not apply the coloring composition to the hair roots, it is better to step back 1-2 cm.

Before the procedure, you should acquire:

  • paint and oxidizing agent;
  • a comb with a sharp end for choosing a strand;
  • foil (if you want to play in contrast);
  • a pair of gloves;
  • cream for the treatment of the temples (if you paint curls near the face or bangs);
  • cape on the shoulders (necessary for owners of long curls).

By nature, blond hair can not be lightened, but immediately applied dye. In this case, experts recommend purchasing coloring pigments that do not contain ammonia.

Execution technique

Surface highlighting - will refresh your image, while you do not risk ruining your curls

Step by step guide to action:

  1. Comb your hair and part it the way you are used to wearing it.
  2. Dilute the dye with the oxidizing agent in a ratio of 1 to 1 (other ratios are possible - always read the manufacturer's instructions).
  3. Prepare the foil by cutting it into thick strips. Remember, it should be 20 cm longer than the length of your strands.
  4. Using the sharp end of the comb, select small strands on one side of the parting. Place foil under them, fixing it at the roots, and start staining. Wrap the strands in stripes.
  5. We perform similar actions along the contour of the parting. We pay special attention to the area at the temples. Remember, the strands at the temples should be painted last.
  6. Then back off another thin layer at the bottom and repeat the procedure.
  7. Hold the dye for 30-40 minutes. Unfold the foil and rinse it under running water.
  8. Wash your hair with shampoo and use the conditioner balm that comes with the paint.

How to highlight bangs

There is nothing easier than highlighting bangs. If you have straight bangs, then select small strands from above along the hair growth, apply dye and wrap them in foil. You can do the same with the bottom of the curls. Owners of oblique bangs should select strands diagonally.

Although damage to the hair with zonal highlights is minimal, further care is required for your strands.

  • use a hair dryer, curling iron and iron in case of emergency;
  • make regular restorative masks and moisturize curls with keratin and oils;
  • the next staining is allowed to be carried out no earlier than after 3 months.

Thus, partial lightening of the strands is a profitable solution in favor of beauty, attractiveness and naturalness. By painting the inner curls, applying color only to the upper part, or separately lightening several curls on the right or left side, you can significantly refresh the image, giving it brightness and dynamism.

But remember, in this case it is important to correctly determine the staining zone and choose the right color. Follow our instructions and you can easily carry out the procedure at home.

Useful videos

How to do highlighting.

Hair highlighting followed by toning.

is a natural and wonderful way to change the image without drastic measures and a chic way to change your hairstyle.

Types of staining

Californian (or caramel)

The result - the color of the strands, burnt out under the sun, is obtained by discoloration by 1-2 tones without staining the roots. A brilliant shade is obtained by mixing several tones.

No foil is used and the colors are natural. Strands are dyed without separation from others, using different alternations.

Advantages:

  • lack of expressive visual boundaries between natural and strands;
  • strands become fresh, radiant, natural;
  • paint consists of environmentally friendly ingredients;
  • beeswax prevents the product from spreading;
  • no need to paint regrown roots;
  • suitable for coloring gray strands.






French (majimesh)

A wonderful shade is obtained on light blond, golden curls. The result - the color of the strands, burned out under the rays of the sun with white reflections. The application of the technique does not follow the order as in chess, therefore, a slight flow of one shade into another is obtained. Perfect for those who do not want to significantly change their appearance. Strands become silky, healthy.

Advantages:

  • additional volume is obtained, curls become luxurious;
  • there is no ammonia in the paint, but beeswax is present;
  • does not violate the structure of hair follicles;
  • roots that grow back do not stand out.






brazilian

A method that brightens individual strands, then colors it in various shades. Then all the hair is mixed, and the result is a multi-colored, but light highlighting.





Venetian (Amber Milanese)

This method is suitable for dark blond women. Coloring is carried out by a professional hairdresser. The foil is not used. The paint is applied to the tips and middle, then with a brush along the length. After all, wheat, lemon, coffee, chestnut strands of black hair should be natural.

Advantages:

  • reflections, which are obtained by combining shades, give the hair density, volume;
  • there is no need to carry out the procedure often.




Reverse

This method returns a natural tint. Often it is used by those who do not like how their lightened curls look, with grown dark roots. It is necessary to highlight a pair of black curls in a color that will look like light brown, the curls will delight again.




Classic - on light blond hair

The most common bleaching option, in which the entire length of the strand or near the face is colored. This is a one step paint job. This option makes the strands healthy, and also gives lightness.




Classic - on dark blond hair

One way is to contrast black hair with light strands, the second option is a little lightening, and then painting in any color. To create a natural look, with the transition from one color to another, hairdressers advise lightening, painting with thin strands, which then need to be mixed, which will give the desired hairstyle.





The cost of highlighting in the salon

Highlighting with foil: short hair - 1150 rubles, medium - from 1550 rubles, long - from 1750 rubles.

Performing at home

There are several methods of highlighting at home:

With a hat

Step-by-step instruction:

  1. Comb your hair, put on a hat. Choose a highlighting option, stretch out curls:
    • each hole (strong painting);
    • every 2nd (medium painting);
    • every 3rd (weak highlights).
  2. Dilute the paint, apply. Maintain individually, taking into account the level of clarification, as well as the structure of the hair - 14-31 minutes. For dense, black hair, the time increases to 41 minutes. At the beginning, the front and top strands are painted, then the side and back ones.
  3. Wash off the mass while in a hat.
  4. Use balm.
  5. Rinse again.

With foil (thermal paper)

For various lengths. Means: foil (food can be used), the strips of which are 2 times longer than the strands, a brush (flat), a container and a cape.

Step-by-step instruction:

  1. Choose painting technique: darning (according to the standard - finely to create a background, large - for contrast), veil (dyeing strands 3-4 mm thick in a zigzag shape), triangles (obtaining triangular components to create a relief), triangular plates (for).
  2. Sections are divided: parietal, occipital and lateral, fixed with elastic bands (clamps).
  3. Start painting from the parting from the back of the head, then the parietal, temporal parts, while the strands are placed on the pale side of the foil with the applied mixture with a distance of at least 0.5 cm from the root.
  4. The mass is applied to the strand, closes on all sides, rises to the root, fixed with clamps (if necessary).
  5. Recedes approximately 2 centimeters, the procedure is done with the next strand.
  6. Must be handled individually using the instruction.
  7. Rinse sequentially from strand, which were stained first.
  8. Apply balm and rinse again.

Manual

  1. "Glazing"- used for short haircuts. The procedure is performed on the ends, after a certain time for different colors.
  2. "Frost"- for, to increase the volume. Wet, dried strands are painted with the head tilted down.
  3. Radical- only regrown strands are stained, the foil is placed not along, but across, to cover the roots that require adjustment.
  4. Without foil- the use of popular staining techniques: Californian, French, Venetian.

Step-by-step instruction:

  1. Prepare paint (a couple of colors).
  2. Comb and divide the strands with a width of 2-3 centimeters.
  3. Paint the outer edge vertically randomly or in a checkerboard pattern. Paper napkins can be used instead of thermal paper.
  4. Withstand 30-41 minutes.
  5. Wash off, use balm

Highlighting in 2017 is again at the heights of popularity. But already with more stylish and modern trends and technologies that will certainly come in handy in creating original and fashionable hairstyles for any occasion, images and clothing compositions. See photos of fashionable hair highlights below.

Fashion trends for highlighting hair

In the modern world, highlighting is performed using improvised means.

Foil

To do this, the hair is divided into strands, a special agent is applied to them and wrapped in foil, each strand separately. The volume of the strands and their location on the head can be changed, taking into account their length, the oval of the faces and your own desires.

Hairdressing professionals prefer highlighting long hair.

Fitted beanie

It is made of soft material, holes are made on its surface. Small strands are stretched in them, which are covered with paint for a certain time. Medium length hair is perfect for this method.

Comb or brush

The hair is covered with a special agent, a comb or brush evenly distributes it along the entire length.

Master's hands or your own

This staining option can be used in two techniques: glazing or frosting. The first is for short hair. First, they are covered with mousse for fixation, dried with a hairdryer, after which the paint is manually applied evenly to the ends of the strands. The paint is applied in 2-5 approaches.

The second technique is mainly for curly hair. They are moistened with water and dried, in a pose upside down. The paint is applied with fingertips to uncombed and unparted hair.

"Striper"

With the left hand, a strand of 5-6 cm is separated at the roots, the sharp end of the stripper is divided into 4 or 5 parts, they are placed on the striper and a coloring agent is applied. After a certain time, the comb and excess paint are removed.

Types of staining

Zonal. This method involves coloring individual zones, i.e. the upper zones of the hair are dyed, creating a certain contrast of their own color and clarified.

Classic. It involves coloring with uniform strands over the entire surface of the head and the entire length. The color of the strands can be changed by applying toning, while the contrast will be more muted.

Reverse. With this method, the curls are not painted in light colors, but rather in dark ones. Most often, it is used to return from dyed blonde to its natural color.

Soft highlighting method

It is worth talking about gentle highlighting separately, as a harmless and caring hair product, which is quite popular among consumers. Its composition does not contain ammonia and is saturated with useful substances for nourishing and moisturizing hair. Perfect for hair that requires gentle care.

The most fashionable will be the options for the soft method of highlighting hair in 2017:

Balayazh. Suitable for any length, because. only the ends of the strands are subjected to coloring (lightening or coloring in a saturated color).

Magimesh. With it, light hair color will acquire a noticeable shade of honey or wheat.

Highlighting individual parts. Only strands of bangs or in the face area are bleached. The number of strands for highlighting will not be more than 5.

Crazy colors. Strands in the amount of several pieces are discolored and dyed with a special gel in bright colors (green, red, purple, pink, etc.). It does not stay on the hair for a long time, it is washed off 6-9 times after washing the hair.

Highlighting in several tones (multitonal). It is best used for brown or light brown hair to create a play of multi-colored highlights on the strands.

Shatush. Assumes random coloring of the strands, creating a smooth transition from a lighter tone at the ends to a darker one at the roots.

Booking. When stained, the strands acquire shades of blond and golden brown colors that are close to natural.

Choice between ombre and sombre

Although the names of these techniques are very similar, they still have significant differences. Ombre is similar to shatush with its smooth transition of color from one key to another. However, its peculiarity is that there is a fuzzy line between two saturated colors in the middle of the strand.

In this case, the emphasis is on the transition of colors, but in shatush it is not so pronounced. Suitable for dark colored hair.

The sombre technique is not so eye-catching. Classic coloring assumes the natural highlights of color on the strands, as if nature itself has worked on your hair, and not a master and a coloring agent.

The present transition of colors is almost imperceptible, as well as the line between colors. It can be used on light brown and blond hair so that the play of color is noticeable.

Light hair highlights

Highlighting in the technique will help to give expressiveness, brightness and freshness to blond hair: majimesh, crazy colors, sombre.

Light brown hair highlights

Fair-haired beauties can refresh their image in the following ways:

Make a straight parting in your hair, select symmetrical strands from the parting line and discolor them. The number and volume of strands is determined at will. Then, under the strands, place thermal paper with a coloring agent (blondoran).

Select strands at random, step back 5 cm from the roots and apply a coloring solution. No foil or paper is required. Basically, curls are painted near the front zone.

Highlighting dark hair

To pay attention to the beauty and style of dark hair, fashionable accents on strands dyed using techniques will help:

  • shatush. It will create relief and smooth out layers of color.
  • American coloration. Its goal is volume and naturalness. Red color this year is at the peak of popularity. The more colored strands and the number of shades used, the better.
  • Venetian highlighting. For black hair. Highlighting is performed in random order, color transitions look soft and natural.

Photo of fashionable hair highlighting

One of the newfangled painting techniques is highlighting on blond hair. This technology includes California staining, reverse or major contrast, in which masters achieve the easiest and most imperceptible transition between tones. As a result, natural highlights with slight color differences are obtained.

Dark highlights on blonde hair

Toning with dark shades is a gentle procedure for dyeing blond hair, in which the strands do not lighten, but, on the contrary, darken. The technology involves the use of ammonia-free compounds that do not penetrate deep into the rod.

Bronding is suitable for owners of damaged hair or girls who want to “get out” of highlighting.

How to dye dark strands on blond hair:

  1. To begin with, the master applies a coloring agent to the roots with light strokes. This is necessary to darken the strands and further create the effect of a beautiful transition. If you look at the video of the work process, you get the impression that this coloring is like drawing on hair. Hairdressers use several schemes for applying the coloring composition: zigzag, circular, rowing.
  2. After, individual strands are worked out. For this shock is divided into 5 zones: occipital, parietal rhombus, two temporal and crown. For convenience, they all need to be fixed with clamps.
  3. Each zone, except for the diamond-shaped one, is colored the same. Separate strands are selected from the curl. To do this, use special combs with widely spaced teeth of different lengths. Some professional masters are able to choose strands "by eye". Temechko does not move at all.
  4. Each strand is stained from the tip to the roots with soft movements. The tonic is not rubbed into the curl, but covers only its upper part. The result is a soft stretch effect.
  5. After washing off the paint, the roots remain dark, the light strands are light, and the armored areas are darkened with a contrasting shade to the original. It can be dark brown, chocolate or any other (at the discretion of the master or at the request of the client).

The advantage of this technique is its delicacy. Curls under the influence of tinting powders and balms are practically not damaged. The disadvantages include fragility. The paint is washed off within 3 months.

Highlighting with light strands on blond hair

This is a variation on the theme of the incredibly popular coloring with an exotic name: "California highlights". But, unlike American technology, this coloring can combine natural strands with unnaturally platinum or colored curls.

How is highlighting blond hair with blond strands at home:

  1. You can carry out the procedure in two ways: by selecting individual strands manually or using a cap. The first method is suitable if you have previously had experience of such clarification. If not, then it is better to prepare a hat with uniform holes or buy such a device in a specialized store.
  2. A bleaching compound is applied to the bleached strands. It can be a supra that pushes out any pigment, or a regular 3-oxide clarifier. These funds are aged from 15 to 40 minutes (depending on the instructions).
  3. After that, tinting powder or balm is applied to the curls. This is necessary to give the strands the desired tone - platinum, sandy or bright white blond.
  4. The compositions do not contain active lightening components, so they can be used several times in a row until the colorist gets the right shade.

California (American) highlighting of blond hair

The essence of this technique is to obtain elegant white highlights on blond hair. This allows you to add volume to the hairstyle, add shine and create the effect of natural burnt hair.

The peculiarity of the technology is that it is performed exclusively by the cold method. After applying the composition, the strands are not covered with foil or polyethylene, but dry out in natural conditions. In addition, such painting is carried out exclusively in natural shades, close to the natural color.

How fashionable California highlighting is performed on blond hair with bangs:

  1. To begin with, a “cold” tinting is carried out. A tint composition is applied over the entire length, which evens out the color, which will help to create a uniform result in the future. Everything will take up to 20 minutes.
  2. Further, the curls are divided into several sections along the longitudinal partings. The width of each parting should not exceed 3-4 mm. A strand with a triangular base is separated from the curl.
  3. Each face of the "triangle" is painted over with light paint from the tip to the roots. This allows you to get unusual staining with a slight stretch.
  4. If desired, you can paint over the curls in different colors. For example, make a spectacular purple or pink coloring.
  5. Correction of staining will be needed in about six months. It depends on the original color and the depth of highlighting. In any case, there is always the opportunity to "go" in the ombre.

We do not recommend conducting a painting session without experience in performing such work. Before you paint yourself, take, if not a coloring course, then at least a master class on choosing colors and applying the composition to curls.

Reverse highlighting

It is also called "Majicontrast". This coloring is used if you need to correct the coloring for long or medium previously highlighted hair. The technique of performing the procedure is fundamentally different from the classic bleaching. Here the strands, on the contrary, are darkened.

How reverse 3d highlighting is performed:

  • The entire mass of hair is divided into rectangular sections (as a result, a diamond-shaped zone should remain in the crown area, which is not stained). These curls are fixed by hairdressing "crocodiles".
  • Several strands will be removed from each zone in a certain sequence. They are superimposed on the foil and carefully painted over with a dark color. It can be caramel, coffee chocolate. In very rare cases, black tinting is used.
  • With regrown blond hair, the master simply does nothing. Occasionally, if the contrast is too high, the specialist may suggest that you additionally tone the roots.

Important! In no case do not carry out this painting if previously stained with henna. At best, you get a shade of "walnut", at worst - an incredible rainbow of all variations of green.

Venetian or French highlighting

Venetian technique - beautiful chocolate or light brown highlights on dark blond hair. This is a large contrast stain, the second name of which is "tiger's eye".

It is performed with a simple tape highlighting technique, in which some strands are lightened by several tones from their natural color. The main "trick" is that caramel tinting is performed over the highlighted hair. The painting looks most advantageous on curls of medium length - up to the shoulders or a little lower.

The photo of the "tiger's eye" clearly shows how beneficial the highlighting looks on "their" blond hair. But with this technique you need to be very careful. With the wrong execution technology, you will get the effect of “cheap” highlighting with ugly yellow hues.

Highlighting on light brown hair

The highlighting technique for light blond hair is a fashionable tinting of the strands in order to lighten and shade them. This option is used to mask the first gray hair, create the effect of burnt strands and add volume to the curls.

This is a complex toning, which, in terms of execution technique, resembles the California style of staining. The key difference is that the paint rises to the very roots.

How is white highlighting done on short light blond hair:

  1. Haircut "under the boy", pixie or bob caret, implies the technique of dyeing with feathers. To do this, the strands are stained at the roots and divided into layers along the parting.
  2. Painting begins from the very bottom - the occipital flipper. Several wide “feathers” are separated from the main strand. Each of them is stained with a brightening pigment.
  3. Rare highlighting is performed on the entire shock. In order not to stain natural hair with paint, they are wrapped in pieces of foil or polyethylene. If the haircut allows, then you can dry the strands in the "fresh" air. But most masters use a closed technique when toning short blond hair.
  4. After the painted areas can be shaded with special anti-yellow balms to emphasize the beauty of the contrast.

Balayazh and shatush

Ombre highlights - fine coloring of the ends of the hair in order to lighten them. Most often, the technique is used on dark curls, but some types of balayage (for example, shatush) can also be used on light strands.

How to do balayazh on blonde hair:

  1. Coloring is done in two colors: dark for highlighting the roots (creating camouflage) and light for painting the tips of the strands.
  2. The easiest method is highlighting with a pile. To do this, the hair is collected in a tight tail at the crown, after which it is carefully combed with a small comb.
  3. A clarifier is applied to the fleece, and a tinting dark composition is applied at the roots. After 40 minutes, the paint is washed off.
  4. After the clarified ends are additionally tinted. Then dyed chestnut or dark caramel roots will look even more spectacular. The most common tinting is platinum blonde to give the hairstyle a magical silver glow.

On average, such an ombre lasts up to 2 months, after which the camouflage begins to gradually wash off. But even with regrown roots, this style of highlighting looks very organic and bright.

New trend - red and ashy coloring

Highlighting is not only white or platinum, now the original color or red coloring of blond hair is gaining more and more popularity. You can make it even at home, and if the original shade is quite “blonde”, then additional clarification is not even required.

There are different options for performing a session: block painting, feathers, through a cap or with a comb. But reviews say that one of the simplest techniques is row highlighting.

Instructions on how to make red highlights on dyed blond hair with a caret:

  1. Curls are divided into several blocks. It is most convenient to work with the 5th. Two side sections and three central.
  2. Depending on personal preferences, you can divide the hair along the central parting or perpendicular to it - horizontal.
  3. Highlighting always starts from the lower layers. Thin sparse curls are separated from the lock, which are stained with tonic.
  4. So that they do not stain the rest of the hair, they can be wrapped in foil or polyethylene.
  5. After 40-50 minutes, the paint is washed off. If desired, you can make a double or even triple coloring. For example, by combining red, blue and white strands.

How long the paint will last depends on the chosen tinting agents. If the work was carried out with permanent products, then the effect will be durable - up to six months. If, however, with simple shading balms, then after two months there will be no trace of highlighting.


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