Highlighting remains popular and stylish hair coloring technique in the modern world. With it, you can in a short time completely transform your appearance: refresh your face, highlight beautiful facial features, focus on the elements of clothing. One of the most common embodiments of highlighting is a unique balayazh technique, the features of which will be discussed in this article.
What it is?
Like many fashionable and popular hairstyles, balayazh came to us from romantic France of the 70s.
Many masters say that this is one of the variations of highlighting, which appeared by chance thanks to numerous experiments of French stylists on the hair of Paris fashionistas.
Literally from French, balayage means “blowing”; this effect in the modern world is called “sun-bleached hair”. As with ordinary highlighting, coloring occurs in Three key stages:
- hair is divided into several conditional shares;
- individual curls are painted with a pre-selected shade, stand out with foil;
- washing, drying, adjustment.
Advantages and disadvantages
Each hair dyeing technique has its pros and cons, and balayazh is not an exception. Consider the main advantages and disadvantages of such staining.
First, the pros. The technique of balayazh has plenty of them, and therefore the popularity of this method of staining will never disappear.
- Balayazh wonderful combined with hair of any length. The same applies to the texture of the hair - if some painting techniques prefer only straight or only curly hair, then the balayazh is successfully performed on each of the types.
- Technique staining of this type looks at the same time stylish, youthful, but also solid, therefore, it can be successfully combined with any kind of clothing and accessories.
- Balayazh gives hair natural volume and shine. This is the most suitable option for girls with sparse and thin hair.
- In combination with long and medium hair balayazha effect does not disappear so quickly, regular adjustment or coloring of the curls is not required. For short hair is recommended at least once a month to visit a makeup artist for color correction.
- Any successful hair manipulation for sure transform your image beyond recognition. Balayazh - exactly the painting technique that can completely change the bow of any girl.
- No age limit. Curls painted in this way look equally attractive on young ladies as well as on respectable elderly ladies.
There are not many minuses, but they still exist.
- Only the most patient women of fashion can make a high-quality dancer on their own. The procedure will require great restraint and patience from the girls.
- Even in the experienced hands of a master such painting may take several hours, not to mention self-painting without any help.
Training
Any painting needs high-quality primary hair preparation. The very first stage will be ordinary a haircut.
Hair should be of one specific length, without split ends and regrown tips. Only in this case, the hairstyle as a result will be volumetric and well-groomed.
One of the most important moments in the preparation - Select the desired haircut, curling method, bangs. Usually it is chosen based on the preferences of the women of fashion. Medium and long hair will work best cascade or curls ladder. Not bad in this version will look graded curls, they will give your hair even more volume. For short choices, it will look better with goodwill. bob or bob also haircuts with easy filing.
Just before painting the head is wash thoroughly get rid of crumpled hair. Pretreatment of the scalp and hair with special oily creams is also desirable. At the stage of washing off the paint, this should give you a decent service.
Pay special attention to the neck, ears and other places where it will be difficult to cope with self-washing. However, again, do not forget that the composition of creams should not cause a chemical reaction with your chosen paint.
Required Tools
From the point of view of the duration and ease of execution, the balayaz is rather complicated for self-painting. He will require from women of fashion a considerable amount of patience and concentration. The following list of tools should help in the successful execution of staining.
- Hairpins, invisible and other clips for fixing curls.
- Pre-prepared pieces of foil or food film for wrapping (length depends on the length of your hair and the desired future hairstyle).
- Paint or coloring composition. For balayazha most often used at least 2 different shades, but some women of fashion prefer 3 or more. Do not forget that the more shades in the hairstyle, the more difficult it will be with adjusting the entire pattern in the future.
- Long brushes for the application of paint and other materials for the storage of paint - plates, bowls for dilution of the composition, jars with the paint itself.
- Be sure to take care of your hands and prepare gloves. For quick balayazha, manually made gloves from a plastic bag can come off, but professional gloves for painting are best protected by leather.
- When washing the paint you will need small sheet or film for the eyes and neck to avoid getting paint there. Also prepare a towel to gently, but carefully dry, dyed hair.
Various performance techniques
Over the 40 years of its existence, balayaz has managed to undergo many changes. First of all, it concerns the performance technician - each master wanted to add something to this type of highlighting. Fashion itself has changed, style has changed. Until our time successfully got a few techniques balazha.
- Option where only the tips are painted. Ideal for girls who are not ready for major changes in their image.
The option of light balayazh makes the hair more voluminous, refreshes the image of the fashionable woman, gives clarity to the facial features, makes them stand out from the face.
- Asymmetric Balayaz gives the hairstyle even more volume, but is suitable only for medium or long hair. For high-quality asymmetry in a short haircut will have to resort to using oblique or asymmetrical bangs.
- Clear boundary in drawing balayazha. Clearly marked curls are chosen by girls with insufficiently bright facial features or inconspicuous makeup.
- Balayazh curls with framed face. Another technique to highlight your winning features. With a fluffy hairstyle and long hair, this variety can visually reduce the face and its coarse features in the form of a large chin or wide forehead.
Fashion trends
One of the most popular fashion trends in the world of fashion is balacer with dyeing the tips of dark curls in bright and saturated neon colors. With dark hair, this variant of coloring looks best. If we talk about fair-haired, red and other light colors, then you should not be upset either.
Consider the options for coloring in more detail, taking into account the selection of shades for each hair color.
- Brown hair. For the same effect, milder wheat shades will suit you: light copper, golden, honey and caramel shades. A bold option would be to use bright crimson and red hues.
- To girls with golden or red hair it should be understood that clarification on the technique of a balayazh will bring visually much less effect. In this case, it is best to pick up darker shades (platinum, summer chestnut).
- Dark and black curls Looks great with bright light shades. These are various shades of gold, honey and caramel colors.
Sometimes women of fashion resort to a completely extraordinary color. A vivid example of this is the bright purple, green and red colors. With such experiments it is worth being extremely careful and be sure to consult with a professional makeup artist before painting.
Coloring hair of different lengths
Let's look at the technique of performing balayazha for hair of different lengths in simple phased schemes.
Long
Dyeing long hair at home is the most difficult thing to do; this is primarily a matter of time cost.
- First hair should be well combed, get rid of crumpled and uneven zones. Then the curls with clips are divided into 4 separate parts (the back of the head, the top of the head, two temporal lobes).
- Starting from the occipital or the temporal part, divide the hair into individual not very thick bunches of hair. If you are not going to darken the roots, you should keep the length to them in 2-3 centimeters. Painted curls are separated from the rest and wrapped in prepared pieces of foil. Some women of fashion prefer continuous painting of curls, without separating the hair, but then the very toning of the balacer will not be so noticeable.
- Bangs according to an identical scheme. The composition is usually washed off no later than half an hour, depending on the type of coloring composition.
Average
Hair coloring medium length technology for self-applying paint does not differ from painting long. Short step by step instructions.
- Curls are divided it will be most convenient to conditionally divide the head into several separate parts into several shares. Start painting from the back of the head.
- Separate bundles hair is painted with a sponge or brush with long tips, the distance to the hair roots is still maintained strictly at 2-3 cm. In the future, for tinting the roots, you can use a light shading.
- The composition is held on hair for 30 minutes and gently rinse.
Short
Painting short hair in the technique of balajazh does not require a great skill from a beauty. At the same time, it is with short hair that this technique looks the most successful. Perfect length short hair for balayazh - not less than 5-7 centimeters. In this case, the use of foil to separate curls is optional. To achieve the perfect result, follow the instructions below.
- Before painting hair is combed up, so that even the most disobedient curls stand on end and endure the paint material. If desired, the hair is pre-moistened or fixed with hairpins or clips.
- Comb with frequent teeth or brushing the hair is divided into approximately the same strands. Apply paint to the tips of each curl. It is advisable to keep the minimum distance from the hair roots to 2-3 centimeters. Choose a place to start painting depending on how you feel comfortable, but hairdressers start from the parietal part or from the back of the head - from there it is best to orient with the direction and length of the painting. Movement with a brush when painting should be vertical, not horizontal.
- Having settled down with the tips, move closer to the hair roots, gradually evenly shading the paint along the length. Bangs are also painted with vertical lines, continuous or selective coloring of curls.
- Leave hair in this position for 25-30 minutes.Make sure that the curls do not touch or fall.
How to wash off the paint?
It is also quite an important point, which most of the fashionistas neglects, because of which the color and pattern on the curls can be lost. The rinsing process begins from the very ends of the hair, then gradually moving up to the back of the head. Already in the occipital and parietal areas should be carefully monitored for the removal of all the coloring composition. This is especially true for dark tones, which, when slowly washed, can stain unwanted curls.
For washing off paint it is most effective to use conditioners or special gentle shampoos. Drying with a hair dryer is undesirable, but a weak stream of warm (but not scalding) air does not hurt the hair. In other cases, it is desirable to wait for the natural drying.
Two or more shades
Young and accustomed to experiments, fashionistas often resort to using several colors in the technique of balayazh. The difficulty lies in the selection of suitable shades and duration of such a procedure. Moreover, this option only looks good with long and elongated hair.
- As with the coloring of long hair, curls combed and divided into several separate parts. The number of orders depends on the effect you want to achieve.
- Choose your desired length on the hair for the first tone of the hair, we separate the remaining hair with rubber bands or clips to know how long to orient at the time of painting a different shade.
- Then on hair tassel a layer of paint of the lightest or darkest color is applied for the subsequent gradation of shades. Hair in this position is kept for half an hour and washed off.
- After washing and drying remove the clips and lift them a little higher - to the desired length of the next hair tone. It is desirable to pre-divide the strands into 2-3 parts. However, do not try to follow any clearly defined border when separating shades. Hair in the same way is colored and maintained for 30 minutes.
- The same manipulations we do after washing the paint and drying it with the last part of the hair. Try to leave some free space under the hair roots. The paint is gently shaded and held the same half an hour.
Professional recommendations
Best of all balayazh in bright colors will look on a little curly hair or curls. In this case, the brilliance and natural play are not lost in straight lines.
- Since balayazh is a type of highlighting, the hair after such a procedure suffers quite a lot of stress and may begin to fall out. Do not forget strengthen your hair with masks, make vitamin bathrooms and use only high-quality and natural conditioners.
- Balayazh - not a staining technique that requires hot processing and wrapping. Combining with this method temperature, you only ruin your hair.
- Paint, restoration masks, shampoos - Everything is bought wherever possible from one manufacturer and one line, so that there is no conflict between the chemical composition of the funds. Prevent a little test at home for an allergic reaction to a particular paint / conditioner.
- During the dyeing procedure, hands come into contact with a chemically active substance, so professionals strongly recommend using special gloves for painting.
- It is better to choose the color, and especially the combined shades, with an experienced master depending on the texture of your hair, the color of your skin and eyes. Well, do not forget that The best color for the base balayazh - natural.
- Quick and easy painting - not about balayazh technique. Despite all the tips on how to make a beautiful and high-quality balayaz to itself, there will still be It is useful to get a pair of extra hands for help. This will greatly simplify the process.
- Don't let the paint dry, only fresh paint that has just been diluted is suitable for balayazh.
How to perform staining balayazh at home, see the video below.