At the beginning of the XXI century, almost every girl made a shallow highlighting that was fashionable in those days, but over time this technique has been replaced by many new ones. Coloring is considered to be one of the most popular today. Its main difference from highlighting is that several colors are used here, and coloring looks more impressive and organic.
Features
Coloring is method of dyeing individual strands using several shades. Traditionally their number varies. from 2 to 15. It can be done on any hairstyle, but best of all it looks on blond hair with graduated haircuts. At the same time, different ways of styling allow you to focus on different shades, so that a woman can look in a new way every time.
Strands for coloring choose randomly and asymmetrically. To create the most harmonious color effect, the master uses a smooth gradient, while the roots are usually painted in darker shades, and the tips are decorated with contrasting tones.
Blondes love coloring, highlighting many of its advantages in comparison with traditional techniques of highlighting:
- if you choose the right coloring composition, the coloring will be almost harmless;
- staining is much faster than highlighting;
- looks spectacular on strands of any length;
- can quickly and almost beyond recognition change the image, visually make the pile more lush and well-groomed;
- refreshes complexion, distracts attention from wrinkles and some other defects of appearance;
- for a long time does not need to be corrected, because when using as close as possible to the natural shades during regrowth, there is no pronounced border between the natural and colored locks;
- it can be used on strands that were previously painted using the technique of balayazh, shatush or ombre;
- If the beauty experiment is unsuccessful, you can always dye your hair.
At the same time, this procedure has its own minuses, namely:
- difficulty of execution at home;
- the possibility of errors in the choice of basic shades, which makes the hair unnatural;
- when hair regrowth, it is necessary to dye all the strands entirely, since it is rather difficult to dye the roots alone.
Palette selection
Almost all shades go to fair-haired girls, so there is no particular difficulty with choosing a color palette. If desired, you can make a soft play and toned hair with contrasting shades.
When choosing the right tone is also important to consider color type young ladies:
- for summer and autumn faces, platinum and pearl tones should be chosen;
- for spring and summer it is worth staying on golden, wheat, honey and brandy shades.
Blondes with white skin and bright eyes should use cold ash flowers, as well as beige and muffled copper. If a blonde woman's eyes are dark, she will go gold, honey and salmon paint.
In general, for coloring blondes can apply to several shades:
- honey;
- coral;
- wheat;
- light purple;
- pearl;
- white and pink;
- redhead
An interesting option for painting can be a combination of blond with the color of Burgundy wine and dark chocolate.
Owners of light blond strands often tend to make the native color a little more harmonious, but at the same time natural, so in this case they will turtles such as:
- nut;
- mocha;
- light pearl;
- beige.
On blond strands, you can make out and bright accents:
- deep pink;
- blue-blue;
- scarlet;
- citric;
- ultramarine.
By the way, these shades can be created only on the tips or several individual strands - in this case, the result will be bold and bold.
Fashion technology
This season offers the fair sex several interesting options for spectacular coloring. As the technique suggests use more than a dozen shades, then the options for applying paint can be very much, so girls can pick up those that best meet their expectations.
Multicolor
This is the most popular method of dyeing blond hair, it can be done on any strands, and without any age restrictions. The essence comes down to dyeing a light hairstyle with several shades - they can belong to a single scale or, conversely, be contrasted. This year has become very relevant asymmetrical coloring. It has no order and involves the chaotic application of the coloring composition.
This original solution allows a woman to look different every time - it is enough to simply put her hair in a new way, and each time other tones will be opened from the outside.
Horizontal
In this design, the strand is stained parallel hairline. Here, the area from the roots to the middle is made in one tone, and the tips are completely different, as a result, the effect of regrown hair is drawn.
Vertical
In this case, select individual strands of different widths and painted in different shades. The technique has many variations, but the most popular are Blythe, Shatush, Italian and Californian highlighting, as well as blonding and beybilites.
Partial
it zonal staining. In this case, selected areas and locally painted. Most often, the work involves bangs, temples or strands that frame the face.
Stencil
it the most creative techniquecreated for the most daring and creative young ladies. It requires a perfectly smooth styling, so it is suitable only for owners of straight hair. In this case, special stencils are used, through which paint is distributed on the surface of the head. Most popular leopard prints, various waves, feathers and other ornaments.
Complete
Full - assumes coloring of the whole mop of hair with the main shade and design of several stylish accents in a different color. In this performance, contrasts are emphasized, and the image is the most profound and expressive.
"Salt and pepper"
This is a very effective coloring, which is in demand among owners of ashen or gray curls. This selects several strands, which give steel or pearl gray, and in order to make the end result even more stylish, dark paint is applied to the tips.
"Salt and pepper" is often chosen by ladies of mature age, so they give their gray hair a more modern and aesthetic look.
Neon coloring
This trendy trend, which is rightly very popular among very young girls. Bright colors are more suitable for this coloring, but they are not at all natural. electrician, lemon, purple or red and other "acid" colors. No less in demand all kinds of combinations of these colors.However, if you are afraid to decide on such a coloring, it is better to start with applying a color palette with crayons or hair gel.
Dark coloring
Dark coloring looks pretty impressive on fair-haired girls with ombre, while individual strands of hair are dyed in a darker tone. Such staining is quite complex in execution, so the result is often unpredictable - such staining can be done only in hairdressing and beauty salons.
Coloring bangs
Coloring bangs implies coloring only front strands, with the selected shade can be either close to the native or contrast. There are a lot of options - every woman can always choose colors at her own discretion.
Coloring tips
This is another spectacular type of coloring, which harmoniously looks on both long hair and classic short car. For young ladies with light curls, it is best to use soft transitions of tones within the same color palette. Not less popular combining blond with lilac, purple and pink.
Most importantly, the border between these tones was as smooth as possible.
How to make at home?
Long and short hair colorized by different methods. So, with long and medium strands it is better to stop at longitudinal technology. In this case, you can dye your hair the same color, and you can vary the shades to create a spectacular play. But for short order it is better to resort to horizontal tinting - here the shoal is divided into several main zones and painted with a couple of tones.
Let us dwell on the technique of the simplest coloring in the home. To do this, it is necessary to prepare a paint, a non-metallic bowl, foil, and a brush. In the absence of the latter, you can take a sponge.
Classic coloring step by step is as follows.
- Every paint gets divorced in a separate container in accordance with the instructions. Keep in mind that bowls must be non-metallic, otherwise oxidation of the composition is possible, and the final result will be the most unpredictable.
- Skin near the line hair growth should be smeared with petroleum jelly or greasy baby cream - this will allow her to stay clean.
- Strands share on 4 large zones - frontal, occipital, and also two temporal. For convenience, they fix the rear clips.
- In each zone using knitting needles or a comb with a separator, thin strands are separated, placed on the foil and coated with the selected paint, after which the foil is twisted so that the paint does not leak.
- Before applying Each new tone brush thoroughly washed.
- After that as all selected strands will be painted, it will be possible to note the time - usually it takes 25-30 minutes to paint. When the allotted time ends, the hair is thoroughly washed with shampoo and will certainly be treated with conditioner.
To keep the color on the strands as long as possible, and the hair itself was healthy and strong, The following guidelines should be used:
- for dyeing it is better to choose a paint that does not contain ammonia, it injures hair less and acts on hair gently;
- Only special products should be used for washing the head - they do not contain sulfates and maintain the brightness and color saturation for a rather long time;
- after dyeing, it is worthwhile to reduce the number of styling using irons, curling, or a hair dryer, since hot exposure can increase the damaging effect of the dye and worsen the hair.
In conclusion, let us dwell on some of the subtleties of coloring that need to be known in order for the result to be flawless.
- If you are very recently If you dyed hair with henna or any other dye on a natural basis, it is better to wait a little with coloring, because in this case the strands may become green or another undesirable shade.
- Some women due to hormonal disturbances or a special hair structure, the desired shade sometimes does not work, so when dyeing you will certainly tell the master about all the failed attempts to dye in the past.
- Even the owners of blond curls sometimes it is necessary to lighten hair and it is not always possible to avoid the risk of damage to the strands. Therefore, before you start coloring, you do not need to wash your hair in advance - sebum creates a protective film on the hair and protects the hair from the negative effects of chemicals.
- For a couple of days before coloring it is necessary to moisten and nourish the hair. This will help them better cope with the subsequent staining. To do this, usually use balms, masks and essential oils.
- If you are determined to To dye your hair yourself, it is better to focus on the use of quality dyes. In the Russian market the most popular are Garnier, as well as Estel, Palette. These compounds do not dry hair, and special care ingredients in their composition contribute to the speedy regeneration of the hair shaft.
Color coloring on blonde hair is a very stylish technique, but at the same time and complex. It is very important to choose the right color scheme and method of coloring.
If you can not cope with the work yourself, then it is better to contact the beauty salon - a professional master is able to create real magic, and a consistently excellent result will pay back the time and money spent.
In the next video you will find an example of coloring brown hair.