Strand hair dyeing: features and technique

The desire to change the image, add the original nuances to your appearance from time to time appears with every woman. And it is not necessary to drastically change wardrobe, makeup or hair. Sometimes it is enough to dye your hair, and not completely, but with individual strands to refresh the image and lift your spirits.

There are many tools for painting hair - from natural gentle to the most resistant chemical dyes. The choice will depend on the final goal. If you need to create an image literally on one output, you can use tools that are quickly washed away. To achieve a lasting effect, persistent formulations will be required. Consider several options.

• Special chemical paints will last longerOf course, if you choose a quality product from a reputable manufacturer. The palette of shades here is the widest, you can find a suitable for any type and color of hair.

• Good options - natural dyes henna and basma, as well as folk remedies: coffee, beet, onion peel, nettle, chamomile and others. They do not spoil the hair, and even have a healing effect, but the effect disappears after a few shampoos. And the choice of shades here is very limited.

• Temporary staining of the strands can be done with crayons. This provides space for experimentation, as the color is washed away immediately if necessary (if you do not take oil material).

• Colored strands obtained using tinted shampoos and balms, also hold for a short time, but almost no harm is done to the hair. This painting is washed off in 2-3 times. Such dyes are available in the form of tubes with mascara, and in the form of a spray, which is very convenient for application.

The main method of painting individual strands is highlighting. The primacy in the application of this technique is attributed to the French hairdresser Jacques Dessange. It was noted that the natural hair color is almost never uniform, and the play of tones in the strands makes the hair more voluminous.

In this technique, dyeing is performed along the entire length of the strands with a gradual lightening in the direction from the roots to the tips. This color most of the hair.

This is a technique similar to the previous one, but in this case individual strands are colored at a noticeable distance from each other. They are also gradually lightened along the entire length. The method is very suitable for thick hair.

When using this option, the strands are not dyed from the roots (up to 2/3 of the length). Sometimes they paint only the tips. The color transition from top to bottom can be from dark to light, and vice versa. But the first looks more natural.

In this method, the color gradation is created horizontally. Such coloring looks spectacular on dark hair, but it is not recommended for blondes, because it will simply not be too expressive. For masking gray hair, if it is more than 30%, also will not work. The advantage of this option is that A good result is achieved when using natural dyes.

With this highlighting, several colors are used, but within a natural palette. Experienced craftsmen can not only achieve the effect of burning the strands in the sun and give them additional volume, but also add tones of shine to the curls with the help of the game of tones. This method allows you to make the hair more visually healthy, it is optimal for masking gray hair. Strands can be painted both along the entire length and partially (according to the type of balayazh).

A method that involves the use of wax-based dyes that tint hair without strong lightening. Due to this composition of funds, this procedure is considered one of the least harmful to hair. Strands are painted more often in several tones, but monophonic variants can be. However, the dyes used in this technology do not give a noticeable result on dark hair, so the mask is recommended only for girls with light-brown curls or blondes.

In this embodiment, use a few tones (usually up to 5). Until recently, the palette included shades from golden to bright red, as well as red and chocolate brown, close to natural. But now you can find such staining with the use of more bold colors, for example, blue-green gamma. This highlighting is more suitable for women with dark hair.

The name of this type speaks for itself, any experiments are allowed here. Bright contrasting colors are used, so that distinct strands stand out clearly. Sometimes even graphic images are created: stripes, circles, waves. Hair can be of any length, even very short.

When choosing a type of coloring it is worth considering a few points:

• condition and type of hair;
• whether or not painted, what dyes were used in the first case;
• hair length and color, type of haircut;
• condition and skin tone.

But in any case, hair dyeing has one indisputable advantage: sprouting roots are not very noticeable, especially if not painted over the entire length. And to correct such coloring is necessary less often, than radical.

To perform a certain type of highlighting, observing all its features, will require some skills, so it is better to turn to specialists.

As when determining the color of clothes, and when choosing a hair shade, experts advise to focus on the color type. That is, a warm skin tone (golden, beige or tan) suggests using colors of a similar range for strands. "Aristocratically" pale or porcelain - the choice of cold shades.

Sometimes it is difficult to accurately determine your color type, in this case, three tips will help.

• You can focus on the color of the veins. If their shade is greenish, then the skin is warm tone, blue or lilac - cold.
• The eyes can also tell, or rather, the color of the iris. Blue or gray eyes - cold color type, brown - warm.
• Appreciate whether gold or silver blends better with your skin. For this experience, it is not necessary to take jewels, you can also decorate from metals of similar colors. They need to be considered in daylight. If gold is more suitable, your shades are warm, silver is cold.

The color palette for brunettes is wide, they will fit all the "delicious" shades: coffee, chocolate, caramel, walnut. But this is on condition that the skin is brown and the eyes are brown. Owners of a cold color type should experiment with eggplant or blue shades. It is no secret that pure black hair color somewhat adds age to their hostess. And staining with strands would be a good way to “rejuvenate” a little.

Blondes with white skin fit platinum, silver, ash tones. You can try the colors of wheat or champagne. If you want to add bright strands, it is still better to take cold shades, for example, pink. Honey, golden, caramel colors will decorate fair-haired girls only if their skin is of a warm tone.

Chestnut, fiery, nutty shades will make the already bright red hair even more showy.

Many are attracted by the red color in the hair. In fact, it has many shades, both warm and cold. therefore almost any woman will be able to choose his own tone and add at least the minimum amount to the hair color. But you need to treat him carefully.

It is hardly possible to create complex transitions of tones on your own, but it is quite possible to dye strands using 1-2 shades if you carefully follow the recommendations. The most convenient way to carry out the procedure at home, using a special cap. If there is none, a shower cap fits, then it will need to make holes in it.

1. Persistent dyes are not washed off the clothes, so you should put a diaper over your shoulders or just put on some old t-shirt.
2. Part paint according to the enclosed instruction.
3. Put the cap on your head. It is not necessary to wash or moisturize hair before dyeing.
4. Strands through the holes are crocheted. Each is individually stained with a brush in the direction from the roots to the tips.
5. The paint is kept on the hair for 20-40 minutes. Should be guided by the time specified in the instructions, and natural color.
6. Then the hair is thoroughly washed. It is recommended to use special balm after dyeing for the care and restoration of the strands.

Instead of a cap, you can take the usual plastic wrap. In this case, the locks are fixed with rubber bands in the place to which they will be painted. The hair with the applied paint is wrapped in a film. Sometimes they use foil, but experts do not recommend using it for home dyeing., as inside can occur oxidation and heating processes that can not the best way to influence the result.

If the hair is not very long, and there is neither time nor experience for a thorough staining, you can use conventional comb with rare teeth. Paint is applied on them and how should be combed strands. The result is quite interesting.

Different types of staining are presented in the photo gallery:

• ombre dyeing on dark blond hair;

• chocolate and caramel shades look very natural on dark curls, painted in a sombre style;

• balayazh revives hair of any type and color;

• shatush gives shine to dark hair;

• modulations of shades in the bronzing technique;

• Mazhishesh - ideal for blondes;

• bold colors in the American highlighting technique create a vivid image;

• highlighting crazy colors - the technique for the most creative.

How to dye your hair with strands, see the next video.