Hair coloring: types, shades and fashion trends

Hair for women - a very important point. No wonder the change in appearance begins with the hair. It is difficult to meet a girl or woman who would not dye her hair. Some so successfully paint over gray hair, others simply change their color, others create an entire work of art on the head with the help of a master using novelties. Modern hair coloring is an interesting process that gives excellent results. Moreover, today there are a variety of types, shades and fashion trends.

At all times and in any country, women sought to be beautiful and experimented on their appearance with the help of available means. And staining was no exception. For the first time a woman resorted to the help of coloring substances about 3 thousand years ago. To achieve the desired result, for example, leeks and Chinese cinnamon were used.

It has long been believed that such a whim could afford people with higher status. In ancient Egypt, black and dark brown were especially relevant colors for the nobility. In order to achieve a rich black color, they used carbon black, mixing it with other plant components.

In ancient Greece, sought to give your hair a golden or ashy shade. And in ancient Rome, blond hair was considered especially fashionable. They achieved this in different ways. From searching for ingredients with the help of herbs and fruits to a long pastime under the burning sun. In this case, the person covered, and his hair was exposed to the sun's rays, so that they gradually burned out.

In the 60s of the XIX century hair bleaching with hydrogen peroxide became fashionable in France, the English chemist and French hairdresser demonstrated this for the first time. Women use this method to this day to achieve perfect hair lightening.

Before you do the staining, you need to decide for what purpose it is done. The reasons are different: to hide gray hair, to paint regrown roots, to change color or to renew, to completely change the style.

Any coloring has its pros and cons.

1. To pluses The fact that the coloring hides gray hair, allows you to achieve the desired shade, significantly improve the appearance and even elevate the mood with the desired result. Properly dyed with high-quality paint hair look healthy and well-groomed.
2. But there are also disadvantages. Many believe that lightening is harmful to hair, no matter what kind of dye is used for these purposes. Indeed, hydrogen peroxide, which is found in most paints, harms hair. They become dry, brittle, dull. And these are undoubted cons. But all this can be avoided if you follow the rules of staining, and better, entrust the conduct of this procedure to professionals. Any hair in need of care, and dyed - even more so. For this there are many popular and professional tools. There are special shampoos, balms, conditioners, masks for colored hair. All these tools will help keep your hair in order.

There are contraindications when staining is not recommended.

If the scalp is damaged, staining should also not be done.On critical days in women, it is also not recommended to dye hair, hormonal changes can negatively affect the results, and they will not meet expectations. In addition, you can not dye hair at the same time with chemical perm. Be sure to take a break between procedures for at least a month.

Paints are divided into several types. To persistent are those that are used in salons. They are also sold in large quantities in cosmetic stores. Many of them are a set in which the dye, the fixing substance is included, as well as the balsam. Resistant paint perfectly cope with gray hair, they can last up to three months.

Semi-resistant wash off faster, they hold no more than a month and with each successive washing of the head will be gradually washed off. They are suitable if you want to change the color for a while. These paints are sometimes called gentle. However, to get a bright saturated color with the help of such tools will not work, as well as paint over a large number of gray hair.

Tint paints do not contain hydrogen peroxide. They are suitable if you need to give a certain shade to blond hair (ashen, golden) or, conversely, to make a dark color more saturated.

But on the other hand, such coloring can be done at home, it is enough just to apply the product, rub well into the hair, distribute it over the entire length, and after a while wash it off. There are a lot of varieties of colors. It may be shampoo, balm, mousse, foam, mask.

It is interesting that with all the variety of colors, some people choose completely natural products. For example, they prefer to dye their hair with tea.

With the help of tea, you can reduce the oily hair, soothe the itching, get rid of dandruff. Hair after such a procedure becomes smooth and shiny. To prepare a saturated solution for coloring, it is enough to add a couple of tablespoons of dried tea leaves per liter of boiling water. Apply decoction to dry hair. Then wrapped and kept for about half an hour. The hue from such a natural paint will be noticeable on blond hair.

Based on the result, different types of staining are used.

Temporary hair can give any shade, but will last only until the first washing of the head. Deeply such compositions do not penetrate, but are only on the surface of the hair. Such compositions are available in the form of sprays, mousses, foams, hair sprays. Most often such coloring is used for one evening, for example, a holiday or an important meeting.

Direct staining is understood to mean that it lasts longer depending on how often you wash your hair. If, for example, once a week, then it may be about a month, and if after a day, then no more than two weeks. When applying such a dye, the entire hair is dyed from root to tip, provided it is applied correctly. But at the same time the paint does not penetrate deep into the hair structure.

Permanent staining has a longer effect. Coloring pigments penetrate deep into the hair structure. Such paints contain hydrogen peroxide, but give lasting results and rich color.

The popular staining methods over the years include monochromein which all hair is colored in one color. And this method is the simplest, it is quite possible to carry out at home.

Another fairly common method is toning. With its help, bleached hair can be given any shade - pearl, golden, ashen, pinkish and any desired.

Often used method, which for many years does not lose its relevance, - highlighting. True, over time, the method improved. When highlighting is used foil, which wraps each dyed strand. Highlighting can be small and large. The smaller the strands, the more natural and interesting the effect. Apply and coloringwhen some strands are lightened, while others are colored with another shade. Due to which an interesting effect is obtained. You can choose not only 2, but 3-4 shades.

Quite often used hair discoloration. Most often this is done to dye dark hair a lighter tone. With blonding In most cases, you need to use tint balms to achieve the desired shade.

The salons offer professional staining using a variety of techniques, modern paints and hair care products.

• Ombre it is applied both on dark, and on light hair. The technology of this coloring is to move from one color to another. Multiple shades can be used. A smooth transition of one color to another allows you to look good even with regrown roots. Especially if darker tones turn into light. Those with dark hair can use chocolate, chestnut, gold, and blond shades with this technique. For fair-haired fit - platinum, ashen, pearl.

• Balayazh also combines several shades, but the difference is that staining occurs vertically. As a result, one color flows into another, two or three shades are chosen. With the same technique and similar shatush. Both options, unlike ombra, do not provide for gradient staining. Strands can be arranged in a chaotic manner, long hair looks especially good with this coloring.

• If all three techniques suggest a more natural coloration, then grunge - This is the choice of those who are not afraid of experiments. There are bright bursts here. Strands of different colors can be used - purple, red, orange, and their order can be any, to the extent that part of the head can be colored with one color and some with another. The most impressive are short haircuts.

• Relief staining also involves the selection of bright shades, strands can be arranged in different ways. The master can create different schemes. And with the final result, peculiar reliefs appear on long hair, which looks very beautiful and unusual. To achieve such an effect is best achieved precisely with the help of bright colors.

• Marble staining in contrast to the relief involves the choice of only natural shades, with the main darker and auxiliary lighter. Due to this way the hair looks healthy and shiny, as if playing in the light.

• Pixel staining any hairstyle will make bright. With the help of a special technique in the final version, a clear geometric pattern is formed on the hair, for which, of course, brighter colors are suitable.

The current year dictates its fashionable colors and techniques in coloring. And any girl - blonde, brunette or brown-haired - will find suitable options for themselves. Winter is the best time to get acquainted with new trends and start a transformation, as spring is just around the corner.

• Stylish design haircut, the right color and unusual coloring will make any girl noticeable and bright, by which you will definitely not pass. Hair - this is an important component of the appearance, almost the main one. When choosing a color about this need to remember.

• This year, forgotten black with blue as well as purple tint again take its leading position. And brunettes can safely use it. And dark tones - chocolate, rich cherry will also be relevant. But they should not be pronounced, but noticeable in a certain light and sunlight. Then the hair will look alive and natural.

• Among the chestnut shades can be identified cinnamon and caramel. For the red will be characteristic dark copper, ginger, rich bronze.

• For blondes comes true expanse. In a fashion bright blond, but without the presence of yellowness, and to avoid this will help a variety of shades. The effect of gray hair is also not in fashion. Blondes can choose almost any shade at their discretion, but among the fashionable at the moment - pink, purple, pearl, light gray, cream soda. Any of these shades will make blonde hair beautiful, but such coloring should be trusted only to a professional.

• The current year will remain coloring with the use of many well-known techniques. So, still at the peak of popularity will be balayazh that will allow girls with blond hair with the help of the professionalism of the master to give hair volume by focusing on individual strands.

• In any highlighting, a very shady cream shade will be used now. In combination with other shades - dark and light, it will create a very beautiful picture on the head of hair. The only thing to be remembered is that they all should smoothly merge into each other and be combined with each other. The purpose of such coloring is to achieve the most natural effect.

• The trend of the season for dark hair - light bursts, which gives the feeling of a beautiful overflow, reminiscent of a tiger eye. Honey, caramel and chocolate are well suited for such splashes for brunettes.

• For brave girls fit original solutions that will be particularly popular. These include, for example, screen dyeing. Especially advantageous it looks on a straight car. These can be leopard spots, graphic lines, and even whole pictures. It all depends on the skill and imagination of a hairdresser.

• Pixel staining also continues to be in fashion. Bright contrasting pattern on the hair will attract attention and will look original. In this form of staining do not be afraid of bright colors. On the contrary, you can safely experiment with any rainbow colors.

• Another new direction - contrast bangs. This option looks appropriate only if the bangs are pronounced, straight, having an even or oblique cut. Separate contrasting strands in the hair are also relevant.

It is better to dye your hair in the salon, but you can do this at home. Of course, it will not be staining using sophisticated techniques and current trends. But to refresh the color, paint the roots or individual strands can be yourself. In the best case, it is desirable that there is an assistant, because it is very difficult to cover all the sites yourself, and it may well happen that there are unpainted places.

Henna is diluted with water, all recommendations and proportions are indicated on the package, and the mixture is evenly applied to the hair. It is always better to start from the root zone. If the roots have grown, first put the mixture on them, and after ten minutes distribute the composition over the entire length of the hair. The composition is kept on the head from half an hour to an hour, depending on what color you need to get. Next, wash off, apply a balm on the hair.

As for the use of paints, then everything is more complicated.Before you paint the house, you need to decide on the color. This is a very important point. It can be very different from the color that is present in the picture, it all depends on the original shade.

You should always have protective gloves, a cape, a brush, a spatula for mixing the composition, a comb, hairpins and any cream. If you plan to highlight, then you will definitely need a foil that you need to prepare in advance, dividing it into leaves.

Before the procedure, the skin along the hairline must be treated with a cream so that the dye does not fall on the skin.

Before starting the process itself, the hair should be combed well, divided into four parts (back of the head, the top of the head, the side parts), fastened with hairpins. Then release one part, divide it into thin strands, apply the coloring composition, moving from the roots to the tips. It is desirable to work quickly so that the shade is uniform. After the paint is applied, you need to leave the composition at the time indicated on the packaging.

After the end of the allotted time, the hair should be washed well, apply a color fixer, if it is in the set. If not, you can add a couple of tablespoons of vinegar to the water and rinse your hair with this solution. Next, apply a balm. For dyed hair requires special care to make them look alive and shiny. Regular use of balms and masks will help in this.

Sometimes after dyeing at home, there are situations when the hair does not appear the same shade that was expected. This may be undesirable greens, and red, and yellowness. Do not panic. In most cases, this can be fixed.

Reddish or yellowing can be removed in two ways. The first is to repeat the staining after a few days. This will make the hair a few more shades lighter. If the effect is still not the same, tint balms and shampoos will help. Usually in the picture of such funds is gray or purple. It should be applied to the hair, evenly distribute the comb over the entire length, hold for ten minutes to half an hour. It all depends on what shade you want to get.

With greenery, the situation is more complicated. And the bright colors of shampoos can not help. If greens could not be knocked down, you will have to dye your hair in a darker shade, it will definitely help to remove it. Or go to a hairdresser, they will help you choose the best option for getting rid of an undesirable shade.

Consider several options for original coloring in our photo gallery.

• Here is an interesting combination gives pixel coloring. It looks on straight long hair very effectively, and you can choose any shade. In these versions on dark hair looks very beautiful blue and original - yellow. Moreover, this type of staining is not limited. You can choose the most courageous decisions, and you can create a more relaxed everyday option, as in this case. It looks very interesting, stylish, but suitable for any situation.

• Technique grunge suitable for the bold and decisive. Although shades may be different. And you can look extravagant and defiant, but you can just unusual. In this technique there are no strict canons. And you can choose the color of both individual strands and entire sections. Transitions can be sharp and smooth.

• It looks so natural and beautiful ombre Particularly advantageous with the use of this technique look long hair, and they can be both smooth and straight, and wavy. And shades for the transition are also selected depending on their own desires.

• A real piece of art on hair can come out with screen dyeing. It can be absolutely any pattern or pattern with a choice of all sorts of shades like rainbow and bright, and calm and natural. But the technique requires the hands of a master to make it look perfect and, indeed, beautiful.

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