French highlighting: what is, types and techniques of staining

Modern girls try to look after themselves, regardless of workload at work or at home. To this end, ladies regularly visit beauty salons, manicure rooms and, of course, hairdressing salons. True, the coloring technique is offered so much that it is not easy to choose the most suitable one. Many representatives of the fair sex like highlighting, but they do not dare to do it: it will be necessary to update the dyeing every 2-3 months, and this will negatively affect the condition of the hair, and it will take a lot of money. Especially for them it is possible to recommend mazhishes, or French highlighting.

Natural shades and healthy shine are the distinctive qualities of the mazhishs technique, thanks to which she is popular with women all over the world. Owners of blond hair who do not want to spoil the natural beauty of the hair, it is best suited. About the subtleties of its implementation and the rules of care for colored curls learn from our article.

The technique of mazhiesh is called sparing for several reasons. Strands are lightened by several tones close to the original hair color. Adds a natural and very coloring style: curls are chosen arbitrarily, not symmetrically. The composition is kept on the hair for a maximum of 40 minutes, which also has a positive effect on the condition of the hair - the hair does not deteriorate due to too long exposure to the paint. By the way, because of the short exposure, the technology is also called express-highlighting.

Paints used for French highlighting, do not contain ammonia. They include wax, which carefully paints curls in light golden tones and cares for them. Usually, the master uses a 3-4 tone color lighter than the original. It can be milk, gold, beige, nutty, as well as honey, pearl, caramel shades. The founder of this dyeing technique is L'Oreal - it was she who began to produce wax paints.

As you can see, highlighting in French is quite significantly different from other similar coloring techniques. Consider the positive and negative sides of the mamesh.

Advantages:

• the absence of ammonia in the composition makes wax paints safe even for allergy sufferers and women in the position;
• wax allows you to maintain a well-groomed look of hair, despite the effects of dyes, in addition, it gives a slight lamination effect;
• due to the use of close to each other shades, mamesh makes thin hair visually thicker, betraying them to 3D volume;
• when highlighting, no more than 40% of hair is involved, which means that the remaining curls are not affected by the composition, and the hair keeps a more healthy look.

Disadvantages:

• suitable for a limited range of hair colors, for a more noticeable effect, brunettes and dark blond are better off choosing a different dyeing technology;
• Before you make a mask after bleaching or using henna, you need to wait a month;
• Ideally, it should be performed only in the cabin, as the method mazhimesh requires professionalism and experience.

Coloring may be either full or partial.

For such a technique selected several similar shades in the golden scale. The strands are separated from the total mass through the holes in a special cap, then a lightening compound is applied to them with a smooth transition of shades. To create a fashionable effect of flowing colors today, strands may not be separated from the total mass of curls.

Partial coloring usually includes only the frontal area or the ends of the hair, so that the light strands beautifully framed the face. This allows you to slightly refresh the existing hairstyle, especially if it is performed on dark brown hair.

In order to choose the right color option, you should start from the original hair color.

Girls with hair of such shades are very suitable pearl, gold or milk tone. When used properly, the wizard will correctly place accents on the hair, and beautiful highlights will appear on them. Especially successful is highlighting on the curls, if the haircut is properly selected by type of person.

If we are talking about light-brown hair, you can use the same colors as in the previous version. Curls retain a healthy natural shine and at the same time transform. But on dark blond hair the French highlights will be almost imperceptible.

Since French palette uses a palette that is close to its color, it is not recommended for brown-haired women and brunettes to make it. If you still apply this technique to dark hair, it is better to make only a few strokes in the face area and on the main part of the hair.

After the French highlighting, as well as after any other, the hair looks updated and well-groomed. However, over time, the color begins to wash out, the strands turn yellow or even turn red, and the overall look of the hair shatters noticeably.

• In such cases, hairdressers are advised to use special shampoos that help prevent such side reactions.
• Be sure to make masks for hair. Such procedures should be carried out weekly, 1 or 2 times. In addition to expensive salon products, there are a number of simple compositions that can be made at home on their own from the products at hand. Usually, lemon, honey, chamomile and egg yolk are used, which are combined depending on the type of hair.
• Streaked hair, stretched out with an iron or curled on a curling, looks very impressive. If you like to stack them, then you need to protect the curls from heat exposure. There are special thermoprotective agents that prevent damage to them.

If you decide to try to make a house at home, then prepare everything you need in advance. You will need:

• comb with a thin handle to separate the hair;
• gloves;
• paint brush;
• wax paint several shades that are close to your main hair color;
• cap with holes;
• material to cover the shoulders.

Consider the process of creating French highlighting at home step by step.

1. Wash and dry hair and comb it thoroughly.
2. Put on a plastic cap with holes. If you do not want to use it, then kill the top strands so that they do not interfere. Like any coloring, French highlighting should be started from the back of the head.
3. Make the coloring composition according to the instructions that comes with the paints.
4. Pull out the straps you need from the cap and start coloring them alternating shades. Paint them well, but do not forget to shade the mixture through the hair. Additionally, it is not recommended to cover the head.
5. After half an hour, rinse the mixture with running water and wash your head. Apply conditioner or mask that comes with the paint.

To preserve the beauty and health of hair, dyed in the technique of Mazhimesh, Use the advice of experts.

• Avoid direct exposure to the scorching sun on your hair, do not walk without a cap in the snowfall or without an umbrella in the pouring rain, swim in a plastic hat in the sea.
• In addition to strengthening masks with vitamins and minerals, heal the hair from the inside. They will become stronger and healthier if you use vitamin complexes for hair.
• It is better to refuse shampoos with aggressive substances in the composition, such as alkalis, sulfates and oxidizing agents.

Short hair shines and shimmers through the use of several shades. Pearl, dairy and honey notes create a 3D volume that visually divides the hair into separate strands.

Long flowing curls, dyed using the mazhimish technique, do not lose their healthy luster. Wax paints nourish hair and do not allow it to dry after the procedure. If you do not forget about the weekly masks, then a healthy shine is provided even with very fair hair.

On blond hair, the result from French highlighting looks as natural as possible. Just sun glare - and no extra accents.

Dark blond curls in the technique of Mazhimesh, as a rule, are highlighted mainly in the face. Thus, the remaining hair remains intact and continues to shine with a healthy sheen.

Women always strive to diversify their everyday image by resorting to new cosmetics or visiting a hairdresser. Make the hair more expressive and at the same time to preserve the health of the hair allows highlighting in French. It gently sets off individual strands and does not spoil the structure of the curls, which ultimately has a positive effect on the general form of the hair.

French women like no one else know a lot about natural beauty. Maybe that's why the technique of French highlighting is so popular with women who appreciate all natural. Natural shades in combination with each other allow you to create imperceptible color transitions and give greater visual volume. If your native shade of hair is closer to the light, then the mask can become a real find - it will add beautiful highlights to your hair and make your everyday look a little brighter.

To learn how to make French highlights yourself, see the video below.