How to choose paint for highlighting?

There are several options for how to decorate your image, creating a certain effect on the hair. Highlighting is one of the most simple. It is made from the root zone over the entire head or just a half. For painting, special tools are used, which are worth knowing more to reduce their negative impact on hair to a minimum.

When highlighting is used foil, this is the main distinguishing feature of this method of staining. Hair is divided into strands on the parting. Curls can be very thin, but frequent, and large, but rare. The rest of the hair remains natural color or tinted, if a lot of gray hair.

The coloring composition is applied with a brush. The duration of its exposure depends on the type of hair, the amount of natural pigment in them.

The tool itself consists of hydrogen peroxide and a powder clarifier. They are mixed in a plastic container in the ratio of 2 to 1. Metal utensils can not be used, because it reacts with paint.

Hair dye can vary not only by brand, but also by consistency, intensity, and safety. Among all the funds on the market should be allocated such.

• Powdered. They look like powder, they are most often used in professional salons, but lately you can buy a portion of the powder in the quantity required for one painting. In large containers, it is very expensive, although it lasts for a long time. A similar product is sold in a specialized shop, and an oxidizer is sold there. Working with such material should be very careful that the powder does not rise into the air and does not fall into the nose and eyes.

• Paste. Such a tool involves gentle highlighting, so it is the best option for home use.

• Compositions without ammonia. These are oil paints that are also ideal for home use. They do not lead to brittle hair, do not dry them, but, on the contrary, restore their structure. The only drawback of such compositions is that they do not take gray hair and cannot demonstrate intense lightening, so they are used by natural blondes or girls with light brown hair.

• Oxidizing agents. The creamy texture are paints with oxidizing agents that do not spread when applied. They are sold in different concentrations from 3 to 12%. The higher the percentage, the higher the content of hydrogen peroxide in them. These are the colors that are able to brighten dark strands and hair with a dense structure. Their main drawback is that they cause significant damage to curls, so after highlighting it is required to provide high-quality care.The lighter the natural color, the smaller the percentage should be in the oxidizer.

• Lightening cream. This tool is suitable for girls who are not yet ready to dramatically turn into a blonde. Strands will be obtained only slightly clarified, which will refresh the image. The transition is very smooth, you do not need to dilute such a tool, it is immediately ready for use.

There are many professional hair dyes on the market today. For coloring it is better to choose already proven funds from leading brands.

• Kapous. Brand from Italy. It is used not only at home, but also by stylists, professional colorists. Its advantage is that the manufacturer constantly updates the composition, offers more innovative approaches. Paint is famous for its quality and durability. Designed for professional use, but it can be applied at home. Among other things, the cost of this product is in the middle price category.

• "Supra". It is also called white henna. It is great for brightening blond hair, but not suitable for use on naturally dark curls. The composition contains natural ingredients, so the paint does not have an intense effect. Lightening occurs on one or more tones. This composition is perfect for California technology, because it allows you to create a smooth transition. To remove the yellowness on the strands, it is necessary after staining to use toning.

• L'Oréal. French paint, which is made from quality components. It is used with equal success with both professionals and home highlighting. On sale is a series of seven blond shades. The latest technology allows you to quickly achieve the desired color. For beginners, the company offers a ready-made kit for high-quality staining, with which you can quickly and easily create a unique image. The composition of the paint includes vitamins, and ammonia is completely absent, so the curls are soft and silky.

• Matrix. American version of high-quality tools for highlighting. Offers careful coloring and 11 shades of blond. The paint has a creamy texture, so the tool does not spread on the hair. Lightening occurs on several tones, while the structure of the hair remains almost unchanged.

• "Watercolor". The company offers six tones for clarification. The advantage of this paint is that it has no unpleasant smell, no burning sensation on the scalp. Dazzling gloss is given by liquid crystals, which are applied to the hair after dyeing as part of the care product.

• "Estelle". It is particularly popular with the domestic buyer. On the market offered several shades of blond. The described paint has a mild effect on the hair structure. Among other advantages - color stability and saturation of shades. There are also non-ammonia products in the collection that spare hair, while helping to quickly and simply create an attractive image at home.

• Garnier. Increasingly, you can see as a paint for home highlighting. The product is of high quality components in the composition, the presence of natural oils inside.

• Palette. This dye can not but rejoice with durability, after using dye hair becomes soft, while the product has an affordable cost.

It is easy to dye your hair at home, the main thing is to choose the right product to get a shade without yellowness.The choice of composition depends on how many tones you want to lighten the curls. Highlighting is not always obtained immediately white, often wheat-colored.

If you do not want to lighten hair much, then you should choose natural dyes. If this is the first coloring, and the woman is not sure that she will like the result, white henna is the right choice. It has a minimal effect on the hair. If more intensive clarification is required, then it is worth applying a paint with ammonia or in powder form with an oxidizing agent.

The first time on dark hair highlights are never white, but then You can additionally use toning shampooto neutralize yellowness. The darker the natural hair color, the darker it turns out and dyeing in blond. It will be possible to achieve a lighter shade only after a few treatments.

In strong colors, ammonia and peroxide act together, removing the natural pigment from the hair. Such compositions have the most negative impact on the curls, so they require subsequent careful care.

Lightening cream - this is the most gentle composition for bleaching hair. Such an effect is less intense, but it is not always possible to achieve the desired shade the first time, only after several procedures.

If a girl has very dark or black hair, and she dreams of being a platinum blonde, it may be time to reconsider her plans and take a more realistic look at the possibilities of modern colors. Even a professional hairdresser will say that a sharp clarification of curls more than 6 tones is too risky. The result can be disastrous. There were cases when girls burned their hair and they just fell out.

If the composition for highlighting is acquired for the first time, then it is better to choose paint:

• from a famous brand;
• without ammonia, if you do not need to intensively lighten the curls;
• with vitamins and minerals in the composition;
• it is better if it is a cream base, since it is difficult to work with the powder and it is necessary to mix the components correctly.

It should be said separately about paints that must be diluted with hydrogen peroxide. They have a strong effect on the scalp, can burn it, cause a strong allergic reaction, especially if the composition is made from low-quality products.

Depending on the natural shade of hair, hydrogen peroxide is selected in a certain percentage ratio. Optimally - 6%, but for dark curls more often use 9%, very rarely 12%. The latter composition is very harmful, it has such a negative impact on the hair that thin and weak simply do not stand it and fall out.

If this is not a professional composition, but a Blondex type tool that can be found in any specialty store, then the complete oxidizer is already supplied to it in accordance with the proportion that is necessary for the weight of paint available. Professional products are sold in very large containers, in the same to them is an oxidizer. The barber chooses the proportion individually for each client and the type of his hair.

You can flatten your hair at home and at the same time achieve high quality results if you choose a good dye. It is very important to look at the expiration date of the product being purchased, because if it has expired, then the product cannot be used. At best, nothing will happen, at worst - instead of highlighting, it will be possible to get an unusual shade of green, blue or other color. Girls rarely think about it, they suffer as a result.If there is a fear of being mistaken, then it is worth contacting a beauty salon, where the master will help create the desired effect, and at the same time correctly select the coloring composition and its proportions. Sometimes this is the option that saves nerves, money and time.

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