Highlighting on brown hair: types and technique

Light brown hair is sometimes called "mouse" for its routine and inexpressiveness. But professional hairdressers are happy to “take in the work” of such hair, because light brown color is a wide field for activity. One of the staining options is highlighting.

Highlighting is a special dyeing technique in which individual strands stand out in a specific color. The first master to use this technique was Jacques Dessange. Classic highlighting implies highlighting of the order. However, today there are many subspecies of highlighting, right up to the bright and extraordinary.

This technique helps to give the hair a versatility and complexity of the hair, but it also adds a natural look.

The choice of a particular technique and color depends on a number of factors.

If it is difficult to call them strong and healthy, it is better to abandon the classic frequent highlighting, and stop at the zonal.

Washed strands should be combined with natural hair color. In addition, trying to whiten dark brown hair too much, you risk getting untidy yellow-red “stripes” rather than a trendy look.

Sophisticated highlighting techniques are well suited for structured, multi-layered haircuts. If you do not like graded hairstyles, then highlighting is better to choose a more modest.

Fair-haired young ladies usually can not boast a lush head of hair and thick hair. And highlighting allows you to solve this problem - visually add volume, density curls.

However, highlighting looks good on the hair of any length and type, suitable for most hairstyles. With gray strands such staining also copes, masking them. This is not the end of the advantages of this staining technique.

It is optimal for those who do not want to spoil the curls with paint. Stained strands are colored, the hair roots are not affected. Simply put, highlighting is referred to as gentle techniques, it doesn’t hurt much hair and is therefore suitable even for dry and brittle.

Highlighting love and those women who seek the natural image. Coloring looks as natural as possible - as if the individual strands are slightly darker or lighter than the rest of the head of hair. They are beautifully flashed in the total mass and glare in different lighting conditions.

Due to the special technology of applying paint, there is no clear border between his and dyed hair. This means that, while growing, they will not look untidy. You can not visit the master every 2-3 weeks (barely there will be regrown roots), and do it only once in 1.5-2 months.

Lightening strands in the face, you can give the image a friendliness, openness. It is no coincidence that image-makers and brand specialists recommend such hairstyles to those who work with people. Mere coloring alone can make the image of a professional more friendly and inviting.

Adding and alternating light and dark strands, you can adjust the shape of the head, hide the defects of the face and, on the contrary, emphasize the merits.

There are several types of highlighting. Consider the most famous and popular techniques.

It is also called frequent. The essence of coloring is reduced to the fact that very thin strands are taken and lightened along the entire length. Usually used 2 shades (sometimes 3-4), mostly it is golden or platinum blond, wheat, honey, coffee with milk. That is why the effect of beautiful blond hair on the nature is obtained. However, such beauty is man-made and created by professional colorists.

The most famous fan of this technique can be called Jennifer Aniston.

The most gentle variant of highlighting due to non-aggressive non-ammonia dyes. Naturally, such a paint "take" only light strands. That is why the French highlighting is possible only on wheat, light-brown hair.

Colorists usually choose 2-3 shades. The result is a head of hair as if with strands faded in the sun. The latter add hairstyle volume, shine. The image turns out refined and well-groomed.

Coloring is performed by zones, and therefore the second name is zonal (another name is superficial). This implies the clarification of the strands around the face, in the occipital zone, which is combined with the lightening of the tips. The most impressive coloring in this technique looks on short haircuts.

If you talk about the intricacies of technology, then it should be noted that the use of a special dye is necessary - mazhish. It is produced by many brands and is composed of natural wax. Despite the powerful capabilities of the tool, it is considered one of the most delicate.

This method can not be called to the full extent of highlighting. The fact is that at first the strands are completely lightened, and then painted in 2-3 shades. The result is a kind of imitation of highlighting.

The method is good because you can achieve the desired hair color, despite the natural data. However, the technique is only suitable for healthy hair, which is able to endure a preliminary discoloration.

The entire mass of hair is subjected to stretching of color from darker (blond) roots to light (sometimes almost blond) tips. California highlighting is very close to the ombre technique (the mentioned color stretching after 3-4 tones), but unlike the latter, it has no clear boundaries between tones and semitones.

California technique helps to achieve naturalness, because the result of her - hair, like sunburned. This can be seen on the hair after a rest in the south, when not individual strands burn out, but the whole mass of hair is closer to the ends.

As a rule, this technique is used on dark blond hair, adding amber or cognac strands to the shock of hair. Sometimes this type of highlighting is also called amber. To understand what is at stake, it is enough to recall the image of the famous Jennifer Lopez.

Venetian technique gives the same effect of sun-bleached hair, but already on darker hair. Amber, cognac and coffee shades are added to the dark blond hair.If the skin color is warm, then it can be caramel, honey colors.

With this type of dyeing, the hair is not exposed to the pigment along the entire length, but only along the horizontal line. Conditionally hair is divided into 2 parts, and highlighting begins from the middle of the hair length or slightly below. The tips are exposed to the greatest clarification. And the result of the procedure is smooth stretching of color from darker (roots) to light (tips). Particularly advantageous ombre looks on dark and medium-length hair below the shoulders.

Ombre can be quite avant-garde. In this case, the coloring is made in bright shades.

Another careful highlighting technique in which the tips of the hair are brightened. The coloring composition is applied to the tips as if with strokes, and the border between unpainted roots and clarified tips is rather pronounced (on average, it is 6-8 tones).

Technique, similar to the previous one. However, a vertical stretch of color is characteristic of the rod. As in the case of balayazh technique, Shatusha does not affect the hair roots.

When choosing this type of highlighting, the wizard works only in two colors, but it is not limited in the choice of subtones. Coloring usually implies the contrast of the strands, which makes it possible to achieve brightness and originality of appearance.

Choose a color solution should be based on the natural shade of the hair. If the curls are darker, then they look good brown and golden shades (the top row in the photo). It can be such shades as cognac, honey, wheat, amber.

For lighter blond hair, it is better to select highlights in white (the bottom row in the photo). Particularly successful will be ivory, milk, platinum, cream. No less spectacular look in the color of caramel or cappuccino.

And if you want to get a more daring image, choose a cold ashy, silver. For an extravagant and memorable look, you can choose blue, crimson, green or other bright colors.

Complex dyeing looks good on graded complex haircuts (cascade, for example), on various avant-garde hairstyles, asymmetrical long bangs.

When choosing a dye you should take into account the desired result, natural hair color and their condition. In general, for the dark blond curls choose a clarifier 9-12%. Medium-eyed, close to light, hair should be highlights with the use of 6-8% brightener. For very light blond hair, do not take a brightener, more aggressive than 3%.

Today on sale you can find special kits for highlighting. As a rule, they include everything you need - a cap, gloves, a dyeing compound, a brush for applying, and a balm to care for and fix the color. Kits are usually more expensive than “simple” paint. However, if you believe the reviews, this price difference fully pays off by the ease of application and ease of use of the kits.

There are several options for staining.

A special cap with many small holes is put on the head. Through these holes to stretch the strands. For this it is convenient to use wooden sticks (for example, skewers) or the usual crochet hook.You can drag a strand into each hole (a variant of frequent highlighting) or skip some holes (for a more natural result). By the way, it is more convenient to start from the temporal zone, and to finish the “getting” strand in the occipital zone.

Then the part of the hair that was outside is painted with dye and left on the hair for 15-30 minutes. The next step is removing the paint, washing the head and applying a moisturizing balm on all the hair (the cap needs to be removed).

The method invented by American hairdressers. Perhaps, all professional hairdressers do that with hair.

The point is to divide the hair into zones, and then into small strands. It should start with the parietal part. Part of the hair should be separated by means of a long leg of the comb, and then the smaller strand should be isolated from the rest of the hair. A strip of foil on which an insulated strand is placed helps to achieve this.

By means of a brush the clarifying structure is put. The first application should be such that the strand is attached to the foil. Then the composition is uniformly applied over the entire length of the hair. It is important to lay the foil as close as possible to the roots, and then carefully paint over this area.

Next, a strip of foil (along with the hair in it) is folded in half, then the side portions are bent (the hair appears as if packed). You can roll again in half. The result should be something resembling an envelope.

Foil-packed hairs fold up, and strands under the “envelope” are treated in the same way. It is convenient to move from the nape to the crown, and then paint the side strands.

This technology is quite simple in execution and allows you to update your hair, giving the hair a slight effect of natural burning of the strands in the sun.

For the application of the coloring composition, it is not a brush that is used, but a special brush with sparse teeth arranged in 3 rows.

The composition is applied to the brush and run it through the hair from the middle to the tips. It is better to do it in strands, avoiding deliberate symmetry. After that, the paint is left for a certain amount of time, and then washed off with water.

The following methods can not be called techniques of highlighting in the usual understanding of the term, but they allow you to get a fashionable coloring.

So, you can get ombre at home by collecting hair in ponytails. The hanging part of the hair (after the elastic) is stained with the composition and left for 15-40 minutes. Coloring is done outdoors.

Frequent highlighting can be done using a comb with rare teeth. Apply a dyeing composition on them and carefully (by strands) comb their hair.

In order to obtain the California melioration, a strong basal pile is made; paint is applied to the rest. So it is possible to achieve a beautiful and smooth transition from natural roots to bright tips.

The exposure time of the dye depends on the original hair color and highlighting technique. On blond hair and thin strands just apply paint for 10-15 minutes. Dark brown shades and thick strands may require contact with the dye for 30-40 minutes.

Regardless of the technique chosen, it is important to observe the following rules:

• Do not apply the composition to henna-colored hair;
• if there are sores and abrasions on the scalp, then they should be cured first, and then we begin to highlights.
• Do not dye hair immediately after perm.

Care for melirovanny hair comes down to two tasks:

• longer preserve the color and the result of staining;
• protect hair from dryness, tangle.

The first couple of days after highlighting, it is better not to wash or wet the hair. Allow the pigment to gain a foothold in the structure of the hair. Moreover, you need to refrain from visiting the pools and baths.

From the first day of dyeing, nutritional balsams and masks should be included in their care products.

But from the reducing compositions should be abandoned. The fact is that, in striving to restore hair, they begin to consider the coloring pigments as "enemies" and promptly remove them. In other words, they are fighting for the health of their hair by washing out the dye. As a result, staining keeps less.

It is good to apply restoring shampoos and masks before a visit to the hairdresser to prepare a head of hair for various manipulations.

Despite the fact that this type of dyeing is considered to be one of the most gentle dyeing, the streaked hair is still injured. Use moisturizing balms after each wash to save strands from dryness.

Immediately after the highlighting procedure, it is better to cut off the split ends. If you value the length of hair, choose a hair polishing procedure.

When using hair dryers, plexes and irons, do not forget about thermal protection. You can not apply these tools, then immediately take up the tongs or ironing. When using these tools, the hair must be completely dry.

In the first few days after dyeing, you should limit the high-temperature effect on the hair - limit the use of the hair dryer and irons, do not expose the hair to active sun exposure. Now strands are already experiencing a lack of moisture.

Natural cosmetic oils help to restore hair. They are applied to the ends of the hair for half an hour before washing. It is important to use products intended for the hair. The use of household oils, or cooked with his own hands, can cause undesirable changes in the shade of the streaked strands (hair turns yellow or green).

Special shampoos, balms and blondes foams help to preserve the beautiful shade of the plated straps and to avoid the appearance of yellowness. It is important to choose the optimal exposure time for these compounds. If you perederzhat them on the hair, the latter will acquire a purple hue. When first applied, it is recommended to test the intensity and time of exposure of the tint to a separate strand.

By the way, when dyeing dark blond hair, the color may turn out to be ugly, yellowish. In this case also resort to tinting. It can be both paint and tinting agent (foam, mask). No need to strive to put the last exclusively on the polished strands. Feel free to use all over your head, fair-haired strands just won't get painted, and the polished ones will get a noble subtone.

For short haircuts it is better to choose the technique of highlighting through a cap. If the selected technology is complex, then using foil. Highlighting in the open air, as well as complex stretching of color, on the hair to the shoulders or below just does not have time to appear in all its glory.

3D staining can be considered a good example for a car with an elongated asymmetric bang. It gives the image brightness and originality. For a more relaxed look, you can choose zonal staining of strands.

For medium-length hair, it is better to choose complex staining (shatush, Venetian or French technique), combining them with graduated strands. From this image is easy and feminine.

If the hair is long and healthy, then all types of highlighting will look great. In the photo you can see the ombre, as well as infrequent highlighting in 2-3 tones. Looks natural and stylish.

Another option for successful highlighting. In the photo "before" - clearly regrown and slightly washed off blond. The image was saved by the classic frequent highlighting. Curls acquired the luxury of blond shades, but at the same time they look natural and volumetric.Fashion trends just and recommend women to leave the total blond and choose a more multifaceted, with modulations of tones, shades. It is important that the strands were subjected to minimal adverse effects.

What could be more beautiful than healthy long hair of natural shades. But sometimes they look pretty boring and can be devoid of volume. Californian coloring will come to the rescue. It seems that the fashion for him will never end. The head of hair with this technique retains the effectiveness of natural shades, but at the same time the magic of overflows appears - some strands seem to burn out in the sun. As with any kind of highlighting, American adds to the hair volume visually.

If you need to add a little more volume or highlight the features of the face, it is recommended contrast highlighting. Strands of different lengths are lightened, and the difference between their own and the polished parts is quite noticeable. As you can see by example, the technique looks the most advantageous on dark blond hair.

To learn how to perform the highlighting technique for light brown hair, see the following video.