Highlighting dark hair with toning

To date, there are many different techniques of hair coloring, which are gentle options for changing the color of curls for girls. Highlighting on dark hair is a great way to refresh your look to owners of dark strands.

Many professional stylists recommend girls with dark shades of hair to be lightened by highlighting in several stages, followed by toning in the desired shade. By itself, highlighting involves bleaching different strands of hair with different techniques.

This hair coloring has several advantages:

• highlighting of individual strands gives a visual volume even to the thinnest and most fluid hair;
• such coloring, as opposed to monochromatic, makes the transition from roots to bleached strands smoother, which makes it possible not to think about grown roots for a longer time;
• with a complete change in hair color, the following procedure is already needed in 2-3 weeks, and highlighting can be updated in a month or even two;
• helps to refresh the image without major changes;
• gives the hair a healthy shine, after washing the hair several times, the strands do not fade;
• This coloring procedure will be a salvation for girls who have oily hair, as the strands will keep a fresh look much longer;
• Thanks to a large number of highlighting techniques, each girl will be able to choose the ideal option for herself.

For those who quickly get tired of the same hair color, the output will be a hair tinting technique. Tinting can correct the shade of strands that were painted poorly, or those that eventually lost their original shade. Toners of the corresponding shades perfectly hide the yellowness, which is often obtained when lightening too dark hair.

The choice of means for toning the hair after the highlighting procedure primarily depends on how much you want to save the result of toning. Cosmetic products for imparting different shades of strands, there is a huge amount - shampoos, balsams, sprays, paints, tonics and others. And each of them has both pluses and minuses.

This tool, when used, gives the strands a slightly noticeable shade depending on the selected color. It does not change the color of the highlighted hair, but only slightly refreshes it. Hue need to pick one that is not very different from yours. Due to the cumulative effect of the shampoo will help make the strands more saturated color. It should be used no more than once a week.

In fact, the same as shampoo, but with the preservation of a longer result - up to one month.These products are available for the purpose of hair care after dyeing, as they include components that help restore strands after highlighting, as well as maintain their healthy appearance. It is important to know that balsams are produced, which certainly need to be diluted, so you should always read the instructions before use. These cosmetics are well struggling with unwanted yellowness.

Hair dye - the most long-term tool for toning or coloring streaked strands. The effect lasts up to two months, the main thing is that due to the non-ammonia composition it does not spoil the hair structure too much.

Good for home use. Sprays will be a great way for those who do not want to tint their hair for a long time. The result of using toning sprays holds up to 3-4 shampooing procedures. Convenient for tinting individual strands.

Foams and mousses stay on the curls much longer, up to 10 procedures. Modern manufacturers have made the use of such tools much more convenient by equipping them with dispensers. It is important to know that after their application, you need to wash off the remnants of the hair, after waiting the required amount of time.

Toning strands are of several kinds, each of which is distinguished by its characteristic features:

• tinting hair with shampoos and mousses, as well as foam is considered light (the result is washed off after 2-6 hair washing procedures);
• sparing toning with the use of balms and tonics is sparing (the duration of the result is from three weeks to one and a half months);
• intensive toning with hair dye (up to two months);
• health toning using henna and basma.

On girls with a short haircut, the usual highlighting of hair (rare or thick) will create the effect of "spotting", so it can only be done on a flat top haircut.

Of the types of tinting and highlighting will be optimal booking or balayazh. The first involves combining highlighting and coloring in oneself, since various dark shades are used - from chocolate to golden. In fact, such staining does not fundamentally change the original color, but only decorates it with highlights and modulations. Hair looks more healthy and voluminous. Balayazh involves stretching a particular shade over the entire length of the hair. And also various shades can be used.

Choosing a tint shade, you should immediately exclude bright and contrasting colors, as this will visually divide the head in half. It is better to prefer shades of walnut and honey, as well as milk chocolate. And you can choose a shade of several colors lighter than the original color to create the effect of burnt strands.

The owners of hair of medium length are suitable the same types of highlighting with tinting, as for short haircuts. In addition to these staining techniques, you can use classic highlighting, shatush and ombre.

Ombre implies the creation of a regrowth effect. That is, the strands are colored in such a way that they create a smooth transition from dark roots to bright ends. Several different shades are used.This coloring will be a salvation for girls with dark curls, as they do not affect the roots, while maintaining the integrity of the hair structure.

Shatush is basically the same thing as an ombre. The difference is that the transition is made more blurred than with the ombra.

Choosing color of toning from a palette of light shades, it is worth stopping the choice on pearl, and also beige tones. Often on dark hair, highlights may acquire an undesired yellow tone, which will help to hide tonic or shampoo with an ashy tint.

The range of shades for long strands is unlimited. This may be a silver-ashy blond and red mahogany. It all depends on the desired result. Originally looks toning red and purple hues - pomegranate, mahogany, plum, copper.

For girls with long hair, all of the above options are suitable - from ordinary highlighting to bronding. Any of the procedures should be carried out in the cabin, as at home there is a high probability of unsuccessful staining.

Even when using the most expensive cosmetics for highlighting and tinting hair dyed strands require special care. It is necessary to purchase special shampoos and balms for colored hair.

You should pay attention to the composition of the shampoo and abandon those that contain sulfates, as they affect the rate of leaching of the coloring pigment.

Make masks at home more often, using natural products. (kefir, various oils, honey, various herbs decoctions).

Reduce the use of hair dryers, pleyok, and equalizers. When a yellow tint appears, use tinting agents (shampoos, sprays, mousses), but not more than once a week.

Immediately after washing, the curls should not be combed, it is better to wait until they dry out a bit and gently comb them along the entire length starting from the tips (non-metallic comb).

Once every 2 months, split ends should be cut to make hair look more well-groomed and smooth.

Bronding will help refresh the color of the strands without major changes.

Coloring strands occur in shades of brown. On the palette are selected several colors close to the original. This creates a soft transition from color to color, while maintaining its color.

Ombre will make your look more vivid and fresh.

Here the basal zone remains untouched, then the color is selected a couple of shades lighter than natural. Then the paint is applied along a horizontal line and stretches along the entire length, making a smooth and natural transition between tones.

Balayazh emphasize femininity and tenderness.

The color is matched to half a tone lighter than natural. The wizard applies broad strokes to the hair, creating a soft transition from the original color to the toning one.

How to highlight on dark hair, see the following video.