Venetian highlighting: what it is and how to do it?

Nowadays, when TV screens and pages of glossy magazines overflowed with artificial beauties, naturalness is especially appreciated. There is no exception and hair, which can always look spectacular and truly luxurious, if you choose the right coloring technique and shades suitable for toning. For brunettes, stylists recommend resorting to Venetian highlighting, which creates the effect of strands burned in the sun.

When creating the Venetian highlighting, stylists drew their inspiration from the Renaissance films about Rome. It is well known that nature rewarded Italian women with black-hot hair, and no dyeing products were invented at that time, so notable Italians took off their hats and put their heads under the rays of the scorching sun. Nature did its job and strands acquired cognac, honey and wheat shades. In modern performance Venetian highlighting is the clarification of individual strands by 2-3 tones, when stained, the curls are chosen randomly and tinted in several related shades. As a result, after the procedure, soft overflows are made on the head; no contrasting tones are allowed here.

Venetian highlighting for brunettes is a good way to change the image without resorting to radical techniques. It is very popular with dark-haired women, makes the hair more prominent and multi-layered. Lighter curls give the appearance of sexuality and charm, soften the contour of the face and emphasize the expressiveness of the look, and the dark color highlights the geometry of the haircut, as a result, the appearance becomes more refined and complete.

Coloring in the Venetian technique has its advantages and disadvantages. The advantages include the following features of highlighting:

• in this case, only part of the hair is dyed, and the root zone is not affected; this staining dries in a natural way without the use of foil, so the method injures strands less than ordinary staining;
• in most cases, when conducting Venetian highlighting, several shades of the same color are used, therefore the result is an effective color distribution over the entire mass of hair;
• Venetian highlighting emphasizes multi-layered and graded haircuts, cascade and asymmetry;
• as hair grows, the difference between full and colored curls is almost imperceptible, so the growing roots look natural and harmonious; This hairstyle needs correction only in 3-4 months;
• the coloring has no age restrictions - it looks spectacular on both very young girls and women of more elegant hair, with bright glare visually rejuvenating the face, making the oval more toned and distracting attention from the age-related changes that have begun.

However, it was not without flaws. Since the dyeing is done on dark blond and black hair, in order to create the effect of strands sunburned in the sun, they need partial bleaching, as a result, there is always a risk of overdrying the curls, which makes the head of hair look more like tow. The technique is not suitable for all color types.However, despite the high cost of dyeing and the risk of damaging part of the curls, the result is always luxurious, and with proper hair care, they remain soft and tender, and the color is saturated.

In finding the optimal color for Venetian highlighting, it is very important to choose the right shades, otherwise your expectations may not coincide with reality. The optimal color should be in harmony with the tone of the main shovels of hair, skin color and eyes of women. As a rule, brunettes fit highlights chocolate, coffee and nutty shades. For owners of brown and red hair it is better to prefer sand, honey and copper shades, and dark brown strands look good caramel, wheat tones, as well as ocher and ashy.

Venetian highlighting is not suitable for all the fair sex. First of all, you shouldn’t do it if you used to do a perm or keratin straightening. The technique is not recommended for girls who previously dyed their hair with henna, basma or other vegetable dyes - they prevent the penetration of pigment, as a result, the output color may be the most unexpected. In this case, highlighting can be done no earlier than 4–5 months after staining.

In addition, any manipulation of hair coloring by expectant mothers and lactating women, as well as during the course of antibiotic, hormone and chemotherapy, is strictly prohibited. Contraindications are contraindicated in the presence of any skin diseases and susceptibility to allergic reactions. If the hair is thin and weak, then you should first carry out a series of restorative procedures. To do this, you need to make nourishing masks 3-4 times a week for at least a month, apply serums and oils to help prepare the curls for toning.

Venetian highlighting is not so difficult to make yourself at home, it does not require the use of hats, foils and other tools that are needed for other types of coloring. All you need is to decide on the choice of shade and stock up on free time. For all the procedures you need at least 2 hours. Prepare the following tools and equipment before staining:

• paint bowl;
• scallop with rare fine teeth;
• tassels of two types - wide and narrow;
• latex gloves;
• cape;
• clamps for strands;
• paint.

Before you start work, you need to know that the Venetian technique involves toning the strands indented 4–5 cm from the roots. First you need to test the paint on a thin strand from the back of the head, if you like the shade, then this tool should be applied to all other curls. Curls while you can choose as very narrow, and, conversely, wide, alternating between them and using different brushes. The most popular paints for home use are brand products. "Londa", "Garnier", "Pallet" and "Estelle". Coloring compositions, in addition to clarifiers and pigments, include emollient oils for curls, components of plant extracts and healing components.

Step-by-step instructions for conducting highlights are as follows:

1. for a start, paint is diluted in a special container;
2. then you need to choose a work order, and fix the rest with clamps;
3. the curl is pulled away and the paste is carefully spread;
4. all other strands are treated in the same way;
5. the composition is kept on hair for 30–45 minutes;
6. at the end of the exposure time, the hair is washed thoroughly with shampoo and put on a balm.

In order for the result to be as expected, you need to know a few subtleties. So, the longer the composition keeps on the hair - the lighter shade will turn out. During highlighting, you must carefully remove the mixture from one of the occipital curls - so you can understand how much the color has changed in comparison with the original. Venetian highlighting is considered to be one of the most persistent types of dyeing - the result remains unchanged on the curls for at least 2 months, and since the area near the roots was not affected during dyeing, as the hair grows, the border between native and dyed hair is almost imperceptible and not often required.

Despite the simplicity of the Venetian technique, in the absence of the necessary experience of staining, you can make mistakes. The most common is the wrong choice of colors and thickness of the strands, as well as non-compliance with the requirements of the indentation. Moreover, any attempt to rectify the situation can only aggravate the already deplorable situation, which adversely affects the condition of the hair. In order not to damage the hair during the procedure, you should choose the right paint - it is better to give preference to professional products that do not contain ammonia.

It is extremely important that the application of paint on all strands takes approximately the same time, otherwise the coloring will be uneven. Usually, this problem is solved in salons at the expense of increased work speed, but at home it is possible to level out potential inconsistencies of shades by alternately coloring asymmetrically arranged curls. If you still make a mistake, then only a professional master should correct it. As a rule, colorists resort to tinting, so that you can effectively change the hair color. Unsuccessful Venetian highlighting can be corrected by such methods as:

• after a few weeks, repeat the toning procedure;
• use a special wash that helps to return the original hair color;
• dye all the hair in a single color.

In order to please your hair color as long as possible, you should properly care for the colored curls, namely:

• to wash the hair, you should use only special shampoos that do not contain sulfates, otherwise the coloring pigment will be washed out and the glare will become dull and faded;
• at least once a week you need to carry out the treatment procedures for the head of hair - masks, serums and rinsing;
• all thermal effects on the hair should be minimized - it is necessary to limit the use of hot air when drying hair, as well as styling with the help of curls and irons.

Venetian highlighting is a great opportunity for brunettes to change their image, add pomp, volume and relief to her hair, at the same time emphasize the dignity of appearance and hide her some flaws. Truly luxurious this technique looks on long hair.

But owners of a short car can successfully use this technique.

Venetian highlighting for several seasons has not lost its popularity. This technique was chosen by many stars of show business.

See the following video for Venetian highlighting and how it is performed.