Now it is considered fashionable for young girls to weave colored strands into their hair. They help to make quite interesting hairstyles, giving the image an individuality. Such strands are called kanekalon. Read about the features of using this jewelry on short hair, as well as how to weave them in your hair style, read the article.
What it is?
Kanekalon is a strand of artificial hair, the quality of which is as close as possible to natural. The material is absolutely harmless to the human body. It is made from natural algae by drying and special heat treatment. Do not confuse this material with fully artificial strands.
The fashion for color Kanekalon came to us from Japan, where at the peak of popularity there are anime girls with colored curls. Along with the fashion for Japanese cartoons, the desire of teenagers to weave bright strands into hairstyles spread throughout the world. Designers slightly “pacified” the overly vivid disposition of this attribute for hair, having invented many original hairstyles that would suit even girls with short hair.
Most often, you can find kanekalon in bright saturated shades, but you can also choose strands with natural hair color. In addition, artificial curls can be completely straight or with different types of curls. There is also a kanekalon that glows in neon or changes color in the sun.
Advantages and disadvantages
The use of kanekalon on short hair has several advantages.
- With the help of Kanekalon, curls can be lengthened without harming the bulbs, as happens with building.
- Kanekalon is made of natural material, completely environmentally friendly and hypoallergenic.
- The material does not gain static electricity and does not fluff in the hairstyle.
- With the help of Kanekalon, you can change the color and length of curls at least every day.
However, Kanekalon, woven into short hair, also has flaws.
- Its quality visually differs from natural hair, even if the color of the strands is well matched to real curls.
- Over time, Kanekalon has to be changed, as it fades.
- When wet, it absorbs water greatly and becomes heavy.
- If braids with kanekalon are tightly braided, it is quite difficult to remove from the hairstyle.
How to use?
In order to make a hairstyle on short hair with a caret type haircut, you will need to prepare:
- wash your hair well with shampoo;
- blot the strands with a towel;
- blow dry them.
In no case do you need to use a balm or conditioner. This will make your curls too soft and unyielding. Then move on to creating hairstyles.
Let's make a ponytail. This is a basic hairstyle that can be transformed into several others.
- To do this, cover the curls with wax and stab a high beam.
- We smooth the hair well so that nothing sticks out anywhere.
- We take a large strand of Kanekalon and fix it in the middle on an elastic band.
- We put a hairpin on the bun.
- Separate a small curl of Kanekalon and tightly wind it onto the place of attachment so that the gum is not visible.
- Fasten with invisible back.
Now the tail can be easily converted into a neat volumetric bundle or braid.
Interesting hairstyles
Hairstyles for short hair with weaving Kanekalon are quite diverse. The main thing is that the length of your natural strands allows you to fix artificial curls. Here are some original options.
- Long English braids with blond Kanekalon on a brunette’s square will help to lengthen the strands, without waiting for their own hair to grow back. A great way to quickly refresh an image.
- Afro-braids will also help lengthen the hairstyle. Great for summer.
- An artificial horse tail, the color of which changes from natural to deep pink, will add brightness to the image. Such a hairstyle will make you noticeable at any party.
Pigtails with colored strands can be braided even on very short hair. The main thing is to find a hairdresser who will cope with this task.
For how to do simple hairstyles with kanekalon for short hair, see the next video.
