Many women dream of attracting the attention of others with an extraordinary color of hair. It is for such ladies that the ideal option is color dyeing, which involves replacing strands of natural colors with more intense and saturated colors, as well as a combination of various non-standard shades. Before deciding on such a bold transformation, it is recommended to familiarize yourself with all the features of such staining, its varieties and methods of implementation in advance. All these nuances will be discussed in detail in this article.
Advantages and disadvantages
It is worth remembering that color staining has a number of positive and negative characteristics that must be taken into account. Among the positive aspects of such hair coloring are the following.
- Such a transformation of hair will allow you to stand out from the crowd, emphasize your personality.
- There is a huge number of shades for such coloring in the modern hairdressing industry, which will allow you to choose exactly the colors that seem most suitable for you or create a multi-color ensemble.
- There are also many techniques for the implementation of bright dyeing, involving the selection of individual sections to create bright strands or the embodiment of a specific original pattern.
- Saturated colors can be used on hair of any length. In each haircut, certain patterns or color dyeing techniques can be embodied using color.
- In most cases, the bright component grasps with the hair pigment rather quickly, which allows you to get a rich shade immediately.
- Multi-colored dyes for curls do not contain caustic components, so you can change the color or maintain the brightness of a particular shade as often as you want without worrying about the health of your hair.
It is also worth taking into account some of the disadvantages of multi-colored staining.
- It will be the safest only for girls who have naturally blond hair. Dark or previously dyed curls will need to be discolored depending on the brightness of the desired shade. The bleaching procedure, in turn, is rather harmful. She makes hair more rigid and changes their structure.
- Colorings quickly lose their original brightness, especially if you often wash your hair. With each wash, the colored pigment is washed out a little, and over time it will be necessary to re-stain. For some colors, you can choose a special conditioner that supports their durability, but such a solution does not exist for all shades of the color palette.
- For long hair, in the case of a full-fledged procedure with bleaching and subsequent color dyeing, the process will take quite a lot of time - from 3 or more hours. Even more time will be required to create complex color staining, which includes several shades or color drawing. Also in the salons, such a service will be expensive.
- In most cases, after the presence of colored strands, it is difficult to give the hair a uniform, natural tone.
Who is it for?
Before deciding on color dyeing using especially bright or acid colors, consider the fact that such a hairstyle should be combined with your lifestyle and profession. If you work for yourself and are not limited to various kinds of dress code or are a representative of a creative profession, then bright locks are most likely to successfully complement your image.
But if your occupation is associated with official events, children's or social institutions, then too bright hair may not make the most pleasant impression, you will be taken lightly.
This may ultimately affect your career growth. Therefore, in such cases, use the color tint minimally.
If you take into account the initial color of the hair, then the bright strands are suitable for owners of any natural shade. However, for each color certain combinations look most advantageous. If you are not going to dye the strands completely, then a combination of cold shades, for example, blue or purple, will perfectly suit natural dark hair, and different shades of red will also look beautiful.
Blondes can create the effect of a pearl overflow on the hair, use soft pink or lilac tones. It is the owners of light strands who most often paint their hair with color completely, because there is no need for additional bleaching. Sometimes, if a bright color is used as an accent, blondes choose several curls and give them the desired rich tone.
Young-haired young ladies should choose colors based on their own natural pigment. If cold blond prevails in your hair, opt for different shades of blue or blue-green. If your natural color has a warmer pigment, then you can safely afford to use pink or even brighter shades for coloring.
If you want to combine natural red with colored strands, then a turquoise color is a good option. Also, red ombre using red or golden tones is perfect for red girls.
It must be remembered that an important criterion is the degree of damage to the hair.If you have dry brittle strands, it is not recommended to add color, especially if the procedure also requires lightening.
It is better to first treat your curls, making them softer and more obedient.
Kinds
Temporary application of color to the hair can be carried out using various techniques. The most popular of these are the following.
- Colombra - A type of ombre in which the ends of the strands are painted in bright colors or even a color mix instead of the traditional light shade. In this case, the smoothness of the transition is still preserved.
- An analogue of the previous version, only with a sharper transition is dip-dye staining. In this way, the natural color is clearly replaced by saturated and looks more bright and bold.
- A peculiar appearance is staining with the color of the root zone. It implies the predominance of bright color pigment at a few centimeters at the roots and the natural color of the rest of the hairstyle.
Sometimes the color changes to a natural shade, and sometimes more sharply.
- An interesting option is double staining. A feature of this technique is the division of hair into two parts, which can be done both horizontally and vertically, and then dyeing each part with its own color.
As a rule, two bright shades are used, either one bright and the other more restrained to create contrast.
- For holistic shading of light and bleached hair, a pastel gamut is usually chosen. She does not look so defiant, and even able to create a cute image. The most fashionable tones for such a color transformation of curls are pink, peach, lilac, blue.
- For blondes who cannot choose between two shades, it is possible to make two or more colors at once using opal staining techniques. Colors that seamlessly fade into each other and combine with a pearl overflow will look very noble and unobtrusive.
- If a fair-haired young lady is not ready for radical changes in color, then she can choose shade rose gold, which doesn’t look as catchy as pink, but it looks very interesting.
- Oil Spill Technique - This is a bizarre ensemble of various shades of purple, blue and green, creating an imitation of the color of gasoline.
This option looks as harmonious as possible on dark strands.
- Bright coral strands will look amazing on brown-haired women. A special feature is their location at the ends of the hair.
- For those ladies who want to give the platinum blonde an interesting color tint staining technique smoke and ashes. To create an overflow, cold delicate shades of blue, lavender, and pink are taken. Moving smoothly into each other, they give the blond originality.
- For blond or fair hair there is such a creative option as denim staining. It represents a color transition between blue, gray and ashen.
- For the brightest and most courageous girls, there is a technique of coloring in neon colors. It involves creating extremely bright strands and is most often used at the tips.
- Rainbow coloring - multicolor version with sharp borders between colors. Based on the name, most often in this option 7 colors of the rainbow are used.
This bold concept is embodied not only on the whole head, sometimes only the lower layer of long hair is dyed in it, making them a kind of highlight of the whole image.
- Shatush - chaotic coloring of strands in bright colors, which is most suitable for dark-haired girls. Due to the harmony between colors and the randomness of the arrangement of multi-colored strands, a smooth transition of shades into each other is created.
- Screen painting implies the use of a pattern of a certain pattern when applying color pigment to the hair.As a result of this transformation, a composition highlighted in a bright tone is created on the main hair color.
Usually this technique is used on a separate section of the hair.
The choice of means for coloring
Separately, it is worth considering the means by which you can give curls unusual bright shades. Each of them in its own way affects the hair to a greater or lesser extent damages them, so it is recommended that you familiarize yourself with the entire list of products in advance.
- Paints - The most resistant means to create a bright color. They can be on various bases - natural, chemical or physical. Depending on this, the degree of damage to the hair during the coloring process is determined. Natural compounds contain plant extract of various plants, are less persistent, but more beneficial to the health of curls. Physical and chemical paints are presented in a wider palette, but they are not so safe for the structure of hair.
- The most budgetary means of tinting curls is a tint balm. This method of color dyeing is quite simple, it can be done independently at home. But the composition of the tinted shampoo is very aggressive and adversely affects the hair structure. Also take into account the fact that the result of staining with such a cheap product can be unpredictable. Even if you get the shade indicated on the package, after several shampoo use, it can change its pigment to red or green, which will be difficult to wash until the end.
- If you need to transform for one evening or several hours, an ideal option is a tool such as colored crayons for hair. They are noticeable not only on light but also on darker hair. After washing off, the natural pigment does not change its color.
However, the frequent use of colored strands of crayons can lead to dry hair, so use special restoring balms after this remedy.
- An analogue of crayons is a coloring product such as mascara. It also has a one-time effect and is completely safe for hair. However, people prone to allergic reactions are not recommended to use it without a preliminary tolerance test.
How to paint?
Usually, a procedure such as colored hair coloring is recommended in salons, especially if you prefer to use sophisticated techniques or if your curls are long or medium. Short hair should not be dyed alone if curly haircuts or asymmetries are performed on them. But if you choose simpler schemes and already have experience in dyeing strands, then you can make the transformation at home.
Only light or light brown hair (depending on the chosen shade) makes sense to dye on its own; if the locks are dark, then the desired areas need to be lightened or washed in advance.
The color composition is applied according to the following algorithm.
- Wear a special wrap and gloves to protect clothing and hands.
- Comb your hair thoroughly, then divide it into several areas. Fix each with special hair clips.
- Spread paint according to the instruction.
- Place the strand on a piece of foil and carefully lubricate it with coloring matter. Coloring should be done from top to bottom.
- Wrap the ends of the foil so that they completely cover the colored strand.
- Repeat the same procedure for each hair patch. You can move from the back of the head to the crown, as well as in the opposite direction, depending on your preference and hair length.
- After the procedure, note the time indicated on the package of the composition, and after it, wash off the paint without using shampoo. Apply a balm to your hair.
Follow-up care
After dyeing, do not forget to carry out a number of procedures for the care of colored hair.
- Use a shampoo or conditioner to preserve the color containing the desired pigment.
- Avoid frequent heat treatment so as not to dry out the tips. Give preference to curlers.
- After shampooing, apply emollient and restorative masks.
- Use folk remedies such as a nettle broth or burdock and castor oil heated in a water bath, taken in 1 to 1 proportions.
Beautiful examples
The following options can be used as samples of successful color staining.
- A gradient of warm colors with a slight cold tint is perfect for light-eyed ladies.
- Rolling into yellow natural light brown will eliminate the need to often tint hair roots.
- A square in marine colors using three colors is ideal for creating a mysterious image.
- A colored layer of strands under a noble chestnut allows you to easily change the style.
The most fashionable staining techniques are shown in the video below.