Hair dyeing with strands: features and technique

The desire to change the image, add original nuances to your appearance from time to time appears in every woman. And it is not necessary to radically change the wardrobe, makeup or hairstyle. Sometimes it is enough to dye your hair, and not completely, but in separate strands to refresh the image and raise your mood.

There are many tools for coloring hair - from natural gentle to the most persistent chemical dyes. The choice will depend on the ultimate goal. If you need to create an image literally on one way out, then you can use tools that are quickly washed off. To achieve a lasting effect, persistent formulations will be required. Let's consider several options.

• Special chemical paints will last longerOf course, if you choose a quality product from a well-known manufacturer. The shade palette here is the widest, you can find suitable for any type and color of hair.

• Good options are natural dyes henna and basma, as well as folk remedies: coffee, beets, onion husks, nettles, chamomile and others. They do not spoil the hair, and even have a healing effect, but the effect disappears after a few washes of the head with shampoo. And the choice of shades here is very limited.

• Temporary staining of strands can be done in crayons. This provides room for experimentation, as the color is washed off immediately if necessary (if you do not take the oil material).

• Colored strands obtained using tinted shampoos and balms, also hold for a short time, but practically do no harm to the hair. This painting is washed off 2-3 times. Such dyes are available in the form of tubes with mascara, and in the form of a spray, which is very convenient for application.

The main method of painting individual strands is highlighting. Superiority in the application of this technique is attributed to the French hairdresser Jacques Dessange. It was noticed that the natural color of hair is almost never uniform, and the play of tones in strands makes the hairstyle more voluminous.

In this technique, dyeing is performed along the entire length of the strands with gradual clarification in the direction from the roots to the ends. At the same time, they dye most of the hair.

This is a technique similar to the previous one, but in this case, individual strands are painted at a noticeable distance from each other. They also gradually lighten along the entire length. The method is very suitable for thick hair.

When using this option, the strands are not stained from the roots (up to 2/3 of the length). Sometimes only the tips are painted. The color transition from top to bottom can be from dark to light, and vice versa. But the first looks more natural.

In this method, a gradation of color is created horizontally. Such dyeing looks spectacular on dark hair, but is not recommended for blondes, because it will simply not be too expressive. To mask gray hair, if it is more than 30%, is also not suitable. The advantage of this option is that A good result is achieved when using natural dyes.

With such highlighting, several colors are used, but within the natural palette. Experienced masters manage to not only achieve the effect of burning out strands in the sun and give them additional volume, but also add shine to the curls with the help of a play of tones. This method allows you to make your hair visually more healthy, it is optimal for masking gray hair. Strands can be painted both along the entire length, and partially (as a balayazha).

A method involving the use of dyes based on wax, which tint the hair without strong lightening. Due to this composition of funds, this procedure is considered one of the least harmful to the hair. Strands are painted more often in several tones, but monophonic options can be. However, the dyes used in this technology do not give noticeable results on dark hair, therefore majimesh is recommended only for girls with light blond curls or blondes.

In this embodiment, several tones are used (usually up to 5). Until recently, the palette included shades from golden to bright red, as well as red and chocolate brown, close to natural. But now you can find such coloring with the use of bolder colors, for example, blue-green color scheme. Such highlighting is more suitable for women with dark hair.

The name of this type speaks for itself, any experiments are allowed here. Bright contrasting colors are used to clearly highlight individual strands. Sometimes even graphic images are created: stripes, circles, waves. Hair can be of any length, even very short.

When choosing the type of staining, it is worth considering several points:

• condition and type of hair;
• colored or not, which dyes were used in the first case;
• length and color of hair, type of haircut;
• condition and skin tone.

But in any case, dyeing hair with strands has one indisputable advantage: growing roots are not too noticeable, especially if not painted along the entire length. And to correct such staining is less common than radical.

To perform a certain type of highlighting, observing all its features, some skills will be required, therefore it is better to contact specialists.

Both when determining the color of clothes, and when choosing a shade of hair, experts advise focusing on the color type. That is, a warm skin tone (golden, beige or dark-skinned) suggests the use of a similar gamut for strands of flowers. "Aristocratic" pale or porcelain - the choice of cold shades.

Sometimes it is difficult to accurately determine your color type, in this case three tips will help.

• You can focus on the color of the veins. If their shade is greenish, then the skin is warm, blue or lilac - cold.
• Eyes can also tell, or rather, the color of the iris. Blue or gray eyes - cold color, brown - warm.
• Appreciate whether gold or silver blends better with your skin. For this experience, it is not necessary to take jewelry, you can also jewelry from metals of similar colors. You need to consider them in daylight. If gold is more suitable, your shades are warm, silver is cold.

The color palette for brunettes is wide, all “tasty” shades will suit them: coffee, chocolate, caramel, walnut. But this is provided that the skin is dark and the eyes are brown. Owners of a cold color type should experiment with eggplant or blue shades. It is no secret that pure black hair color slightly adds age to their mistress. And staining with strands will be a good way to “get younger” a little.

Blondes with white skin will suit platinum, silver, and ash tones. You can try the colors of wheat or champagne. If you want to add bright strands, it’s still better to take cold shades, for example, pink. Honey, golden, caramel colors will decorate fair-haired girls only if their skin is warm.

Auburn, fiery, nutty shades will make the already bright red hair even more spectacular.

Many are attracted by the red color in the hairstyle. In fact, it has many shades of both warm and cold. therefore almost any woman can choose her own tone and add at least a minimal amount to her hair color. But you need to handle it carefully.

It is unlikely to be able to create complex transitions of tones independently, but it is quite possible to color the strands using 1-2 shades if you carefully follow the recommendations. It is most convenient to carry out the procedure at home, using a special cap. If there is none, a shower cap is suitable, then holes will need to be made in it.

1. Persistent dyes are not washed off clothes, so you should put a diaper on your shoulders or just put on some old T-shirt.
2. Dilute the paint following the instructions provided.
3. Put a hat on your head.You do not need to wash or moisturize your hair before dyeing.
4. Strands through the holes are taken out with a hook. Each is individually stained with a brush in the direction from the roots to the tips.
5. The paint is kept on the hair for 20-40 minutes. You should focus on the time indicated in the instructions and the natural color.
6. Then the hair is thoroughly washed. For care and restoration of the strands, it is recommended to use a special balm after staining.

Instead of a hat, you can take a regular cling film. In this case, the locks are fixed with elastic bands in the place to which they will be painted. Dyed hair is wrapped in a film. Sometimes foil is used, but for home coloring, experts do not recommend using it, since oxidation and heating processes can occur inside, which may not affect the result in the best way.

If the hair is not very long, and there is neither time nor experience for thorough dyeing, you can use regular comb with rare teeth. Paint is applied to them and the strands are combed properly. The result is quite interesting.

Different options for staining with strands are presented in the photo gallery:

• ombre dyeing on dark brown hair;

• chocolate and caramel shades look very natural on dark curls, colored like sombre;

• balayazh revitalizes hair of any type and color;

• shatush gives shine to dark hair;

• shades in the technique of bronding;

• majimesh - ideal for blondes;

• bold colors in the technique of American highlighting create a vivid image;

• highlighting crazy colors - a technique for the most creative.

See how to dye your hair in strands in the next video.