French highlighting: what is, types and painting technique

Modern girls try to take care of themselves, regardless of workload at work or at home. To do this, ladies regularly visit beauty salons, manicure rooms and, of course, hairdressers. True, so many coloring techniques are offered that it can be difficult to choose the most suitable one from them. Many women like highlighting, but they hesitate to do it: they will have to renew their dyeing every 2-3 months, and this will negatively affect their hair condition, and they will have to spend a lot of money. Especially for them, you can recommend majimesh, or French highlighting.

Natural shades and healthy shine are the distinctive qualities of the majimesh technique, due to which it is popular among women around the world. Owners of blond hair who do not want to spoil the natural beauty of hair, it is best suited. You will learn about the intricacies of its implementation and the rules for caring for colored curls from our article.

The majimesh technique is called sparing for several reasons. Strands are lightened in several tones, close to the original hair color. The style of dyeing also adds naturalness: curls are chosen arbitrarily, and not symmetrically. The composition is kept on the hair for a maximum of 40 minutes, which also positively affects the condition of the hair - the hair does not deteriorate from too long exposure to the paint.By the way, because of the short exposure, the majimesh technology is also called express highlighting.

Paints used for French highlighting do not contain ammonia. They include wax, which gently paints curls in light golden tones and cares for them. Typically, the master uses color 3-4 tones lighter than the original. It can be milk, gold, beige, walnut, as well as honey, pearl, caramel shades. The founder of this staining technique is L'Oreal - it was she who began to produce wax paints.

As you can see, highlighting in French is quite significantly different from other similar staining techniques. Consider the positive and negative sides of majimesh.

Advantages:

• the absence of ammonia in the composition makes wax paints safe even for allergy sufferers and women in position;
• wax allows you to maintain a well-groomed appearance of hair, despite the influence of dyes, in addition, it gives a light effect of lamination;
• thanks to the use of shades close to each other, majimesh makes thin hair visually thicker, betraying them 3D volume;
• when highlighting, no more than 40% of hair is involved, which means that the rest of the curls are not exposed to the composition, and the hair retains a more healthy appearance.

Disadvantages:

• suitable for a limited range of hair colors, for a more noticeable effect it is better for brunettes and dark blond to choose a different dyeing technology;
• before making majimesh after lightening or using henna, you need to wait a month;
• Ideally, it should be performed only in the salon, since the majimesh method requires professionalism and experience.

Majimesh staining can be either full or partial.

For this technique, several close shades in a golden range are selected. The strands are separated from the total mass through the holes in a special cap, then a brightening composition with a smooth transition of shades is applied to them. To create the effect of flowing flowers, fashionable today, the locks may not be separated from the total mass of curls.

Partial dyeing usually includes only the facial area or the ends of the hair, so that light strands beautifully frame the face. This allows you to slightly refresh the existing hairstyle, especially if it is done on dark blond hair.

In order to choose the right color option, you should start from the original hair color.

Girls with hair of such shades are very suitable pearl, gold or milky tone. With proper use, the master will correctly place accents on the hair, and beautiful highlights will appear on them. Highlighting on curls will be especially successful if the haircut is correctly selected according to the type of face.

If we are talking about light brown hair, then you can use the same colors as in the previous version. Curls will maintain a healthy natural shine and at the same time will be transformed. But on dark blond hair, the French highlighting will be almost imperceptible.

Since a palette close to its color is used for French highlighting, it is not recommended to make it to brown-haired women and brunettes. If you nevertheless apply this technique on dark hair, it is best to make only a few strokes in the face area and on the main part of the hair.

After French highlighting, like after any other, the hair looks renewed and well-groomed. However, over time, the color begins to wash out, the strands turn yellow or even turn red, and the general appearance of the hair noticeably deteriorates.

• In such cases, hairdressers are advised to use special shampoos that help prevent such adverse reactions.
• Be sure to make hair masks. Such procedures should be carried out weekly, 1 or 2 times. In addition to expensive salon products, there are many simple compounds that you can make at home yourself from improvised products. Usually, lemon, honey, chamomile and egg yolk are used, which are combined depending on the type of hair.
• Highlighted hair, stretched out with an iron or curled into a curling iron, looks very impressive. If you like to stack them, then you need to protect the curls from thermal effects. There are special thermal protective agents that prevent their damage.

If you decide to try making majimesh at home, then prepare everything you need in advance. You will need:

• thin-handle comb to separate hair;
• gloves
• brush for coloring;
• Wax paint in several shades that are close to your main hair color;
• hat with holes;
• material to cover your shoulders.

Consider the process of creating French highlighting at home step by step.

1. Wash and then dry your hair and comb it thoroughly.
2. Put on a plastic cap with holes. If you do not want to use it, then stab the upper strands so that they do not interfere. Like any coloring, French highlighting must begin with the back of the head.
3. Make the coloring composition according to the instructions that come with the paints.
4. Pull the strands you need from the cap and begin to color them, alternating shades. Paint them well, but do not forget to blend the mixture through your hair. Additionally, covering your head is not recommended.
5. After half an hour, rinse the mixture with running water and wash your hair. Apply conditioner or mask that came with the paint.

To preserve the beauty and health of hair dyed using the majimesh technique, Use the advice of specialists.

• Avoid direct exposure to the scorching sun on the hair, do not go without a hat in the snow or without an umbrella in the pouring rain, swim in the sea in a plastic cap.
• In addition to firming masks with vitamins and minerals, improve your hair inside. They will become stronger and healthier if you use vitamin complexes for hair.
• It is better to refuse shampoos with aggressive substances in the composition, such as alkalis, sulfates and oxidizing agents.

Short hair shines and shimmers through the use of several shades. Pearl, milk and honey notes create a 3D volume that visually divides the hair into separate locks.

Long flowing curls, painted using the majimesh technique, do not lose a healthy glow. Wax paints nourish the hair and prevent it from drying out after the procedure. If you do not forget about weekly masks, then a healthy shine is provided even to very fair hair.

On blond hair, the result from French highlighting looks as natural as possible. Just sunny glare - and no unnecessary accents.

Dark brown curls using the majimesh technique, as a rule, are highlighted mainly in the face. Thus, the rest of the hair remains intact and continues to shine with a healthy shine.

Women always strive to diversify their everyday look, resorting to new cosmetics or visiting a hairdresser. Highlighting in French allows you to make your hair more expressive and at the same time keep your hair healthy. It gently sets off individual strands and does not spoil the structure of curls, which ultimately has a positive effect on the general appearance of hair.

French women like nobody else know a lot about natural beauty.Maybe that’s why the technique of French highlighting is so popular with women who appreciate everything natural. Natural shades in combination with each other allow you to create inconspicuous color transitions and give a greater visual volume. If your native shade of hair is closer to light, then majimesh can become a real find - it will add a hairstyle to beautiful highlights and make your everyday look a little brighter.

On how to make French highlighting yourself, see the video below.