Highlighting on long dark hair

Highlighting is one of the staining methods that is extremely popular among women, regardless of age. In early 2000, this staining technique made an extraordinary sensation, and today it is again popular. Highlighting looks most effective on long dark hair, because they more clearly express the color of the hairstyle. Today, the fashion and beauty industry does not stand still and is constantly evolving, allowing women to refresh their appearance.

There are several varieties of highlighting, which allows not only to highlight certain curls, but also to give the hair shine and dizzying volume.

Despite the fact that highlighting on dark curls looks excellent, it is worth choosing the right shade to achieve the best effect. The most important thing when choosing a tone is to take into account all the subjective characteristics of external data.

• Hair structure. It depends on how exactly the shade will look.
• condition also affects the perception, because brittle and weak hair will not be able to convey the entire depth of color.
• Color of the skin should harmonize, not contrast with the hair.

Beautiful highlighting is done with thin strands along the entire length of the hair, and most importantly, it should look natural, only in this way you will get extravagant and fashionable coloring. Naturally, everyone wants to be in the trend, but do not head over heels to cry out in all the fashionable shades. Do not forget about 3 important components of your appearance, only after that make your choice.

For brown-haired women, ocher, cognac, honey and caramel shades are great.It is also worth paying attention to the gold and wheat color, which will give you charm. If you want to dye your hair blonde, you simply can’t find a better way than highlighting individual curls. This is how you can slowly switch from dark to blond without practically injuring your hair.

As for brunettes, it’s better to focus on chocolate or blueberry tint. Of course, there will be no contrast, but they will help to emphasize all the advantages. These shades highlight natural beauty and add zest to the image. To create contrast, copper or bronze colors are needed that will stand out like sunbeams in your hair.

A spark in dark shades of hair can bring bright red strands. This highlighting will not only refresh the image, but also give the fragile hair splendor and shine.

Extreme lovers can stay on eggplant, red and even saturated pink. Indeed, night-dark hair is compatible with almost all bright colors, so you can let your imagination run wild.

This technique consists in chemically treating exclusively dyeable strands. So this method can be attributed to the gentle appearance of staining, because the scalp and hair follicles remain intact. Highlighting dark hair looks spectacular thanks to light strands, using this technique you can quickly change the image without much effort. Remember that the best base for any type of highlighting will always be exactly the dark shades of hair. The staining technique consists of the following items.

• Prepare all the necessary tools, such as: foil, a special hat with slots, a mixture for coloring.
• Decide how much highlighting should stand out, pull certain strands through the holes in the cap. Please note that the more curls you extend, the thicker the highlighting itself will be.
• The clarifying liquid is applied exclusively to elongated strands. Try to distribute the mass evenly over the hair.
• Wrap colored curls in foil and leave for a certain period of time.
• As soon as the necessary time is sustained, the clarifying composition should be washed off the head.

As you can see, the highlighting process is very simple, it can even be done independently.

For smoother transitions, it is recommended that the coloring process be performed without auxiliary elements such as a hat or foil. Only when the colored curls begin to come into contact with unpainted curls, the transition will be smooth, without clear boundaries.

See how to do the highlighting in the next video.

When dyeing, no one really thinks about the structure of the hair, making a huge mistake. After all, clearly understanding the weaknesses, you can choose a paint that suits you individually, which will not do harm, but will create an amazing effect. Perhaps some believe that highlighting on curly strands lays worse and does not look so natural. Many owners of curls, which nature has awarded them, believe that highlighting will not work for them and will look very strange and even ridiculous.

Naturally, the structure of straight and wavy hair is different and this feature is in porosity. As it turned out, naturally curly hair has a porous structure, which allows the paint in several races to quickly penetrate inside.Thanks to this feature, the paint on curly curls fits much better, but also this feature makes the hair brittle and thin.

For girls who have straight hair, it is much easier to choose a dye, and the dyeing process itself is much easier. With such a structure, coloring can be done with both clear and smooth transitions, creating a harmony of shades. But the paint itself must be applied evenly from top to bottom, carefully blending the transitions. This is the only way to achieve staining as close as possible to the natural look.

Brown-haired women and brunettes with the right shade highlighting look amazing. After all, if everything is done correctly, then even the most brittle and thin hair will look great. Based on the type of hair, you can choose one of the most fashionable highlighting options.

• Classic way, which over time has reincarnated in the balayage so popular today. The essence of this staining is to lighten thin strands. The main thing is that the thickness of the painted strand is not more than 5 millimeters.

• Zone method Most suitable for women who take care of their hair and do not want to spoil it with strong bleaching. This method consists in dyeing hair only on top. That is, the hair that is located on the back of the head is not exposed to paint. Such highlighting is the most harmless of all types of staining.

• Venice highlighting so natural that it would never occur to anyone that this is not your natural color. For such staining, you should not take a contrasting shade, it is best to take a color lighter than yours by about 2 tones. The curls themselves are colored randomly, there are no rules on the thickness of the strand, but you should start applying the paint from the roots to the very tips. And after applying the paint should be thoroughly shaded for a smooth transition.

• Americano Unlike other techniques, it can’t boast a smooth transition, here the colors are highlighted in quite a contrast. It is best to take a few light blond tones and make highlights, but no more than four. The plus of this highlighting is a dizzying volume with bright inserts that will give a fresh hairstyle.

• Brazilian staining It is considered universal, because it is suitable not only for dark hair, but also for any natural colors. This method also carries several options for tinting curls, so you should contact a professional. Of course, such dyeing can not be called sparing, but the effect of natural hair, burnt out in the sun, is provided to you.