Highlighting on medium hair

Any girl at least once in her life thought about changing her hair color. Some especially risky young ladies easily repaint their hair almost every month, radically changing the shade and not worrying about the health of the hair. However, if you are not one of them, we suggest you consider a procedure such as highlighting hair to change your image. About what kind of procedure is this, what types of this dyeing are and how to care for hair after it, and we will discuss this article.

The average hair length provides a wider range of choice of the type of heterogeneous staining, which is highlighting, rather than the length below the shoulder blades. On a short haircut, it is also impossible to implement some hairdressing experiments (for example, ombre).

The advantages of highlighting on medium hair.

• Suitable for any haircut, whether it is a bob, square, ladder or other hairstyle. It perfectly emphasizes the structural features of styling, highlight individual accent locks, refresh your face. With the help of well-chosen colors, you can achieve visual volume.
• Highlighting helps fight gray hair, since due to the heterogeneity of staining, it will simply not be visible.
• Neither age nor the original hair color plays a role - Highlighted curls go to all the ladies. Men also did not deprive themselves of this trend and often ask hairdressers to lighten individual strands to achieve the effect of hair burnt out in the sun.

Long gone are the days when, when mentioning the highlighting procedure, a discoloration of “feathers” surfaced in memory. Now there are a lot of varieties of this staining. Choosing one of them, you need to be guided by your natural data, namely the basic hair color.

For blond hair, the following options are suitable.

• Mazhimesh. It is considered the most sparing, it is recommended only to natural blondes, since ammonia-free paints are used in the dyeing process, therefore, they will not be able to "break through" through too contrasting curls. It creates the effect of a strand burned out in the sun.

• California highlighting. In essence, it looks like majimesh, but the color scheme of "California" is more extensive. When performing it, do not use foil or other similar material, but apply paint with strokes, creating the effect of glare.

• Blondes who want to give their appearance a greater brightness are recommended to dye their hair in shades of red. This will radically change your appearance, turning you into a fiery beauty. The red color has many tones, ranging from golden to garnet. You can “play” with them by combining them and creating the illusion of “live fire” in your hair.

For curls of a light brown tint, such types of highlighting are recommended.

• Classic. This is exactly what was mentioned just above - discoloration with “feathers”. At the same time, even here there is a variety: you can lighten the locks thicker and thinner, you can use several different tones (up to 4 inclusive). You can only measure the upper part of the head, and leave the bulk of the hair in its original color.

• Balayazh. Another interesting technique, mastered in recent years. Balayage in French means "sweeping." Therefore, when the hairdresser uses this method of dyeing, he “sweeps” the hair with a brush, as if making vertical strokes. Balayazh is not an easy technique, so for its implementation, contact a trusted master, whose portfolio already contains similar works.

• "California". As for blondes, for fair-haired young ladies this type of coloring is also suitable. However, it is recommended to color the locks in colors, only a couple of tones lighter than the base color of the hair.

For dark hair of medium length, such techniques are suitable.

• Partial highlighting. Painting individual curls in shades of a lighter color. This will create the effect of sun glare in the hair, give the hairstyle a visual volume. The thinner the locks, the more beautiful the result.

• Shatush. The bottom line is to create the effect of brunettes and brown-haired hair burnt out in the sun. The transition from tone to tone at the same time turns out to be smooth, and even when the hair roots begin to grow back, the difference in color will not be evident.

In order to determine which shade you should use for highlighting, Be sure to consider the following nuances:

• what is the condition of your hairstyle at the moment: are there any split ends, are your hairs too dry;
• basic natural color;
• Is there any dye on the hair at the moment or is the hair not dyed;
• what is the length of your hair;
• what haircut do you wear or how do you plan to cut your hair;
• your color type: shade of eyes, skin;
• What is the texture of your hair: straight, curly, wavy, curly.

Best of all, any dyeing that involves 2 colors or more looks on heterogeneous haircuts, such as:

• cascade;
• ladder;
• rhapsody;
• rack for lengthening;
• rack "on the leg";
• asymmetry rack;
• pixies.

Now consider the highlighting technology itself. Let's take the classics as a basis, since it is easiest to master for a person who is not familiar with the profession of a hairdresser.

On hair of medium length, the outdated method “through a hat” has long been no longer used, as curls longer than 10 centimeters can simply get confused when stretched, as a result of which the coloring will turn out to be uneven and ugly. Therefore, to carry out the highlighting procedure at home, purchase a special cosmetic foil in a specialized store.

So, let's get down to the procedure.

• Thoroughly comb dry curls. Do not wash them immediately before dyeing - their “freshness” should be 2-3 days old, because sebum on the surface of the head will help protect hair from the aggressive effects of dyes.
• Divide the hair into zones - they can be from 4 to 8, it depends on their density. Using special hairdressing clips, fix each received "heap". For lack of clamps, you can twist them into "muzzle" and stab with ordinary hairpins or tie with rubber bands.
• Put on overalls: peignoir, bathrobe or anything else that you are not afraid to get dirty. Be sure to protect your hands with rubber gloves.
• Mix the selected product: add the oxidizing agent to the coloring matter, mix well or shake until a homogeneous mass is obtained. Carefully read the instructions for preparing the drug.
• Dissolve the bundle at the back of the head and divide it into thin strands.
• Take a piece of foil - it should be pre-cut into strips about 5 cm longer than your strands. Barber foil has 2 sides: matte and shiny. Turn it with the matte part up and bend the upper edge “towards you” by about 1-1.5 cm. Insert the “tail” from the comb into the resulting “pocket” and hold it like that.
• Next, with a brush dipped in the drug, draw a line along the matte side. Slip the foil under the selected strand using the "tail" and fix.
• Apply dye to hair, moving from bottom to top.
• Fold the foil on both sides, hiding a strand in it, and on top cover it with another piece of foil. Seal the "envelope" and fasten it with the "invisible".
• Highlight in this way the remaining strands, moving from the back of the head to the sides of the head. Leave the crown and bangs (if any) in the end.
• If you use only one color for highlighting, clip hair locks on the curls that remain in the native color. So they will not bother you and try to "fit" where it is not necessary.
• Guided by the instruction, soak the dye on the hair. Do not exceed the time specified by the manufacturer - this is fraught with overdrying and damage to the hair.
• Start washing off the paint. Do this in the same order as when staining.
• After unfolding the “envelope” with the colored strand, rinse it thoroughly. Do not remove the foil to maintain the clarity of the picture.
• When all the envelopes are removed, rinse your hair thoroughly.
• And finally - apply a nourishing balm-rinse or mask on the curls.

After highlighting, and indeed after any chemical exposure to the hair, it is necessary to properly care for them. Specialists give the following tips.

• As mentioned earlier, immediately after staining, use a balm or mask. This is necessary in order to restore the water balance in the structure of the hair, as it dries out due to lightening.
• Get a special shampoo designed for streaked hair, as well as a tint to get rid of the yellowish tint of bleached strands.Shampoo contains a vitamin and mineral complex to maintain healthy hair, it will prevent their fragility and make it shiny and elastic.
• The correction of highlighting is recommended not earlier than 60 days after dyeing, in order to give the hair time to recover.
• Whenever possible, use a hairdryer, curling iron and hair styling as little as possible. High temperature will not bring any benefit to already dehydrated curls, but colossal harm can do. If you really can’t dry your hair naturally, turn on the cold blow mode.
• Do not comb wet curls, do not squeeze or rub them strongly with a towel.
• Learn to pamper your hair with homemade masks: use yolks of chicken eggs, fruits, honey, kefir, castor oil. Inside take vitamin-mineral complexes.

If suddenly after some time after the highlighting procedure you notice that the hair began to fall out, then the time has come for more intensive care:

• in the evening, before going to bed, massage the scalp with a brush or massage the skull aponeurosis with your fingers - this will help improve blood circulation to the hair roots;
• get a comb made of natural wood, which also helps to rid your hair of static electricity;
• switch to proper nutrition: introduce vegetables, fruits, nuts, olive oil, dairy products into the diet;
• if the hair quality has deteriorated significantly, you can start taking a vitamin complex for pregnant women or a specialized one for skin, nails and hair.

Our photo gallery presents fashionable examples of highlighting for medium hair length. Check them out and choose the one that best suits your idea of ​​beauty.

About how to perform highlighting of medium-length hair at home, see the next video.