Highlighting on short hair will help you look bright, stylish and creative. It updates any haircut, makes it possible to change the look by almost 180 degrees. With him, a simple square will become more secular, a pixie - bold, and a page or garcon - feminine. Color accents set off the hair favorably. Give charm and style, make the bow unique.
Content
- Types and methods
- How to choose the right shade
- Tips for girls with dark hair
- Recommendations for fair-haired and blondes
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Advantages and disadvantages
The procedure has a lot of advantages, which send the fair sex to the armchair to the stylist. So let's start in order:
- Soft strands and overflows of colors soften large features, round the oval of the face;
- The layering effect makes the shock more lush and voluminous;
- Forms a halo of femininity, mystery, romance;
- It is an excellent alternative to discoloration. Helps to change the image with each staining;
- Visually reduces age;
- Adds expressiveness to any stacking.
To be completely honest, we will mention a few downsides:
- During dyeing, chemicals are inevitably used, which have a detrimental effect on the structure of the hairs. Their frequent use leads to cut ends, brittleness. Dries a shock;
- A bright hairstyle requires special attention to its presentation. It needs to be constantly installed, adjusted and monitored. However, for a lady with short haircuts this is not news at all;
- There is always a risk that the result will be unsuccessful. For example, the color gives off yellowness, the coverage area is larger than desired. Uneven distribution. The elementary feeling that styling is not going well.
Advice! Everything can be done at home, with the help of a girlfriend, or even on your own. However, be sure to entrust the first time to an experienced hairdresser. He will select the necessary technique, range, correctly distribute the material over the surface. A good master knows the secrets of highlighting the advantages of appearance, and the ways to hide flaws.
Types and methods
Modern hairdressing knows about a dozen varieties highlights... At first glance, they are all similar, but a more detailed study reveals subtleties. Let's carefully analyze the most popular techniques in order to know exactly what to say to the master tomorrow.
- Classic. This is what the traditional result looks like. The way we imagine it. The curls are highlighted along the entire length, evenly over the head. The width and frequency may vary depending on the condition of the hair, its density and type.
- Oblique highlighting. The style is also called diagonal. Great for young ladies with different options cascade, ladders, stepped haircuts. The most contrasting paint is chosen. The essence of the method consists in dividing the hair into oblique and, attention, uneven partings. There is only one general requirement, they must all lie in the same direction. That is, if we started from right to left, we keep the trend across the entire surface.
Advice! Be sure to use nourishing masks, balms, and conditioners. So you will provide your hair with a healthy appearance, minimize the harmful effects of ammonia and similar compounds.
- Hollywood or California. It was named so because of the love of American film stars for him. We remember charming Jennifer Aniston, glamorous Paris Hilton, sexy J.Lo, stylish Gisele Bundchen. The list is endless. All of them wear flowing hairstyles with delicate shades that are close to the main one. The roots are darker, the ends are lightened. The strands look faded. Typical colors: caramel, light honey, young straws, wheat.
- Italian chic. It is similar to the previous version in the way of execution. But the colors are more neon, without a hint of yellowness: milk, cream, cognac. And yes, the strong contrast between highlighted and base curls is unacceptable.
- Eccentric. This approach is more often chosen by young girls with creative thinking. They love creativity, are not afraid to stand out, be bold and bright. They take the most unusual, extravagant paint: the whole range blue, pink, green. They paint one or two strands, part of the head, ends, roots, in a chaotic manner. Such highlighting on short hair looks cool on asymmetrical haircuts.
- Big accents. The method involves working with wide curls. There can be several or only one of them. There are no clear rules for the desired location. The stylist builds on the girl's appearance and the shape of her head.
- Veil. The sibling of an eccentric species. A sharp play of contrasts, multi-colored solutions, and asymmetry are also assumed here. Here are just a slightly different method of application. The hairdresser divides the head round into diagonal partings. Separates thin stripes and paints. The finished result resembles the effect with a wig, through which you can see the native hairs.
Each variety can be performed in different ways: often or rarely, large or small, symmetrical or chaotic.
- Balayazh... Not suitable for ultra-short lengths, as it assumes a smooth change in tone from top to bottom. Brightens very gently, does not accept sharp accents. It turns out great on natural curls.
- Ombre... Like the previous idea, it looks better on elongated tips: bob, bob, cascade. An almost imperceptible transition from a natural shade at the roots to a lighter shade at the tips is assumed.
- Venice. Highly brightens the ends. Optimal for women who want to visually increase the amount and density of the head.
How to choose the right shade
The first step is to decide whether it will relate to a natural palette, neon or dramatically extraordinary. Stylists are advised to build on the type of skin, eye color and hair. With a skillful selection of colors, the growing roots on the streaked head will not contrast with the ends for a long time.
If you decide to perform the procedure manually, keep in mind that on previously painted strands, the result may be completely unpredictable. To get it right lighten dark hair, pre-wash.
On a note! Correctly lightened areas help visually smooth out square features, soften protruding cheekbones and an impressive chin.
Tips for girls with dark hair
Partial highlighting looks great on dark-haired ladies. Light color accents on the black head are one of the best ways to distract attention from the gray hair that appears. The darkened palette is in perfect harmony with honey, caramel, wheat tones.Light yellowness is encouraged, but without zeal.
And here ash and it is better not to touch the pearl scale, as it will look unnatural. And on brown eyes, even tasteless. On brown-haired women, reddish coloring is quite impressive. It looks very natural, adds splendor to the hairstyle. The bow comes out especially stylish on curly styling.
By the way! It is not necessary to take just one tone for lightening. The play of several colors that are not far from each other in the palette looks spectacular. This further emphasizes the layering, which means the volume of the hairstyle.
Owners of rich black can safely play with bright colors: blue, red, purple, copper.
Recommendations for fair-haired and blondes
Blondes most often choose luxurious Hollywood or Italian coloration. Balayage and ombre are also suitable for them. It is better to take the colors caramel, honey, milk, cream.
Ash highlights look very bold. Today, gray tones are in trend, but only girls with a light skin type, blondes or light blond by nature can afford them. A variation of this palette is silver paint.
Young blonde ladies can safely try pink, blue, lilac scale. A light-haired tone will suit a few steps lighter than native.
By the way, reverse coloring is a trendy and highly demanded service in salons today. That is, selective strands do not discolor, but, on the contrary, are dyed darker.
How to deal with bangs
The bangs do not need to be subjected to the procedure, but in some cases it is necessary. The image should be complete. Sometimes the last accent helps to put exactly bangs... It should be in harmony with the haircut, especially the shortened one.
Several recommendations to help you decide:
- Selective highlighting looks most beautiful on thick, straight, glossy bangs.
- Keep in mind that bleached thin bangs will seem even more rare.
- If it is elongated, it makes sense to highlight the strands that frame the face.
- Are you planning to grow it over time? Try to apply the composition at the maximum equal distance from the roots. So, with regrowth, the line of the beginning of the white hairs will be clear and uniform. It will look much neater.
Note. If highlighting is performed only at the ends or from the middle of the length, then the bangs can be left unchanged. It will be more natural this way. But when it is painted immediately from the roots and often, then it must be captured, and the colors must match perfectly on the entire surface.
How to do it at home: step by step instructions
It is a big mistake to think that you cannot complete the process yourself. Yes, it will be difficult. And the risk of failure or not quite the expected result is much higher. But if you prepare well, carefully study the recommendations and ask your friend to be on the sidelines, you can save a lot!
Only part of the hair has to be painted, which means that very little of the drug will be needed. One package can be enough for several home corrections, so the benefits are obvious.
So let's get everything you need ready:
- Peignoir, cape or old T-shirt;
- Non-metallic clamps;
- Plastic flat comb with a pointed thin handle;
- A plastic or ceramic bowl;
- Brush (special combs with a brush, hooks are sold);
- Gloves;
- The drug (consists of a coloring composition and a bleaching component);
- Shampoo;
- Balm and conditioner;
- A hat with holes or foil.
The latter in the list determine how the process is executed. Let's talk about this in detail.
We use foil
The head should be dry, washed at least the day before yesterday. This technique is unlikely to succeed without assistance, especially in the back of the head.
Please note that you need to work quickly so that the hair is painted over the same way and does not differ in intensity in different areas.
- Comb and divide the shock into even partings: central-parietal (you can split it into anterior and posterior), lateral, occipital right and left. Pin with clamps.
- With the thin end of the comb, grab small strands along the parting, as if you were making stitches. Place a piece of foil under them, apply the composition and roll into an envelope.
- Skip a small section, part again and repeat the previous point.
- When you're done with one part of the head, move on to the next. Work quickly.
- When the whole head is finished, time it out: no more than 40 minutes for black hair, 20-25 minutes for blondes.
- Remove the foil, rinse the shovel in the shower, use shampoo and conditioning products.
Through the cap
This method is simpler than the previous one, but it does not make it possible to work out the areas perfectly evenly. However, with short haircuts, this is easier to control:
- Wear a hat on dry hair. It can be bought at a specialty store or made from a bath beret. Or even made from a plastic bag.
- In a checkerboard pattern, start pulling the strands out through the holes. Use a size 10-12 crochet plastic crochet hook.
- With any coloring, you should not dye more than one third of the hair. Follow this principle and you will never go overboard with partial discoloration.
- Apply the substance, wait a while. Then proceed as in the previous paragraph with foil.
Highlighting on short hair is a win-win option when you want to refresh your look, give a shock of volume. When you want to change your image, but you’re scared to make drastic changes. This is a way to style a simple haircut in an ultra-fashionable way. This is an opportunity to save hair, because not the whole head is exposed to chemical attack. It is easy to paint over and do it again. Colors can be changed frequently. It suits absolutely everyone, both mature and young, and thin, and plump. Do not be afraid to experiment and find your own unique bow!
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For a better understanding of the stages, we offer another video with the correct implementation of highlighting with foil, using a special comb with hooks: