Highlighting, finger painting or streaking your hair is meant to add depth to your hair and lighten up your overall look. The color must compliment your natural hair color or the color with which your cover your hair fully. Choose the color for highlight that is at least 2 shades lighter than the rest of your hair to bring it to notice but do not go for colors more than 3 shades lighter as it might actually give an odd contrast and look unnatural. Here are some tips to keep in mind, while adding the highlights to your hair:
Two days before coloring, wash your hair with a clarifying shampoo but never use shampoo on the day, you want to color your hair.
Never use hair color whose expiry date has already crossed and never store the left away mixture for later use.
For better natural looking results, use flat ½ and ¼ inch acrylic brushes, easily available at all art supply stores.
Use good pair of tight-fitting latex gloves while coloring your hair.
It is advisable to start coloring hair from the back of the head to the front side to avoid smearing the color in front accidentally.
Only top layer of the hair needs to colored for highlighting.
Finger painting is good for creating a subtle effect. You can simply do it by wearing thin gloves and dipping four fingers of each hand in the bleach solution and run them through the hair from the hairline to the back of your head. Leave for the specified time, rinse, shampoo and condition your hair.
Streaking is bolder and glossier and needs touch-up every six to eight weeks. Half-head streaking is done by bleaching selected strands of hair and wrapping them up in foil paper. They should be placed close to the hairline. Whole head streaking gives a blonde effect and means that all your hairs are bleached and colored. Here darker streaks are placed close to the hairline. If you want to change your appearance the easiest way to do it, is to do something to your hair. Adding color to your hair is one of the quickest and most dramatic ways of changing the way you look. But choosing the right hair color can be a difficult task. Given below is information about different types of hair color and information about what color would suit you best.
Two days before coloring, wash your hair with a clarifying shampoo but never use shampoo on the day, you want to color your hair.
Never use hair color whose expiry date has already crossed and never store the left away mixture for later use.
For better natural looking results, use flat ½ and ¼ inch acrylic brushes, easily available at all art supply stores.
Use good pair of tight-fitting latex gloves while coloring your hair.
It is advisable to start coloring hair from the back of the head to the front side to avoid smearing the color in front accidentally.
Only top layer of the hair needs to colored for highlighting.
Finger painting is good for creating a subtle effect. You can simply do it by wearing thin gloves and dipping four fingers of each hand in the bleach solution and run them through the hair from the hairline to the back of your head. Leave for the specified time, rinse, shampoo and condition your hair.
Streaking is bolder and glossier and needs touch-up every six to eight weeks. Half-head streaking is done by bleaching selected strands of hair and wrapping them up in foil paper. They should be placed close to the hairline. Whole head streaking gives a blonde effect and means that all your hairs are bleached and colored. Here darker streaks are placed close to the hairline. If you want to change your appearance the easiest way to do it, is to do something to your hair. Adding color to your hair is one of the quickest and most dramatic ways of changing the way you look. But choosing the right hair color can be a difficult task. Given below is information about different types of hair color and information about what color would suit you best.
Types of Hair Color or Dyes:
Permanent Tints: Is mixed with hydrogen peroxide to lift hair color. The peroxide opens the hair cuticle to allow the color to reach the cortex and form the color. The greater the concentrations of peroxide the quicker and lighter the result.
Semi-Permanent Colors: They do not lift color. They only vary the tone of your natural hair color or can be made darker. It has very little peroxide, which opens the cuticles slightly. Hence the color will last up to about 20 washes and will fade slowly as you shampoo your hair.
Semi-Permanent Vegetable Colors: It has only vegetable extracts and natural ingredients. Therefore no color is removed from your hair. The color is superficially on the surface of the hair and will be washed away after about 8 shampoos.
Hair Color Tip:
The hair color you choose should suit your skin color. Light complexioned people do not look good with very dark hair as it draws color out of their skin. Dark complexioned people look best with four or five tones of blonde; chestnut or honey tones also will look great.
When you are coloring your hair for the first time don't do it by yourself. Get it done by a professional.
Blonde hair color is easy to get on dark brown hair. But your hair has been permanently colored then this process can become very tedious.
Red hair color is the sexiest shade and attracts most attention. Most hair is suitable for red hair color. If you are a blonde you will have to go two or three shades darker than your natural color to achieve a rich red hair color and this color is not easy to reverse.
Brown hair color suits almost everybody. By varying a shade of brown with highlights you can achieve a huge range of colors.
Black hair color is easy to apply and is easy to apply on all types of hair. But this color looks good only on people with dark or olive skin color. It is best to consult a beautician and a professional before you color your hair for the first time. As they will give the best advise as to what color is best for your skin tone and for your hair texture.
Permanent Tints: Is mixed with hydrogen peroxide to lift hair color. The peroxide opens the hair cuticle to allow the color to reach the cortex and form the color. The greater the concentrations of peroxide the quicker and lighter the result.
Semi-Permanent Colors: They do not lift color. They only vary the tone of your natural hair color or can be made darker. It has very little peroxide, which opens the cuticles slightly. Hence the color will last up to about 20 washes and will fade slowly as you shampoo your hair.
Semi-Permanent Vegetable Colors: It has only vegetable extracts and natural ingredients. Therefore no color is removed from your hair. The color is superficially on the surface of the hair and will be washed away after about 8 shampoos.
Hair Color Tip:
The hair color you choose should suit your skin color. Light complexioned people do not look good with very dark hair as it draws color out of their skin. Dark complexioned people look best with four or five tones of blonde; chestnut or honey tones also will look great.
When you are coloring your hair for the first time don't do it by yourself. Get it done by a professional.
Blonde hair color is easy to get on dark brown hair. But your hair has been permanently colored then this process can become very tedious.
Red hair color is the sexiest shade and attracts most attention. Most hair is suitable for red hair color. If you are a blonde you will have to go two or three shades darker than your natural color to achieve a rich red hair color and this color is not easy to reverse.
Brown hair color suits almost everybody. By varying a shade of brown with highlights you can achieve a huge range of colors.
Black hair color is easy to apply and is easy to apply on all types of hair. But this color looks good only on people with dark or olive skin color. It is best to consult a beautician and a professional before you color your hair for the first time. As they will give the best advise as to what color is best for your skin tone and for your hair texture.
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