Highlighting at home for long hair. How to make highlighting with a comb at home with video and photos. This method is not suitable for short hair.

To highlight the beauty natural hair no need to expose them to full coloring, a few light highlights are enough and the image will sparkle in a new way. Partial lightening of hair is one of the most common procedures in the hairdressing world and is called by the professional term - "highlighting".

Highlighting appeared several decades ago, but even today this method of coloring does not lose its popularity. Which is not surprising, because different hair produces completely different results. With the help of partial lightening of hair, several problems can be solved at once:

emphasize the depth of natural hair;
make the general background of the hair lighter with the help of small frequent strands;
hide early gray hair;
switch to lighter shades from dyed dark ones without first washing off the color;
visually increase the volume of hair;

In spite of different techniques highlighting the whole point of the procedure is to lighten the strands of hair and preserve a darker natural base.

Scheme hair highlighting technique

Professional colorists have several different highlighting techniques in stock. Choosing a suitable scheme for applying the dye for each client. The choice of technique depends on the length of the hair and the desired effect:

Despite the outdated way of highlighting strands, nevertheless highlighting "through the cap" becomes indispensable when coloring short and ultra short hair.

For highlighting in darning technique you will need a special comb with a thin tail, foil / thermal paper and a pair of trained hands. This technique allows you to select strands of any width and length.

Main difference "veil" technique from “darning” - highlighting the thinnest strands and completing the set of strands at the crown along the intended parting.

Modern technique of partial clarification of strands - airtouch performed according to the classical scheme from the lower occipital zone. The main difference from the “darning” and “veil” method is the use of a hair dryer instead of a comb - a ponytail to separate natural hair and a spatula-tablet instead of foil.

Foil hair highlighting technique

Classic highlighting in a closed technique involves the use of foil as the only way to achieve the desired lightening without stains and lightening powder getting on dark strands. If ordinary household foil is quite suitable for home coloring experiments, then, for a high-quality result in the salon, special foil is used in rolls with a large number of microns.

Such material is not only more durable and can be used several times, professional foil is more plastic, allows the sheets to be easily fixed on the strands and does not let air through, retaining heat well for the desired chemical reaction.

Dark hair highlighting technique

The darker the natural hair, the worse it undergoes lightening, so the classic highlighting method for natural brunettes will not work. It is much more difficult to achieve a beautiful result with brunettes, because several conditions must be taken into account at once:

for dark hair you need to take a higher percentage of oxygen - 6%, 9%. To re-"clean up" clarified strands, you can use 3% oxygen.

Important! No need to take the maximum 12% oxide when working with lightening powder on dark hair. A high percentage of oxide will destroy the hair structure and the protein will begin to “bake” under the foil, as a result you will get an uneven dirty orange lightening background on the strands.

don't try too hard light strands on dark hair, it looks too catchy and untidy. To make the image more harmonious, highlighted strands should be toned in suitable shades - caramel, honey, copper and coffee.
so that the hair does not have to be tinted every month, you do not need to collect strands close to the roots, as in the classic method. Suitable techniques for highlighting dark hair - Venetian highlighting, mazhirel and balayage.

Start applying the clarifier from the lower occipital area. Select small strands 5-7 cm wide and 1-1.5 cm thick and, with light strokes of the brush, stretch the dye from roots to ends. To distribute the dye evenly, use a special beveled brush.

Having finished with the occipital zone, go to the temporal-lateral zone. When applying the clarifier, step back from the roots by 3-5 cm.

The exposure time of the clarifier on dark hair is 30-50 minutes. To visually control the clarification process, colored strands do not need to be wrapped in foil or thermal paper. After reaching the desired level of clarification, rinse the composition with water and wash your hair with shampoo deep cleaning to complete the chemical process. After that, apply a tinting paint of the desired shade with 1.5% oxygen or tint the hair in the sink with a direct pigment.

Highlighting technique for blonde hair

Most often, highlighting, as a method of coloring, is chosen by owners of blond hair. Firstly, white strands on blond hair look natural and natural, and secondly, the non-uniform color adds visual volume to blond curls. To achieve beautiful highlights on blond hair, you need to consider several points at once:

a low percentage of oxygen - 1.5%, 3% or 6% is able to give the desired lightening background and not destroy the hair structure;
for thin and brittle hair it is better to use a permanent dye immediately, and not a clarifying powder / powder;
if streaked strands are lightened with powder, then tinting is an obligatory coloring item. This will “close” the hair cuticle and keep them healthy. Otherwise, the clarified strands will begin to break off and fall out.

To refresh blonde hair It is enough to highlight only the top of the hair. To do this, dial from 10 to 20 strands using the veil technique or using the darning method on 3% oxide.

Highlighting technique for short hair

If you dilute the hair color with highlighting, then even the simplest short haircut, "will play" in a new way. Highlight hair strands middle length- a square, a bob and a short cascade can be highlighted in a standard way through foil. But on ultra-short haircuts, it will not work to pick up strands using the “darning” method - they will slip out of the foil and, instead of high-quality highlighting, you will get untidy spots.

Highlight the top of the head visually fashionable haircut"Pixie" can be done with highlighting through a cap. In this case, the lower dark hair should remain untouched.

For highlighting short hair, you will need a special silicone cap with holes, a hook for highlighting strands and a brightening composition.

When selecting strands, make sure that their width and distance are approximately the same. Only then will the highlighting result be clean and neat.

Highlighting technique for long hair

You can emphasize the beauty of long hair not only by full highlighting, but also by zonal highlighting of clarified strands. You can apply the dye only on the crown, adding visual volume or on the strands near the face to freshen up the look.

To obtain such a result, select a few strands of the desired width on the temporal-lateral zones and apply a brightening composition for 30 minutes. To prevent the brightening composition from getting on the rest of the hair mass, wrap the strands in foil.

To highlight long hair all over your head, you will need:

foil sheets corresponding to the length of the hair;
separating clips;
comb-tail;
brightening powder;
oxygen of various percentages.

Divide your hair into several zones and start gaining strands from the lower occipital zone, using oxide with a lower percentage for this.

Important! Highlighting long hair is a long process. To lighten the strands evenly over the entire head, start applying a clarifier diluted with a smaller percentage of oxide (3 or 6%). Turning to highlighting the last strands in the temporal-lateral zone, dilute the powder with a higher oxide so that the lightening process goes faster.

California highlighting on dark hair technique

The very name of this technique hides the whole meaning - the strands burnt out, as if under the rays of the hot Californian sun, naturally glare in the total mass of dark hair. Lightened strands should not stand out strongly against the background of natural hair - a maximum of 2-3 tones and be in harmony with the main shade.

For natural not Previously dyed hair can be used immediately with a permanent dye without prior clarification. Thus, you can get natural strands 2-3 tones lighter than the main mass.

If the hair has previously been dyed, then, when highlighting, it is necessary to use a brightening composition. After lightening, the strands are tinted with ammonia-free paint of the desired shade so as not to change the color of the rest of the hair.

California highlighting involves both an open technique for applying the composition, and closed in foil, for a cleaner result. In addition, you can retreat from the roots by 3-5 cm or lighten the strands close to the roots.

California highlighting on blond hair technique

Blond curls always stand out against the background of other colors, if not for one "but" - a solid blond looks "flat" and the hair is devoid of natural volume. The California highlighting technique allows you to remain blonde, while having a luxurious voluminous hairstyle.

California highlighting on blond hair can be performed in two techniques:

Lightening + toning. In this case, hair strands are collected in the classical way with an indent of 3-5 cm from the roots and lightened with powder. After the exposure time, the composition is washed off and the entire mass of hair is tinted with an ammonia-free dye of level 9-10 of the desired shade.

In this way, you will get a soft contrast with natural blond hair by 1-2 tones.

2. Lightening + darkening of the roots and the bulk of the hair. This technique allows you to create a more pronounced contrast of light strands with a natural base. First, select the strands using the "darning" method, apply a brightening compound and wrap tightly in foil. Color the rest of the hair and roots with a permanent dye of a darker shade. Soak for 20-30 minutes, wash off the dyed hair, only then remove the foil and rinse off the clarifying composition.

If you want to get a softer transition between light and dark strands, then, in the process of washing your hair, first wash off the clarifying composition and only after that the permanent dye. Thus, the clarified strands are “toned” and will not stand out too much against the general background.

How to do hair highlighting at home, step by step instructions

Now that bleaching compounds and mixing oxygens are freely available, the highlighting procedure has become available for home coloring. To choose the right oxide activator, consider your natural hair color. For blondes and fair-haired, you can use 3% oxygen, for dark blond and brown-haired women - 6%.

For home highlighting in the classic way you will need:

foil;
comb-tail;
bleaching powder and oxide in a ratio of 1:2;
separation clamps;
paint brush.

Dilute the bleaching powder with oxygen in a ratio of 1: 2, prepare the foil and divide the hair into 4 zones.

Separate a strand 1-2 cm thick and select a few strands with a comb-tail. Make sure that the typed strands are about the same width.

Bend the tip of the foil and place it under the selected strands. For convenience, use the tail of the comb.

Apply a brightening composition to the strand and bend the foil in half. Attach the foil securely to your hair and check that the dye does not bleed onto the rest of your hair.

In the same way, go over the entire head, choosing the desired number of strands.

Leave the mixture on your hair for 30 minutes and wash off with shampoo. If necessary, tone your hair with purple shampoo or ammonia-free dye.

Video how to do hair highlighting yourself

How to do highlighting on gray hair

Highlighting on gray hair wins in comparison with monochromatic staining - it hides gray strands and does not give much contrast with growing roots. In addition, the brightening composition penetrates deep into the hair shaft, so dyeing in this way allows you to better paint over even difficult gray hair.

If the gray hair is less than 40-50%, then it is best to collect strands in places of maximum accumulation of gray hairs.

Toning bleached hair, consider the main shade. For cold toners - cold toners, for warm only warm toners.

For highlighting dark hair, indent from the roots 3-5 cm so that the growing hair does not have a clear transition.

Highlighting is spinning method hair lightening. Exist a large number of types of highlighting.

With the help of highlighting, you can make a hairstyle more voluminous and brighter.

Many celebrities prefer highlighting, and can be proud of their gorgeous hair.

When highlighting is used blondoran(powder) and oxidizing agent. Choose an oxidizer based on the condition of the hair. There are 1.5%, 3%, 6%, 9% and 12% oxidizers. You need to keep the composition for about half an hour.

Before highlighting can't wash your hair. This is necessary in order to preserve the fatty layer and protect the scalp from burns. Now there are a large number of blondes in the form of a cream, which makes the highlighting procedure more gentle.

What is needed for highlighting?

For the highlighting procedure you'll need:

foil;
comb with ponytail;
a bowl for mixing the clarifying composition;
blondoran;
oxidizing agent;
shampoo;
hair conditioner;
tassel;
negligee;
hair clips.

The bleaching process includes gradual clarification certain strands.

For comfort highlighting should start from the lower occipital zone. The brightening composition can be applied both to the foil and to the strands.

It is very difficult to have time to apply the composition to all hair within 30-50 minutes especially if they are long.

In this case, the brightening composition is first applied to the parietal zone, gently washed off after the required time, and then the remaining strands are clarified.

Precautions for doing the procedure at home

Highlighting requires certain knowledge and experience. Not worth it experiment if you don't have enough knowledge. When highlighting, constant visual control is necessary.

Not worth keeping on the hair brightening composition for more than 50 minutes. Otherwise, the hair may break off. Try to choose the smallest percentage of oxidizing agent. Chemical composition negatively affects the hair and scalp.

Before you do highlighting, make sure that you are not allergic to the cosmetics that you will use. Not worth it save on the composition for clarification - buy blondoran only from trusted manufacturers.

Attention! Highlighting should be carried out in a ventilated area. Be sure to use gloves - skin burns are possible.

When carrying out the highlighting procedure, you need to know the following:

Prepare foil ahead of time. Cutting foil, although a fascinating activity, requires a lot of time. After clarification, the foil can be washed and use repeatedly.
Do not mix the entire composition at once. The composition for clarification reacts with oxygen. The most effective composition in the first 10 minutes after mixing.
Spend reaction test. In some cases, highlighting can lead to disastrous results. To prevent this from happening, apply a brightening composition to the skin in the elbow bend area in advance.
With thin and damaged hair stop highlighting. If your hair is thin and damaged, take care of strengthening it and refrain from using a brightening composition.

Popular types of highlighting

There are several highlighting types:

classical;
Californian;
zonal;
shatush;
ombre;
French;
mazhimezh;
American.

Consider the process of carrying out the most popular types of highlighting with foil, with a cap, Californian and shatush.

Highlighting with foil

Foil cutting. The length of the foil should be 20 cm longer strands, which will lighten, width - about 7 cm.

After the foil is cut, we make a pocket on each strip with a size in 1 centimeter. To do this, simply bend one end of the foil. This is necessary so that the brightening composition does not flow onto the rest of the hair.

We apply a brightening composition to the foil. In the classic highlighting method, the composition is applied to the foil.

But in some cases, the foil is first fixed under a strand of hair and the product is already applied to the hair. If you apply a brightening composition directly to the foil, can save time.

We adjust the foil under the hair. Carefully adjust the foil under each strand, bend the edge that is at the base. It is convenient to select strands with a ponytail from a comb. Then we bend the foil from the sides and fold it in half to make a pocket with a strand of hair.

The location of the strands depends on the preferences of the client and the skills of the master. Highlighting needs to start from the lower occipital region.

For very thick hair- first we do highlighting on the occipital zone, dry the hair and proceed to lightening the hair on the frontal zones. You need to wash off the composition separately from each strand, trying not to get it on other hair.

Highlighting with a cap

Let's start the procedure:

combing hair;
put on a special hat;
we thread the strands with a hook into the holes;
comb the strands that will be lightened;
apply brightener first on the parietal zone and then the rest;
keep the bleaching agent for 30 minutes;
without taking off your hat, rinse the clarified strands;
remove the cap, wash your hair and apply conditioner;
enjoy the result.

Advice! It is not necessary to stretch a strand into each hole on the cap when highlighting. To give a more sophisticated look to the hairstyle, we stretch the strand into one of the three holes.

For more intensive result- we skip one hole. To make classic highlighting, we stretch the strands into each hole.

California highlights

This type of highlighting appeared not so long ago. He requires special accuracy and knowledge of hair coloring techniques.

It is difficult to carry out high-quality California highlighting at home, and if you are not confident in your abilities, it is best contact the master.

Carry out California highlighting the best thing on blond and blond hair. When highlighting it is necessary to use several shades. Now the most relevant are wheat, caramel and coffee tones.

Make high-quality California highlights at home will not work. If you have dark hair, you need to lighten it first. Then gently tint the strands with the selected tones. At fair hair the clarifying composition is applied to the strands for a short time, after which it is washed off and the hair is tinted.

California highlighting does not use foil. You need to purchase special paper. The strands can touch each other, which will allow you to gain effect of natural hair burning. With California highlighting, about 6 different shades are used.

Shatush highlighting

Shatush highlighting allows you to get a smooth transition from dark roots to lighter ends of the hair. The main task highlighting shatush - to give the effect of burnt hair. This coloring is not only quite beautiful, but also gives the hair a visual volume.

When highlighting, the blond is evenly shaded along the entire length of the hair. There are several techniques for highlighting shatush. With the first technique, the hair must be divided into strands and bouffanted. After that carefully apply composition.

Should not be applied a lot of paint or brightener. Some masters make shatush without the use of fleece, carefully applying the coloring composition with a brush.

Master class "How to highlight shatush" look at the video:

We also suggest you watch the video tutorial "How to make hair highlighting at home on a cap":

Also watch "How to make yourself highlighting" on the video:

The fair sex, who want to change something in themselves without radically changing the color of their hair, choose highlighting.

Highlighted strands allow you to look stylish and spectacular.

Until recently, highlighting at home remained a complex and tedious procedure.

However, the appearance on the market of special kits for original coloring has made it affordable for every woman.

Highlighting at home: to do or not to do?

Highlighting, as an option for changing the shade of curls, remains relevant for more than one season. Popular hairdressing manipulation is considered one of the safest hair for health. The fact is that not all hair is lightened, but only individual strands. For girls who decide to do highlighting, experts recommend weighing the pros and cons of this procedure.

So, among the disadvantages of highlighting, the following should be highlighted:

Lightened strands of hair become brittle and dry;

Possible hair loss

Difficulties with growing long curls.

But highlighting still remains an excellent alternative to coloring.

Among its advantages are the following:

Allows you to look creative and younger;

Remarkably masks the appeared gray hair;

Suitable for any haircuts;

Used for all color types of women;

Perfectly shades the skin of the face, making its relief smooth and even;

Visually increases the volume, and also gives extra shine.

Highlighting at home: photos and features

Consider the types of highlighting and their features.

1. Partial (zonal) highlighting is suitable for women with dark blond and dark hair. A beautiful contrast of light strands and the base hair color is obtained by dyeing only the upper strands of hair. The lower layer of hair can remain natural or be dyed with a gentle dye.

2. Classic (traditional) highlighting involves coloring the hair along the entire length. Competent toning allows you to achieve a softening of the contrast between dyed hair and natural hair color.

3. Reverse highlighting done on light curls. Hair strands are dyed dark color. This type of procedure makes it possible to gradually and painlessly return to the native hair color.

4. Delicate (gentle) highlighting is lightening individual strands only 2-3 tones. Ammonia-free paint is used, which contains a moisturizing component.

This type of highlighting, in turn, is divided into the following:

Mazhimesh;

Blonding;

Multitone.

Highlighting on blond hair, or as it is also called majimesh, allows you to give your hair an incredibly beautiful honey or wheat shade. Balayazh is done on short hair. The technique involves lightening only the ends of the hair. Shatush is a chaotic coloring of curls. The procedure is carried out outdoors. The strands smoothly transition from light tips to dark roots.

Crazy colors is the coloring of strands in bright colors. For this highlighting, a special gel is used. It is almost completely washed off, as a rule, after 6 washings of the hair. Thanks to blonding, you can achieve the most natural shade of hair. The overflow of colors is created with the help of golden brown paints and light blond shades. Multitonal hair highlighting is a combination of several pastel or bright colors. The highlights of the shades and the effect of overflowing colors look simply gorgeous.

Highlighting at home: sequence of actions

The most affordable for home use is classic highlighting. Today we will consider three popular techniques for performing the procedure:

With the help of a special hat;

Using foil;

California highlighting.

Highlighting with a special cap

Highlighting through a cap is very popular with owners of short hair, the length of which is no more than 15 cm. For the procedure, you will need:

Composition for bleaching curls. (As a rule, it is a lightening powder and an oxidizing agent. For dark hair, the percentage of oxidizing agent should be 12%, for light hair - 8%, for weakened thin curls - 4%);

Gloves;

Special cap with small holes. You can use a plastic shower cap or even a regular plastic bag in which you pre-cut holes in checkerboard pattern;

Brush for easy application of the coloring composition;

Non-metallic paint container;

Towel;

Plastic comb with a sharp tip.

In order not to get dirty during the procedure, a towel should be thrown over the shoulders. Then put a cap on your head and pull the feather strands into the holes with the tip of the comb. The effect of light highlighting can be obtained if you use every fourth hole in the cap, the average - every second hole. Intensive highlighting will turn out if you use all the holes.

In a non-metallic dish, we prepare the coloring mixture. We apply the mass prepared according to the instructions on the curls. We use a brush for this. If you want to achieve a slight lightening of the hair, then the paint should be kept on the hair for about 15 minutes. More pronounced staining can be achieved if you keep the mixture for at least 40 minutes.

After the time has elapsed, without removing the cap, rinse the dyed hair with warm water. Now you can wash your hair with shampoo and nourishing conditioner or mask. Dry your hair and enjoy the result.

Highlighting at home using foil

For highlighting using this technique you will need:

Foil for coloring or food-grade aluminum foil;

Brush or brush;

Crabs or hairpins;

Comb with a long handle and a comb for separating strands;

Gloves;

Container for the preparation of the coloring mixture;

Towel.

Cover your shoulders with a towel. Cut the foil into strips. Their length should exceed the length of your curls by 2 cm. To prevent the bleaching mixture from leaking onto neighboring hair, the edge of each piece of foil must be wrapped inward by 1 cm.

The coloring composition is prepared in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. Next, the hair should be divided into zones, each of which is fixed with a crab or hairpin. Now, using the tip of the comb, separate a small strand. Place foil under it. Lubricate the strand with paint and fold the foil in half.

We retreat up about 3 cm and proceed to coloring the next strand. We repeat the manipulations throughout the head. Keep the coloring composition should be approximately 30 minutes. Then each strand must be unfolded and rinsed with water. We wash our hair with shampoo and nourishing mask. Let curls dry naturally.

California highlights

California highlighting is performed without the use of foil. This technique allows you to achieve an ombre effect, that is, a soft gradient of the selected shades.

This type of staining is more laborious than those described above. The difficulty lies in the fact that for California highlighting, not one color of paint should be used, but three to five colors. Coloring will look better if the colors are close in tone.

First, divide your hair into horizontal partings. You should get strands about 2 cm wide. In a plastic or glass container, mix the oxidizer and powder in a 1: 1 ratio. To prevent the coloring mixture from spreading, you can use a special thickener.

Using a brush, apply paint vertically. The gradient is created precisely due to the absence of foil. The clarifier is applied 5 cm from the hair roots. After 15 minutes, it can be applied again, departing from the roots of 10 cm.

After 30 minutes, wash your hair with shampoo and hair conditioner. We style the hair. It should be noted that for California staining it is recommended to choose professional paint containing no ammonia.

To new look did not disappoint you, and the hair did not become dull and brittle, you need to heed the advice of experts:

It is best to do highlighting on absolutely healthy hair;

After using henna, it will not work to lighten the hair, so you will have to refrain from using it;

You need to cut the tips only after staining;

After the procedure, try to use a hair dryer and iron as little as possible;

If highlighting did not give the expected result and you did not like new style, then the hair can be toned;

Additional shine and elasticity after dyeing will help to give special fluid gels and serums designed specifically for hair care after highlighting at home.

Also, experts note that by choosing a natural shade of hair, you will always look great. Such shades as caramel, coffee, mocha, cinnamon always remain fashionable. The hair color will look as natural as possible if you select it based on the native hair color (no more than 3 tones lighter) and the shade of the eyes and skin (only 2 tones lighter).

You don't have to be afraid to experiment. Using our tips, you can always change your image. Highlighting at home is a great opportunity to independently update a boring image, please yourself and surprise others.

Despite the changing fashion trends, highlighting never loses its relevance. This method of coloring visually makes the hair more voluminous, adds shine and expressiveness to it, and also perfectly masks early gray hair. The highlighting technique has some nuances and requires certain skills, so most women prefer highlighting their hair. professional hairdresser. However, you can successfully do highlighting at home.

In contact with

It is undesirable to do highlighting yourself if the hair is dyed with henna or persistent chemical dyes, especially dark shades. The result can be completely unpredictable.

Highlighting is a procedure for lightening individual strands. In order to properly color the strands and get the desired coloring result at home, you need to study the highlighting technique in advance and prepare everything you need.

In this case, you need to think carefully whether it is worth doing the procedure yourself or it is better to entrust the staining to a professional.

What is needed for home highlighting?

If you are going to do highlighting at home, buy and prepare the coloring composition and everything you need in advance. It is best, of course, to purchase a ready-made highlighting kit, which already includes all the required tools. Such kits, designed specifically for domestic conditions, help to quickly and correctly do home highlighting.

The contents of the kits may vary slightly: some kits include a silicone cap and all additional tools for coloring curls at home, while other kits are sold with foil or thermal paper. But you can independently prepare everything you need for dyeing hair at home.

For home highlighting you will need:

brightening composition, diluted depending on the color and type of hair. For dark strands, a 12% oxidizing agent is suitable, for thin and light strands, a 3-4% composition. You can also use ready-made hair dye, which is lighter than your strands by several tones;
foil pre-cut into strips with a width of at least 10 cm and with a length of approximately 2 lengths of the strands to be dyed, or a cap for highlighting. Stores sell ready-made foil, cut into strips;
gloves;
plastic or glass bowl for bleaching composition;
plastic or wooden brush for paint;
an old towel, necessary to protect clothes from the coloring composition.

To make it more convenient to do highlighting at home, it is advisable to invite an assistant who will be easier to apply paint to the hair.

If an assistant is not available, it is best to sit on a chair between two large mirrors mounted front and back. This provides a sufficient viewing angle to view all areas of the dyed hair.

Highlighting methods at home

Before talking about possible ways coloring, you need to dwell on how to do highlighting correctly and how often. To make the color as even as possible, without transitions, you need to carefully and evenly distribute the composition throughout the strand. Highlighting should be done quite often, as the roots grow, otherwise the regrown roots will look sloppy.

With repeated and subsequent highlighting, only the roots are discolored, and the strands themselves are not re-dyed.

This reduces the negative impact of chemical dye on the hair, keeps them healthy, and also provides a beautiful even color.

Highlighting at home can be done in two ways: using a cap and using foil strips.

Home highlighting with a cap

The use of a special cap when lightening the strands greatly facilitates the highlighting process at home in the absence of experience. This method is suitable for lightening hair of medium length (no more than 15 cm) and short hair.

For the procedure, in addition to the above tools, you will need a special silicone cap, in which small holes are made in a checkerboard pattern. Such hats are sold in specialized stores and hairdressers. It is convenient to buy a ready-made highlighting kit with a hat and all the necessary tools.

You can make your own hat. As a base, any rubber cap for the pool or polyethylene cap for the shower is suitable. You can even use a regular piece of cellophane made from a cut bag. In a homemade hat, you need to make holes in a checkerboard pattern for strands of hair.

The diameter of the holes in the highlighting cap should depend on the desired result. If you want to dye thin strands, use small holes. And, accordingly, for more voluminous strands, larger holes are needed.

To pull hair out of holes, it is advisable to purchase special plastic hooks for strands. In the absence of a hook, the hair can be pulled out of the cap using the tip of the comb.

After preparation, you can start.

1. Put on the prepared hat and pull a certain number of strands into holes all over the head using a plastic hook or comb. Try to draw out strands of hair of approximately the same thickness.

As practice shows, pull out straight strands with self-staining - this is the most difficult in the procedure. The further staining process usually does not cause difficulties.

Depending on the number of bleached strands, you can do:

light highlighting, for which you need to stretch your hair into every third hole;
medium highlighting, in which the strands are pulled through one hole in the cap;
intensive highlighting, obtained by using all the holes in the hat at the same time.

If you decide to make a hat for coloring strands yourself, the intensity of coloring will depend only on you. With a complete lack of experience, if you bleach strands for the first time, it is very difficult to correctly predict the result. Therefore, at least for the first time, use a ready-made purchased hat, made specifically for highlighting.

2. Dilute the clarifying composition according to the instructions and apply it using a flat brush to the elongated strands of hair.

The time of this procedure may vary depending on the original hair color. Usually, the instructions for the paint indicate the exact discoloration time for one or another natural color hair.

For easy lightening by one tone, it is enough to keep the composition for highlighting on elongated strands for about 15 minutes. For a stronger discoloration and an intense result, you need to hold the paint for up to 45 minutes.

3. At the end of the specified time, without removing the cap, rinse the bleached hair well. Then remove the highlighting cap and wash your hair with a neutral shampoo. After any coloring of the strands, it is recommended to use a healing balm, which is usually included in the bleaching paint kit, or another therapeutic and caring hair product.

Later, bleached strands can be tinted in a different shade in order to somehow soften too sharp color transitions.

Home highlighting with foil

This method of highlighting hair using foil strips is well suited for long strands.

1. Prepare purchased special foil or cut regular foil into long strips with a width of 7-10 centimeters.

2. Dilute the clarifying composition according to the attached instructions.

3. Before starting the dyeing procedure, it is necessary to determine the expected effect and, accordingly, select the required width and frequency of the bleached strands.

It is recommended to start highlighting with foil from the parting.

Using the tip of a comb or a special hook, pull out a thin strand and place it on the foil. Next, evenly apply a brightening composition to the elongated hair with a small flat brush and carefully wrap the foil. For quick and convenient coloring, it is recommended to fix the foil with hair using special clips for strands.

After coloring the central part of the head, also highlight the right and left side using prepared foil strips. Lastly, the back strands are discolored.

4. Lightening paint, as in the case of using a special cap, must be kept on the colored strands for 15-40 minutes, based on the desired shade and natural color hair. At the end of the highlighting procedure, remove the foil from the hair and carefully rinse off the brightening composition.

Each clarified strand of hair must be unrolled separately and gently rinsed with water directly on the foil. This is necessary to avoid accidentally lightening the rest of the hair.

In addition, the gradual application of dye to the hair and its washing off from each strand equalizes the exposure time of the coloring composition on the strands. Accordingly, it is desirable to unfold the foil and wash off the paint from the strands in the same order in which the dyeing took place.

Look, how to make home highlighting with foil to yourself:

Another lesser-known option for lightening at home is highlighting in a disk or circle. For such a procedure, you need to cut a circle from any material at hand and make a hole in the center of this circle for pulling out the hair. The elongated strands are distributed in a circle, then lightening paint is applied.

To properly highlight and avoid unexpected results, use the following recommendations.

Before lightening the strands, be sure to conduct a skin test for the absence of a negative allergic reaction to the coloring composition. To do this, a small amount of paint is applied to the skin of the hand. If no allergic reactions follow, you can start highlighting.
Often the question arises, how to make highlights on dyed hair. It is best to entrust the coloring to a professional, or at least do not lighten freshly dyed hair yourself. You need to wait at least 7 days after the initial painting. It is advisable to use paint of the same brand when painting and highlighting.

You can not do highlighting in the presence of inflammation, wounds, abrasions on the head.

The duration of keeping the brightening composition on the hair may vary depending on the intensity of the shade, but it is not recommended to keep the paint on the head for more than 45 minutes.

Before you do highlighting at home, you should study the issue in detail. Exist various techniques applying paint, as well as ways to prevent undesirable consequences. Let's plunge into the world of beauty together and destroy the myths about the complexity of the procedure.

Types of equipment

Over the years of the popularity of in-line dyeing, several technologies have appeared that allow you to transform your hair. The main advantages are that you do not need to completely change your natural tone, and root correction is only needed once every 2 to 3 months. At the same time, the mop looks healthy, voluminous and well-groomed.

Zonal involves the application of a coloring matter to certain areas of the surface.

classic characterized by an even distribution. Thickness and brightness varies depending on the wishes. If the changes are made with thin strokes, they differ less from the natural.

According to the method of carrying out, several varieties are also distinguished: with foil, with the help of a comb, through a cap, manually. We will talk about them in more detail a little later.

Today, the most common techniques are:

American (coloring), during which 3 - 4 shades of one palette are used, close to the "native". It turns out the effect of burnt curls.

Contrasting gives volume to the hair due to contrasting tones and different line widths.
Crazy colors suitable for bold experiments, as the curls first discolor, and then acquire green, pink, blue and other radical colors.

Balayazh paints only the tips. The best solution for asymmetrical haircuts.
french designed to obtain walnut or wheat hair. The composition of the preparations includes wax, which has a gentle effect on the structure of the rod.
Booking makes it possible to obtain light natural overflows. Usually performed on light hair.
Shatush- a popular technology that creates a smooth gradient transition from the bottom to dark roots.

If you are not sure which method to choose for you, contact an experienced colorist. It will help you look at your hair in a new way.

How to choose paint?

Since highlighting is popular with modern fashionistas, manufacturers cosmetics opened a special series of products to carry out. They can be used quite well at home. They are usually sold complete with protective gloves and additional tools to facilitate handling. The set contains a coloring agent, an oxidizing agent, and a conditioner. Depending on the chosen method, you can also find a cap and a hook in the package.

Compositions can also be of different consistency. Powdered must be prepared in advance. They are more suitable for beauty salons, where there is a large flow of customers. Creamy is familiar to ordinary users, as it is easy to apply. Compositions with an oily base are more expensive than others and are intended for professionals.

Consider best options about which there are many positive reviews.

L Oreal Revlonissimo NMT Super Blondes offers seven shades that perfectly mask gray hair.

Palette by Schwarzkopf suits dark thick hair, as it is considered to be the strongest. If you have a lot of damaged strands, it is better to abandon the product in favor of a gentle option. Attracts a democratic price of 145 rubles.

Garnier manufactures brighteners. Therefore, you can easily change your dark tone. The composition includes caring ingredients and oils. You can buy for 220r.

Estel causes minimal damage. Provides long-lasting and uniform coloring.

As we can see, the choice is quite diverse in terms of price and quality. If this is the first time you want to manipulate at home, try a regular tonic first. It is quickly washed off, so you can practice on it and foresee the result of a cardinal transformation.

Advice! On a pre-painted mop, the procedure can be carried out no earlier than a week later. The paint must be of the same production as the product that was previously used.

Traditional foil method

This method is considered the most suitable for owners of long hair. The difference between the processed and its own color is soft.

Starting the staining process, do not wash your hair for 1 - 1.5 days. Then the harm done will not be as strong as the clean one. We offer step by step instructions execution.

From the top, divide the entire surface with partings into equal sections.
From the bottom, begin to separate strands of the same thickness at an even distance.
Place foil paper folded in half under them.
Paint the selected areas as quickly as possible and wrap so that the edges are tucked. This way you avoid falling out.
Record the time. The difference between the first treated areas and the last is quite noticeable, so each composition should be washed off after 20 minutes of exposure.
Use the shampoo and mask that comes with the dye.

Advice!It is better to trim the ends after staining. So the styling will have a fresh look. But completely new haircut do before the procedure, so as not to spoil it in the future.

Use your hat correctly

A special protective headgear simplifies manipulation. Usually it is included in the highlighting kit along with the hook. How to use it?

Comb thoroughly to avoid knots and bumps. Put it on so that it fits snugly against your skin.
Gently crochet the strands out through the holes. Start from the temporal regions, go to the top and back of the head. This is a convenient method for short lengths. Medium options are more difficult to change, because you can “pick up” the excess. Then the shade will be confused and lie unevenly. Be extremely careful.
Examine the entire surface. Check that everything was done correctly, otherwise the image will deteriorate by a ridiculous accident.
Apply bleach in moderation. Do not overdo it.
With a brush, treat all areas, starting from the crown, continuing with the crown and back of the head. Leave the whiskey for the last.
When you have completely applied the paint, lubricate everything with a clarifier and leave it in this state for half an hour.
When the specified time has elapsed, rinse off the product and rinse the shock with balm.
Now carefully remove the cap and rinse the surface again.
Enjoy the result.

Advice! Try to minimize the use of a hair dryer and ironing. High temperatures absorb color, as a result, the desired effect disappears.

Features of California technology

Since the transitions of shades on the hair are in fashion, we will try to independently perform the Californian technique. If you have dark curls, you will need more options than for light ones. The main difference is in the free access of air, but the foil makes the task much easier. So, let's look at the main steps.

Wash your hair without conditioner and dry it naturally.
Starting at the crown, use a comb to separate the curls that will be exposed. Spread foil paper under them.
Distribute the coloring composition evenly over the selected areas. Roll them up immediately and secure with a clip.
Depending on how intense you want to get the tone, keep the strands for 10 to 30 minutes. Overdoing is not recommended.
Remove wraps from hair and rinse with water, shampoo and conditioner.

To make a color stretch, add oxides to the paint varying degrees concentration. Remember that on dark hair it is impossible to achieve the effect in one procedure.

Advice! If you don't like the result, don't despair. Tinted to cover up mistakes, and try again a month later.

fashion shatush

Many girls think that such a beautiful effect can only be obtained in a professional beauty salon. But it is not so. If you have the desire and patience, you can quite cope with the task on your own. Due to smooth transitions, you will create visual volume and splendor on your head. Let's get started.

Comb thoroughly and throw the entire mass forward.
Separate a small bundle near the neck and comb it well from the middle.
Gradually take new bunches from above and repeat combing. When the whole mop is processed, stop. If you have long curls, you can tie it in a ponytail and make a pile on it.
If you are a brunette or a brown-haired woman, coat the protruding hairs with a clarifier and wash it off after 10 to 15 minutes. Blondes need to spread the paint on the prepared areas. Remember that the composition should be only on top, and the movements of the hand should be stretching and smooth. The bulk of the dye remains on the tips. Wait 15 - 40 minutes, depending on the instructions in the instructions.
Wash your hair with shampoo so that clear water flows. Otherwise, the process will continue.
Use a mask or conditioner to preserve color.
In salons, bouffant is not done to avoid injury to the rod. Just at home it is difficult to achieve smooth transitions.

Advice!Use shampoo, mask and balm to care for the painted mop. They contain moisturizing and nourishing ingredients that improve the structure of the rod.

functional ponytails

If you want to achieve a fashionable effect of regrown roots, when the curls are darker at the base than at the tips, use the suggested method.

Divide the entire mop into small ponytails, secured with small elastic bands.
Spread the dye on the bottom.
Wait for the time indicated in the instructions.
Rinse each individual curl thoroughly and remove the rubber bands.
Rinse your head again with running water.

You will get stylish highlighting with stretching shades of the same range. In order not to see the transition line too much, try to color the distance of different sizes. This is the perfect solution for medium to long hair.

Advice! Be sure to keep an eye on the transition level if you choose the gradient method. They shouldn't be too obvious.

A comb will make things easier

If you are afraid that highlight strands different sizes, get a special comb for home highlighting. With it, you can separate the desired hairs of the same size or correctly apply the dye in the case of an open procedure. Devices differ depending on the desired result. Let's take a quick look at the tools.

shoulder blade outwardly similar to a small scoop with teeth, the edge of which is slightly bent upwards.

striper consists of two parts. The first is teeth and open cavities. The second is a nozzle for the composition. Suitable for short and medium length.

World brands also have improved blades and stripers, inside of which the dye is poured. Manipulation is carried out quickly and simply, if you first practice.

Keep in mind that you will have to call someone for help, as it is not very convenient to work with a comb, especially on a long thick shock.

Advice!After application natural dyes refrain from coloring chemicals otherwise you will get an unexpected response. You can subject yourself to changes in 1.5 - 2 months.