The technique of hair coloring highlighting for many years is at the peak of popularity. It is suitable for all women, regardless of hair and skin color, age and social status. Today we learn what is special about highlighting for brunettes. How can I lighten strands if the hair is dark? What are the secrets of a natural and attractive result? What mistakes should be avoided with such staining?
Briefly about highlighting
For brunettes, this procedure was unavailable for a long time. She appeared more than 20 years ago, but became popular only among the owners of light strands. And all because the hair was partially bleached with the help of a powder of supra, and on the original blonde, such work looked very profitable. But if the original color was dark, then the strands acquired an ugly "rusty" shade.
Nowadays, looking at photos of highlighted brunettes, you understand that the beauty industry has stepped forward several hundred miles. Now you can visually give dark hair volume, make it more multifaceted and mysterious. Selected strands are literally lightened by 1-2 tones, due to which the hair becomes more magnificent. It is possible to choose a shade and a technique to achieve the most natural or, on the contrary, deliberately "acidic" or theatrical result.
Shades for burning brunettes
It’s worth mentioning right away that choosing a shade to lighten individual strands depends not only on the initial tone of your hair, but also on the color of your skin and eyes. It is clear that highlighting for a brunette with brown eyes is staining in warm, sometimes even copper tones. But the owners of gray and blue eyes should pay attention to coloring in a cold palette. Let's briefly consider which highlighting is suitable for brunettes, that is, which tones should be chosen to lighten individual strands:
- Chocolate
- Cognac.
- Copper.
- Coffee Shops.
- Walnut
- Caramel
- Honey.
Making a small conclusion, we note that dark-haired young ladies with bright eyes can choose a chocolate, coffee, nut or caramel shade. Highlighting for brunettes with brown eyes is a strand of cognac, copper, honey, as well as a caramel shade. In the latter case, the image will be very non-standard and sensual.
Now we turn to the consideration of various techniques for partial dyeing of hair.
Classic
Classical highlighting for brunettes is the uniform coloring of half strands along the entire length, from root to tip. Despite its advanced age, the technology is still at the peak of popularity due to its versatility and simplicity. There are several nuances when dyeing dark hair:
- Very thin strands are selected - no more than 5 mm to avoid high contrast.
- The procedure for lightening curls is followed by a tinting procedure. After all, as we remember, brighteners turn the dark color of hair into red, and we do not need it at all.
- It is important to shade the lighter strands with a natural shade, so that the image does not become vulgar.
Competently made classic highlighting for brunettes is almost invisible on the hair. They just become more voluminous, more magnificent and more interesting.
Area highlighting
This technique differs from the previous one only in that only strands in the upper part of the head are selectively lightened. That is, the entire lower half of the hair remains dark, and the dyed curls create the effect of burnt hair and add volume. The technique is considered the most sparing, since no more than 25% of hair is lightened.
Advantages of zone highlighting:
- The effect of burnt hair is created.
- Damage to the hair is minimal.
- If the result is not liked or tired, you can quickly return to the original tone.
There are no drawbacks to this type of staining, unless you have to wear a parting always on one side so that the colored locks are visible.
Bronzing
Highlighting got this name, during which not one color is selected that will shade the total mass of hair, but 2 or 3. The strands are colored randomly, but there are no clear boundaries between the shades. They merge into one unique color that cannot be identified. Due to this, even simply loose hair looks very voluminous, expensive and luxurious. This dyeing technique looks especially attractive in combination with cascade and ladder haircuts. They also add extra volume to the hair, and it is enhanced by sophisticated highlighting. The hair of brunettes, however, requires a balance - the shading strands should not be much lighter than the original color. The maximum is 2 tones.
Colorization
This is such a highlighting technique with the help of which a fundamentally unnatural, bright and bold result is created. It is, of course, easiest to achieve with extreme hair cosmetics. These are all atypical hair colors - blue, green, pink, red, yellow, etc. However, if you want to do something similar, but not overload the hair with such a bright paint, a striking effect can be achieved using natural tones. Experienced stylists dye their hair at the same time in 5 or more shades, creating gradients and sharp drops. Thanks to this, the hair becomes incredibly voluminous, lush, the hairstyle looks non-standard and very expressive.
California highlighting
It got this warm and sunny name due to the fact that residents of California constantly burn their hair. Due to this, the upper strands become lighter, while the lower part of the hair, as well as the roots remain dark. In order not to walk with really faded curls, in the salons began to do a similar imitation of "tanning hair." The plus is that a lighter shade is selected in the pastel palette. If in nature your dark curls can burn out, acquire a reddish tint, then the stylist will color them in the one you choose. When brunettes highlight hair in this way, the result is natural and natural. It is also worth noting that this type of staining is very gentle.
Shatush, Balayazh
These are two relatively modern highlighting techniques, they are very similar to each other, and the ultimate naturalness is considered their main feature. During staining, the hair roots remain dark. Then the strands are selectively lightened, and the occipital region remains in its natural color, and the upper curls are colored. The result is a smooth transition from dark roots to lighter tips, but there is no clear gradient. A similar effect is achieved by staining selective curls. The technique allows you to create an unprecedented volume, and at the same time give the image a slight mess. Such coloring is ideally combined with everyday, simple images, and with complex evening ones.
Ombre
Some people define this staining technique as a kind of highlighting, others believe that this is an independent technique. However, its essence does not change from this. The hair roots remain completely dark, and not a couple of centimeters, but on a good 15-20. Then comes a smooth, but short gradient, and the lower part of the hair is already painted in a light shade. It can be either contrasting or different from the original color by 2-3 tones. Ombre always looks cheeky, but at the same time attractive and not vulgar. The hair is neither light nor dark, but they have their own architecture. It is important to observe a clear haircut with this type of highlighting. After all, the crank and the hut will not emphasize the uneven bottom of the hair or differences in volume, but in the case of the ombre, the opposite is true.
It was and it has become
Why is it already for the last ten years that women who are naturally endowed with (or dyed) dark hair have been striving to lighten them, at least partially? We suggest you look at the photo before and after highlighting. Brunettes, whose hair was plain, dark and boring, begin to look very different. The hair becomes voluminous, the strands shimmer at the slightest hit of light on them. Highlighting allows you to create a unique hair color, not dark and not light, not warm and not cold. This is a unique technique that refreshes any look, takes off extra years and kilograms.
Advantages and disadvantages
What can be listed as the advantages of highlighting?
- Refreshes the look.
- A classic that does not go out of fashion.
- Creates volume in hair.
- It makes it possible to change the image, but not dramatically. You can always return the original tone.
- Regrowth roots go unnoticed for a long time.
- Looks great at any age and anyway.
The disadvantages of highlighting are:
- Damage to the structure of bleached curls.
- Poorly copes with gray hair.
- With an illiterate approach, the result may turn out to be too vulgar.