Lightened strands on light brown and dark hair are considered quite popular. Most often they are made near the face to refresh it visually. Highlighting helps to change the appearance of light locks. Everyone knows this technique of dyeing individual strands, which makes the appearance more attractive. Each fashionista chooses the number of strands and their thickness herself, depending on what result she wants to achieve. In our article, we will try to give you advice on how to make lightened strands on dark hair, tell about the features of the procedure and reviews about it.
Bright locks for emphasizing the face
Many fashion models with defile lighten themselves two strands on the sides, which create a contour around the face. This effective technique ideally gives light to dark and light brown curls. A few strands near the face, which are slightly lighter than the main color of the hair, will create the structure of your hairstyle. There are such staining techniques in which the result will look as natural as possible. It is best to do local lightening of the front strands with a specialist who will accurately determine the color and color zones.
The usual natural color of curls sometimes seems dull and faded. Many girls decide to change it, making lightened strands of hair near the face. This helps to radically change the image. A partial color change leads to a noticeable transformation.
Definition with the desired effect
Before you decide to lighten the strands at home or in the salon, decide what kind of effect you want to achieve. Partial lightening on brown hair looks more natural. But many brunettes also want to lighten hair strands. It will be much more difficult for dark-haired girls to do this, this will require several stages. Owners of a burning dark color first make a multi-component discoloration, then even out the tone, then carefully look after the damaged locks.
Especially fashionable today is the effect of sunburned hair. The sections of the root zone remain dark, and only the tips are clarified. The transition must be smooth. Such a neat stain looks very natural.
Owners of light brown hair resort to American, or California dyeing. Such blond tinting stretches the color in length, creating a burnout effect. Blonde beauties often make strands of wheat or caramel shades. Some people like beautiful highlights in their hair. The effect of them is created on contrasting perception. With the help of various techniques, it is possible to achieve contrast of varying degrees and effectively lighten the strands of the face, to make a kind of "mustache".
Preparation for the procedure
Before you lighten hair strands, you must first examine the condition of their curls. You may need to treat damaged, thinned, and burned areas first. Before lightening the locks on the face in any way, pay attention to the following features:
- For dark skin, dark eyes, eyebrows dazzling white locks are not suitable.
- More natural tones need to be selected for brown-haired women and brunettes.
- Dark curls should pick up cold shades of white.
- For staining areas of brown or chocolate hair, partial dyeing should be done carefully to avoid a ridiculous look.
- Brunettes who decide to lighten significant areas of the face should know that repeated bleaching leads to cross-section and brittle hair.
- Before brightening areas near the face, you should not do another color, tint the locks or expose them to chemicals.
Bleach selection
Remember that any coloring agent contains chemicals, so this procedure requires accuracy and following the instructions. On the packaging there is always a warning about the need for preliminary allergy testing. Do not neglect this important point. Give preference to well-known brands with good reviews. Before buying, pay attention to the integrity of the packaging, as well as compliance with expiration dates.
Experienced craftsmen in the salons are already easy to handle with all the components of paints and precisely comply with the proportions. If you decide to lighten hair strands at home, then carefully read the instructions, follow all tips for preparing and using a lightening composition.
If you have chosen an ammonia-free product, then know that it sometimes does not perform all the tasks of blonding as it should. To lighten a lock of dark hair, choose better standard aggressive compounds. The percentage of ammonia in the composition is calculated from the structure of your curls. For thick and coarse hair, the percentage of oxidizing agent should be above 9-12%, 3-6% is enough for a thin, weakened hair.
Choosing a specific brand, do not chase the price. An expensive product is not always of high quality, just like the cheapest. Read reviews about paints, this will help you decide.
Used tools and dyeing techniques
For the perfect lightening result, strands need training and experience. It is not easy to independently perform one or another clarification technique. You can discolor the locks by the face of the house using the following techniques:
- Platform Lightening with platinum tones.
- Scandinavian point. When the strands at the roots are lighter than at the ends.
- Strainer. Creates a peculiar play of light. For work, a powdery clarifier, peroxide, tinting are used.
- Drawstring. When the locks are discolored randomly. This is done using special strings or cotton strips.
- Zigzag. Asymmetric locks are painted with different sized curlers.
To lighten hair at home, use the classic scheme. Sophisticated technique requires training and training. To carry out the procedure, prepare the following tools:
- food or specialized foil;
- hat for highlighting;
- brush for applying the composition;
- non-metallic utensils for cooking;
- a comb;
- gloves
- hair dye.
Specialized stores release ready-made sets for clarification. You can easily collect the necessary tools from improvised means.
Lightening with a cap and foil
The first test in clarification requires special care. First, study all the recommendations and the sequence of actions. It is best at home to conduct partial highlighting with a special cap. The procedure for this procedure is as follows:
- Comb your hair well.
- Put a cap on the head for highlighting.
- Through the special holes at the temples or other necessary areas, pull out the necessary strands. Use a special hook for this.
- Elongated locks comb well.
- With a brush, apply the composition prepared according to the instructions to the stretched hair. Do everything quickly so that all the strands are colored evenly.
- Soak the applied composition for the required time, then rinse with warm water without removing the cap.
- Remove the cap, rinse the entire hair with a care product.
Most often, partial highlighting is performed using foil. This method facilitates staining, reduces the contrast of tones. Foil is very convenient to use. Carry out the clarification procedure with foil in the following order:
- Prepare pieces of foil of the desired length. These can be strips 5-10 cm wide with slightly curved ends.
- Each strand is placed on a separate strip of foil, cover them with a coloring composition and curl, and even better - cover with another with the same strip.
- Start painting from the lower curls, then go to the front.
- After the dyeing period has elapsed, rinse your hair. Only then wash your entire head with a suitable shampoo.
Please note that the highlighting procedure requires strict observance of the exposure time. Do not allow yourself to change the exposure period, so as not to damage the curls and the unplanned effect. Do everything carefully so as not to change the color of adjacent strands.
Features of lightening dark and light brown strands
You already understood that highlighting, most often, is carried out on dark or brown hair, so that contrast is noticeable. To brighten the strands near the face, it is important to choose the right color. For girls with black hair, it is better to use brown, dark coffee, and nut shades for partial highlighting. Beauties with brown hair can use copper, light brown, sand or cocoa color. Lightened strands on fair hair look very natural. It is preferable for blond-haired girls to take golden, platinum, wheat, caramel tones.
Rack with lightened strands
Very often, bleaching is done on the face with a caret cut. It looks best on an elongated square. Strands of a different color make the hairstyle more voluminous, visually add density, make the haircut more diverse. It is better to lighten locks on a square without a bang. To do this, it is enough to highlight a few locks at the parting. The finer the strands you highlight, the more natural the lightening effect will be. Highlighting for such a haircut is also carried out on foil.
Partial lightening looks beautiful on perfectly evenly cut hair of the same length and even parting. Even slightly twisted styling will look even better. A haircut with a slanting bang and highlighted strands will also look great. The bob is also ideal for highlighting. French squares with long front strands can also be varied in a similar way.
How to lighten hair strands at home with folk remedies
In order not to damage the strands during chemical staining, you can use folk lightening recipes. Such an effect will not be too significant, but a natural and revitalizing hairstyle. Girls with blond hair for several sessions of such dyeing will be able to lighten the locks by 2-3 tones, and with dark curls - by 1-2. We offer you an effective recipe for using a mask with cinnamon:
- Take 2 tablespoons of ground cinnamon.
- Add to it 2 tablespoons of honey.
- Then pour 3-4 tablespoons of water.
- Combine all ingredients, mix thoroughly.
- Distribute the resulting mass on the necessary parts of the hair, warm your head.
- Soak the product for at least 4 hours, and preferably all night.
To lighten individual strands of cinnamon according to plan, use a special cap.
Another way to slightly give a different tone to certain areas on the head is to use hydrogen peroxide with chamomile. For such clarification, you will need 100 g of dry chamomile, a glass of hot water, 30 ml of 6 percent hydrogen peroxide. First, fill the daisy with hot water and let stand for an hour. In this infusion, add hydrogen peroxide and shake everything. Put the prepared mixture on the right strands, you can use foil. Warm everything with a film and a towel. After an hour, rinse with shampoo. Apply a moisturizing mask to your hair for several minutes, then rinse with chamomile infusion. You will notice the result after the first procedure, but after some time the staining can be repeated, then the effect will intensify.
Salon lightening and further care
The highest quality lightening strands on the face can be performed in a beauty salon. Specialists achieve an impeccable result, completely transform the appearance. The strands amaze others with unusual overflows, which you can see in the photo above.
A good master is well versed in hair, blonde, knows many highlighting techniques, so he will choose the most suitable option for you. A professional will take into account the color of your skin, the length of the lock, the shade of the eyes, eyebrows, and the shape of the face. The wizard will most correctly determine the areas for clarification and the number of strands needed.
For an experienced hairdresser it will not be difficult to color the strands on the face, although this procedure is time-consuming. A professional master, a prestigious salon, and high salaries indicate the high quality of such a procedure. Do not save on yourself, high-quality highlighting is not cheap.
One of the most gentle types of lightening strands is the coloring of rods. It allows you to create a smooth transition from dark roots to light tips. Lightened strands resemble sunburned hair. This effect is performed by the master using a pile of strands or the method of "stretching the color." To do this, you need a special soft comb, but without foil. The most fashionable shades for cranks are: wheat, nut, ash, pearl, beige, golden.
Remember that bleached hair requires extra care. Protect them from draining, provide proper nutrition, moisturize them. Thus, the appearance of clarified curls will be stunning. Use the following tips to maintain the beauty of your lightened areas:
- Limit the use of heating appliances: hair dryers, irons, pads. Refuse or reduce the amount of styling products.
- Wash your hair with mild, sulfate-free products that are suitable for dyed, damaged hair.
- Regularly nourish with masks, do body wraps, heal with special medical cosmetics.
- Protect your hair from direct sunlight.
- Eat fresh vegetables and fruits, enough sleep.
Each girl can diversify her image with the help of lightened locks. Even a burning brunette in this way can be turned into a sophisticated lady.
Reviews of girls about similar lightening
Are there any pitfalls in such highlighting in the face? Reviews indicate that before its implementation it is necessary to take into account the general condition of the hair. Sometimes they have to be treated, get rid of dryness, brittleness, dullness or excessive fat.
Many girls do not recommend doing highlighting too often so as not to cause significant damage to the hairline or certain areas. It is better to use gentle methods of dyeing, for example, a barber shop with a pile is suitable.
Some girls like the effect after staining, but are not satisfied with the condition of the strands. It is important to note that the hair-sparing procedure lasts a long time, several hours. Quick staining leads to disastrous consequences, especially when a brunette decides to radically lighten strands on her face.
Reviews about salon staining are mostly positive. Sometimes partial dyeing pushes fashionistas to radically change the color of their hair. To gently lighten the locks, it is sometimes advised to do highlighting several times.
I especially like the effect of brightened areas for girls who love contrasts. According to reviews, one can judge that beauties also like to change their hair color, how to buy new outfits. The main thing is to choose a shade that is most suitable for natural.
Owners of curly hair also leave their reviews. They note a special highlighting technique when the clarifier is applied by hand. In this way, several similar shades can be combined. Girls note that for highlighting individual strands you do not particularly violate the hair structure, you only lose a little time. Love your curls, experiment with them. Such a change in appearance will not only suit young beauties, but also an elegant lady of age.