Highlighting the Hair
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.
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