How to do balayage on straight hair?

In recent years, the hair coloring technique called "balayage" has gained popularity again. It was invented in France in the 70s of the last century. Curls painted with its use look as natural as possible. Most often, when using this technique, the hair remains dark at the roots, and at the ends it acquires a lighter shade - by 2-3 or more tones. Balayazh allows you to achieve the softest possible transition from a natural color to a lighter one.

This technique was inspired by sunburned hair... Natural highlights, light ends, play of light in the strands, healthy shine and shine - this was the effect that was originally the main purpose of coloring. Currently popular not only color combinations in the redistribution of several tones, but also contrasting colors with brighter colors.

One of the characteristic features of this technique is versatility such staining. It is perfect for owners of straight and curly, thin or thick hair. Length in the case of balayage also does not play a big role - coloring will suit almost any haircut. Habitual coloring in one tone often looks too "flat" in comparison with balayage, which adds visual volume to hair due to light strands.

For owners of thin or straight hair, balayazh can become a real "magic wand". After all, it is such hair, especially if they combine these two properties at once, that most often suffer from a lack of volume.Using this coloring technique, you can give your hair a noticeable splendor, and even visual density.

Balayazh is a very versatile technique. With its help you can not only change the image and shine with renewed vigor.

Balayage looks great on both dark and blonde hair. This technique does not oblige you to choose for staining only natural colorsshading the natural color. Although such stains look the most harmonious and give the same effect of burnt-out strands. Nevertheless, balayage is now widely used with the use of a fairly bright colorsthat creates a memorable look based on sharp color contrasts. There are some tips for choosing the right shade for this stain.

If we talk about harmony, the following shades are best suited for light brown and light-colored hair:

• gray and ashy - for those who prefer a cold blond, but want to avoid a sharp contrast of color with natural, which occurs during the growth of hair at the roots, and also wants to dye hair more carefully;
• mother-of-pearl and pearl - such shades are distinguished by shine and radiance, which gives the strands a special liveliness.

Dark hair in terms of color matching, they are a more advantageous option, since they are combined with a huge number of tones. Dark curls look very interesting together with copper shades... Such coloring will refresh the image and add a bright sparkle to it.

Also, dark colors go well with the options offered to the owners of light brown and light curls. Coffee, caramel and golden shades will look equally good on dark and light hair.

As for the contrasting shades for balayage, it all depends solely on imagination and personal preference. Blue, green, crimson, red - all these colors are in sharp contrast to natural tones, and will always attract the attention of others.

Balayazh also looks very impressive and on red curls any shades. Red hair itself is a very bright accent, and adding highlights and transitions allows you to achieve more naturalness if, for example, red hair is not the natural color of the strands.

The versatility of balayazh is due not only to the fact that it suits any color, but also the fact that it can be performed on hair of any length and haircuts of any shape. The hair itself can be straight or curly - the coloring will not lose its effectiveness.

Balayage on short hair does not cease to be relevant for several years. A hairstyle dyed this way looks a little sloppy, but always winning... The dyeing method for short hair is quite simple, which makes it quite possible to do it yourself, at home. But it is still recommended to carry out such procedures in the salon.

Coloring consists of several stages:

1. to determine the strands on which the light-colored paint will be applied, the fleece is done in such a way that the ends of the hair stick out upward;
2. paint is applied to the tips using foil and kept for a couple of tens of minutes;
3. hair roots are colored (if necessary);
4. after some time, the paint from the roots is pulled closer to the ends of the curls in order to tint them, but not until the very end;
5. after holding the paint for about ten minutes, it must be washed off.

On hair of medium length, balayazh looks no less impressive. However, the dyeing method will look slightly different than on short hair.It will be more difficult, and you will hardly be able to do it yourself.

1. Hair parting into several squares in zones (temporal, parietal, occipital and crown) and stabbed with hairdressing clips into bunches or tails - the main thing is that they do not touch each other during the staining process.
2. The paint is applied on the ends of the strands, where it is left for a while, depending on the desired shade and the instructions of the paint manufacturer, then it must be washed off with water.
3. Further paint is applied to individual strands, brush strokes should be as light as possible in order to blend out the transitions. At this stage, it is necessary to withstand the paint for no more than 15-20 minutes to achieve a darker shade than at the ends of the curls.
4. Hair are thoroughly washed from the coloring composition.

The most difficult thing in terms of coloring will be balayazh for long hair. For its implementation, it is strongly it is recommended to consult an experienced craftsman. The dyeing method is similar to the technique suitable for medium-length hair, however, with long curls, you need to be more careful so that the dyed strands do not stick together and spoil the result.

Before dyeing your hair definitely need to straighten... Dyeing curls can lead to unexpected and undesirable results.

Balayage on long straight hair is deservedly considered one of the most beautiful variations. From the point of view of technology, such hair is much easier to dye than curly hair, since there is no need to carry out any preliminary manipulations. Transitions on straight hair colors can be made very soft or sharper - they will be seen much more clearly than on curly ones.

Coloring using this technique is suitable for owners of long hair who would like to update their image. Often they do not want to part with the length or make some drastic changes in the haircut, such as cascades or bangs. In such cases, staining comes to the rescue. It is useful to paint in one tone, if it differs from the natural color or what the girl usually wears. But using the balayage technique will allow you to achieve a much more expressive result.

After balayazh hair does not require any special grooming procedures. Shampoo is best used for colored hair. These shampoos are aimed at sealing the scales of the hairs and preventing the dye from washing out quickly. Nessesary to use air conditioning every time you wash your hair, and once or twice a week - mask... It is best to give preference to moisturizing or restoring masks, since most often staining dehydrates the strands.

Usually re-staining carried out after about three months. However, depending on the tone at the roots, this can be done much less frequently.

Owners gray hair, for whom its masking is critical, you will have to update the staining at the usual frequency once a month. But in the case of balayage, it will be enough to update the color only at the roots. You can tint strands along the entire length much less often, and not necessarily at the hairdresser.

You don't always need to go to the salon to maintain a fresh look. In the case of balayage, they are perfect tinted shampoos or balmsthat should be used once or twice a week. They will allow you to keep the shade in its original form and get shiny and healthy hair without additional dyeing.

The following video will tell you about the balayazh staining technique.