How to stain balayage at home?

Highlighting remains a popular and stylish hair coloring technique in the modern world. With the help of it, you can completely transform your appearance in a short time: refresh your face, highlight beautiful facial features, focus on the elements of clothing. One of the most common incarnations of highlighting is a unique balayage technique, the features of which will be discussed in this article.

Like many trendy and popular hairstyles, balayage came to us from romantic France in the 70s.

Literally from French, balayage means "blowing", this effect is called "sun-burnt hair" in the modern world. As with conventional highlighting, coloring occurs in three key stages:

• hair is divided into several conditional shares;
• individual curls are painted with a pre-selected shade, highlighted with foil;
• washing, drying, adjustment.

Each hair coloring technique has its pros and cons, and balayage is no exception. Let's consider the main advantages and disadvantages of such staining.

First, about the pros. The balayazh technique has plenty of them, and therefore the popularity of this staining method will never disappear.

• Balayazh is wonderful goes well with hair of any length. The same applies to the texture of the hair - if some dyeing techniques prefer only straight or only curly hair, then balayage is successfully performed on each of the types.
• This type of staining technique looks at the same time stylish, youthful, but also solid, so it can be successfully combined with any kind of clothing and accessories.
• Balayazh gives hair natural volume and shine... This is the most suitable option for girls with thin and thin hair.
• Combined with long to medium hair the balayage effect does not disappear so quickly, regular adjustments or touch-ups of curls are not required. For short hair, it is recommended to visit a makeup artist at least once a month for color correction.
• Any successful hairstyle manipulation for sure will transform your image beyond recognition. Balayazh is exactly the painting technique that can completely change the bow of any girl.
• No age restrictions. Curls colored in this way look equally attractive on both young ladies and respectable elderly ladies.

There are not so many disadvantages, but they are still there.

• Only the most patient fashionistas can make a high-quality balayage on their own. The procedure will require a lot of restraint and patience from the girls.
• Even in the skilled hands of the master, such painting may take several hours, not to mention self-painting without anyone's help.

Any dyeing needs high-quality primary hair preparation. The very first step will be an ordinary a haircut.

One of the most important points in preparation is selection of the desired haircut, curling method, bangs. This is usually chosen based on the preferences of the fashionista herself. Medium to long hair works best cascade or curls with a ladder. They will look good in this version graduated curls, they will give your hair even more volume. For short options, the most advantageous with balayage will look bob or bob, also haircuts with light milling.

Before the painting itself, the head is wash thoroughly, get rid of crumpled hair. It is also desirable to pre-treat the scalp and hair with special oily-based creams. At the stage of washing off the paint, this should play a good role for you.

From the point of view of the duration and simplicity of execution, the balayazh is quite complicated for self-painting. It will require a lot of patience and concentration from a fashionista. The following list of tools should help in the successful execution of staining.

• Hairpins, invisible and other clips for fixing curls.
• Prepared in advance pieces of foil or cling film for wrapping (the length depends on the length of your hair and the desired future hairstyle).
• Dye or a coloring composition. For balayage, at least 2 different shades are most often used, but some women of fashion prefer 3 or more. Do not forget that the more shades in the hairstyle, the more difficult it will be to adjust the whole pattern in the future.
• Long brushes for applying paint and other materials for storing paint - plates, bowls for diluting the composition, jars of paint itself.
• Be sure to take care of your hands and prepare gloves... For quick balayage, hand-made gloves from a plastic bag can come off, but professional gloves for painting will best protect the skin.
• When removing paint, you will need small sheet or a film for the eyes and neck to prevent paint from getting there. Also prepare a towel to gently but thoroughly dry your dyed hair.

For 40 years of its existence, balayazh has managed to undergo many changes. First of all, this concerns the techniques of performance - each master wanted to add something of his own to this type of highlighting. Fashion itself changed, style changed. Several balayage techniques have successfully reached our time.

• Option where only the tips are colored... Ideal for girls who are not ready for drastic changes in their image.

• Asymmetric balayage gives the hairstyle even more volume, but is suitable only for medium to long hair. For high-quality asymmetry in a short haircut, you will have to resort to using oblique or asymmetrical bangs.

• Clear border in the balayazh drawing. Well-defined curls are chosen by girls with insufficiently bright facial features or inconspicuous makeup.

• Balayage curls with face framing... Another technique for highlighting your winning traits. With a lush hairstyle and long hair, this variety can visually reduce the face and its rough features in the form of a large chin or a wide forehead.

One of the most popular trends in the fashion world is balayage with dyeing the ends of dark curls in bright and rich neon colors... It is with dark hair that this dyeing option looks best. If we talk about light brown, red and other light colors, then you shouldn't be upset either.

Let's consider the options for dyeing in more detail, taking into account the selection of shades for each hair color.

• Brown hair... For the same effect, softer wheat shades are suitable for you: light copper, golden, honey and caramel shades. A bold option would be to use vibrant crimson and reds.
• Girls with golden or red hair it should be understood that clarification using the balayage technique will visually bring much less effect. In this case, it is best to select darker shades (platinum, summer chestnut).
• Dark and black curls look great with bright light shades. These are all sorts of shades of gold, honey and caramel colors.

Let's look at the technique of performing balayage for hair of different lengths in simple step-by-step schemes.

Dyeing long hair at home is the most difficult thing to do, this concerns, first of all, the cost of time.

• Hair first comb well, get rid of crumpled and uneven areas. Then the curls with the help of clips are divided into 4 separate parts (back of the head, crown, two temporal lobes).
• Starting from the occipital or the temporal part, separate the hair into separate, not very thick bundles of hair. If you are not going to darken the roots, you should maintain a length of 2-3 centimeters up to them. The colored curls are separated from the rest and wrapped in prepared pieces of foil. Some fashionistas prefer continuous dyeing of curls, without separating the hair, but then the tinting itself from balayage will not be so noticeable.
• The bangs are painted according to an identical scheme. The composition is usually washed off no later than after half an hour, depending on the type of coloring composition.

Dyeing hair of medium length using the technology of self-dyeing does not differ in any way from dyeing long hair. Short step-by-step instructions.

• Curls are divided into several shares, it will be most convenient to conditionally divide the head into several separate parts. Painting should start from the back of the head.
• Separate bundles hair is dyed with a sponge or brush with long ends, the distance to the hair roots is still kept strictly at 2-3 centimeters. In the future, light shading can be used to tint the roots.
• The composition is held on hair for 30 minutes and rinse off gently.

Dyeing short hair using the balayage technique does not require great skill from the beauty. At the same time, it is with short hair that this technique looks most successful. Ideal length short hair for balayage - at least 5-7 centimeters. In this case, the use of foil to separate the curls is optional. For a perfect result, follow the instructions below.

• Before painting the hair is combed up, so that even the most disobedient curls stand on end and withstand the paint material. If desired, the hair is pre-moistened or secured with hairpins or clips.
• Comb with fine teeth or by brushing the hair is divided into approximately the same strands. Gently paint on the ends of each curl. It is advisable to maintain a minimum distance of 2-3 centimeters from the hair roots. Choose a place to start painting depending on how convenient you are, but hairdressers start either from the parietal part or from the back of the head - from there it is best to navigate with the direction and length of the painting. Brush movement when painting should be vertical, not horizontal.
• Straightening the tips, move closer to the roots of your hair, gradually blending the dye evenly along the length. The bangs are also painted with vertical lines, solid or selective coloring of curls.
• Leave your hair in this position for 25-30 minutes. Make sure that the curls do not touch or fall off.

It is also a rather important point, which most of the fashionistas neglect, because of which the shade and pattern on the curls can be lost. The paint rinsing process begins from the very ends of the hair, then gradually moving up to the back of the head. Already in the occipital and parietal zone, you should carefully follow the removal of the entire coloring composition. This is especially true for dark tones, which, if removed slowly, can stain unwanted curls.

Young and accustomed to experiments, women of fashion often resort to using several colors in the balayage technique. The difficulty lies in the selection of suitable shades and the duration of such a procedure. Moreover, this option looks good only with long and elongated hair.

• As with long hair, the curls are combed and divided into several separate parts. The number of strands depends on the effect you want to achieve.
• Choose the desired length on the hair for the first hair tone, we separate it from the remaining hair with elastic bands or clips, in order to know what length to focus on at the time of dyeing with a different shade.
• Then on the hair with a brush a layer of paint of the lightest or darkest color is applied for subsequent gradation of shades. Hair in this position is kept for half an hour and washed off.
• After washing and drying remove the clamps and raise them a little higher - to the desired length of the next hair tone. It is advisable to pre-divide the strands into 2-3 parts. However, do not try to follow any clearly defined border when separating shades.Hair is dyed in the same way and kept for 30 minutes.
• The same manipulations we do it after washing off the paint and drying with the last part of the hair. Try to leave some free space under the hair roots. The paint is carefully shaded and lasts the same half hour.

Balayazh in light colors will look most successful on slightly curly hair or curls. In this case, the shine and natural play are not lost in straight lines.

• Since balayazh is a type of highlighting, the hair after such a procedure experiences quite a lot of stress and can begin to fall out. Do not forget strengthen your hair with masks, make vitamin bathrooms and use only high-quality and natural conditioners.
• Balayazh - not the dyeing technique that requires hot processing and wrapping. Combining temperature with this method will only ruin your hair.
• Paint, recovery masks, shampoos - everything, if possible, is bought from one manufacturer and one line, so that there are no conflicts between the chemical composition of the funds. Do a small test at home beforehand for an allergic reaction to a particular paint / air conditioner.
• During the staining procedure, hands come into contact with a chemically active substance, therefore professionals strongly recommend using special gloves for painting.
• It is better to choose the color, and especially the combined shades with an experienced master, depending on the texture of your hair, the color of your skin and eyes. Well, don't forget that the best color for the base of the balayage is natural.
• Fast and easy painting is not about balayage technique. Despite all the advice on how to make a beautiful and high-quality balayage for oneself, there will still be it is useful to get a couple of extra hands to help. This will greatly simplify the process.
• Don't let the paint dry only fresh, freshly diluted paint is suitable for balayage.

How to paint balayazh at home, see the video below.