Coloring for medium hair: features and choice of shades

Every girl loves to change something in her appearance. The easiest way to do this is with coloring. Coloring is a fashionable coloring that involves the use of several shades. As a rule, we are talking about natural tones that allow you to create natural highlights and play. But modern masters also master the techniques of creative dyeing in bright colors. With such a hairstyle, any girl will be in the spotlight.

Today, more and more often you can see girls who have several shades in their hairstyle. The choice in favor of coloring is due to the desire not only to diversify your usual look, but also to preserve your hair. After all, lightening all hair at once is quite harmful, and over time it becomes very difficult to maintain their healthy well-groomed appearance. When coloring, different tones complement the main hair color, resulting in a more voluminous and original hairstyle.

The technique resembles ordinary highlighting: colored strands act only as bright accents. Often, a cap or foil is also used for the procedure. In the first case, the hairdresser chooses strands from the total mass of hair: this is convenient when working with short and thick strands. When working with a hat, thin strands are pushed into micro holes, as a result of the technique, color transitions are softer. Red hair is combined with strands from blonde to shimmery coffee.Dark - with strands from red to purple, and light - with lingonberry, lilac strands.

With all the variety of coloring options, they are all divided into two large groups: vertical and horizontal.

• Vertical coloring involves dyeing hair in many shades, as a result, it seems that each strand is slightly different in color from the other.

• Horizontal coloring - this is, as a rule, no more than 4 shades. To complete it, you need to divide the hair into several parts and paint each of them in its own color, with the darkest used on top, and the lightest at the ends.

Basic techniques

• American coloring. Includes 5 similar natural shades, perfect for dark-haired women.
• "Salt and pepper". Suitable for blondes, allows you to hide gray hair or mask the gray hairs that appear, because the lightest shades are placed at the roots.
• Multicolor. Good for owners of hair of any color, and also suitable for any age. In this case, various shades are taken, and the hair is dyed in them arbitrarily. It affects only the bangs area, and the hair itself along the entire length remains in the same color.
• Zonal. It can be used only on certain areas, allows the creation of various patterns using contrasting colors.
• Neon coloring. These are very bright strands, as a rule, they are done on a dark background. Before applying flashy shades, the curls are lightened. The result from such staining cannot be called persistent, but for a couple of weeks it looks very impressive.

Advantages of coloring:

• the opportunity to refresh the image without radically changing the color: after all, often, turning to a hairdresser, a woman does not want to leave her usual hair color, but only wants to update her hairstyle;
• this procedure is less harmful than dyeing all hair;
• repainting individual curls allows you to visually add volume to the haircut;
• lightening the strand in the area near the face allows a woman to look younger;
• even smooth hair appears structured;
• sometimes dark hair looks dull, and the appearance of bright accents in the hairstyle makes it more shiny;
• can be used by ladies of all ages: girls usually opt for brighter colors, and older women - more natural and natural;
• when applying color only to individual strands, it is easier to disguise gray hair.

There are also disadvantages to coloring.

• When dyeing dark hair using this technique, individual curls have to be lightened. Only fair-haired women can do without it. Even when choosing a color that is a shade lighter, you will need a clarifier or remover.
• After the lightening procedure, coloring can be done after at least 3 days.
• Specialists in this area take a lot of money for their work, and if you do the staining yourself, then there is a high probability of getting the wrong effect.

Although experts advise doing the procedure exclusively in salons, many girls decide on a similar experiment at home. If you are not trying to recreate a particularly complex technique, then you can try doing your own coloring.

It is easier to carry it out for blondes who have already lightened their hair: their dye will lie in the same shade as indicated on the package.

• Dilute the paints you want to use.
• Divide your hair into individual strands.
• Color the desired amount of hair by wrapping each strand in foil and hold for 40 minutes.
• Wash your hair with a regular shampoo and then use a conditioner.
• After a couple of months, you can repeat the coloring at home. It is not recommended to do it more often.

If you want to get a natural looking hair and a more lasting result after coloring, then you should not save on the salon.Any such technique requires professional training, and not every hairdresser is fluent in it. Consider the current trends in hair coloring.

• Bebilights. For fair-haired beauties, this is just a godsend, as it allows you to get the most natural curls of blond shades. Thanks to this natural look, the hairstyle is very suitable for young girls who want to demonstrate their natural beauty.

• Ombre - fashionable coloring, which is actively used by brunettes. The color is applied horizontally to obtain either a fairly noticeable or smooth transition from dark roots to light ends. The lower part of the hair is lightened, and the roots are dyed dark. Of course, the borders between different colors should look harmonious.

• Balayazh looks like colored highlights on the hair. Skilled craftsmen know how to apply paint, creating a slight negligence. This dyeing technique takes time to master. The result looks more beautiful on curled curls.

• Shatush resembles an ombre. This technique involves the application of several related shades to the strands indented from the roots. Thus, the hair has a different shade, not only vertically, but also horizontally.

For information on how to colorize light brown hair, see the next video.