Hair Coloring Trends
Fashion trends in hair coloring change every year. Yesterday everyone wore colored braids, and tomorrow they will massively try on the image of a platinum blonde from Hollywood blockbusters. Modern fashion allows every girl and woman to find a means of self-expression to their liking. The trend is juicy accents, which are especially noticeable against the background of traditional furs and bright down jackets.
However, modern stylish techniques for dyeing women's hair allow you to experiment not only with color. The effect of projection on the curls, creative pixel techniques transform the strands into a real canvas, in the work on which the hand of a true master is visible. For those who are looking for something completely unusual for themselves, in the coming season there is a place to find a place for self-expression. Still, the main trend is shiny, healthy hair.
It is for them that the world's leading stylists never tire of inventing new ways of coloring.
Popular colors and shades
Hair dyeing in trendy colors is one of the easiest ways to radically change your image. To be at the peak of a trend, it is worth learning to anticipate its development. Among the most fashionable natural shades that will remain on magazine covers and catwalks for a long time, you can distinguish the following.
- Strawberry Blondes. All shades of red - from rich coral to delicate pink, will be relevant for a long time. The salmon tone is especially popular today, in which there are not only pink, but also orange accents. Delicate pink strands blend harmoniously with any eye color, effectively setting off warm skin tones.
- Natural wheat. Hair lightening trends have managed to split into two large areas, and more and more often it is warm golden shades that take leading positions in the opinion of stylists.
- Platinum blonde and silver. Retro trends are back. Fashionistas of the seventies wore stylish gray hair, emphasizing their youth and enthusiasm. Modern cold blondes are more complex and multifaceted, allowing every girl to try on the image of a fairytale sorceress.
- Chestnut cold ombre. If the monochrome scale is not intimidating, natural brown-haired women can try on the original coloring with a nutty undertone that turns into creamy at the ends of the curls.
- Red color with iridescence red, unexpected purple and crimson blotches. Monochrome dyeing is no longer in vogue.
- Beach associations. Wet sand or the endless quartz expanses of the Sahara today can be tried on when choosing a shade for curls. Sand tones allow you to avoid creating a monochrome color scheme, emphasize the individuality of the image, especially harmoniously combined with warm skin tones.
- Confectionery associations. Caramel, buckwheat honey, exquisite sherbet - all these shades look very natural and do not turn a woman into a blonde in a retro style.
- "Dirty" ash blond, especially in demand by fashionistas who prefer glam rock style. The combination of golden, silver and gray strands creates a complex color scheme that looks impressive and expressive.
- Blue-black - a tone that never goes out of style. Its actual embodiment can be matte or glossy, but always emphasizing the depth and richness of the shade.
Today, black is usually worn on short hair, combined with bob, pixie, ultra-short haircuts.
- Intense burgundy... The rich shade of Burgundy wine looks luxurious in combination with the technique of dyeing shatush or ombre on dark hair.
- Coffee. Here, multilayer coloring options are most often used with a combination of coffee shades - from very light, almost beige to rich golden brown.
- Berry shades. Cherry, cherry, currant, plum - these natural shades have a rich palette and look spectacular on both light and dark natural hair. Bright highlighting looks especially impressive.
If natural colors and shades seem too boring and mundane, you should pay attention to coloring options that can emphasize the bright individuality of the image. Blue-green shades are still in vogue, especially when combined with curls below the shoulders. Bright blue and delicate blue colors will help to instantly transform the image of a delicate blonde into a daring youth solution.
Intense versions of pink - crimson, fuchsia, look harmonious on very young girls. It is worth considering that any bright shades require mandatory preliminary hair lightening. If you don't want to spoil the curls too drastically, you can limit yourself to applying color to the ends or individual strands.
Acid green, turquoise, purple - a rather extreme version of the design of the strands, but they are popular with representatives of certain subcultural trends. If you want to transform for a short time, you can choose tint paints that wash off in 2-5 shower visits.
How to paint?
The choice of dye also matters. The modern styling industry allows you to choose simple and convenient solutions for a complete change of the image. The most popular and harmless are dyes of a physical type, which color the surface of the hair, but do not penetrate deeply into its structure. They are produced in the form of mousses, gels, tint balms or foams. They can be used for a long time without harming the hair.
Dyes of natural origin include henna and basma, which have been popular for centuries. Chamomile flowers are also used as a clarifier. Among the features of natural dyes, you can cancel the ability to thicken the hair structure, heal it, and add shine.
The disadvantages include a limited selection of shades, possible overdrying of strands, unpredictable obtaining of shades of blue, green (typical for basma).
Among chemical resistant paints, ammonia and ammonia-free compounds stand out, which are considered safer. The color scheme here is as diverse as possible, it is possible to multi-stage coloring, toning, highlighting, the use of various complex techniques with highlights, feathers, contrasting strands. In the mass market segment, the compositions are presented in the form of mousses, creams, gels.
Unusual modern techniques
When planning to dye your hair, today you can easily choose between the most interesting, modern and effective coloring techniques.
The most recognizable Hollywood trend of recent times is coloring ombre with a spectacular smooth transition between shades. Today, it is increasingly being replaced by a less striking version called sombre... In it, the contrast of the shades is lower, resulting in softer, smoother visuals.
The creation of ombre dyeing is aimed at owners of dark hair. The main distinguishing point of this technique is the smooth, gradual lightening of the strands, starting from the middle of the total length of the hair. Light, as if burnt-out ends refresh the face, give dynamism and expressiveness to the whole image.
When choosing a sombre technique, it is worth preparing for the fact that various shades of the same color will be used in staining with an overlay of tone both horizontally and vertically. This option is suitable for those who are not yet ready for radical changes and want to bring some novelty to their image.
Ombre is recommended for use on cascading haircuts, which this technique gives a special liveliness and shine. If the hair is short, a sophisticated, graduated bob will do, emphasizing the strands that frame the face and highlighting the "feathers" on the back of the head.
Stylish female images today are created using minimal means. Current new trends offer a fundamentally different look at the use of the glare toning technique. Its types are quite diverse. But one of the most popular options promises to be babylights... The overflow and shine of the curls are formed here due to the highlighting of individual strands at the ends of the hair. The effect of sunbeams playing in the strands is what the babylights technique gives. Coloring in this format was developed specifically for curly and curly hair.
It all looks most impressive in combination with dark blond or brown hair.
The main hit of this year may well be colombre... The color contrasting version of the ombre requires a preliminary radical lightening of the ends. After that, the selected bright shades are applied to the selected areas, you can use temporary, unstable dyes. A distinctive feature of the technique is a gentle effect on the strands, the roots are not damaged, they remain healthy and beautiful.
Almost all dyeing methods in recent years are not aimed at forming a uniform mass of hair, but at the harmonious selection of strands, creating volume. Hair shaded using technique looks exquisite and luxurious balayage... The superficial distribution of the composition along the strands affects the curls not from the roots, but from the middle of the length. In addition, two different shades of the same color are always used here. This approach gives dynamism, expressiveness and luxury to the design of the hairstyle.
A distinctive feature of the balayage technique is the preservation of natural shades.But now hairdressers suggest using the most contrasting solutions in burgundy, purple, pink. Luxurious dyeing balayazh has a minimal effect on the hair, is made with gentle formulations, does not take much time.
The versatility of the technique allows women and girls of any age and type of appearance to use it.
Balayage's horizontal stretching of color helps to achieve an expressive visual effect without drastically changing the tone of the strands. The technique is recommended for use on clear, graduated haircuts, hair of medium length. It is suitable for short strands for a healthy glow. On long hair, with the help of balayage, you can correct the volume of the face, soften the excessive massiveness of the lower jaw.
There are trending techniques that are not suitable for short hair. These include the current coloring of the shatush, combining up to four shades of the same color in one hairstyle. Thanks to such transitions, it is possible to give maximum volume even to thin hair. The technique is applicable to the entire length from the roots, bangs or the lower third of the curls.
Shatush in Europe is called French highlighting, which is relevant for both blondes and brunettes. The formed transition of colors looks very elegant and natural, the toning lasts a long time and retains its naturalness as it grows. Shatush is suitable for masking the first gray hair, does not harm the hair, allowing it to be dried in a natural environment.
The width of the strands is determined individually.
Among the obvious advantages of this technique is the absence of the need for frequent repetition of the procedure. Shatush perfectly keeps on hair for up to three months without renewal, helps to improve the natural structure of curls.
When coloring shatush, additional combing of strands can be used, which allows you to get the most unusual visual effects on hair of medium and large length. Today, the technique is increasingly used in red wine shades - burgundy, beaujolais.
Seasonal trends
New technologies do not stand still. The latest trends in hair dyeing show a gravitation towards the effect of computer graphics. Pixel technology, which today only top stylists are familiar with, makes it possible to transfer original pictures from small squares - pixels - to graphic, emphasized smooth haircuts, mainly of medium length.
This unusual coloration can have a variety of designs. The futuristic effect is achieved with special stencils using temporary or permanent dyes. The guarantee of a graphic clear pattern is a straight, smooth hair structure. In addition, in order to fix the effect obtained, it is recommended to use special fixing agents with the strongest effect.
When choosing shades for pixel coloring, you should give preference to bright neon colors. Gold blonding looks interesting on chestnut or chocolate strands. But you can create an interesting "projection" even on a copper-red hair color.
When choosing the most fashionable hair dyeing trends, you should take into account their length. Among the current trends are the following.
- Medium shoulder-length hair, shoulder blades. Owners of this length can use most of the fashionable dyeing techniques. For example, when it comes to revitalizing the color, you can try coloring shatush, balayazh, ombre or California highlights. Such solutions look especially impressive on torn, accentuated voluminous haircuts with different lengths of strands.
- Short... Stylish design of bob, pixie, garcon, hedgehog haircuts is carried out in a coloring format with elements of the original design. Permanent, coloring or transparent veil application of highlighting is also relevant here.
- Long... Here the ball is ruled not by solid coloring, but by the creation of multifaceted, multi-layer color transitions. The burnt-out or reflective effect of the Californian staining technique is used in most popular coloring techniques. Shatush, balayazh, contouring look spectacular on natural dark, light brown, brown hair. Blondes have their own versions of these popular dyeing methods.
- With a bang. Here, veil or classic highlighting techniques are most often used, but coloring in contrasting tones can also be used, allowing you to try on unusual seasonal trends without risking the total mass of hair.
When dyeing hair, modern stylists recommend taking into account the most interesting seasonal trends.
Since winter has come actual cold shades have come into fashion. Snow blue, sparkling pink color will harmoniously set off the image of the owner of long curls or medium-length hair. Also, now all shades of red and red are in fashion, and not in monochrome, but in all the variety of available color combinations.
For spring looks stylists have already prepared the brightest trends. Multicolor coloring with a gradual transition of tones will be in vogue. Having got rid of warm hats, owners of smooth and straight hair can afford to apply a stencil ornament to their surface.
Summer - the time of the Californian or French highlighting, which allows you to create the effect of burnt-out strands. Even if you can only dream of a seaside vacation, it is worth creating the appropriate mood with the help of a timely trip to the hairdresser.
Autumn brings its new and interesting trends. Refined blondes, shades of ocher or chocolate will look quite harmonious in combination with a demi-season wardrobe. If you want something unusual, you can use aqua color or apply an unusual coloring using the sombre technique.
Subtleties of selection
Stylists are sure that in order to correctly choose a new hair color, taking into account the original, natural shade, there are only two directions: radically different from the natural tone or multilayer disclosure of the shade of curls. This effect can be achieved with glare, multi-tone coloring.
Monochrome black hairstyles are a thing of the past. Staying true to one tone, a fashionista runs the risk of looking too archaic. Using various highlighting techniques will help to avoid the retro effect. Shatush, balayazh, ombre for black and brown hair can be easily done and at any time return to the original color scheme. If you want brightness, you can reproduce the shade in purple, lavender, with a weightless veil covering the bulk of the strands.
Confectionery associations are still popular on dark hair, but without the previous hype. You can choose from cinnamon cherries, cappuccino or creamy chocolate as an accent color. The "tiger eye" technique, appreciated by the world's leading celebrities, also looks relevant.
Bright bangs are another luxury that owners of dark hair with short hair can afford.
It uses neon green, bright scarlet, rich lavender.
Redheads and brown-haired women often find it difficult to get cool tones on their natural hair. But the natural color scheme is still relevant. Here you can use shades of cream baking soda, try contouring the face with lighter strands. Crimson, red, purple shades woven into the main color will help to achieve unusual visual effects.
As a refreshing dyeing technique, you can use balayage on red hair, without sharp tone transitions, with rich gold at the ends of the strands and fiery red at the roots.
The soft and thin hair of natural blondes rarely has a sufficiently rich and rich color. It is proposed to correct this omission with shades of ultrablond - from Scandinavian to platinum, it is necessary to exclude yellowness in any of its manifestations. It is permissible to use golden-sand coloring options, toning in the shade of wheat, baked milk. If you want brightness, you can try on strawberry blond.
It is one thing to artificially give the curls a silvery shade, and quite another to have natural gray hair. It is customary to fight it most radically, giving preference to natural light brown, copper, gold shades in coloring. Partial highlighting will solve the problem of slight discoloration of curls at the roots. But if the volume of gray hair is significant and makes up more than a third of the total mass of the strands, it is worth deciding on a monochromatic dyeing.
If you definitely want to get into the general wave of popularity, you should pay attention to unstable staining options using a fashionable range of shades and techniques. In order not to make a mistake in the choice, it is worth remembering the following.
- Two-tone coloring helps to play with color... Blue and purple, red and pink, green and blue tones are beautifully combined. If you don't want to radically change the color, you can simply contrast the bangs.
- Halftone - a good solution for those who are quite satisfied with their own hair color. Stylists propose to make the play of colors brighter through the play of shadows and light. Adding some variety to the shade of the strands will reveal their radiance, make the hairstyle richer and more spectacular. It is worth deciding on such coloring before a wedding or vacation at sea.
- Neon tones are for the young and daring. Those who are ready to try on the image of a rainbow young lady should pay close attention to the brightest and most unusual combinations. Moreover, in one hairstyle there should be at least three such trendy blotches.
- Do not apply color with a clear gradient on wavy hair. It is better for owners of curls to give preference to more harmonious solutions for them with applying a contrasting color only to the ends of the strands.
- If you want a universal color scheme, you should apply contouring. In this technique, it is possible to emphasize the expressiveness of facial features, to hide some of the features of the appearance.
So, contouring works well for lengthening the neck or visually narrowing the forehead.
To create volume on thin hair, you can use the original Dim-out staining technique. Here, the strands are not lightened, but darkened, adding depth and volume to the color. A luxurious solution for those who are willing to waste time styling in the morning.
If the selection of color by type of appearance no longer surprises anyone, stylists began to look closely at the eyes not so long ago. But here, too, trends have already formed. For example, green-eyed ladies it is proposed to try on a natural dark blond shade that looks rich on long curls. It is suitable for those who only want to revive their own hair tone a little.
The combination of green eyes and aristocratic white or porcelain-pink skin requires a decent framing. All shades of copper are in trend - from coins of the old minting to the flame of the hearth. For convinced brunettes, there is also a zest - a cold cappuccino, emphasizing the firmness of character, and effectively highlighting the olive or emerald color of the eyes.
To brown-eyed girls don't worry either. All shades of chocolate, roasted almonds and caramel will pleasantly emphasize their bright appearance. With fairly light skin, you can choose a cold blond or ash-blond range of shades.
Blue eyed women even more fortunate. They can shade natural light brown and chestnut curls using ombre and shatush techniques, paint them in a bold arctic blond or bright salmon shade.
Beautiful examples
- Variation on the theme of Californian coloring in a fashionable layered manner. The combination of strands with a silver, gold, warm light brown shade creates a spectacular shine, emphasizes the freshness and youth of the image.
- A striking appearance requires no less expressive accents in hair coloring. The deep blue color looks fantastic, gives the image an unforgettable piquancy and a special exotic appeal.
- Effective ombre coloring does not give up positions. Now this technique looks as natural as possible, emphasizing the healthy and natural look of long hair. An exquisite ombre is simply created for bright brunettes.
- Stylish pixel coloring originally designed for long hair. But even on spectacular graphic haircuts, it looks very bold, bright and fashionable.
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