Large highlights: features, shade selection and care recommendations

The once popular highlighting is again becoming fashionable today. It looks neat and thoughtful, the goal of the hairdresser is to qualitatively lighten individual wide strands and make your haircut more layered, lively and voluminous.

Large highlighting is a high-quality lightening of certain strands. For these purposes, the following are used:

• lightening tone - the most gentle of all types of painting;
• bleaching powder (will help to whiten curls by 7-8 tones);
• special paste (with a mild effect on the structure of curls);
• wax dye (the structure will adhere to the curls without problems).

The technique of highlighting with wide strands is quite easy - you just need to choose curls 2-3 cm wide and paint them in different tones of white.

If you have met these conditions, you will end up with amazing results.

In order for highlighting with large strands to suit you, so that it complements your image, it is worthwhile to determine in advance your color type, skin tone, hairstyle features.

Large highlighting is perfect for dark brown-eyed ladies, as well as women with elongated or medium-length haircuts, owners of thick and dense hair.

It is better not to choose such a coloring if you have a short haircut and if your hair has been dyed before, if your curls are curly or if you have recently done a perm.

• Zonal... This look is perfect for those ladies who do not want to spoil their curls with discoloration. Here, individual wide strands are lightened only on the surface of the prepared hairstyle. The master does not touch the strands at the back of the head or behind the ears. The zonal highlighting will create the appearance of burnt-out curls and add volume to the haircut.
• Bronding... Another name for this painting technique is multicolor highlighting. When booking, the hairdresser chooses several suitable light tones that will be as close as possible to the natural coloring of the curls, but slightly different in the lighter side. The correct selection of tones will allow you to get a natural and smooth transition of all tones. When properly booked, dark colored hair becomes very shiny and vibrant.
• Venetian. The main principle here is naturalness. Masters will not select contrasting colors, on the contrary, for this type of highlighting, paint will be needed, which differs from the natural color by no more than 2 shades. The strands are randomly coated with dye. Here the paint is applied from the very roots. After that it shades well.
• Venetian and california (American) highlights are very similar techniques. The difference is that "Venetian" will look better on brunettes, and "Californian" - on blondes.
• Blonding. This method is suitable for those who dream of changing the darkened color to blond as smoothly as possible. Blonding is a gentle procedure. A specialist will help you choose the most suitable color: warmer and softer, or, on the contrary, rather cold.
• Partial highlighting... Almost zonal coloration, but slightly different from it. This look allows you to beautifully revive your hairstyle. Dyed wide strands will help structure the haircut and give it the volume it needs. This technique is perfect for ladies who dream of changing their image at least a little, but do not want to radically change.

Large highlights have certain pros and cons. The pros of this technique:

• wide highlighting is referred to as a gentle coloring technique, since the dye will only get on some of the strands;
• will help to qualitatively "mask" the existing gray hairs;
• strands with lightening located in the right places will highlight the advantages and hide the flaws of your face;
• strands will look much healthier and more voluminous;
• many techniques of wide highlighting when performing do not touch the roots, for this reason you will not need to buy paint every month and pay for the expensive services of the master;
• if you have not received the desired result, then you can easily return to the former hair color;
• many modern coloring technologies will help to highlight the multilevel haircuts, such as, for example, a ladder or a cascade;
• you can choose the type of suitable highlighting for strands of any length and any condition.

The disadvantages when compared with the advantages are completely insignificant. A high-quality wide highlighting procedure can take more than one hour, therefore it is best to free up a full day for it. If the usual coloring can be done with your own hands at home, then it is best to turn to professionals for highlighting.

Any girl wants to follow fashion trends and be the most attractive for the opposite sex, but when choosing shades, it is imperative to be guided by several important rules. Otherwise, the final result will not emphasize the natural beauty, and in some cases it can even seriously spoil the appearance.

Wide highlighting for short hair is an interesting, albeit rare option for a similar hair length. Thanks to this lightening technique, you can visually hide small imperfections in appearance - to mask a bulky nose or narrow lips, or even sparse hair.

Using the highlighting technique on medium curls, you can create a truly bright and catchy image, where part of the strands will be well emphasized.

Large highlighting on long curls will look beautiful, while it spoils the hair structure less than their complete lightening.

For wavy strands, large bronding is suitable - painting over whole strands in colors that are similar in scale. As a result, your curls will look natural and stylish.

With large highlights, you need to be extremely careful not to spoil the curls and not make your image too vulgar. Highlighting for everyone to envy can only be done by a real professional. It is better to choose shades in a cool range.

Many women consider the light brown color to be very pale, expressionless. In their opinion, wide highlighting will make it possible not only to highlight the natural female beauty, but also to create highlights, lighten skin tone or correct facial imperfections.

The result of its use is white curls of different widths. Thick hair lightening is considered more interesting.

By choosing the correct number of colored strands, color saturation, you can get interesting results: completely change the image, add catchy accents to the haircut, or create the look of strands burnt out in the sun.

Brown hair is considered the most versatile base for highlights. Lightening here means serious bleaching of individual strands.

In order to maintain a well-groomed appearance of hair after large highlights, you will have to follow the basic rules of care. Therefore, it is extremely important:

• do not use stylers, hard curlers, hair dryers and irons;
• use special cosmetics and only high-quality dye for care;
• purchase a high-quality conditioner and make caring masks as often as possible;
• get rid of split ends every 2 months;
• moisturize and nourish hair with vitamins;
• do not perform the highlighting procedure too often.

Good face masks can also be made at home. So, to thicken the hair and moisturize it, use a composition of 2 raw yolks. It is applied to its full length in just 30 minutes.

You can make a decoction of onion leaves, and add nettles and chamomile to them. All ingredients must be mixed in 1 spoonful, pour boiling water over and insist. After the broth has cooled, rinse damp hair with it.

A mask of olive oil, one yolk and a spoonful of honey will make your hair luxurious. The mask should be applied to the roots for only 15-20 minutes.

You can use sea buckthorn or castor oil in various masks and in pure form. Masks with oils are best done on unwashed hair. A warm hat should be put on your head, and a towel should be tied over the top for extra warmth.

The oil should be left on the head for 30 minutes or more, and then rinse thoroughly with water and shampoo.

What else you should know about highlighting with large strands.

• Before starting the procedure, you should adequately assess the condition of the curls.
• Dye shades, oxidizing agents and highlighting techniques are selected together with the hairdresser in the salon. Before the procedure, you will need competent advice from an experienced master.
• The rules for applying the dye should be strictly followed and the time indicated on the package should be observed.
• Take proper care of discolored curls.
• Highlighting in large strands can make you more attractive if you take into account all the tips of the master and prepare your hair well for this difficult procedure for them.

Varieties of hair highlighting are presented in the following video.