Highlights on brown hair: features, shade selection, care tips

The desire to perform highlighting on brown hair arises both in long-haired beauties and in owners of short hair. The use of bright color accents allows you to make the image fresher and more interesting, while you can get a natural burnout effect, add volume, glare, and radically change the overall color scheme.

Before choosing a highlight color for dark brown hair with or without bangs, you should make sure that there are no allergic reactions to the lightening process. It is imperative to take into account the peculiarities of the procedure for short and long hair, the exposure time, since the application process will differ significantly.

Not every stylist will undertake highlighting on brown hair. A color that combines natural red and black pigments is quite difficult to interrupt with dyes. Getting a pure white tone without yellowness, with clear transitions between light and dark strands, takes some effort. But it is worth remembering that for natural strands, the effect can be quite traumatic, provoking thinning, damage to the rod, and its fragility. It is necessary to carry out highlighting on healthy hair, having previously eliminated the existing problems.

Stylists call highlighting the creation of contrasting strands that are formed by lightening or toning in bright colors. Traditional cold solutions in the Scandinavian style are not suitable for chestnut shades.Here, the tone should be softer and warmer: honey, wheat, allowing you to gently emphasize the richness of the color palette of curls.

Not all highlighting techniques are suitable for brown hair. There are several among the most effective solutions.

• Venetian... Creates the effect of sun-burnt curls. In the light version, it is often referred to as Californian. The impact is performed on open strands using several shades and smoothly stretching the color from roots to ends.

• Brazilian. It uses various types of shades and colors, with obtaining a natural lightening of the selected strands without a sharp transition of tones.

• European. Differs in a natural way of drying highlighted hair. They are not wrapped in foil, but remain free.

• Hollywood. With a careless spread of the width and location of the curls that have undergone highlighting. With lush and thick hair, this effect looks especially stylish.

• Veil. Here, individual thin strands are selected, bringing in a slight contrast, enlivening the overall color scheme. The width of each strip is 3-4 mm. Only the upper part of the head is involved in coloring, the strands superficially cover the bulk of the hair, like a thin veil.

• Balayazh. The best option for those who just want to try a change of image without a radical transformation. Such solutions are especially effective on very long curls.

• Ombre. It can hardly be called highlighting in full. But it is the lightening without affecting the root zone that looks especially impressive on brown hair. Gradient transitions, natural shades will make the image soft and feminine. This choice of techniques is due to the complexity of creating highlights on brown hair.

Among the obvious advantages of highlighting on brown hair, the following points can be highlighted:

• the ability to try on a new image without a radical color change;
• easy disguise of the first gray hair;
• anti-aging effect without significant effort;
• brightness and individuality of the image;
• a chance to gradually move away from a radical chestnut shade in coloring;
• carrying out visual correction of appearance - you can divert attention from shortcomings, emphasize advantages;
• add volume, shine, shine without expensive procedures;
• to solve the problem of leaving for a long period is important on vacation, when there is usually no time left to go to the hairdresser.

The big advantage of highlighting is the absence of restrictions. It can be used on hair of any length - from radically short to as long as possible. And subsequent care will take a minimum of time and effort.

But the highlighting process is associated with more than just merits. It also has disadvantages. In particular, it will be almost impossible to carry out the entire procedure according to the rules at home. We'll have to forget about highlighting for those who have recently dyed or curled their hair. There are also restrictions on the choice of colors or shades - the palette will be limited only to warm, close to the natural range, options.

The salon procedure also turns out to be quite costly from a financial point of view. The duration of the procedure is another negative factor. Especially on long hair, manipulations can take more than one hour, and the color scheme changes with a preliminary total lightening of the selected strands. With a small and frequent location of such areas, the harm from the procedure will be similar to complete discoloration.

If the highlighting is performed incorrectly, the highlighted strands can break, as a result, the whole hair will look unhealthy, it will lose its attractiveness and shape.

For chestnut, brown hair, contrasting black highlights will not work, since it will look dark. Here you should definitely pay attention to more natural combinations that form soft tone transitions. When combining the general color with highlighting, it is imperative to remember about typing the appearance. For "autumn" girls with golden chestnut hair, you need to choose cognac, copper, amber, honey and golden warm tones. If the natural color type is "summer" with ash-brown hair, close to light brown, you can create a spectacular combination with silver and platinum blotches, the result is a very light, and at the same time natural effect.

In the process of choosing shades, it is worth considering other significant factors. In particular, you will have to take into account the type of face, and the presence or absence of bangs, as well as the characteristics of the hair.

Based on the type and length of hair, we can conclude which version of highlighting will be the most effective and expressive. For short haircuts with a boyish effect, a version of the pixie shape, including those with asymmetrical bangs, the easiest solutions are selected. The effect of a veil or Hollywood highlighting will be appropriate here.

For owners of long curls with a cascade haircut, the Brazilian natural effect will suit. He will emphasize the volume, splendor of the hairstyle. Long straight hair requires European highlights, and you can use other methods to create strands that look like they were naturally sunburned. Too bright and contrasting solutions will be superfluous here.

Hair of medium length, cut using the models of a square, page or an elongated bob, should be decorated with veil or Venetian highlights. In addition to the gentle effect on the strands, it will be possible to preserve the severity and harmony of the form.

The choice of technique and type of highlighting for brown hair can also be associated with the type of face:

• round is suitable for the strobing effect with the formation of highlights in the upper part of the hairstyle, on the bangs and on the crown of the head;
• oval fit soft, framing streaked strands along the entire length, of considerable width;
• square and rectangular shapes require highlights in the cheekbones to visually balance the contours and shape;
• diamond-shaped and triangular options with an accented chin, the emphasis should be on the contrast in the bangs;
• with a trapezoidal shape, it is imperative to enhance the contrast by adding a combination of dark and light curls around the face.

In the presence of bangs, highlighting is complicated by the need to somehow include this hairstyle element in the overall combination of color transitions, avoiding the creation of the effect of zebra stripes or watermelon peels. On well-thinned or slanted hair, you can easily apply European and American technology with a choice of wheat, gold shades. On straight, thick bangs of medium length, Hollywood-type staining or a light veil looks good, which does not change the appearance of this hairstyle element too much.

Hair care after the completion of the procedure should take into account the careful preservation of the natural structure of the hair. Regular trimming of split ends is imperative to maintain the shape and length of the hairstyle. Perm is excluded, repeated exposure to dyes within 1.5-2 months after the procedure.

Thermal effects are harmful for streaked hair.When using an iron, hair dryer, curling iron, compounds with thermal protective properties should be used. When visiting the pool, avoid direct contact of the strands with chlorinated water. In a sauna or steam bath, they should be protected from exposure to hot steam. On the beach, protect from direct sunlight with special sprays.

Daily care must also take into account the degree of hair damage.

Consider, highlights on brown hair looks somewhat interesting.

• Spectacular and not too catchy highlighting on reddish brown hair. The warm honey shade looks sophisticated, harmoniously combined with the main color scheme of the hairstyle, and supports the created image of a stylish woman.

• Luxurious ombre effect on long hair looks expressive in Hollywood style. The combination of a natural chestnut tone in a rather dark design and contrasting bright highlights allows you to emphasize the graphicality of the curls, make them more luxuriant in appearance.

• Venetian highlights with a burnt-out effect look especially impressive on short brown hair. Light highlights give the image youth and enthusiasm without drastically changing the whole image.

You will learn more about how to highlight brown hair in the following video.