Highlighting on dark hair with toning

Today, there are many different hair coloring techniques that are gentle options for changing the color of curls for girls. Highlighting on dark hair is a great way to refresh your look for those with dark strands.

Many professional stylists recommend that girls with dark hair shades be lightened by highlighting in several stages, followed by toning in the desired shade. Highlighting itself involves lightening individual strands of hair with various techniques.

This hair coloring has several advantages:

• highlighting individual strands gives visual volume to even the thinnest and thinnest hair;
• such coloring, in contrast to monochromatic, makes the transition from roots to lightened strands smoother, which allows for a longer time not to think about regrown roots;
• with a complete change in hair color, the next procedure is already necessary in 2-3 weeks, and highlighting can be renewed in a month or even two;
• helps to refresh the image without drastic changes;
• gives hair a healthy shine, after several times of washing the hair, the strands do not fade;
• this dyeing procedure will be a salvation for girls with oily hair, as the strands will keep their fresh look much longer;
• thanks to the large number of highlighting techniques, each girl will be able to choose the ideal option for herself.

For those who quickly get bored with the same hair color, the hair tinting technique will be the way out. Tinting can correct the shade of strands that were painted poorly, or those that have lost their original shade over time. Toners of the corresponding shades perfectly hide the yellowness, which is often obtained when lightening too dark hair.

The choice of means for toning hair after the highlighting procedure primarily depends on how much you want to preserve the result of toning. There are a huge number of cosmetic products for giving different shades to strands - shampoos, balms, sprays, paints, tonics and others. And any of them has both pros and cons.

This tool, when used, gives the strands a slightly noticeable shade, depending on the selected color. It does not change the color of highlighted hair, but only slightly refreshes it. You need to choose a shade that does not differ much from yours. Thanks to the cumulative effect, the shampoo will help to make the strands richer in color. It should be used no more than once a week.

Essentially the same as shampoo, but with a longer lasting result - up to one month. Such products are produced for the purpose of caring for hair after dyeing, since their composition includes components that help restore strands after highlighting, as well as maintain their healthy appearance. It is important to know that balms are produced, which must certainly be diluted, therefore, you should always read the instructions before using. Such cosmetics are good at combating unwanted yellowness.

Hair dye is the most long-lasting tool for toning or coloring highlighted strands. The effect lasts up to two months, the main thing is that, thanks to the ammonia-free composition, it does not spoil the hair structure too much.

Well suited for home use. Sprays will be an excellent solution for those who do not want to tint their hair for a long time. The result of using toning sprays lasts up to 3-4 shampooing procedures. Convenient for toning individual strands.

Foams and mousses stay on the curls much longer, up to 10 procedures. Modern manufacturers have made the use of such products much more convenient by equipping them with dispensers. It is important to know that after using them, you need to wash off the residues from the hair, having waited the required amount of time.

There are several types of strand tinting, each of which has its own characteristic features:

• hair tinting with the help of shampoos and mousses, as well as foams (the result is washed off after 2-6 hair washing procedures) is considered easy;
• sparing is the toning of the strands using balms and tonics (the duration of the result is from three weeks to one and a half months);
• intensive toning with hair dye (result up to two months);
• health toning with henna and basma.

On girls with short hair, the usual highlighting of hair (sparse or thick) will create the effect of "spotting", so it can be done only for haircuts under a hedgehog.

Of the types of toning and highlighting, the best will be booking or balayazh. The first involves a combination of highlighting and coloring, since various dark shades are used - from chocolate to golden. In fact, such coloring does not radically change the original color, but only decorates it with highlights and tints. Hair looks healthier and more voluminous. Balayage involves stretching a specific shade along the entire length of the hair. And also all kinds of shades can be used.

Choosing a toning shade, you should immediately exclude bright and contrasting colors, as this will visually divide the head in half. Better to give preference to shades of nut and honey, as well as milk chocolate. Or you can choose a shade several tones lighter than the original color to create the effect of burnt-out strands.

For owners of medium length hair, the same types of highlighting with toning are suitable as for short haircuts. In addition to these staining techniques, you can use classic highlighting, shatush and ombre.

Ombre implies the creation of the effect of regrown roots. That is, the strands are dyed in such a way that they create a smooth transition from dark roots to light ends. Several different shades are used. Such coloring will be a salvation for girls with dark curls, since they do not affect the roots, while maintaining the integrity of the hair structure.

Shatush is basically the same thing as an ombre. The difference is that the transition is made more blurry than with ombre.

When choosing a toning color from a palette of light shades, you should opt for pearl as well as beige tones. Often, on dark curls, highlighting can acquire an unwanted yellow tone, which will help hide a toner or shampoo with an ash tint.

The range of shades for long strands is unlimited. It can be both silvery-ash blond and red mahogany. It all depends only on the desired result. Toning with red and purple shades looks original - pomegranate, mahogany, plum, copper.

For girls with long hair, all of the above options are suitable - from regular highlighting to bronzing. Any of the procedures should be carried out in the salon, since at home there is a high probability of unsuccessful staining.

Even when using the most expensive cosmetics for highlighting and toning hair, colored strands require special care. It is necessary to purchase special shampoos and conditioners for colored hair.

You should pay attention to the composition of the shampoo and abandon those that contain sulfates, as they affect the rate of washing out of the coloring pigment.

Make masks more often at home using natural products (kefir, various oils, honey, all kinds of herbal decoctions).

Reduce the use of hair dryers, flatbeds, and levelers. When a yellow tint appears, use products with a toning effect (shampoos, sprays, mousses), but not more than once a week.

Immediately after washing, the curls should not be combed, it is better to wait until they dry a little, and gently comb them along the entire length, starting from the ends (with a non-metallic comb).

Split ends should be trimmed every 2 months to keep hair looking smoother and more groomed.

Bronzing will help refresh the color of the strands without drastic changes.

The coloring of the strands occurs in brown shades. Several colors close to the original are selected on the palette. Thanks to this, a soft transition from color to color is created, while maintaining its color.

Ombre will make your look brighter and more fresh.

Here, the root zone remains untouched, then the color is selected a couple of tones lighter than the natural one. Then paint is applied along a horizontal line and stretched along its entire length, making a smooth and natural transition between tones.

Balayazh will emphasize femininity and tenderness.

The color is selected half a tone lighter than natural. The master applies broad strokes to the hair, creating a soft transition from the original color to the toning one.

For information on how to highlight on dark hair, see the next video.