Arctic blond: features, brands of paints, coloring and care
Thanks to the "arctic" coloring, the image acquires tenderness and romance. This type of blond belongs to the cold range. Girls with white skin will look particularly sophisticated. Arctic blond comes in platinum or ashy tones.
Peculiarities
This shade of blonde combines icy notes and pearl tones along with ash, because of its "coldness" is not suitable for every woman. The "Arctic" looks most impressive on a contrasting winter color type. "Winter" includes women with porcelain fair skin and bright blue or dark brown eyes. The most daring shades of blond are good for them, including arctic, platinum, ash, and pearls... It is this category of the fair sex that is not "lost" in the cold blonde.
For warm color types (this includes "autumn" and "spring") it is better to choose honey, strawberry, wheat shades when dyeing hair.
It is they who will favorably emphasize the warmth of their skin tone, a kind of glow that comes from it.
As for the "summer", which is also a cold color type, the icy "arctic" can make it colorless. For "summer" women, ash tones, "iced coffee", sandy, "dirty" blond are better suited.
How do you get the tone you want?
The biggest disadvantage of this color scheme is that it is very difficult to get it yourself. That's why it is highly discouraged to experiment at home, especially if the natural tone of your hair is not blond... Colored strands will most likely require a wash. As for dark natural hair, preliminary clarification is necessary.
Independent experiments can lead to the fact that the desired cold shade does not work, and yellowness appears on the strands, which will be very difficult to remove.... The right solution would be to dye your hair from a professional colorist, preferably from one who specializes in cold blonde.
Of course, this coloring is optimal for healthy hair. Lightening, even performed with the most harmless means, makes the hair porous, dry, brittle.
Therefore, if the strands are initially damaged, it is better to first heal them a little, and then proceed to staining.
If the hair is porous, burned out, affected by discoloration or staining with highly pigmented paints (such as henna), then to get a beautiful blonde, it is better to cut off the unhealthy part of the hair. Not a single (even the most professional) colorist will create the illusion of healthy hair where there is none. Since light hair is more prone to blemishes, it is better to take care of their health, and only then achieve the desired shade.
Subtleties of care
If you succeed, you have become an Arctic blonde, the next step will be caring for the acquired strands.
You need to take care of them carefully, otherwise the hair will turn yellow.
It is impossible to get rid of it - you just need to dye your hair, and this is additional stress.
Hair care with the "arctic blond" effect includes a number of important rules.
- Washing with a specialized anti-yellow shampoo once a week. It has a purple or blue undertone. The rest of the time, you need to use products for colored hair.
- Using a conditioner and a mask with a purple undertone.
- After you have washed off all the products from your hair (shampoo, balm, mask), rinse your head with water at room temperature. Thus, the scales are closed, the strands acquire additional shine.
- Do not use homemade recipes - only professional hairdressing products.
- Using one line for care: shampoo, balm, mask, serum. It is advisable to consult with the colorist who produced the staining.
- Be extremely careful when using products that contain oils and herbs. To nourish the ends of the hair and maintain the overall healthy appearance of the hair, those oil products that are intended specifically for blondes are suitable.
- If you are visiting the pool, protect your hair with a cap to prevent moisture penetration. When exposed to chlorinated water, strands from arctic whites can turn green. In the first week after staining, it is advisable to refrain from visiting the pool at all.
- If you regularly blow-dry your hair or pull it with an iron, get used to using thermal protection, otherwise you risk overdrying the strands. And this will instantly make a "loofah" out of your mane.
- To prevent your strands from turning yellow in the bright sun, be sure to wear hats or caps that cover them. An originally knitted silk scarf can become a spectacular detail of the image.
Subject to these recommendations the washout of the pigment will occur much more slowly, and the yellow undertone will not appear.
It must be remembered that hair bleached white is very fragile, easily reacts to external influences and loses its spectacular appearance.
Style and wardrobe
A color such as an arctic blonde obliges its owner to carefully choose things in her wardrobe.
Give preference to clean cold tones:
- pink (from dusty rose to fuchsia);
- steel;
- wine;
- snow-white;
- all blue-blue gamut (up to indigo and teal);
- black (it is better to use it to a minimum).
This eye-catching shade also calls for an appropriate haircut with elaborate ends, possibly a sharp, asymmetrical cut.
The bangs will add intrigue to the hairstyle: both straight and oblique. It certainly needs to be selected based on the type of face.
As for makeup, it must be in order to make facial features noticeable... This does not mean that you need to choose a "war paint" for every day. On the contrary, natural, nude makeup will look much better, which will unobtrusively emphasize the expressiveness of the eyes, cheekbones, and eyebrow line. Try to blend the products as best you can, creating smooth transitions.
When it comes to evening makeup, be guided by 1930s Hollywood. Scarlet lipstick, "cold wave" and flawless eyelids will create the desired image of a film star.
How to remove yellowness from hair after dyeing, see below.
