Ombre blond: features, types, tips for choosing a shade
At all times, women have strived to be beautiful, spectacular and well-groomed, which is why such a fashionable dyeing technique as ombre, which creates smooth transitions from one shade to another on the hair, is immensely popular. This design of hair looks especially stylish on blond hair.
Peculiarities
The peak in popularity of gradient hair coloring was in 2015-2017. For the first time, the technique was presented in California, where many Hollywood stars immediately noticed it and rushed to resort to this method of hair coloring. Following them, the most simple girls and women all over the world wanted to look like idols.
Ombre blond is lightening curls, in which not the entire head of hair is exposed as a whole, but only its individual layers. Usually, part of the hair is dyed in such a way that a smooth transition from a natural shade to one of the blonde tones is noticeable. From a technical point of view, this requires a special method of applying the coloring compositions. As a rule, the color is selected in advance, and the use of one or another oxidizer depends on the desired result.
Today, the trend is coloring in nude and pastel tones, pink and strawberry tones are no less popular, as well as the use of contrasts of white and black.
Ombre dyeing for blonde girls has its own characteristics:
- versatility - the technique is optimal for both straight and curly hair, while they can be white, light brown, ash and light brown;
- no age restrictions - ombre blond looks spectacular on both very young girls and women of an older age;
- a wide selection of shading solutions - more color options can be realized on light hair than on dark and red ones;
- sparing effect - dyeing light hair does not require preliminary bleaching, or assumes minimal exposure to clarifiers, the only exception is the opposite ombre;
- no need for frequent corrections - growing back, hair looks quite aesthetically pleasing for a long time, the difference between native and colored strands is not striking, so you can achieve good savings in effort, time and money to maintain the hair in an attractive state.
Advantages and disadvantages
Coloring in the ombre technique for blond women has There are many advantages over monochrome coloring:
- gives hair additional volume and splendor;
- for several seasons it remains in trend and looks invariably stylish;
- has a fairly wide range of colors - natural light and dark, and contrasting tones are relevant here;
- coloring is easy to do at home;
- hair does not need frequent adjustments - it is enough to visit the master once every 3-4 months;
- if you are tired of the color, then you can cut off only the ends of the hair, without resorting to chemical dyeing of the entire head of hair;
- it is noteworthy that such coloring revitalizes the complexion, creates the effect of hair shimmering in the sun, so visually a woman becomes more youthful, fresh and blooming.
There are no pronounced shortcomings in such a gradient, the only thing is that you should be as responsible as possible in the choice of the color palette, taking into account not only personal preferences, but also the peculiarities of the hair structure, the woman's color type and the state of the hair. Ombre is not recommended for women with dry hair and split ends.
In addition, staining looks much better on long and medium curls than on a short heap, although even in this case, an experienced master will be able to choose a spectacular option.
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In modern coloring techniques, several options for dyeing light hair are used at once. Let's consider the most popular ones.
Root ombre
It is used to obtain additional volume near the roots. In this case, the master makes a darker shade near the head, and leaves most of the length unchanged.
Classic
In this case, use 1-2 tones for coloring, while the gradient between them can be blurred or, on the contrary, clear and sharp - the choice depends only on the personal wishes of the girl. As a rule, the roots are left either intact or lightened a little - it is very important that they look as natural as possible. And here the tips are decorated with platinum or cold pearl shades.
Multitonal
Here on the hair they create multi-stage coloring with a smooth transition from the main to the intermediate color.
Vintage
The main focus is not on the ends of the strands, but on the growing roots, in this design it seems as if the hair has grown a little after toning the shatush or bronding. Usually, dark and light tones are used for such a gradient: the areas near the roots are darkened, and the roots are painted lighter.
This method is optimal for red-haired beauties, but it is not recommended for blond ones - in this case, the growing white hair will significantly spoil the picture, and they will have to be tinted again.
Scandinavian
it reverse ombre, which involves very white strands on the crown and coloring the ends of the curls in darker shades. For blondes in platinum and ash notes, a combination with light brown is used, but for women with golden hair, a combination with brown and chocolate shades is optimal.
Framed
Spectacular ombre for short-haired blondes. Such an ombre looks good on trimmed strands - the dyeing technology here is similar to the classical one, but the pigment is applied only to the ends of the curls. At the same time, the shade of paint can be very different - both bright contrasting and natural.
With the help of such a gradient, you can effectively emphasize the originality of the new hairstyle and make the facial features more expressive.
Triple
An unusual technology that suits the most daring and creative girls. In this case the roots and ends of the hair are painted in one color, and in the middle they are tinted with a line of a different color, and the boundaries can be formed both sharply and more smoothly, blurry.
Flames
As the name suggests, it uses red and orange shades. This technique has not gone out of fashion for several years, and, as a rule, bold, daring and self-confident girls resort to it.
Colored
This coloring involves an appeal to unusual colors - gblue, salmon, pink, lilac, purple, strawberry or even green. Colored ombre on light strands is performed both at the tips and in the area of the root zone.
How to choose a shade?
When choosing a color, it is very important to take into account the shade of the native head of hair, as well as the color of the girl's skin and eyes.
By type of haircut and hair color
Most blondes choose natural shades for coloring, since in this case the growing hair roots are not particularly striking. So, if the native hair has a caramel tone, then you should give preference to the ombre using golden, wheat or straw flowers.
But for blondes with light brown hair - beige or hazel, it is better to contact nude color scheme... This option is very good for young fashionistas who prefer casual in everything - a style that is characterized by naturalness and responsibility combined with simplicity. On girls with ash hair, ombre will be very effective. with a pearl blond.
This combination is distinguished by nobility and sophistication, it looks especially impressive on women with perfectly regular facial features, while the hair itself can be either curly or straight.
By face type and eye color
When choosing a tint palette for an ombre, no less attention should be paid to factors such as eye color and type of appearance.
- So, natural blond looks best on girls with fair skin and light eyes.
- The lightest of all - platinum shade, harmonious on pale faces with a slight golden touch. It looks especially impressive in combination with blue eyes - this allows you to create the style of the "Snow Queen", alluring, mysterious and undoubtedly sexy.
- For owners of white skin and light eyes, we can also recommend ash blond, the same tone will suit the owners of hazelnut eyes.
- Looks very modern silver ombre, especially if the girl seeks to attract attention to herself in any way. The shade is good for women with white skin, but the eyes can be any color except dark ones. These girls can also be recommended a golden blond, which will make the hair truly shining and iridescent under the rays of light.
- Wheat and honey blond suitable for girls with medium skin tone, it is especially harmoniously combined with brown eyes, as if causing the most real light sparkles.
- Owners of a light skin tone will suit the face copper blond, creating the effect of amber hair. This warm color suits women with dark eyes, and it can be either dark blue or brown.
- Looks good on light to medium skin chestnut blondespecially when combined with green and brown eyes.
- It is not the first year in a row that it has been kept in fashion strawberry blond Is a reddish light shade that looks best on girls with very fair skin and light eyes.
- Tanned young ladies should take a closer look at sandy blonde especially stylishly, he emphasizes the blue eyes.
- For dark skin, the most harmonious will be caramel blond... The cherry color is quite harmonious on women of this color type, which is similar to strawberry, only the red shade in it is deeper and more saturated. Especially effectively this color scheme emphasizes dark eyes.
How to care?
Dyeing using the ombre technique on blonde hair is best done in the salon, but since the dye in most cases fits well on light curls, and the hair does not require preliminary lightening, you can do this coloring and at home... To do this, first, paint is applied to the ends of the curls for 30 minutes, after which they are washed off and the composition is applied again, capturing the area where the transition is created, and kept for about 10-15 minutes.
However, such a long-term effect cannot but affect the condition of the hair, therefore, immediately after coloring, be sure to use special conditioners for colored hair, which prevent fragility and split strands.
In order for the ombre to delight you with its colors as long as possible, you should use special hair care products without sulfates - these components wash out the color. It is best to give preference to professional shampoos, balms, masks and oils. Try to minimize thermal effects: drying with hot air, styling with an iron or curling iron - hot air dulls the color, and the gradient will be less pronounced.
From time to time, you can use hair balms with a coloring pigment, but you should be very careful with them - it is important to ensure that the tint balms do not fall on the unpainted areas of the hair, since light hair is quickly colored, and you risk getting monochrome coloring instead of stylish ombre.
Beautiful examples
Ombre looks very impressive on light hair; it is no coincidence that this color option was preferred by many movie and show business stars.
This coloring option looks stylish in natural shades, this solution adds volume, makes hair more radiant and well-groomed.
The use of contrasting shades is no less impressive - it suits for daring and determined girlswho are not afraid to challenge the crowd and subdue those around them.
For information on how to perform ombre blond at home, see the next video.