Highlighting on the square

For women with a bob haircut, stylists are advised to combine it with highlighting. This coloring lengthens the curls and gives the hair additional density and volume. Coloring the strands has quite a few different options, so each woman will be able to choose exactly the color scheme that will fully meet her wishes.

Highlighting on a square is very popular, but it is recommended to do it only for owners of haircuts for medium and long hair. A variety of shades are used for coloring, but the most popular are the following:

• chocolate;
• bronze;
• cognac;
• light brown;
• currant;
• wheat.

Highlighting on a square has such advantages as:

• not all hair is lightened, but only individual strands, which make up no more than 50% of the total volume - therefore, this method is less traumatic for the hair than a monochromatic dyeing;
• highlighting is an excellent opportunity for a woman to try herself as a blonde, without resorting to any radical options;
• with the growth of highlighting, the transition from a natural color to a colored one remains invisible for a long time, due to which this color needs to be corrected no more often than once a quarter;
• there are about two dozen highlighting technologies, and therefore, each young lady can choose her own individual technique that suits her color type and hair structure;
• highlighting goes well with a square of any variety, fits perfectly on any volume and length;
• the streaked strands visually make the face younger and more attractive, and the hair - more voluminous.

Do not forget about the disadvantages. Let's start with the fact that highlighting is very long and laborious procedure... As a rule, it takes several hours, during which a woman is forced to sit in one position, which causes a lot of inconvenience and discomfort.

Despite the fact that highlighting is cheaper than such techniques as ombre, shatush and balayazh, it is still more expensive than dyeing in one color, not to mention the fact that it is quite problematic to measure yourself at home.

Classic highlighted dyeing is a lightening of thin strands on the head by several tones. It can be frequent, as well as rare and medium, with the right choice of the dye composition, the result is as close to natural as possible - the hair looks as natural as possible, as if it were burned out in the hot sun.

Over time, blond beauties also wanted to change their hair, it was at that moment that back highlighting - a technique in which a dark-colored paint is used instead of an illuminator.

Depending on the number of strands to be dyed, frequent highlights are highlighted when the hair is dyed throughout the entire volume, and partial - in this case, only a small part of the hair is involved, for example, the top layer of hair, bangs or side spinning wheels. This technique allows you to significantly refresh the hairstyle without making any radical changes. If a girl does not like drastic changes in appearance, then use low contrast coloringwhen the hair is changed by no more than two tones.

For lovers of brighter it is better to use multi-tone techniques - in this case, 2-3 dyes are used so that they are lighter and darker than their natural color.

California staining is one of the favorite techniques of Hollywood stars. Its essence is to create the effect of natural hair, sunburned... The coloring is characterized by smooth play of color, slightly darkened hair roots and lightened ends.

For highlighting use caramel, honey, and wheat shades... These colors harmonize favorably and make the hairstyle more well-groomed and stylish. At the same time, the difference between the native color and the dyed strands is so insignificant that many do not realize that the hair was dyed.

Italian highlighting is very similar to Californian highlighting, only here they use highlights milk and cognac colors. As in the previous case, sharp and contrasting transitions are unacceptable here.

The Venetian technique involves creating a highlighted accent on the ends. Only used here natural light shades. The result of such highlighting is healthy shining curls and a visually increased volume of hair.

This is a fairly versatile coloring technique that is optimal for dark and light brown hair. Most often her use on a cascading haircut. During the work, the master chooses an indirect parting and grabs the strands along it.Bright and colorful color combinations are used here.

This is a trendy effect that is in perfect harmony with the extended bob. In this case, use light brightening tones that create soft play of color, play of shades... Balayazh looks especially impressive on wavy hair, in this case it is as if a play of shades is created, which looks very stylish and fashionable.

Ombre can be created on hair of any color. In the classic version, a transition is created from a dark crown to light tips. But in recent years, more creative solutions have become popular, when the gradient is drawn using bright contrasting shades, for example, from pink to purple, from blue to blue, or from yellow to orange.

Not so popular, but nevertheless wide highlighting is still in demand. In this case, women do not strive to create the effect of “dressing up” hair, but to form pronounced strands of a different color from the natural color. Here use radical discoloration by 5-7 tones. In this case, not the entire mop is lightened, but only half.

Such highlighting is performed only on the top of the hair. In the process of dyeing, it is separated from the bottom and broken into separate small strands. Outwardly, the result looks as if a wig of a different color was put on the hair, from under which the native curls shine through, which is why the technique is classified as creative.

This method of highlighting hair is popular with women with short hair. In this case, the lower part of the curls is painted, while use bright colors... If a woman has naturally dark hair, then to dye it in a contrasting color, they are first lightened, and only then bright paint is applied.

In translation, such a name means "bright strands", and this fully corresponds to the peculiarities of the technique used - contrasting rich shades of red, blue, purple, orange and green.

The feather technique has been around for decades. As a rule, it is she who is used by women of fashion who seek to do highlighting at home. Feathers are dyed with a special hat through which strands are pulled and dyed. The resulting effect looks pretty interesting.

Such highlighting is used exclusively on light brown hair. to make facial features more expressive and bright. When coloring, shades are used that are as close to natural as possible, avoiding any contrasts.

To create such highlighting, the master applies two shades that differ in color, but nevertheless are close to each other. For example, red and orange look good. However, they should contrast with the bulk of the hair.

American technique is optimal for dark-haired girls, because it brings their faces to life. In this case, the strands for dyeing are selected from the general mop and tinted with various shades of red, orange, turquoise and yellow. However, in recent years, a sharp tilt has been made in favor of natural tones, which makes it possible to create sun glare effect.

Most often, blondes highlight hair. For them, stylists have prepared a lot of interesting and slightly mysterious bows.The most popular techniques are Californian and Italian highlights.

Fair-haired girls should give preference to dyeing strands in caramel and wheat shades. Balayazh will be a good choice here - as a result, the image is natural, but at the same time very luxurious. Light blond hair goes well with shades of chestnut, which are often used for back highlighting.

For dark hair, lightening can be recommended - it is always fashionable and daring. To make the overflow more harmonious, you can shade the highlighted strands with honey and caramel notes - then you are guaranteed overwhelming success.

Brown-haired women it is worth using the classic coloring with natural straw shades or create honey highlights on the hair - in this case, the hair will look spectacular.

To the girl with black by nature, it will be difficult for hair to achieve a beautiful light color, so in this case it is better to do accent on purple, red or ash highlights. They will make the owner of the streaked hair more mysterious.

To learn how to make diagonal highlights on short hair, see the video below.