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Hair Highlighting Tips
Highlighting the hair is the latest trend these days, which helps in making one look funky, unique and very stylish. Highlighting is colouring only a few strands of hair, making it stand out. Highlights could be bold stripes, soft stripes, chunk of hair or delicate stripes, which merge with the hair. It is important to go to a hair stylist for highlighting the hair, to prevent damage.
Consult a stylist
Before highlighting the hair, one should consult a stylist as to which style or colour will suit them. One could opt for highlighting the hair with bright colours such as red, orange, purple, blonde, pink and so on. Many prefer lowlighting with colours like soft blondes, bronze, gold, ash, shades of brown, copper and so on. These soft colours make the hair look very fashionable, yet sophisticated. Stylists even recommend colour chunking, which is colouring blocks of hair, instead of streaks, making it look natural and very trendy.
Choose the right colour
Choosing the right colour is very essential. People, who are fair, with pink and gold undertones, are advised to use colours like blonde, ash, light brown, red etc. While people with dark or brown skin are advised to use dull colours like bronze, copper, various shades of brown, mahogany and so on, as the colour enhances their features. One should never choose a colour three shades lighter than the primary colour.
A few guidelines to be kept in mind before highlighting the hair
- Since the hair gets very coarse and rough after highlighting, it is important to condition the hair thoroughly a few days prior to highlighting it. Conditioner protects the nourishment of the hair and prevents the hair from getting dry.
- Always check the expiry date of the colour before purchasing.
- The colour should always be ammonia free, as ammonia damages the hair.
- One should never wash their hair the day of highlighting.
- The right brush should always be used while highlighting, as it spreads the colour evenly all over the hair, and prevents the colour from smudging.
- Colour should never be applied longer than the given time, if need be, keep a clock to check the time, otherwise it could damage the hair shaft.
- To prevent smudging of the chemical, one should always start highlight from the lower part of the hair and move upwards.
- To give a natural look, try to avoid applying colour on the inner side of the hair, and concentrate only on the top of the hair.
- One should avoid the rays of the sun and chlorine water of the swimming pool, as it damages the hair and sometimes acquires a green tinge.
- For best results, one should not shampoo the hair for at least a day or two, after highlighting, as the colour takes time to set in and stays for a longer period of time.
Get a vibrant and funky highlight and sport it with attitude and confidence.