Hair with highlights: tips to lighten the strands without damaging them
Changing the cut, style or color of the hair is not easy, especially since the salons have a multitude of options. If your goal is to make a change that will leave hair with a more natural tone, lights can be an excellent choice. However, how do I know that lights are the best option? Find more here: soap cap
According to hairdresser Ronaldo Oliveira, specialist and instructor at the Infobeleza hairdressing school, the use of lights is a technique used to lighten or illuminate the hair, being from root to tip with fine strands giving a natural look .
The highlights on the hair can be done at any time of the hair, according to your taste. In addition, the shade used can stand out from the rest of the hair, with a less subtle color change.
However, the hair bleaching process is very aggressive, so it is necessary to take very good care of the hair with highlights.
How are the lights made?
The lights are made using bleaching powder and hydrogen peroxide, and can be done on the cap or light paper. Once applied, the product is allowed to act until the desired lightening is achieved, and can be tinted or toned , depending on the technique used or the client's preference with the professional who is performing it.
According to the hairdresser Carla Beatriz, a specialist at Studio Nerci, the step-by-step that must be followed to perform the lights is:
1. Make a diagnosis of the hair to avoid chemical cutting;
2. Choose the technique to be used;
3. Prepare the necessary material;
4. Divide the hair;
5. Prepare the product;
6. Application;
7. After the pause time is over, rinse and proceed with the treatment.
According to hairdresser Ronaldo Oliveira, specialist and instructor at the Infobeleza hairdressing school, the use of lights is a technique used to lighten or illuminate the hair, being from root to tip with fine strands giving a natural look .
The highlights on the hair can be done at any time of the hair, according to your taste. In addition, the shade used can stand out from the rest of the hair, with a less subtle color change.
However, the hair bleaching process is very aggressive, so it is necessary to take very good care of the hair with highlights.
How are the lights made?
The lights are made using bleaching powder and hydrogen peroxide, and can be done on the cap or light paper. Once applied, the product is allowed to act until the desired lightening is achieved, and can be tinted or toned , depending on the technique used or the client's preference with the professional who is performing it.
According to the hairdresser Carla Beatriz, a specialist at Studio Nerci, the step-by-step that must be followed to perform the lights is:
1. Make a diagnosis of the hair to avoid chemical cutting;
2. Choose the technique to be used;
3. Prepare the necessary material;
4. Divide the hair;
5. Prepare the product;
6. Application;
7. After the pause time is over, rinse and proceed with the treatment.
Types of lights
The main types of lights are:
Californian
Californian lights have been making women's heads for some time, and are more or less like the ombré hair, the difference is that the line in which the hair starts to be lightened has no delimitation.
Whaling
Balayage is a technique in which the strands are very thin and spread over the hair, and gives a much more natural look to the color. The strands are made in two or three shades, and usually the bleach is applied to the threads without using aluminum foil.
Highlights
Also called reflex, these strands are like traditional lights, but are usually wider and bounded in the hair. They are usually made with aluminum foil.
Texans
They are wicks in the same style as Californian and ombré, but they appear five fingers from the root, giving an effect that the strands were faded by the sun.
Tortoiseshell hair
Tortoiseshell means "turtle shell" and the technique mirrors them exactly. The idea is to use two to three shades, using colors like gold, caramel and honey, all in the brown base.
Dip-dye
Dip-dye is a technique in which the hair looks as if it has been dipped in the dye, that is, after a certain height, the color of the threads is completely changed. This is done mainly by leaving the hair colored with shades like blue, pink and green, but it can also be just the lightening or darkening of the strands.
The main types of lights are:
Californian
Californian lights have been making women's heads for some time, and are more or less like the ombré hair, the difference is that the line in which the hair starts to be lightened has no delimitation.
Whaling
Balayage is a technique in which the strands are very thin and spread over the hair, and gives a much more natural look to the color. The strands are made in two or three shades, and usually the bleach is applied to the threads without using aluminum foil.
Highlights
Also called reflex, these strands are like traditional lights, but are usually wider and bounded in the hair. They are usually made with aluminum foil.
Texans
They are wicks in the same style as Californian and ombré, but they appear five fingers from the root, giving an effect that the strands were faded by the sun.
Tortoiseshell hair
Tortoiseshell means "turtle shell" and the technique mirrors them exactly. The idea is to use two to three shades, using colors like gold, caramel and honey, all in the brown base.
Dip-dye
Dip-dye is a technique in which the hair looks as if it has been dipped in the dye, that is, after a certain height, the color of the threads is completely changed. This is done mainly by leaving the hair colored with shades like blue, pink and green, but it can also be just the lightening or darkening of the strands.