You want it to be rich and thick but still spread out into an even layer. You shouldn't need too much since the sections you're working with are so fine. When it comes time to apply around the hairline, take a fine slice of hair out using your tail comb and weave the same way Carhart advised with the parting.
Then, place a foil against your forehead or cheek, and lay the finely sliced hair on top of the foil. If your application isn't saturated, you'll have a splotchy, spotty-looking bleach job.
While Carhart thinks that the hairline is the easiest to do yourself, she warns that it still requires some serious hand-eye coordination.
The most important part of applying your bleach is to ensure it does not touch the scalp. Any hard to reach areas, Carhart simply says, "Don't do them. The toner's job is to neutralize the intense yellow shade that appears from bleaching and make it look more natural.
This is the secret sauce that eliminates brassiness and other unwanted tones to help you reach your desired outcome. When it comes to your toner, "keep it simple," says Carhart. If your hair is blonde, this is much easier. You wait until the highlights are a pretty color and then you take the foils off.
Carhart tell us that the "sweet spot" for darker brunettes is shades lighter than their natural color. The safer, low volume peroxide that we're working with for these at-home touch ups will only lift you shades lighter. So if you've been highlighting for a while and working with your colorist to go blonder from a super dark natural base color, you're better off resorting to throwing on a baseball cap and hiding those roots.
If you're a dark brunette that only needs a light touch-up at the roots, just be sure not to overlap the bleach onto your previous color job as Carhart warned before. The overlap could cause a funky color spot, or potential breakage.
The potential of leaving the bleach on too long could also create a problem for your toning approach. The color you want to see before you remove the foils to rinse is yellow.
After the bleach has been thoroughly rinsed out, you'll apply your toner. After any color treatment or chemical treatment that heightens the hair's porosity levels, you want to be sure you're upping the conditioner and getting extra moisture back into the hair.
You'll notice, especially after using bleach, that your hair feels straw-like, brittle, and extremely dried out, so a good conditioning treatment is crucial. Turn to your conditioner after your toner is completely rinsed out and you've shampooed your hair.
That way, you don't have to put yourself at risk of pulling the foils off too late. Blue conditioners will help neutralize the warmth if your hair pulls more orange or yellow. Otherwise, any deep conditioning treatment will work. You don't want to skip this step! It'll add a boost of shine and softness to your strands that will help you feel like you just left the salon.
Keep up this treatment until you lose that straw-like feeling when shampooing. Now it's time to see your best efforts in action. Blow dry around the hairline and parting first, even if you didn't do a bleach-and-tone. Once you're percent dry, grab a round brush or flat brush to help you smooth out the hair. Using a smoothing nozzle or concentrator will also help you get the hair to a place where you can see things clearly.
If you notice any trouble areas, get your hair fully dried and smoothed out before contacting your colorist in a panic.
You'll want to provide another photo in good natural lighting and the blow dry will help display things clearly. Worst case scenario, you'll be back to square one, waiting for a pro, only this time it will be for a color correction. But if you're extremely cautious and vigilant in following the steps above, you might just pass with flying color.
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Now you know how often you should have your highlights redone, care for them in the best way possible, and some tricks to extend the times between maintenance.
How long has it been since the last time you had your highlights redone? How did you maintain them during that time? Hair Color. Highlights should be completely redone every two months. The amount of time depends on many factors, like the frequency of hair-washing and the products you use, the quality of products used to do the highlights, and how fast your hair grows.
You should also keep in mind that for retouching highlights, the technique should be applied from scratch as if you were highlighting your hair for the first time. Both highlights will last for the same amount of time, and you should have them redone after two months. Tabla de Contenidos Anuncios. Both techniques require the same amount of maintenance, which is every two months highlights should be redone. Then there's the type of highlights: do you want to go to the root blonde?
Or are you after something more ombre? And then you've got the maintenance. Knowing how to care for your colored hair is crucial, but it's so often overlooked because you think once the color is done, it's good to go. And that is definitely not the case. I know, I know, "blondes have more fun," but making the switch from dark to light can be shocking, so ease yourself into it to avoid any regret.
Foils aren't your only option anymore. Balayage, or painted highlights , is becoming increasingly popular for its sun-kissed look.
Plus, it's actually healthier for your hair. But if you want to be full, all-over blonde, foils are probably your best bet. You assume you'll love your color and you trust your stylist, but if it's your first time getting highlights, not asking the right questions can get you into trouble. What if you don't like the color? What are your options to correct it? What if you decide to dye it darker — can you do that on top of the highlights?
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