California highlighting
Highlighting. Types of highlighting.
It is believed that a monochromatic hair color is somewhat dull and monotonous. It is on this basis that leading stylists invented highlighting.
The process of highlighting is a coloring of curls, individually, in lighter colors. There are several types of highlighting:
- "Mazhimesh". Suitable for owners of blond hair, because it is made on the basis of dyes without ammonia.
- "Baliyazh". This kind of highlighting is suitable for extravagant personalities, since its feature consists in highlighting only part of the haircut.
- "Majorcontrast". This look for brunettes, because it uses very resistant dyes.
- "Crazy color". The ideal option to attract attention and express themselves, more suitable for young people. The color range of such highlighting ranges from bright red to defiant violet.
- "California highlighting". It became a hit in 2011. Here it is in more detail.
California highlights. What is it?
Hairdressing has reached a huge development, but, despite the novelties of changing hair color, classical methods of coloring remain relevant. And one of these classic ways is highlighting. The greatest demand today is California (caramel) highlighting.
History and features of Californian highlighting.
To achieve the result of this highlighting, the hair takes on the appearance of naturally burned out under the California sun. Hence the name. The United States is rightly considered the birthplace of Californian highlighting.
The main feature is that the shade of hair smoothly passes from dark roots to lighter tips. What over time is a huge plus, because grown roots are not so noticeable.
For the effectiveness of the result, several tones are chosen during dyeing, as a result of which the hair becomes bulky.
In the technique of Californian melioration, not only light tones are used, honey, caramel, and even cognac tones are also used. That is why such highlighting is also called caramel. Thanks to such combinations, the rays of the sun, as if playing in the hair, shading each strand in a special way.
Technique Californian highlighting.
Highlighting consists of several stages so that the final result is the naturalness of your hair. With each stage, different shades of the same color are applied to the same strand.
To achieve the effect "sun in hair" such shades as beige, nut and honey are applied. And the addition of lighter tones will make the hair more voluminous.
The main feature of Californian melirovanie, is the lack of foil during dyeing ie. hair in the process of exposure to paint remain open and interact with oxygen, no caps and foil. As a result - careful coloring, which does not violate the natural structure of the hair.
Since when dyeing the strands are not fenced from each other, there is a smooth color transition, which allows to achieve the effect of naturalness. The result of California (caramel) highlighting is to achieve natural, well-groomed hair color.