Variations of highlighting – which are types of procedure

Still some 15-20 years ago under the highlights of hair
implied a procedure using a rubberized cap and
high oxide. Now the situation has changed dramatically.
way: there were many techniques and techniques provided for
a variety of needs. Our article will help you not to get lost in
terminology and choose a suitable staining.

Classic highlighting

The content of the article:

• Classic highlighting
• California highlighting
• Venetian highlighting
• American highlights
• Brazilian highlights
• French highlighting / mamesh
• Highlight veil / gossamer / superficial
• Highlight airtouch
• Highlighting balayazh
• Highlight Ombre
• Highlighting shatush
• Highlight salt and pepper
• Highlighting zebra / watermelon
• Radical highlighting / slices
• Double highlighting
• Diagonal highlighting
• Hollywood highlighting
• Glare highlighting
• Block highlighting
• Micromelirovanie / Beybilayts
• 3D highlighting
• Highlight darning
• Washable highlighting
• Scandinavian highlighting
• Marble highlighting
• Melange highlighting
• Tape highlighting
• Major Contrast Highlighting
• Seamless highlighting
• Zigzag highlighting
• Internal / hidden highlighting.
• Conclusion

• The procedure for applying paint: a classic.
• Paint color selection: traditional.
• Exposure intensity: normal.
• Method of procedure: using
  caps / with foil.
• Technique: contrast
• Optimal color, length and texture: for
  shag of any length and type.

The classical technique is the highlighting of “feathers”,
taken at equal distance from each other. Facilitates the work of the master
special rubberized cap with holes through which
stretched dyed strands.

It is divided into three types:

1. Ultrathin (fine) – strands up to 5 mm;
2. Thin – strands from 5 to 8 mm;
3. wide (thick) – from 8 mm and more

Reference! Maximum brightening at
Classic highlighting is limited to three shades.

California highlighting

• The procedure for applying paint: a classic.
• Paint color selection: traditional.
• Exposure intensity: gentle.
• Method of the procedure: manually, when
  the help comb
• Technique: American
• Optimum color, length and texture: hair
  medium length light brown.

Hair, as if burned out under the hot Californian sun –
it is this effect that gives this staining with a stretch from dark
roots to straightened strands.

The result will be especially bright if the master is able
work with color types and select the shades most
in harmony with the color of the skin and eyes.

Venetian highlighting

• The procedure for applying paint: chaotic.
• Paint color selection: traditional.
• Exposure intensity: normal.
• Method of procedure: using
  brushes.
• Technique: Italian.
• Optimal color, length and texture: all dark
  shades, curly hair of medium length.

This is a great option for brunettes who want to refresh
image without changing the image drastically.

Due to the fact that the master uses several colors for 2-3
shade lighter than natural hair, the result of dyeing
looks very natural and realistic.

Reference! It is believed that the Venetian
highlighting originated in the XIX century. Italians before
go out, smeared their locks with lemon juice, that
warming up in the sun and leaving beautiful streaks in his hair.

American highlights

• The procedure for applying paint: a classic.
• Paint color selection: traditional.
• Exposure intensity: gentle
• Method of procedure: comb,
  manually.
• Technique: American.
• Optimal color, length and texture: all types
  hair except curly.

As in the case of Venetian highlighting, the master uses
several natural shades of the same color range. Color
applied with wide, chaotic strokes, making it possible
visually make the hair thicker and highlight the natural
curls.

Brazilian highlights

• The procedure for applying paint: a classic.
• Paint color selection: traditional.
• The intensity of the impact on the hair:
  ordinary.
• Method of procedure: using
  hairbrushes
• Technique: Brazilian.
• Optimal color, length and texture: black or
  dark brown hair of medium length.

This technique is in many ways similar to Californian highlighting, with
only one difference: it is performed on dark ones, and preferably
unpainted hair. The image does not change entirely, but only
emphasizes its nuances and advantageous sides.

French highlighting / mamesh

• The procedure for applying paint: a classic.
• Paint color selection: traditional.
• Exposure intensity: gentle.
• Method of procedure: using
  comb, foil.
• Technique: French.
• Optimal color, length and texture: light brown
  shades and blond of any length.

Despite the fact that the birthplace of this staining technique is
France, it gained particular popularity only after
Hollywood celebrities began to use it.

Mazhimesh looks good both in partial and full
lightening the hair, and also advantageously combined with other
coloring techniques.

Highlight veil / gossamer / superficial

• The procedure for applying paint: a classic.
• Paint color selection: traditional.
• Exposure intensity: gentle.
• Method of procedure: using
  hairbrushes
• Technique: classic.
• Optimal color, length and texture: blond or
  light brown hair, preferably cool shades.

Surface, veil, cobweb – this highlighting has many
titles reflecting its key feature: lightness and
weightlessness.

The master selects many small strands (up to 3 mm) on the top
layer of hair and dyes them 2-4 shades lighter
natural.

Note! Looks winning
veil made using the Ice Tint technique using several
shades of cold blond.

Highlight airtouch

• The procedure for applying paint: selective.
• The choice of paint colors: the traditional.
• Exposure intensity: normal.
• Method of procedure: using a brush
  and hair dryer.
• Technique: American.
• Optimum color, length and texture: hair
  middle length. Hue is not critical.

Complicated multicolor coloring, which is used from
30 to 50% of the total hair volume. The name of the method is translated as
“touch of the wind” is no accident: first, the master divides
hair into several sectors and blows each strand with a hair dryer to
the shortest and lightest hairs were knocked out. Only those are painted.
hair that remained in the tail. Thus excluded
the likelihood of getting sharp and unnatural color
transitions.

Highlighting balayazh

• Paint application procedure: selective with
  focus on the tips.
• Paint color selection: traditional.
• Exposure intensity: normal.
• Method of procedure: using
  brushes.
• Technique: French.

Optimal color, length and texture: priority
curly structure and graduated haircuts.

Quite interesting in its specificity coloring technique:
master takes from 3 to 5 colors on several shades lighter
primary color, and with a brush, chaotic strokes
distributes them by strands, moving from the middle to the tips. With
This stroke can be both vertical and horizontal. Their
width also varies depending on the wishes of the client.

Highlight Ombre

• Paint application procedure: partial
  highlighting.
• The choice of paint colors: classic or
  unconventional.
• Exposure intensity: normal.
• Method of procedure: using
  foil.
• Technique: French.
• Optimal color, length and texture: medium or
  long hair, straight or curly.

Smooth stretching of the pigment from dark roots to lighter
The tips gives a very interesting gradient effect. Hairdresser can
use several colors of natural color, or do
contrast transition from black to ashen or neon

Reference! “Coloring with a banner”,
“Highlighting for half heads” is an alternative name for the technique
ombre

Highlighting shatush

• The procedure for applying paint: a classic.
• Paint color selection: traditional.
• Exposure intensity: normal.
• Method of procedure: using
  combs / hand / foil.
• Technique: Italian.
• Optimum color, length and texture: curly
  medium length hair.

Currently one of the most popular
variations of highlighting. Shatush, this is more realistic and
low-key version of ombre, with an inconspicuous stretch of color in natural
color range.

Reference! The word “shahtoosh” also stands for
furs with very rare and valuable colors.

Highlight salt and pepper

• The procedure for applying paint: a classic.
• Paint color choice: traditional in cold
  shades.
• Exposure intensity: normal.
• Method of procedure: using
  foil.
• Technique: contrast.
• Optimum color, length and texture: graying
  stripes of any length and texture or cool shades of blond and
  brunet.

After coloring “salt and pepper” hair begins to shine
silver iridescent. Master colors strands with 2-3
Kolerov cold shades, creating the illusion of a luxurious, ashen
gray hair This highlighting looks most advantageous to young ladies,
related to color type winter or cold summer.

Initially, the technique was created to mask the age
changes in curls, but later staining stuck in the youth
environment.

Highlighting zebra / watermelon

• Paint application procedure:
  classic / reverse
• Paint color selection:
  traditional / unconventional
• Exposure intensity: normal
• Method of procedure: using
  foil.
• Technique: American
• Optimum color, length and texture: any type
  hair.

Watermelon, or “zebra” – is a more contrasting variation of “salt and
pepper “where half of the strands are lightened to blond, and the other
tinted in black. Sometimes besides contrasts, curly
stencils. The result looks very catchy and extravagant. On
Currently, this staining has somewhat lost its
relevance.

Radical highlighting / slices

• Paint application procedure: partial.
• Paint color selection: traditional.
• Exposure intensity: gentle.
• Method of procedure: using
  foil.
• Optimal color, length and texture: hair,
  needing correction of regrown highlighting.

Highlighting of this type was created in order to veil and
smooth the sharp transition from regrowth to lightened roots
strands.

With the help of “slices” you can increase the intervals between full
staining corrections.

Important! Radical staining may
extremely negative impact on the state of thin strands. Even
an experienced master will not be able to paint in such a way that
Oxigant did not get to the joint of previously dyed hair.

Double highlighting

• Paint application procedure: partial.
• Paint color selection: traditional.
• Exposure intensity: gentle.
• Method of procedure: using
  comb and foil.
• Technique: contrast.
• Optimum color, length and texture: any type and
  texture.

With double highlighting affects from 40 to 70% of the hair. Part
strands are colored a few shades lighter, the other can
to be several shades darker than the main gamut or to have
non-standard color.

Diagonal highlighting

• The procedure for applying paint: a classic under
  angle of
• Paint color selection: traditional.
• Exposure intensity: normal.
• Method of procedure: using
  comb and foil.
• Technique: contrast.
• Optimum color, length and texture: any.

The peculiarity of this technique is that the curls
lightened not vertically, but slightly at an angle, which creates
light illusion of diamond highlights. Can be performed as in
muted, and in contrasting shades.

Hollywood highlighting

• The procedure for applying paint: a classic.
• Paint color selection: traditional.
• The intensity of the impact on the hair:
  gentle.
• Method of procedure: using
  comb and foil.
• Technique: American.
• Optimal color, length and texture: blond or
  light brown hair.

This complex staining procedure got its name.
due to the great demand in the circles of Hollywood actresses.
It looks inconspicuous, but it also emphasizes the color of the skin,
eye, and brightens up signs of fatigue on the face. At its core, it is still
One, somewhat complicated variation of the Californian highlighting.
After his hair looks like you just came back from
holidays, visibly rested and refreshed.

If you chose a Hollywood highlighting – not
Skimp on an experienced master. Otherwise you will get
the opposite of the desired effect.

Glare highlighting

• Paint application procedure: partial.
• Paint color selection: traditional.
• Exposure intensity: gentle.
• Method of procedure: using
  hairbrushes
• Technique: American.
• Optimum color, length and texture:
  asymmetrical haircuts of various lengths and textures

You can use from 1 to 5 to create a “glare” on the hair
various color shades. The main task of the master at the same time,
highlight the features of the client’s haircut and highlight the merits
appearance

Glare can be placed on an asymmetrical fringe,
graded strands or hair tips.

In the end, the impression should be that the sun’s rays
play in hair. Sharp and ragged transitions from one shade to
there should be no other.

Block highlighting

• Paint application procedure: partial.
• Paint color choice: unconventional.
• Exposure intensity: normal.
• Method of procedure: using
  foil.
• Optimum color, length and texture:
  asymmetrical haircuts of various lengths and textures

Block highlighting with the exact opposite repeats the glare:
the master also puts accents on his hair, only this time they
should be deliberately highlighted, bright and eye-catching.
The use of unnatural shades is acceptable.

Reference! Block highlighting often
used on fashion shows, as a way to further
emphasize the color scheme of the dress.

This is a very time consuming form of staining: first master
develops and draws a sketch, placing accents, then
selects the colors that are most compatible with the appearance of the client, and only
then proceeds to staining.

Micromelirovanie / Beybilayts

• Paint application procedure: partial.
• Paint color selection: traditional.
• Exposure intensity: gentle.
• Method of the procedure: manually, when
  the help comb
• Technique: American.
• Optimum color, length and texture: light brown,
  blond or ashy hair.

Beybilites or micromelling is a great way to give
an image of a little tenderness, fragility and spontaneity at the expense of
barely visible lighted strands on the crown and on the face. Effect
resembles thin, translucent baby curls that are beautiful
cast in the sun.

Less than one third of the total weight of the hair is colored. AND
It is also worth noting that the dye is used as soft as possible.
and gentle, so that the hair texture is not broken.

3D highlighting

• The procedure for applying paint: a classic.
• Paint color choice: unconventional with one
  the main and several adjacent shades.
• Exposure intensity: normal.
• Method of procedure: using
  foil.
• Optimum color, length and texture: any length
  and hair texture.

This is a relatively new dyeing technology that only
began to gain popularity. Gives hair significant
visual volume and texture.

Secret staining in the use of one main and several
adjacent shades that serve as a kind of shadows and highlights.

Create a truly amazing effect can only master
able to work with the color wheel.

Highlight darning

• The procedure for applying paint: a classic.
• Paint color selection: traditional.
• The intensity of the impact on the hair:
  gentle.
• Method of procedure: using
  hairbrushes
• Optimum color, length and texture: brown-haired and all
  light shades, straight hair without volume.

This type of coloring got its funny name thanks to
similarity with the process of mending clothes – darning. Master dialing
strands on the pointed handle of the comb, like a cloth of cloth on
needle.

The tip of the comb moves horizontally up and down, separating
the finest strands for further coloring.

As a result, the effect on the hair is smooth and fuzzy.
lighted divorces.

Washable highlighting

• The procedure for applying paint: a classic.
• The choice of paint colors: traditional,
  unconventional, neon shades.
• Exposure intensity: gentle.
• Method of procedure: manually.
• Optimal color, length and texture: light brown and
  light shades.

Formulations for washable staining are gel,
spray, chalk, paste or hair spray. Application method depends on
specific means. With such highlighting can even cope
an inexperienced person, with instructions from the manufacturer. With his
using it, you can create an image for one evening, which is easy to wash off when
shampoo care.

Reference! Good alternative to washable
highlighting – colored strands on hairpins or tressy.

Scandinavian highlighting

• The procedure for applying paint: a classic.
• Paint color selection: traditional.
• Exposure intensity: normal.
• Method of procedure: using
  comb and foil.
• Technique: Scandinavian.
• Optimum color, length and texture: all shades
  light blond and blond. The priority is long and straight curls.

Scandinavian blondes are different natural, Nordic
beauty Pale pink skin is set off by light, shining on
sun curls. You can get this effect in a beauty salon,
using the service of Scandinavian highlighting.

The wizard selects from 3 to 5 shades of blond (warm or
cold) and puts accents on the hair just like when
classic highlighting.

Marble highlighting

• Paint application procedure: partial.
• Paint color selection: classic one
  main and several. auxiliary shades.
• The intensity of the impact on the hair:
  ordinary.
• Method of procedure: using
  foil.
• Technique: contrast.
• Optimal color, length and texture: all
  shades, preferably straight hair.

Marble is a rock that stands out among others.
a chaotic pattern of whitish stripes and blotches.

About the same effect trying to create master colorists,
working with hair. It is a long and painstaking process, with
multi-level lightening and toning strands. According to the result of hair
becomes like a silk canvas, iridescent in the light.

Melange highlighting

• The procedure for applying paint: a classic.
• Paint color selection: traditional.
• Exposure intensity: gentle.
• Method of procedure: using
  comb / foil.
• Technique: French.
• Optimal color, length and texture: light brown
  straight or slightly curly hair of medium length.

Melange highlighting is light, soft and practically
inconspicuous color play on the hair. This is a gentle technique
the time of which the hair is lightened by 2-4 shades, and then
are covered by color schemes, whose politra is barely different from
natural. It can be golden, creamy, dairy,
honey or coffee shades.

Tape highlighting

• Paint application procedure: partial.
• Paint color selection: traditional.
• Exposure intensity: normal.
• Method of procedure: using
  foil.
• Technique: contrast.
• Optimal color, length and texture: long and
  straight hair.

This coloring option is suitable for cheeky girls who don’t
afraid to attract attention. Tape highlighting can be
both classical and reverse, depending on the desire
client Its essence is to create a “striped” hair with
outlined but rare ribbons of a contrasting color.

Major Contrast Highlighting

• Paint application procedure:
  classic / reverse
• The choice of paint colors: traditional,
  unconventional.
• Exposure intensity: normal.
• Method of procedure: using
  foil.
• Technique: French.
• Optimum color, length and texture: hair
  any color, preferably straight.

Subtype mezhimesh melirovaniya: to highlight the master takes
several natural shades and one – extraordinary. For example,
On the brunettes of the color type Winter, cold glare looks favorable:
blue, purple, bright lime. On the blond and brown color type
Autumn: all shades of red, pink, yellow and orange
colors.

Seamless highlighting

• The procedure for applying paint: a classic.
• Paint color selection: traditional.
• Exposure intensity: normal.
• Method of procedure: using
  brushes.
• Optimum color, length and texture: hair
  middle length.

It belongs to the ombra subtype, as it also implies a smooth
stretching color from dark roots to the tips.

Reference! Its name “seamless” is
highlighting was due to the specifics of applying the coloring
composition. The wizard applies the oxygent with intensive strokes, erasing the line
joint. The so-called “seam” between dark roots and light
tips.

Thanks to this type of dyeing, the hair looks neat and
neat and tidy no matter how long the last
correction.

Zigzag highlighting

• The procedure for applying paint: a classic.
• The choice of paint colors: traditional,
  unconventional.
• The intensity of the impact on the hair:
  ordinary.
• Method of procedure: using
  hairbrushes
• Optimal color, length and texture: medium or
  long hair of any texture.

Technique set pryadok for coloring in many respects
darn, however, this time the master is picking up not flat and thin
strands, and more dense and acute.

The separation of curls from the total mass is similar to the process of creating
zigzag parting.

This technique allows for a short time divided into strands
even long and naughty curls.

Internal / hidden highlighting.

• Paint application procedure:
  classic / reverse
• The choice of paint colors: traditional,
  unconventional.
• Exposure intensity: normal.
• Method of procedure: using
  foil.
• Optimal color, length and texture: For any
  type

This technique was very popular among young ladies in 2010 –
2012 Then at the peak of popularity was hidden mono-milirovanie
with black and white, white and red, or red and black transition.

The essence of the technique is that the dyed hair is hidden
under the main mass, and you can see them only having put your hair special
way or collecting tail.

Now the fashion for hidden highlighting returns and familiar
colors replace bright and neon.

This is a great option for those who want to add to their image.
a bit of mischief and rebellion, but it does not change the image
dramatically.

Conclusion

Regardless of what type of highlighting you prefer
devote as much time as possible to choosing a master and painting
components. Remember that it depends on how it will look
your hair is coming months.