Highlighting can change the way you look. It can enhance your hair texture, add the illusion of depth and volume to your hair. The process is so tricky since it involves coloring some strands of your hair to make it lighter or darker.
When choosing the right color for your highlight you should consider your skin color, eyes and hair. Your highlights should compliment your natural hair color.Highlighting your hair is also a great way in checking if your chosen color suits you before coloring your full hair.
There are different highlight options available for you. You can choose the one you keeping in you’re your skin complexion. Different techniques are used when highlighting the hair and the yield different results. Therefore, you have to check these highlighting options before heading up to the salon.
Foil highlights
It is the traditional highlights that most hair color lovers are familiar with. It is where sheets of foil are used to separate strands of hair. Using foils is a more controlled process since it keeps the lightener from getting on the surrounding hair. It typically require’s touch-ups every eight weeks.
Low lights
Basically low lights are the opposite of highlights. It create’s depth and add dimension to your hair. It is achieved by interweaving darker contrasting colors with highlights against the base. You can also have the roots painted with a color that is slightly darker from your root shading.
Balayage Highlights
Balayage is a hair-painting technique on places where the sun would hit your hair. This kind of highlights is done with foils but can also be wrapped in plastic to keep bleached sections separate from the rest of the hair. The brightness are concentrated on the ends, more than on the roots, so it doesn’t require consistent re-touch as your hair grows out. It has softer, less noticeable regrowth lines than traditional highlights.
Babylights
Babylights are considered gentle highlights generated using a very fine hair color technique to simulate the subtle, dimensional hair color seen on children’s hair. That is why it is called babylights since the concept came from the children. The result look’s fresh and natural. The color is subtle but beautiful.
Color cascading
This hair highlighting technique is applied freehand to the surface of the hair through light strokes, the colors are fused from the hair roots to the tips. A naturally cascading effect spreads out across the length of your hair. It adds dimension to lowlights and highlights, giving a beautiful look.
When choosing the right highlights for your hair, it is very important to choose the color patterns that will give a natural but unique look. It is better to visit a hair salon and leave it to the expert. Don’t settle for less and visit “The Victoria Spa and Salon”. Call them today and set an appointment.