Highlights basically brighten your hair by adding colors that are 2-3 shades lighter than your natural color. Colors used for highlights are gold, amber, red and honey shades. You need to look at your hair and skin tone to determine what color to use to highlight.Lowlights do the opposite by adding slightly darker colors that blend with your hair's tone. Lowlights will deepen your hair color and are usually deep reds, coppers and plum shades. Most of the time 2-3 colors are used throughout to add dimension and shimmer.
Lowlights make highlights look more natural if you're brunette. When brown hair starts to lighten, it goes through red shades first so using red, copper or tortoise lowlights will add dimension and depth to dark hair. Ideally you should use 3 shades for darker hair.
After my own feeble attempt at coloring and mad dash to a professional, I ended up with highlights and lowlights in my hair. My hair is naturally a dark walnut color so we mixed ash blonde, caramel and copper for highlights and lowlights. I get tons of compliments on it and it looks stunning if i do say so myself!
Blondes have more options for highlights and don't necessarily have to follow the 3 color rule. Gold and copper lowlights are best to avoid washing out your complexion or making your hair look brassy.
When working with highlight and lowlight hair color ideas, keep the season in mind. Go a little darker in the winter when skin is often paler. For the summer, try a shade or 2 lighter.
Since highlights and lowlights can get complicated, it's best to consult a professional for these hair color ideas or learn as much as you can about hair coloring before trying this on your own. This is particularly true if you're going more than 2-3 shades lighter than your natural color.
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I am a professional cosmetologist, and would simply like to add that you should always go to a professional when it comes to coloring your hair, whether you are going lighter or darker. Box dye's my sound great on the television and seem healthy, however in order for these box dye's to stay their true colors, there are metallic additives that can ruin your hair. For instance, say you are a blonde and you want to go to a brunette color. So you just buy a box of dye and do it yourself at home. Well 2 weeks pass and you just aren't really feeling it. So you can either A.) Get a box of blonde or a lightener kit and do it at home. Chances are your hair is not only going to be brassy or orange, but will also be completely damaged. Or you can go to a hair stylists, which as professionals really should never color or strip box dye simply because professional color and box color counter act and can make your hair burn and fall off sometimes. Although results vary by different hair types, I simply recommend that if you want to color or lighten your hair, seek a professional first, get some product knowledge and learn about the risks you take with your hair when using store bought products. Which raises another issue, price. I know you can buy a box of dye for 5 dollars at your local convenience store as opposed to paying 120-200 dollars to get it done at a salon, and even though I feel the cost of professional product and service fees are in the proper range, I understand this just isn't achievable for some. So here is where I recommend going to your nearest cosmetology school. They aren't licensed, but the students who do your hair have been through extensive training before allowed to perform services to the public, and they are always under the supervision of professionals. Services like a full weave at a hair salon normally costs around 180+ dollars, at the schools this service ranges from 45-65 that's a 60% + difference with the same typical results. I just ask that you use product knowledge. Know what you are using before you do use it!
Sincerely,
Your concerned
hair stylist
I agree exactly..Its important that you are fully aware that some of these dye's are not semi colours they are infact permanent colour that contain Metallic salt/henna .Which very damaging to your hair.. also prevent other chemical trtments
So the next time you pick up a box dye read your manufacture instruction.. check for metallic salt/henna. further more pop in ur local professional salon for professional colour.
:)
London Uk
Technician, shana
City & Islington College
I agree exactly..Its important that you are fully aware that some of these dye's are not semi colours they are infact permanent colour that contain Metallic salt/henna .Which very damaging to your hair.. also prevent other chemical trtments
So the next time you pick up a box dye read your manufacture instruction.. check for metallic salt/henna. further more pop in ur local professional salon for professional colour.
:)
London Uk
Technician, shana
City & Islington College
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