Highlighting has been a leader among the preferences of modern fashionistas for many years. Ideally, this type of staining is best done by a specialist. However, for lovers of budget options, there is great news - do-it-yourself highlighting is possible! If you do not have long hair, you can highlight through the cap. It is enough to learn the technology of execution and prepare everything you need. It is advisable to involve an assistant, since working on the occipital zone without outside help will not work. How to do highlighting through a cap? This will be discussed in the article.
Benefits of highlighting
Before learning how to do highlighting through a hat at home, let's talk about the benefits of this type of coloring:
- Refreshes the face and hair color, avoiding harsh color transitions.
- Creates visual volume and promotes hair shine.
- Looks great with regrown roots and does not requirefast update.
- Does little damage to hair and scalp as individual elements are exposed.
- It has a truly rejuvenating effect and is suitable for any age.
- Effectively hides gray hair.
- Corresponds to modern trends of naturalness and naturalness of the palette.
Disadvantages of highlighting
Highlighting through a cap is not such a simple procedure. It takes a lot of time, in particular, the step of pulling the strands is very time consuming. You can also highlight the following disadvantages:
- Any lightening damages the hair. You should not perform the procedure for at least a month after curling.
- It is impossible to create a uniform application without help when painting at home.
Highlighting through a cap at home
The photos in the article show us how beautifully skillfully executed coloring looks. How to learn to do it yourself? Highlighting through a cap, first of all, requires patience, then the result will not disappoint you. Recall that for the implementation of this method, you should evaluate the length of the hair. It is not suitable for long-haired beauties. The use of a home makeover cap makes this procedure much easier, even if you do it for the first time. A polyethylene, rubberized or silicone cap is usually used, in which there are holes arranged in a checkerboard pattern. These devices are sold inspeci alty department stores, sometimes with a hook for pulling hair.
How to be smart?
If it is not possible to purchase a suitable ready-made kit, you can create it from improvised means: use a plastic bag for the cap, which must first be adjusted to the size of the head (it must fit snugly against the surface to avoid leaks). It is recommended to make holes not in advance, but directly when threading the strands, having decided on the intervals.
A professional hook can be replaced with a knitting hook. Take the hook not sharp so as not to injure the scalp, and not too large so that it is convenient to pierce holes in the bag. Instead of a hook, a comb with a long thin tip is also used, but it is worth noting that this is more difficult for a beginner. Polyethylene should be chosen the most dense - this is important for a good result.
What do you need?
- Cap.
- Hook.
- Clarifying agent: when working with dark and coarse hair, a 12% clarifier is suitable, for thin blond hair, a 3-4% concentrate should be prepared. Sometimes paint is used a few tones lighter than their own strands. Important: if your hair was previously dyed with henna, you should not lighten the curls yourself because of the unpredictability of the result.
- Gloves.
- Container for mixing.
- Brush for applying clarifier.
- Polyethylene (you can use cling film: coverher curls with the applied composition, which will enhance the reaction).
- Dress on the shoulders or hairdresser's cape.
Steps of highlighting
- Comb your hair, put on the prepared cap and start pulling the strands through the holes in the cap. Try to get strands of equal width. When using a purchased hat, strands can be removed from each hole, or at intervals (medium and intensive highlighting), depending on the desired result.
- It is more efficient to dilute the composition in a container after threading the strands through a cap - this way you will work with a freshly prepared mass, and this will improve the result.
- Apply the prepared mixture to the strands threaded through the holes of the cap. When applying, work with light movements, in no case do not crumple the strands to prevent smudges through the holes in the cap. To enhance the effect, it is sometimes recommended to use a plastic film - this increases thermal insulation, thereby accelerating the chemical reaction to lighten.
- The waiting time is usually indicated in the instructions for the clarifying agent. The interval may vary depending on the stiffness and initial color of the hair. The procedure usually takes 15 to 45 minutes. It is important to follow the recommended interval, otherwise the hair may be damaged or the result may not be as expected. You should independently monitor the course of lightening: due to the increased porosity of the hair, the effect may come earlier than the stated time.
- At the end of the procedure, the brightening cream should be thoroughly rinsed from the hair without removing the cap. Next, free your head from the headgear and wash your hair again with shampoo and care product to nourish them after lightening. Hair restoration is necessary after any lightening, so this stage should by no means be ignored. Home highlighting kits often contain nourishing post-treatment masks.
- The final step is toning the strands, necessary to soften and prevent visual color differences. This work is best done at least three days after bleaching, do not overload the hair with excess chemicals.
Highlights through a cap or foil: which is better?
The foil highlighting option is incredibly relevant, as it contributes to good staining of the strands. In addition, it allows you to work with multiple tones, increasing the depth of color. Curls are covered with a dye and wrapped in foil. In this case, the edge of each sheet of foil is bent inward at least one centimeter (to avoid leaks).
To perform highlighting with foil, it is necessary to prepare a similar list, with the exception of one point - we replace the cap with foil, plus a comb with a long end. And don't forget the assistant. It is unrealistic to perform the procedure on the occipital zone on your own.
The question is often asked: what is better, highlighting through a cap or using foil? Answersimple - with the obvious merits of these methods, they have a different purpose: highlighting through a cap on short hair (no more than 15-20 cm), with diligence, it will turn out great. But for long hair, the foil method is preferable.
Tips for highlighting through a cap at home
- It is not recommended to use previously highlighted strands when re-dyeing, this can harm the quality of the hair structure.
- Hair should not be washed before dyeing, this will create a natural protective effect that allows you to withstand the negative effects of oxide.
- Any lightening does not require preliminary preparation in the form of moisturizing the scalp
- To prevent the occurrence of an allergic reaction, it is better to conduct a test reaction on a small area of \u200b\u200bthe arm, according to the instructions for the coloring composition.
- For thin and weak hair, do not rush into the lightening process, it is advisable to pre-treat the hair thoroughly.
- The thinner the "feathers" are obtained when threading through the cap, the more natural the result will be.
- There are classic highlights and zonal highlights. The first type involves dyeing the entire length of the hair threaded through the cap. Zonal - work is carried out with individual sectors. It opens up wide opportunities for creativity: "asymmetry", "diagonal", root application of the coloring composition, "avant-garde" and many other types of intermediatestaining.
As a rule, highlighting through a cap on short hair (the photo shows the result of dyeing in the article) is no worse than when carrying out the procedure in the salon. If the result does not suit you, it will be easy to fix it. But with long hair, everything is more serious. If you are not sure of success, it is better not to take risks, but trust the masters in the salon!
