Gently highlighted hair softens the face
If your hair is a solid block of color (particularly if it's is dyed), regardless of the shade, chances are that your face looks a bit more tired than you would like. Unless you are in your twenties, a solid shade can look quite unnatural, resulting in a heavy look in the cheek area of your face while emphasizing bags under the eyes.
Highlights in the hair help rejuvenate a face, giving it a bit of sparkle and a gleam of youthfulness. In just a few easy steps, we are going to tell you to how highlight your hair with do it yourself highlights. It's easy.
NOTE:
1. If you color your hair, highlight your hair 1-2 days after a fresh application of hair color.
2. Get a fresh haircut before highlighting your hair for best results.
PURCHASE:
1.
L'Oreal Multi-Tonal Color System in the Red Box is an excellent color/highlight two in-one boxed set. Follow directions to the letter and you will have natural looking highlights that are awesome.2. If you do not color your hair or wish to use a different hair coloring system, do so and wait 1-2 days to highlight as specified above under "Note".
3.
We also like highlight results using L'Oreal La Petite Frost for a little bit more "blonde."
4. Clairol HAIRPAINTING
is also a favorite of ours...but we are not fans of "cap" frosting/highlighting methods that use a cap such as Frost & Tip as the cap method is awkward to use.
METHOD:
- Wear an old shirt you don't mind getting messed.
- Prepare application according to directions.
- Wear hair as you normally would.
- Stroke highlighting blend as close to the root line as possible on a section of 15-20 strands.
- Use a downward stroke from root to end of hair.
- Place 4 1-inch spaced strokes of highlighter on left of part and 4 1-inch spaced strokes of highlighter on right of part. Make sure the left and right side DO NOT match where highlighter is applied; it should look varied in placement.
- Run 4 strokes of highlighter down back of head from top to bottom of hair.
- Apply a few dabs of highlighter to wisps of hair jutting out of haircut along the jaw line.
- If any highlighter remains, bend at waist and flip hair forward. Apply a few strokes of highlighter to underside of hair.
- Stand upright and wait length of time according to directions.
- Rinse and treat with conditioner for color-treated hair.
- Style and dry per usual and enjoy your new look
