Hair Color Trends – Dying Only the Ends of Your Hair

hair coloring can be an intimidating world of its own, full of different techniques, terminology, and buzzwords to learn. Before choosing your hair color, take into account your skin tone. Lighter hues work better with lighter skin tones, while darker shades complement darker complexions. Highlights can add depth and make thick heads of hair look fuller.

Bleach

Bleaching is an alkaline agent-based hair color technique that employs hydrogen peroxide as a chemical oxidizer to open the cuticle and expose pigments, which allows light penetration through to cortex and medulla areas of hair, and then scatter it according to melanin pigments, eumelanin and pheomelanin for coloring of the cortex and medulla regions, giving each hair its hue. To achieve the desired lightening, the amount of bleach required varies depending on the darkness of your natural hair color. Professionals advise going within four levels lighter in one session, as doing so could compromise hair strands and leave them vulnerable to breakage. To reduce damage, it is wise to utilize a hydration treatment or mask prior to bleaching, and limit heat styling, which may cause further deterioration of hair.

Color

Dyeing only the ends of your hair is an increasingly trendy fashion trend that can add an extra splash of color, create denser volume, and is perfect for those not interested in full coloring processes or bleach. Before dying your locks, consult with a professional stylist so they can assist with reaching your desired look while taking measures to maintain healthy locks – Min Kim suggests the maintenance level can vary according to desired tone – high for those preferring more vibrant hues, low otherwise.

Balayage

Balayage highlighting is an effective technique that creates softly blended vertical streaks of lighter-colored hair that create a distinct dimension to any look without producing power blonde roots. It offers great potential to add dimension and lighten hair without going for overly dramatic root coloring options. Thankfully, balayage offers more natural-looking results than other coloring techniques. Its gradual placement of highlights mimics how your natural sunlight illuminates your strands while its subtle placement also prevents obvious root grow-out, making balayage an easy style to keep looking its best with regular touchups. If you decide to get a balayage, it is essential to regularly nourish your locks with shampoo and conditioner designed specifically for colored hair. Furthermore, avoid exposure to sunlight and chlorine whenever possible in order for your color to last as long as possible. If brassiness begins to set in, use a hair toner to avoid becoming too warm.

Highlights

Add highlights to your hair can take time and dedication in the salon chair, but when done right it can produce stunning ombre effects that grow out beautifully. No matter if your locks are already blonde or darker in tone, traditional foils or freehand painted highlights (such as balayage) can lighten its ends to add dimension and depth. Foiling is one of the classic methods for highlighting hair. Colorists will separate sections of your locks, wrap them in foil, then apply bleach and tint for an enhanced lifting or lightening effect. Face-framing highlights are an increasingly popular highlighting technique that is applied only to areas that frame your face. It provides one of the most natural highlighting experiences as it only highlights areas that would normally be illuminated by natural sunlight, making this technique look amazing with curls or waves and needing less upkeep than traditional highlights; try using toning shampoo or gloss treatments between appointments to keep them looking their best!