It's a multi-step process that requires a lot of detailed attention and a careful, watchful eye and hand every step of the way. One wrong move could cost you good hair for years if you over-process your hair for example, that'll lead to breakage. If you under-process, you could be left with a more orange than blonde tone.
Those who want to lighten their hair more than one or two shades definitely shouldn't try this one at home, and there are still plenty of risks for those who just want to touch-up existing highlights at home. Long story short, a lot can go wrong and experts definitely don't recommend that you highlight your hair yourself. But with that being said, if you've already made up your mind that you're giving this a try, we want you to at least do it as safely as possible.
Since experts agree that it isn't safe for those who want to lighten all of their hair more than two shades at home, this tutorial will focus on how those with existing highlights or hair color in the blonde family can touch-up their color by highlighting only where the hair parts and the pieces that frame the face.
So without further ado, ahead find a step-by-step guide to highlighting your hair at home; just proceed with caution and bear our warnings in mind. Meet the Expert. Cara Craig of NYC's Suite Caroline salon does warn us that when taking matters into your own hands, "you are headed into the territory of unknown outcomes.
My advice would be to communicate with your colorist and get their recommendation. They know you and your hair. If you can't wait for a professional to do the job for you, you need to at least talk with one first. Consulting your colorist will not only help you to gain some sort of understanding on what you're about to do, but it's an opportunity to collaboratively come up with a strategic approach. Trust me when I tell you, your colorist would rather help you come up with a plan to get by between appointments than have you come in for a color correction with no articulate memory of what you did behind closed doors.
Even if you don't have a trusted go-to colorist, if there's someone you love following on Instagram, or a color brand you're leaning towards using, send them a DM asking for advice. Most in-person consults are going to be free of charge anyway, so asking over e-mail or online is no different so long as they have a good photo of your current color, preferably in natural lighting. The goal all professionals have at the end of the day is to make a contribution to good hair, and to help people feel their best!
After talking with a pro, you should have gathered some good information to help you move forward, such as your current base color or level, and potentially even a specific product recommendation. Now there are two ways to touch up your highlights:. The first way is with a single process color. That means you have one color application, rinse, and you're done. Normally, single process color is best for an all-over change, or for root touch-ups to conceal gray hair.
If your hair is light enough, you may be able to pull this off with your colorist's blessing, of course. If you go the single process color route, be sure to use a semi- or demi- permanent color to help your color fade over time versus leave a longer lasting stain on the hair that will create more work to correct later. FYI: These can only be used to darken your hair or change the tone. A single process is realistically only going to alter the shade of your hair one to two levels, which will be easier for lighter base colors that are already within the dark blonde family.
If your natural base color is super dark, this isn't going to be your route to lighter strands. Remember, "this is more of get-you-by-til-your-colorist-can-see-you tutorial," says KC Carhart of Chris McMillan salon, "not the time to see if you look good as a DIY blonde.
So at least that rules out one of the many potential risks. All highlighting that's done in the salon is typically done with bleach. Bleaching is more likely to cause serious damage if you aren't careful, such as burning the hair off as Craig referenced above. When you use bleach, it's considered a double process job because there are two steps involved to get your desired outcome: bleaching and toning. The bleach is going to strip your strands of its current shade, lifting color out a few levels lighter, and the toner is going to then re-deposit the desired tone.
It's a much more intensive process for beginners, let alone for doing it yourself at home with no assistance. Even in the salon, it's pretty rare to find a professional using this method without an extra set of hands assisting them, so let that be telling of why this method isn't typically advised for DIY. Before resorting to touching up your own highlights at home, try an at-home gloss or toning treatment first.
While they won't lighten your roots, they can help tone down unwanted brassiness between appointments, improving the overall look of your highlights.
Go to or order online from a beauty supply store like Sally's to gather your supplies, or see if your colorist can order materials for you and you can reimburse them through Venmo if you do something like this, I'd suggest including a tip.
Most single process touch-ups are going to come in a box or kit that includes everything for you: Your gloves, instructions, mixing solutions, and application bottle. Again, I will emphasize not to get started with a single process color just because it seems easy and straightforward.
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Aka, get ready for a. When you see someone with great style who also happens. If you grab a box that says "caramel highlights," it will look totally different on someone with a brown base versus someone with red strands. So look for highlight kits that say things like "for brown hair" instead.
Bridgette Hill , a colorist and trichologist in NYC, suggests keeping your expectation to "natural highlighted tones" when doing at home highlights to keep hair at its healthiest. The only difference between tinfoil and the foils you see the pros using is that the in-salon ones are typically pre-cut, making the colorist's work much speedier. In fact, Reynold's Wrap makes professional foils that are sold at beauty supply stores. But be warned if you're using foils at home: "It's also a heat conductor, so when you wrap hair in a foil, it lightens faster.
The bristles will pick up just the right amount of dye, and will spread it easily and not too perfectly onto each section during the application. Applying highlights to curly hair? Wear gloves and apply the color with your fingers to individual curls.
For curly girls, she also recommends avoiding the center and back of the hair, where the curl textures are tighter. Instead, she says to "keep the highlights in the crown, face framing and the underneath sections behind both ears. Also key? Part your hair as you normally do, so that you can clearly see which strands are face-framing a side-parter will highlight differently than a center-parter. Unlike your usual bronde, Atlanta hairstylist Kayluh Stewart used an icy toner to make the blond look almost silvery, while the roots are still a deep, dark brown—hence the "toasted.
Your balayage doesn't have to look like balayage. If you have super-dark hair and consider sun-kissed kind of a stretch, make like Tessa Thompson and opt for a rich shade of chocolate. Going just a shade or two lighter than your natural color offers impact without a drastic change.
It looks just as good now as it did then. There's nothing subtle about swimwear designer Gabi Gregg 's gorgeous fade from dark brown to a deep gold. Bonus: It gives lovely curls like these more definition. Bangs can get in on balayage too. Incorporating the tone into long, grown-out bangs, like Ciara's, gives hair color a cohesive look.
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Going from true strawberry to strawberry blond is basically foolproof—and bonus, it makes red look more natural. On natural-hair blogger Priscilla Flete , the blond accents emphasize her coils. Brushed-out waves, glossy hair, and that multitonal look?
Olivia Wilde knows how to make the most of balayage. Before she went blond —and then back again — Demi Lovato had some subtle balayage. Even though we're always here for her hair changes, we're especially into the lighter tones woven into her lob. One of the best things about balayage is that it's the Leonardo DiCaprio of hair color techniques: the most noncommittal.
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