Hair highlights are a great selection if one have a great hair tone, and don’t want to play too much with the natural hair. Hair highlights will just advance your hair by adding streaks that are a shade or two lighter or darker than your natural color. They look the most relevant when the beautician uses at least two different shades. It is a technique that involves using your hands to get natural looking highlights, hence it is at times referred to as palm painting. As opposed to balayage, there are no strict rules on where the highlights should be placed. The hair color is painted onto the beautician’s palms (gloved) and then spread onto your strands throughout in sections, leaving you with soft highlight colors that go naturally into your hair.

Process

Your therapist can add highlights to your hair shortly after it has been freshly cut, or you can make an appointment specifically for the color. Once your hair has been thoroughly washed, the beautician will choose the suitable and prompt method of highlighting. The stylist will mix your personalized color in a vessel that combines the necessary dyes and chemicals. This solution is then added to the wet hair and allowed to settle and set in the hair. Some types of processing needs specific heat activation, so one would sit under a hair dryer while the product absorbs into your hair properly.

Benefits

Hair highlights are a unique way to aggravate a relatively dull shade or thoroughly change your hair color without going through the complete–and mostly damaging single-process color hair treatment. It enables you to hit the parts you want to focus and integrate various colors to give your hair a natural and dimensional look. Highlights are also great in a sense that they will fade and grow out naturally and one may not have as many problems with roots as one usually have with single-process dyes.

Maintenance

1. After highlighting, wait for at least 4 days before shampooing

When coloring hair, your upper layer is bare, making it available for the color to penetrate the hair cuticle. When you wash your hair too soon after your appointment, the layer could still be exposed which then leads to your color being washed down hastily.

2. Wash them less often

Try to avoid washing your hair everyday if you have dyed them. Not only are you rinsing away the natural oils that nourish and keep your hair color looking new, you also wash away a little bit of your hair dye every time you rinse your hair. Try not to wash your hair every other day or even 2-3 times a week to keep your color on hair.

3. Incorporate a dye to your conditioner

If you have a brighter look like pink, purple, or even blue, try adding some of your dye to your conditioner when washing hair. This will somewhat re-dye your hair every time you wash to keep it looking new until your roots grow out.

4. Lower the water temperature when shampooing

Though hot showers feel astounding to some, it isn’t so great for your hair color. When washing hair with hot water, your hair’s cuticle is exposed, allowing your color to wash out while washing.

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