California highlight for dark hair

California highlighting is a kind of stoupter staining, which is one of the sparing, non-damaging and not traumatizing hair. The main feature of California melioration is that during the application of the paint, foil is not used. It is because of this that the final result looks very natural.

What is the California highlights?

California highlighting is the coloring of hair, which has long been recognized as the most practical and elegant. This technique came to us from the USA. It was there that for the first time they began to color their hair so that they resembled curls that burned under the scorching sun on Californian beaches.

This kind of highlighting is a unique color solution. Its goal is to achieve the most smooth transition of color from dark tones in the basal area to light shades towards the tips. As a result, the hair is a kind of "stretching" the color. Clear borders of color transitions after coloring by the Californian melting method should not be. This allows you to create on the strands a variety of highlights and natural tonal shades.

Especially popular is the highlights among those women who want to grow their hair color, since after its execution the hair at the roots remains deep dark. The length of the segment of the darkened root zone can be chosen independently. It can be either very small or large enough.

Advantages of California highlights

The technique of performing the Californian melioration resembles the painting of the rattles. But their main difference is in the shades used. With the Californian method, brighter, saturated and deeper colors, or combinations of several shades (mostly from a light palette) are used.

Choose this method of staining is due to the fact that:

  1. This is a gentle option of staining - during the procedure the roots do not suffer in any way, their appearance remains the same.
  2. The effect of burnt hair does not need to be updated every month - by making California highlights, you do not have to constantly tint the roots.
  3. Hair gets a beautiful shine and volume - due to the fact that several shades are used, dark hair becomes more multi-faceted and full of overtones.

In addition to the fact that Californian staining does not affect the roots, it also delicately affects the curls. After the procedure, the painted strands will not be over-dried or weak. And all due to the fact that the paint for California melioration on the hair is in the open air. Because of this, it dries out gradually, and its effect with time weakens, unlike the usual staining using thermal paper or foil, where the paint "works" longer and more intensively.

How to make a California highlight on dark hair?

To make Californian marking on dark hair, you need to use an average of 3 shades of paint. Mainly used are wheat, golden and amber colors and bezammia coloring cosmetics. Before embarking on the California highlights, the black hair with an indentation of 5-7 cm from the roots is applied with a clarifier. After 15 minutes it must be washed off and a color mixture prepared. Then you need:

  1. To divide all hair of a lock of the width necessary to you.
  2. Apply the first color of the paint.
  3. Apply other shades of paint to the remaining strands.
  4. Wash off all the paint and rinse well with shampoo.

Having done everything correctly, you will get a natural shade of hair, they will look healthy and bulky, they will not have bright unnatural glare. After Californian melirovaniya you will have a luxurious hairstyle with a beautiful relief color.