Highlights for red hair

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Selection of individual strands of hair with lighter shades, looks very modern and refreshes the image, so many women more often choose not highlighting, but highlighting. The red hair has a rather dense structure, the paint falls unevenly, therefore for girls who decide to beat their natural red color of curls, it is better to turn to professional help.

A slight lightening of the red strands, if they have not been painted before, will not be particularly difficult. But keep in mind that if the hair shafts are very thin and brittle, or have recently suffered a chemical perm, the coloring procedure is contraindicated. Also, no stylist will give you a guarantee for high-quality highlighting of red hair, if their color is adjusted with henna, shampoos shading, or endured cardinal staining.

Contrasting the straightening of the strands — that is, trying to achieve only slightly golden feathers on dark red or copper hair — this is practically unrealistic task for a one-time procedure. Therefore, if you definitely want to achieve such a special effect, the procedure will have to be repeated two or three times. This decision looks very boldly and youth and fits to a short asymmetric haircut with a long oblique bang.

Compatibility of red highlighting with hair of different shades

With the help of highlighting in red color on curls of various shades, the finishing touch of the image modeling takes place, as well as completeness and necessary emotional information: romantic, passionate, resolute, expressive, delicate.

It is possible to make a mistake when staining with a red color only once - then, if you don’t disguise the clarified stripes, they will still stand out against the general background and spoil the whole look. To avoid a result that is far from the expected, it is advisable to discuss the future hairstyle and the layout of the desired shades in the salon, where a special computer program is used for this.

Highlighting on blond hair with a reddish color of varying intensity, this is a game with volume and a touch of soft romance (if we are not talking about saturated color, which is often red). Depending on the desired effect, coloring on light curls is carried out in several versions:

Strengthening some nuance hairstyle with two or three wide feathers (up to 2 cm),
Frequent highlighting with a multitude of thin strands, often - of several similar shades, in order to impart a “glaring” effect to the hairstyle,
Sometimes highlighting on light brown hair is limited to the color of two to five wide strands, dyed by the method of graduation, from a very light shade to saturated.

When juicy, dark strands come into force, the appearance takes on a more lively appearance, which speaks of an active life position and is an outstanding contemporary personality.

Streaking red on dark curls will be chosen by natures of non-standard, complex and multifaceted, as a rule, stubbornly achieving their goals. In general, the image of dark eben and mahogany is a demonstration of the spirit of indomitable Amazon. The softened version of the same position - a combination with a fiery red, will show interest in the world, open character. If frequent highlighting is used, designed not to be struck by sharp contrast, then we are already talking about complicating the natural shade, creating the impression of sparkling sunlight in the strands.

If the already existing red hair color has been achieved by preliminary coloring, the specialist will surely warn the client that the effect obtained during coloring will most likely differ from the intended one. At the same time you need to know that the appeal to the master for highlighting hair should occur no earlier than one and a half to two weeks after the main staining was performed. Most often, highlighting on red hair is carried out by highlighting a multitude of thin strands several shades lighter than the base color.

Reddish highlights on dark brown hair with natural reddish tint can vary as you please - from artificial, outlined selection of individual strands to soft, iridescent graduation to light golden, which looks very natural, but requires quite frequent periodic updates.

Techniques by which highlighting on red hair occurs are divided into two areas:

With a special perforated polyethylene cap,
With foil.

The principles followed by clarification are common and apply equally to both methods:

Keeping the dye is strictly time indicated so as not to get color distortion,
The complexity of exposure to a dense hair shaft requires the use of strong active substances 12% concentration.

Highlighting with red strands is not intended for girls whose hair is over 15-20 cm in length, since the dyeing process is performed after snapping the cap of the thin strand into the opening, and with long curls, the procedure is complicated by their strong entanglement. Before manipulation, the head of hair is carefully combed, laid out on the part (if required) and only then a thin cap is gently put on the head.

The next stage is to pull out individual strands, in accordance with the specified highlighting scheme. With red hair, prepared for coloring, first make bleaching manipulations, then dry them well. The paint is applied along the length of the whole strand and is left for the indicated time, after which the cap is carefully removed.

Fixation of color with a special balm is made in full, and not exclusively painted areas.

Highlighting on red hair with the assistance of a metallized material is considered the most time-consuming and time-consuming, but in most barbershops, you will be offered this option of coloring. It is also used in view of the best visualization - it is convenient for the master to see how the strands are located.

Step-by-step wizard actions are as follows:

After discussing the highlight scheme, the specialist prepares the right amount of chopped foil,
Client's hair is carefully combed, separated by a part,
Spinning the desired width is separated from the total mass, is well coated with a brush and then wrapped in foil. Actions are repeated with all selected curls alternately,
After keeping the time indicated on the package with the dye, the foil harnesses unfold and the whole head is washed using a fixing balm.

The technique of dyeing dark strands in a red color implies a preliminary lightening that not all hairs can perceive positively. However, there is no other technique for giving the strands of cardinal reddishness.

Types of highlighting for redheads

Highlighting for red can be of several types. Consider each one of them.

This beautiful version is able to refresh your hair and make your whole look brighter. In a duet with red hair, small white strands look very impressive, shimmering in the sun. The main thing is that the highlighting is not too small, otherwise it will be hardly noticeable. As for shades, instead of white, take chocolate, beige or cream.

Light or white highlighting

This is one of the best and most popular options. Bright highlighting refreshes the complexion and gives volume to the hairstyle. Feel free to choose wheat or gold, ashen or light blond - they emphasize appearance, make the face look younger, shimmer, shine, give depth to color.

To make the red color even more colorful and brighter, use a juicy tone - cherry, red, burgundy, cognac. They attract the eye, therefore they are suitable only for courageous and creative persons.

Dark tones are not rarely combined with red color. For a smooth transition and beautiful depth, you can use two or three shades. Give preference to coffee, chocolate, chestnut. They are in perfect harmony with the bright strands and favorably emphasize their brilliance.

The most natural type of hair dye. California highlighting makes the color of hair and natural, and bright, that this year in a big trend. This technique is considered the softest and most gentle. Moreover, a small indent (literally 2-3 cm) is made from the roots so that they do not suffer. And another big plus is that when using Californian technology, foil is not used, so the result is the effect of strands faded into the sun (darker roots and very bright ends).

Highlights on dyed red hair

Now red is extremely rare in the natural form. Most modern women simply paint strands in a beautiful juicy color. Especially brave ladies also update it with the help of highlighting. Here only this procedure can be done only in the cabin. At home, it will be difficult to obtain a uniform result on a colored head of hair. Give preference to the classic fine highlighting - it will be possible to make it only in 10 days.

Method 1 - with a cap

The method is suitable for women with not very long hair - up to 15 cm.

Paint for highlighting - the percentage of aggressive substances should be equal to 12%,
Towel,
Comb with a sharp tip,
Gloves
Dishes for mixing the composition,
Cosmetic brush for applying paint,
Special cap with slots made of rubber or polyethylene.

The process itself is very simple:

Put a hat on your head.
With a sharp tip of the comb, stretch the strands of a certain size through them (it depends on how thick the highlighting is planned).
These locks should be colored with the selected shade of color.
Hold the time specified in the instructions.
Remove the cap from the head and wash the hair.
Apply a balm or mask to the hair (regenerating or nourishing).

Method 2 - with foil

Stylish highlighting on the red color can be obtained by another method. This process is more complex and time consuming.

Paint for highlighting - the percentage of aggressive substances should be equal to 12%,
Towel,
Comb with a sharp tip,
Gloves
Segments of foil (the length of the sheet should be longer than the length of the hair),
Dishes for mixing the composition,
Cosmetic brush for applying paint.

Separate from the total weight strand the desired width.
Place it on the unfolded sheet.
Paint well with a special brush.
Wrap the strand in foil. To secure it, slaughter invisible.
Repeat these points with the remaining hair. To leave symmetrically, take the strands from the parting on the right side, then on the left.
Wait for the right time.
Carefully remove the foil.
Wash your head with water.
Apply a balm or conditioner.

Read more about this type of highlighting in this article.

Method 3 - using a stripper

This technique is suitable for hair of any length. It can be done only by professional hands. The master selects strands 6 cm wide and divides each of them into curls even thinner. Every second curl stacks the device and paints it. The coloring structure at the same time does not get other hair, and also removes surplus.

The procedure is repeated as soon as the roots grow. The frequency of straightening also affects its frequency. If they are not very different from natural, highlighting can be done only once every six months. If the contrast is noticeable, basal highlighting is performed once every eight weeks.

Contraindications to the procedure

Highlighting for red has several contraindications:

Painting strands with henna and basma - after them most of the colors lie unevenly or not taken at all. Yes, and the final hair color can become brown-green,
Damaged hair - you first need to undergo a course of repair masks,
Strong strand loss
Dandruff or seborrhea,
Scalp diseases,
Perm - wait for 2-3 weeks, or even better - a whole month, so as not to harm the hair,
Pregnancy,
Breast-feeding.

How to properly care for red hair:

Care for red hair after highlighting

When highlighting for red hair it is necessary to follow several important rules. They will help preserve the health of your hair.

Rule 1. Do not wash strands a couple of days before the procedure.
Rule 2. The red hair is characterized by too high dryness. Before painting, apply a reducing balm or use oils (macadamia, olive, burdock or peach).
Rule 3. After highlighting, discard the hair dryer, curling and ironing. Allow the composition to gain a foothold in the hair (at least two weeks).
Rule 4. Buy a special shampoo for colored hair - the color will continue for a long time.
Rule 5. Regularly perform masks with a nourishing effect - they will restore the structure of the strands damaged by painting. They can be both store and home.
Rule 6. In frosty weather or when the sun is too hot, wear a hat. Hot and cold air - the main enemy of your hair.
Rule 7. All hair care products must be of the same brand.
Rule 8. Comb brushed hair at least 4 times a day - this is an excellent massage that accelerates growth.

Specificity of technology for red hair

Before you decide whether to make highlights on red hair, you should consider the pros and cons.The advantages include:

Correctly selected palette of red shades will create a spectacular and unique image for its owner,
golden, honey and copper tones are capable of making the hostess younger,
for highlighting, unlike full staining, less consumables are required.

But there are also disadvantages:

red dyes are washed out faster, so color correction will have to be done more often,
natural red hair due to the peculiarities of the structure is harder to lighten or dye, so it will be better if you make highlighting or dyeing in the salon - under the control of an experienced master.

How to make highlighting red hair at home

You will need:

foil or a special cap with holes for highlighting,
hairbrush,
clips or hairpins,
dye or clarifier,

gloves,
paint dilution tank
sponge or hairdresser paint brush,
plastic cape, so as not to stain clothes.

The application of the dye or clarifier

Place a piece of foil under each strand selected for highlighting, apply paint on the strand and wrap it in foil. Process in this way all the strands you have selected for highlighting.

The figure shows one of the types of selection strands for highlighting.

Photo variations of red hair with highlights of different shades

Photo of white highlights on red-red hair, hairstyle with bangs.

Photo highlighting on red colored short hair.

Photo red highlighting on blond hair.

Photo of bright highlights on red hair.

Precautionary measures

Any chemical dye or brightener can cause an allergic reaction, so be sure to do a sensitivity test before use.
prepare the paint immediately before use,
do not store any paint residue
If ink gets on your skin or mucous membranes, wash them with plenty of running water.

Choosing a color

Red-haired beauties need to be especially vigilant when choosing colors to highlight individual strands. To make the hair more voluminous, it is recommended to use as many shades of one scale as possible. If you only want to slightly refresh the image, it will be enough to highlight a few curls in one or two tones.

It is important to know! The thinner you take strands for coloring, the more natural the transitions are. This method is best suited for giving a hair-like texture.

Tips for choosing colors:

To make hair look more luxurious and well-groomed, use platinum, gold and wheat shades. They will give gloss curls, bring noble play and help create a truly royal look.
To get a juicy and rich color, the reddish tone of the base should be combined with as close as possible to the natural color: honey, caramel, chestnut.
You can create a bright image with bold accents by introducing burgundy, cherry or red locks into the red hair. However, it is best not to experiment with such shades for ladies who like restrained classics.

Color Guide

To paint the most fit the color of your skin and eyes, you should consider your color type. There are four main ones: “winter”, “autumn”, “spring” and “summer”. Each of them corresponds to a warm or cold gamma, the saturation of tones will also be different.

Choose a palette that will help make your hair irresistible, using the following tips:

Representatives of the autumn tsvetotip suit bright yellow strands or ocher color, as they naturally have quite bright curls with a pronounced rust shade. If you need to focus on the volume of hair, then dark chestnut strands will cope with the task best.
Spring ladies have not too bright appearance, their skin casts pink and peach. In this case, the image needs to be refreshed and give it greater expressiveness. Red hair with rich yellow, orange or fiery red tints will give a person freshness, emphasize his features, and help to emphasize the dignity of appearance.
Summer ladies will look great in muted shades of red. The most natural light brown tones will create a natural play on the head of hair, and rich burgundy colors are suitable for playful and extravagant hairstyles.
Winter women nature very rarely awards the natural red hair color. If it was possible to obtain it by staining, then the base can be diluted with cold tones. Platinum, ashy and silver play will look very bright and noble in the curls.

Tip! If you have recently undergone a complete dyeing procedure, the highlighting should be postponed until the curls are fully restored. It can take from 2 to 4 weeks, depending on the individual characteristics of the hair.

Also, hairdressers do not do coloring coloring, if the red color of the hair has acquired with the help of henna dyeing. Only a month later you can begin to update the style. Otherwise, you will get an unpredictable result.

Redheads

The color of the sun can truly gleam nobly on any type of hair: bob, pixie, cascade, a short version of the bob or elongated, curls with or without bangs. Modern technology makes it possible to introduce red locks in any base very gracefully and harmoniously.

Depending on whether you want to make the image more vivid or just to refresh it, the choice of shades varies. Partial coloring of the curls will help to make the hair more voluminous, highlight its geometric features, eliminate the flaws of the facial contours, and focus on the merits.

Properly chosen palette for each hair color is the key to getting a refined and stylish look.

On dark hair

Recently, reddish highlights on dark hair has become very popular. Bright fiery curls look on a dark base, like flames in the night darkness. For lovers of extravagant solutions, this combination will certainly appeal to you. Depending on what kind of effect you want to get, the degree of lightening strands is selected.

If the hairstyle needs to add texture, it will be enough to change the color of the curls by just 2 tones. For a noticeable and bright result, you will have to use more effective clarifiers.

Successful color combinations:

chestnut and copper
chestnut and sandy,
coffee and golden.

In blond curls

Highlighting blond hair with red hues will also become a win-win option for both classic fans and those who like to shock the audience with their bold images. The combination of shades looks especially advantageous on long haircuts, but can also be used on medium-length hair. The use of bright shades will help make the image more interesting, bright and luxurious.

However, be careful - it is desirable that the pigments are as close as possible to your base color. Bright burgundy on the background of light blond will look flashy and aggressive, but for dark curls - will be an excellent option.

Experts recommend blond women such shades for partial coloring:

warm caramel-red,
strawberry
purple-cherry,
light honey
cherry red
golden.

In bright blonde

Blondes often get bored with monotony and boredom, because they are eager for change. If radical measures are not for you, then partial dyeing in ginger will be a great alternative. Bright and juicy locks look very advantageous on a light base, they give the hair volume and beautifully shimmer in the sun.

The more often light curls will appear in the hair, the more interesting and textured will be your hairstyle.

But what about the color solutions? Vast spaces for fantasy - immense. You can use fire and bright hues to create a stylish and expressive image. If the task is to create an elegant and elegant hair, then it is best to give preference to muted shades of caramel, straw, light honey, golden.

You can paint the roots or just the tips, make the locks wide or narrow, no taboos exist.

Partial staining techniques

It is possible to paint curls of red color both in lighter tones and in more dark ones, it all depends on what result you want to get in the end. There is also the option of rare highlighting, when the strands are thicker, and frequent, if thin strands are taken. In the first case, the roots will grow less noticeably, because you have to visit the stylist only once every few months. If the technique was chosen with frequent staining, then the services of a hairdresser will have to be used every 3-4 weeks.

Consider what techniques to use for the most careful and spectacular coloring of red-haired girls.

Venetian

Legend has it that in ancient times, a resident of Venice could sit for hours under the scorching sun of the Adriatic coast, so that their hair would burn out a little. From here and the name of the equipment, allowing to reach effect of natural lightening of ringlets.

The pigment contains beeswax and non-aggressive dyes. This makes it possible not to use thermal paper or foil, the strands are left in the open air. Dye washing is carried out with special shampoos, after the procedure, the hair is treated with a caring balm.

The Venetian technique has a minimum of negative impact on the curls, which is especially important for red-haired beauties.

California

It has very similar technology from the Venetian. The difference lies in the fact that light red strands give a more saturated and dark color. They select the most similar to the base tone, which allows you to achieve the effect of the most natural burning of hair, like residents of sunny California.

At the roots, the hair is darker, and at the tips - lighter. This allows for a long time not to adjust the hairstyle. When staining does not use paper or foil, which reduces the negative impact on the hairs.

Safety and stunning effect made the technique very popular among the red-haired girls.

Creative

This technique will most like the bright and extraordinary personalities. The basis can be taken as your natural red color, and other colors. Gamma is not limited to any framework. Pink, purple, bright yellow, green, blue, - you can use any tone.

However, it should be borne in mind that the dark-red curls will have to lighten up to get bright and rich shades. And if you create a masterpiece on a bright head of hair, then, on the contrary, it will need to be darkened.

This type of coloring is not suitable for girls who by nature have too brittle and porous hair, as they use very aggressive coloring compositions.

Features of highlighting red hair

Combination with blond hair

Strengthening some nuance hairstyle with two or three wide feathers (up to 2 cm),
Frequent highlighting with a multitude of thin strands, often - of several similar shades, in order to give a hairstyle a “flashing” effect
Sometimes highlighting on light brown hair is limited to the color of two to five wide strands, dyed by the method of graduation, from a very light shade to saturated.

When juicy, dark strands come into force, the appearance takes on a more lively appearance, which speaks of an active life position and is an outstanding contemporary personality.

Combination with dark hair

Combination with red hair

Staining techniques

Techniques by which highlighting on red hair occurs are divided into two areas:

With a special perforated polyethylene cap,
With foil.

The principles followed by clarification are common and apply equally to both methods:

Keeping the dye is strictly time indicated so as not to get color distortion,
The complexity of exposure to a dense hair shaft requires the use of strong active substances 12% concentration.

The mode of highlighting with a cap

Fixation of color with a special balm is made in full, and not exclusively painted areas.

Method of highlighting with foil

Step-by-step wizard actions are as follows:

After discussing the highlight scheme, the specialist prepares the right amount of chopped foil,
Client's hair is carefully combed, separated by a part,
Spinning the desired width is separated from the total mass, is well coated with a brush and then wrapped in foil. Actions are repeated with all selected curls alternately,
After keeping the time indicated on the package with the dye, the foil harnesses unfold and the whole head is washed using a fixing balm.

In conclusion

Red base or red strands - it does not matter, the main thing is that your curls will take on a new look if solar motifs flow into them. Reviews and photos of girls who have already managed to transform their images with the help of highlighting confirm that both bright and muted shades of red are perfect for creating beautiful and well-groomed hairstyles.

Note that you will need to seek help in changing the image of a qualified master, as modern technology requires special skills and knowledge in the field of coloring.

Change, be inspired by bright colors and enjoy looking at your gorgeous hair.

Irina, 34 years old:

Do highlighting is not the first time, and at home. The process itself is very simple, I got to use it instead of a special rubber polyethylene cap.I pierce the tip of the hairbrush in it, pull out the hair strands, paint it - and I don’t need any foil.

The result is good every time, although it is different, because I like to use different colors for more shades. But probably, now with half a year I will give rest to hair. With highlighting, of course, beautiful, but began to notice that recently the tips of the hair split.

Photos before and after highlighting red hair.

Highlighting, of course, refers to sparing methods of dyeing, but red hair has some peculiarities. The fact is that by structure they are thicker and more difficult to be stained or brightened.

But on the other hand, red hair contains less melanin than hair of other shades. Therefore, frequent highlighting of red hair will not do them good, and care after dyeing should be more thorough.

Olga, 29 years old:

I have a non-natural red hair color. But the shade “under the chanterelle” really suits me, so I constantly tint the hair with henna. Recently I tried to make highlighting at home.

Probably something went wrong, the treated strands acquired an incomprehensible dingy shade, so I had to toned all this “beauty” with a special shampoo. I will not conduct more experiments myself. Well, or go to the hairdresser better.

Photos before and after highlighting and toning red dyed hair.

Irina, 30 years old:

Red hair has always been my pride. In childhood, however, classmates tried to excel in wit, but I did not pay attention. And it turned out to be right.

Now, as an adult woman, I need to spend much less effort to get attention on myself - nature has already bothered about it. Only once I did toning, and recently tried to refresh the hair hairstyle.

Has processed hair paint beige shade. Even if we consider that I am a beginner in hairdressing, the result was not bad, so I am quite pleased.