What is California highlighting
California highlighting has some similarities with conventional highlightingbut there are some differences. In this form, when decolorizing the strands, foil and thermal paper are not used, which allows us to call California highlighting a more gentle method of hair coloring.
California highlighting is able to give hair a smooth gradient of colors without a clear transition. In this form staining involved from 1 to 6 light or dark tones.
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Pros of California highlighting
- The flawless effect of lightened strands.
- Gentle staining method than conventional highlighting.
- Suitable for any hair length.
- Perfectly tones gray hair.
- Lack of frequent color correction.
Cons California highlighting
- Long staining time
- The high cost of the procedure.
- Hair after the procedure can become dry and brittle.
- Californian highlighting should not be done if during the last 3 months perm. hair.
California highlighting on fair hair
In California highlighting, the master is especially sensitive to the issue of color type. He carefully selects shades to give light hair a cold or warm shade. As a result, California highlighting gives such amazing and high-quality results.
Shades suitable for fair hair can have such tones as: honey, golden blode, light caramel, wheat, as well as cold tones of ash, pearl and platinum.
If you only want to update your native light brown color, then the master will only affect the middle and ends of the hair, using a couple of shades above or below the natural color. But if you want to make the color brighter or lighter, then a combination of light shades come into play, which will eventually form a beautiful and effective hair tone.
California Highlighting on Dark Hair
For dark hair, California highlighting offers rich shades of copper, warm caramel, amber, cognac, chocolate and bronze.. Again, any of the proposed shades is selected by an experienced colorist. After all, if you get to a layman, you can thoroughly ruin the whole image.
California highlighting is able to emphasize the native dark hair color, making it brighter and more saturated. And in another embodiment, it can lighten the middle and ends of the hair, and leave the roots and parietal zone in a dark color.
How is California highlighting
- The master prepares the necessary tools: combs with long teeth, hairpins, gloves and of course the coloring compound itself. It is not uncommon that masters also use a thickener so that the composition does not spread over strands.
- After that, he washes his head and practically dries it, leaving his hair barely wet.
- Then the master divides the hair into strands and proceeds to dye. Usually he makes an indent from the hair roots 3-4 cm.
- The master quickly distributes the paint without using foil, as well as thermal paper.
- When the composition completely covers the desired strands, the master leaves the paint for 20-30 minutes, and then rinses it off with warm water.
- After the hair is dried and styling is done at the request of the client.
