Modern techniques allow you to forget about your colorist for a couple of months, or even more.
Girls who dye their hair are faced with the problem that they need to refresh the color almost every month. This is especially true for ashy blondes, in whom the transition from natural to lightened color is quite quickly visible. In order not to worry about overgrown roots, the stylist told us which staining techniques grow beautifully and do not need frequent correction.
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– Only staining that does not have a clear border can grow beautifully, so all permanent stains disappear immediately. So, there are five options that grow beautifully and look great for up to 4 months.
The first option is semi-permanent tone-on-tone staining. If this is a dye that does not lighten, but simply makes the hair brighter, richer, then it will grow back imperceptibly. But again, it depends on the case: if a copper dye (even semi-permanent) is applied to the ash blond, the border will be visible quite clearly.
The second option is highlighting (“stretching” the color). With it, the hair is partially lightened, that is, only individual strands or sections of the hair are highlighted, in contrast to, for example, total dyeing in blond. After lightening, the hair can be tinted, and you can lighten only the colored part or the entire shock of curls.
The third option is balayazh. This is a dyeing technique that allows you to create the effect of burnt hair. From French balayage is translated as “sweep, revenge”. We apply paint and blend it with horizontal sweeping movements. The task is to make sure that there are no clear stripes. Your own hair color prevails here, the roots are practically not affected, just light accents are added (the effect of burnt hair).
The fourth option is shatush. This is lightening with a fleece. The strands are combed so that short hairs that have not grown to the main length are gone. The composition is then applied to the remaining hair. It turns out a very soft, smooth stretch of color from dark roots to light ends.
The fifth option – airtouch – is a highlighting technique that is similar in meaning to shatush. Here the master lifts the strands at an angle of 90 degrees and directs the hair dryer at them. Thin and short hairs are knocked out of the main mass under the flow of air, and a brightening composition is applied to the rest. Unlike shatusha, here you can get close to the very roots, since there is no “pillow” of fleece. Otherwise, they look identical.
But the ombre, which has been popular for more than 10 years, is already out of fashion, so we do not recommend asking the master to do this type of staining.