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Highlighting, finger painting or streaking your hair is meant to add depth to
your hair and lighten up your overall look. The color must compliment your
natural hair color or the color with which your cover your hair fully. Choose
the color for highlight that is at least 2 shades lighter than the rest of your
hair to bring it to notice but do not go for colors more than 3 shades lighter
as it might actually give an odd contrast and look unnatural. Here are some tips
to keep in mind, while adding the highlights to your hair:
* Two days before coloring, wash your hair with a clarifying shampoo but never
use shampoo on the day, you want to color your hair.
* Never use hair color whose expiry date has already crossed and never store the
left away mixture for later use.
* For better natural looking results, use flat ½ and ¼ inch acrylic brushes,
easily available at all art supply stores.
* Use good pair of tight-fitting latex gloves while coloring your hair.
* It is advisable to start coloring hair from the back of the head to the front
side to avoid smearing the color in front accidentally.
* Only top layer of the hair needs to colored for highlighting.
* Finger painting is good for creating a subtle effect. You can simply do it by
wearing thin gloves and dipping four fingers of each hand in the bleach solution
and run them through the hair from the hairline to the back of your head. Leave
for the specified time, rinse, shampoo and condition your hair.
* Streaking is bolder and glossier and needs touch-up every six to eight weeks.
Half-head streaking is done by bleaching selected strands of hair and wrapping
them up in foil paper. They should be placed close to the hairline. Whole head
streaking gives a blonde effect and means that all your hairs are bleached and
colored. Here darker streaks are placed close to the hairline.
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