Wedding Hairstyles - Colouring your Hair
It is a woman’s prerogatives to change…..her hair colour! Whether it
is to make a subtle change or to pursue a drastic statement, hair
colouring is a large part of the beauty industry.
There is a wide array of hair colour choices available to women. Just
browse the local drugstore and you will find many different shades for
the woman with blonde, red, brunette and black hair. There are subtle
variations of each hue. In addition, there are bold colour choices such
as purple and hot pink.
Before colouring, a decision must be made to your level of commitment to
the maintenance of coloured hair. There are different levels of
colouring depending on the permanence of the solution. Most temporary
hair colours will wash out in a shampoo or two. Semi-permanent products
have longer results with colour lasting a couple of months. Finally,
permanent dyes will give even longer results but also have the nuisance
of needed touch-ups due to new hair growth. If you want to change the
hair color with permanent dyes, it can be tricky to put new hair colour
over already coloured hair.
The next determination is to choose the actual colour that you want.
Some women are looking to enhance their natural color by adding
highlights. Other women are trying to cover gray hair. Another woman
wants to totally change her appearance and know that hair colour is an
easy way to accomplish this. Some of the choices in hair colouring
include highlights, twilights, lowlights, veiling and chunking.
There are many techniques that a hairstylist will utilize when
colouring the hair. Highlights lighten and add shine. The most commonly
used highlight shades of gold, honey, amber and red are applied with
permanent hair color. Twilighting and adding lowlights are great
techniques that are very similar. They subtly lighten hair colour by
adding a few darker tones. Veiling enhances hair whose colour is flat by
applying a semi-permanent glaze in an appealing colour. Chunking works
by taking large sections of hair and adding semi-permanent colour. It is
a bold and dramatic look. For example, a woman with black hair can have
large sections of hair that are blonde.
With each technique, there is a hair colouring process. Weave caps
are used when highlighting, twilighting as well as lowlighting. The
stylist pull small strands through holes in the weave caps and colour is
applied. Another way to highlight is foiling. The stylist applies the
colour to a section and then folds a rectangular piece of foil around
the section. Foiling is favored by many because it is the application
that is closest to the root. The end result is a subtle colour with less
noticeable lines. For curly or wavy hair, baliage is recommended for
hair colouring. Specific areas are hand painted with color. It is
dramatic and very personalized.
After the hair is coloured, steps must be taken to preserve and
protect the hair. Use shampoo and conditioner made specifically for
coloured hair. Regular shampoos can remove color as well as strips
moisture from the hair. Deep conditioning is a must. It should be done
every two weeks to give moisture and shine to colour-treated hair.
Leave-in conditioners which contain sunscreens can also prevent colour
fading.
Hair colouring enhances the cut of the hair and complements the face.
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