Ps. To give you an idea of what I want I have attached 2 pictures
Thank You
Amber
Thank you for the visuals it helps when I am trying to help figure out what one is looking for. There are hair coloring techniques especially created for curly or wave hair , I know I have a few in my bag of tricks. One of the challenges in my industry with coloring curly hair is that it is colored exactly like we would straight hair and to me this has always been wrong. The density is thicker, the way to grows out of the head and sits on the scalp is different so there for the best way I have found to color curly/wavy hair is by actually working with the curl or wavy in its natural state meaning simply picking up pieces. Majority of the time when I am highlighting curly hair I either do 2 back to back foils ( a term meaning 2 foils without any hair lift in between ) or a technique called Balayage , a free hand painting of pieces of hair.
There are more techniques out there and you need to talk to your stylist or colorist on what kind of options there are for your particular hair type. The visuals you sent seem to be more of a natural look with lighter ends so I would (keep in mind I have not seen your own hair) do some Balayage and then take a few pieces randomly throughout the hair and back-comb applying the lighter color on the ends , the back-combing prevents no lines , so once the hair that is back-combed meets the lighter pieces the results are like if you spent time on the beach. The most important point is you need to either talk to your stylist give him these suggestions or perhaps find a new one that understands that coloring curly hair is an art and not a straight forward foil highlight .
Great post and the way you have described coloring curly hair,
ReplyDeletewhen i hi-lite curly hair it always to me looks stripie, however the clients love them i'm going to try a few different way's now
ReplyDeleteit sounds like amber likes the almost grow-out highlight look, I would also do a few melting colors lighter on the ends to give her that effect
ReplyDeletethese are the post i love to read the most, very educational
ReplyDeleteI have curly hair and get highlights, I love them but hate them when my hair is blow dryed straight, something hairdressers should consider when coloring curly hair how can it look great both way's
ReplyDeletethis is whhat happens to me, clients will bring in a picture of wavey hair and their own hair is tight curls, which one is it people??????
ReplyDeleteGood point chicago lady , but the hair should look great either way
ReplyDeletespot on HCC , great post!
ReplyDeleteseems pretty straight forward, and the advice is awesome
ReplyDeletei am not a fan of curly hair with highlights , i feel curly hair looks better with all over color or glosses
ReplyDeletelove these posts,, full of info
ReplyDeletecan i just come and work with you ;=]
ReplyDeleteshe likes both of those visuals she sent you but one is wavey one is curly, would'nt that make a difference in the approach?
ReplyDeletei think she's using the visuals as just colour descriptions , love these post so much ty
ReplyDeletelove the post love the advice love you HCC!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteAmber look for a new stylist that is keeping themselfs up to date on new way's of coloring hair
ReplyDeletethis is easy to achieve, i agree with Silvia, find a new hairdresser
ReplyDeletegreat post and suggestions as always -]
ReplyDeleteI have sen you do this technique and I think it's genius! You may have done this on me when I had a perm...loved it!!!
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