Sometimes you need to refresh the hair color or give them a slightly different shade. Serious changes do not require, you just need to make toning. This service is provided in salons and hairdressing salons, but its simplicity allows you to make hair toning at home.
Means for toning hair
Intensive and, accordingly, more durable toning is done with a special hair dye. It does not contain ammonia, so it does not hurt hair as much as ordinary paint.
Soft toning is achieved by using different, lighter in texture and less persistent means:
- shampoo for toning hair;
- toning spray;
- toning mousse;
- Foam for toning hair;
- toning balm.
If the procedure is carried out for the first time, it is better to use a sparing option. So it will be easier to determine the desired color and choose the most beneficial shades. In addition, soft tonic means are quickly washed off, which is useful in case of unsuccessful choice.
Toning hair at home
Toning should be done, clearly following the instructions to the purchased product. Also, remember several rules:
- carry out the procedure only with gloves;
- protect clothing from staining;
- toning agent to apply evenly and over the entire length of the hair, paying attention to the tips;
- to withstand no more than 20 minutes;
- rinse thoroughly without shampoo and balm.
Hair color
Dark hair. Tinting of natural dark hair should be done with a means that is not too different from the natural color. Brunettes are very chestnut and copper shades, they visually impart shine and volume to the hair.
It is interesting to look at selective toning, when several strands are stained. To do this, choose 3-4 shades, close to the natural color of the hair. Individual toned strands will be beneficial to harmonize with the natural color and give it a completely new look.
Blonde hair. Girls with blond hair can choose as very bold and bright colors for toning, and close to natural. There are combinations of several shades that pass into each other. This will create a stunning effect of iridescent hair and glare on strands.
Blondes often face the problem of the appearance of yellow hair, as well as their further tarnishing. Pastel toning of clarified hair will help with this cope. It gives the hair an ashy or pearly hue, neutralizing the yellow color.
Brown hair. Tinting blond hair in any shade is the most qualitative. Such hair is most susceptible to coloring, both in light and dark colors. Toning in red and red shades looks great on light brown hair, gives them a radiant copper shine.
Also recently, the combination of purple and burgundy came into vogue. The result is rather extravagant and suitable for bright personalities, but the resulting shade advantageously emphasizes the eyes and facial features.
Fashionable toning
The horizontal toning of long hair in 2013 was a real trend. The idea is to give the shade not to individual strands, but to wide horizontal lines along the entire length. Colors are selected very close to natural, to create the impression of iridescent healthy hair. The most fashionable is the effect of burnout of the tips in the sun. For this, starting from the shoulder level, the hair is colored in horizontal stripes in ever lighter shades, which smoothly pass into each other.