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    Posted: January 03 2006 at 12:25am
i am really interested in highlighting and i was wondering if anyone can explain to me the different techniques of highlighting such as weaving, slicing, ribboning, etc? also has anyone heard of putting chamomile tea in hair to create highlights? if anyone could help me with either of these questions i would be very thankful. thanks so much.
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I have highlights in pomegranate on my jet black hair.  My highlights are done by bleaching my hair a few levels and then applying semipermanent color with a glazing for shine.  Highlights are less damaging to the hair than permanent color.  I have never heard of splicing nor ribboning, but I have hear of tipping of wear highlights are done at the tips of the hair.  There is another form of highlighting wear foil is used to create different variations in the highlights.
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The only two 'types' of highlights and lowlights I have had are with a cap and with foil. I've never heard of what you are mentioning in regards to techniques. I would assume 'weaving' is as close as I could come to knowing what my pro did. When using foil on each section she takes a rat tail comb and separates in a 'basket weave' type motion, puts the foil in between the two layers she has made and applies the color. The result is an 'every other' type of section for the color. I've also used 'chunkier' as a description which ends up with larger sections of color.

Made sense after I found this about weaving.... http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/magazines/AllWoman/html/20041 213T010000-0500_71326_OBS_SHIMMER_AND_SHINE_AFTER_FOIL_HIGHL IGHTS_.asp

I've never heard of using chamomile tea. Interesting.
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I've got a feeling, just by the word itself, that slicing is where they take chunks of hair all over and highlight, and ribboning is where they thread it through a cap to make smaller, subtler lightlights al over.

I could easily be wrong, but that seems logical to me...
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Good to know~thanks!

 I had heard all these terms before and had NO CLUE what some of them meant!  LOL
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there are many different highlight technique.One which is popular with celeb stylists right now is called "Minking".Its where they put highlights under the top layer of hair so they peek through.Another is the spilled effect or starburst,where they put the highlight color over your base in a star design on the very top of your hair.

And I think the chamomile would brighten color.Seems like a good idea to me.It would be super subtle.



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do you know if the chamomile tea would work on previously colored hair or just virgin hair?
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