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    Posted: November 18 2002 at 7:55pm
I`m a dorm-room cosmetologist by all means :) but hey, I`ve yet to mess up TOO TOO badly on the "DIY dyes" (mostly because I jsut keep dying it dark brown or dark red and it`s pretty hard to mess that up :))

So anyway I`m bored with my now-medium brown hair and I want to streak it... I picked up Feria Colorstrands (the red streaking one) and I`m IFFY about using the "strander" comb on my short short hair...

Here`s the sitch- I had a short, spiky `do this summer and am in the process of growing it out... it`s about 4 inches long now (give or take) so if I want decent looking highlights, should I pull it through a cap or just be REALLY careful with the "strander" Feria gave me? I`m afraid I`ll look like a patchy skunk if I use the strander since my hair kind of piles on top of itself (damn layers)...

Anyway, I hope you all can offer some suggestions!
Thanks!
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Hmmm...I would use the cap to be safe. Good luck.
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come on guys, surely SOMEONE has had a bad experience with one or the other they`d like to share ;)
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I don`t have any experience with the comb but have used the cap method numerous times without any disasters (screaming or crying). I like it because you choose not only where to put the highlights but also the width of the strands. I have done freehand highlighting on fairly short hair (no cap - just put the highlights where I wanted) and that turned out nice too.

I`m usually a bit conservative with highlights - better to be asked to add more than "what have you done?" - and usually put most of the highlights along the part and around the face (like the sun would do). I have also timed the highlights so they were lightest at the front and not so light as they go toward the rear. Very nice effect.

Best of luck with your highlighting. ;)
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My stylist always use the cap. It allows you to pull out the streaks you want without it bleeding into other hair that you don`t want to be highlighted. The outcome is always satisfactory this way, in my opinion.
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