Highlighting at Home (Ques.2)
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Topic: Highlighting at Home (Ques.2)
Posted By: Unregistered Guest
Subject: Highlighting at Home (Ques.2)
Date Posted: June 08 2000 at 2:17pm
So does anyone know of any way to try highlights on medium to dark brown hair that is not permanent? Or do all highlight (golden) processes involve bleach?
All advice is welcome!
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Posted By: Happyblonde
Date Posted: June 09 2000 at 1:00pm
Besides hair mascaras, maybe there are some temporary colors that are blond that will show up that way for your haircolor. Other than these products, bleach or one step blonding kits (like Clairol's "Ultimate blonde")are the only two products that I know of that will create blonde highlights. If you're hair isn't that dark of brown, you might be able to try a regular colorant that doesn't state that it's a maximum blonding product. For example, you might be able to use a blonde color from the Clairol "Ultress" line that isn't the "Ultimate Blonde" products, but is a blonde color. A stylist should be able to tell if you're hair is able to be blonded that way. Then if you can, you can just highlight the strands that you want highighted with a highlighting brush. There are really skinny brushes like a pencil with just a few bristles and some that are wider and more traditional looking.
Happyblonde
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Posted By: Happyblonde
Date Posted: June 09 2000 at 1:19pm
Be sure that if you do use permanent color that you start using salon quality products. If you buy them from any other place than a salon you might be getting counterfeit.
Another choice is to go to a beauty supply store that caters to non-stylists, like "Sally Beauty Supply". The products there can be as high quality of products as salon products. Just don't go the drug store route.
Especially watch out for harsh detergents like "Sodium Lauryl Sulfate", "Ammonium Lauryl Sulfate", and "Ammonium Laureth Sulfate". "Sodium Laureth Sulfate" is a gentle detergent. This goes for any hair, colored or not colored. Permed or not permed, too. Also for any type of hair you should not use the silicone "Dimethicone" as it's not water soluble and you can get build up that can dry out your hair. You might not get too much build up if it's past the fifth ingredient on the label. However, I would avoid dimethicone as much as possible.
Happyblonde
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