Can anyone help with at-home-highlights?

Question

Hey people!

I have the highlighting kit that you do at home and was wondering if anyone had any tips for the application.

I have naturally curly hair, but i straighten it most of the time, my hair is to my elbows and i want to know how many highlights to put on the top of my head, and in the middle section and underneath and how thick to make the highlights and how to space them out.

Any helpful suggestions would be much appreciated!! Thanks!!

I use a straightening iron

Answer 1

Hi, I highlight my hair all the time using an at home kit like you. The best way to do it is to select the pieces you want highlighted and hold them up off your head ( one piece at a time makes it easy) then comb your highlight from root to end. but if you want to underneath highlight start underneath first. then clip up the top layer of your hair then highlight that then let down the top layer than highlight that. Don't worry its super easy. Another helpful tip is if you have really really long hair like you said you mkight need 2 boxes of highlighting kits. oh and it also depends on how think you want it. if you want a natural look do skinny pieces of hair to highlight if you want it really bold do thicker pieces. Oh and if your going for the bold look have you highlights sit in your hair for an extra 5 mins. i hoped i helped you out :-) Good Luck!
ShopGirl
p.s. make sure you straighten your hair when your ready to highlighten it.

Answer 2

I recommend you completely straighten your hair and then use a highlighting cap or have someone help you with foils, and buy the salon foils. Using cooking aluminum foil can cause a chemical reaction, depending on the coating on the aluminum foil. This is going to be the only way you'll really achieve uniform highlights that will look "right" with your hair either straight or curly. Be careful if you use a highlighting cap as to not pull too much hair through and break your hair.

I don't know the condition of your scalp or what type of hair you have, but one thing I found really helped with at-home dying and highlighting was to avoid washing my hair 3-4 days before dying/highlighting. The oils in your scalp and on your hair help achieve a more uniform dye/highlight effect.

Don't cheap out and go with a cheaper product. Also avoid discount stores. If the dyes are old, it can have significant impact on the results.

Avoid the mascara style wands. I've never had good luck with those and was always pissed off with the results.

I also have to strongly suggest going to a salon to get it done, but if you decide to go ahead and do it at home, I hope these tips helped.

Answer 3

Do you straighten your hair mechanically (i.e., with a straightening iron) or do you do it chemically? That's going to make a difference in how your hair will respond to the highlighting. If you use a chemical straightener, the hair has already been damaged, and the highlighter will react much faster than if you had not used. Since you have long, curly hair, you might want to 'sprinkle' the straightener, so it hits randomly on the top of curls. But if you want to wear your hair straight, it should be highlighted from top to bottom to give a more natural look.
Good luck with it!

Answer 4

I would use a cap and pull your hair through, keep it on tight so that the color gets close to the root, but don't use all the holes. do every two holes, so the highlights stand out more.

Answer 5

If you have that much hair - and it's curly you should go to a salon. You would have problems doing an even job by yourself - not to mention the colors it might turn.

Answer 6

Get your hair professionally done your hair is too long to pull through a cap. It will cost even more that initially if you have to have a color correction

Answer 7

I agree with not going through with it. That stuff almost never turns out the way you want and really damages your hair more than a salon's product.

Answer 8

i wouldnt mess with that stuff it can really mess up ur hair & since you have curly hair i would recomend to get it done professionally