Hair toning. Photo, instruction for painting at home for light-haired, brunettes, red-haired, blondes

Many people choose hair tinting with dyes, mousses to give hair a uniform natural color and shine. The modern procedure allows you to achieve high results with minimal damage to the hair structure, which can be seen in the photo before and after dyeing.

Benefits of hair tinting

This is an unstable temporary hair coloring with products that do not contain ammonia.

The technology allows you to experiment with different colors and shades of hair without damaging their structure.

Toning is relevant in the following cases:

• change in shade (darkening, lightening).
• giving hair freshness and shine.
• color correction by 2-3 shades.
• get rid of gray hair.
• restore natural hair after highlighting and coloring.

Toning differs from dyeing in that the color, when applied, is fixed on the surface of the hair and does not penetrate inside. But, after 3-4 washes, the shade fades and is washed off.

Hair tinting (photos before and after dyeing can be seen later in the article) is divided into 3 main types:

1. Lung - used to select the main hair color, shade selection.
2. Sparing - for toning, sprays, tonics, shampoos are used, the complex of which includes vitamin groups. The result lasts no more than 30 days.
3. Intensive - performed mainly after staining, provides a full color change, shade adjustments. The resulting effect lasts at least 2-3 months.

Benefits of toning

Of the obvious advantages of the procedure, the following characteristics can be distinguished:

1. After toning, the border between natural and tinted colors is invisible.

   

2. Gentle and safe treatment of hair.
3. Enriching hair with vitamin complexes, strengthening the structure.
4. Possibility to remove unpleasant shade of painting.
5. Creation of natural shine and brightness on the hair.

disadvantages

Undoubtedly, the procedure also has disadvantages:

1. It is impossible to radically change the style and color of the hair by 5-6 tones.
2. The fragility of painting, the need for frequent repetition of the procedure.

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Types of tinting agents

For light and gentle toning technology, 2 main types of products are used: cosmetic and natural (natural).

Among the cosmetic ones are:

1. Tinted shampoos, which will allow you to correct the tone, paint over the yellowness.To do this, use the products "Tonic", as well as "RoColor" with the effect of shine and laminated hair.
2. Moussesfor example, Igora provides not only an even shade, but also professional care. Mousse allows you to achieve a more lasting effect, is often used for painting gray hair, painting roots.

Natural colorants are distinguished:

1. Henna - allows you to add shine, remove reddishness, evenly distribute the shade on the hair.
2. Basma suitable for brunettes and brown-haired women, enriched with vitamins, often used as a strengthening and vitamin hair mask.

Hair tinting (before and after photos can be seen later in the article) for lightening or darkening by 1-2 tones based on natural ingredients allows you to use natural remedies.

These include:

• chamomile;
• Oak bark;
• Black tea;
• onion peel;
• sage;
• saffron.

You can change the shade with a decoction of the desired collection and the addition of citric acid.

Intensive tinting products

For intensive toning, colors are used with the addition of a slight "%" of ammonia, so that the effect is fixed for a long time. The result lasts for 2-3 months without changing the shine and shade.

To do this, use paint from "Londa Professional" with a unique technology and the addition of reflective particles. The color palette offers customers 42 basic colors. Also effective paint Casting Creme Gloss from L'Oreal, the line of which has 28 shades.

Shampoos with toning effect

Such shampoos are not used to radically change the image, they allow you to make adjustments by 1-2 tones.

Shampoos with toning effect do not color, but give natural or dyed hair depth and saturation. Means with special pigments in the composition allow you to remove gray hair, get rid of yellowness after staining. If you use shampoos after highlighting, the color will become 1 tone brighter, but after 2-3 times of washing your hair, the shade goes away.

To do this, use the following means:

1. Life Color from the Kapus company provides 5 basic shades (purple, brown, garnet red, copper, sand). The result is enough for 4-8 shampooing procedures.
2. Shampoo "Irida M" provides a wide variety of shades to choose from, from dark chestnut to pearl.

Balms for toning

Balms with a toning effect provide a more durable and bright effect. They are designed not only for color correction, but also as hair care products (moisturize and shine).

Balms can be concentrated (must be diluted) or ready-made solutions for use:

1. "Estel" produces 2 main toning series of products: "LOVE NUANCE" based on a keratin complex, "SOLO TON" is included in the composition of mango extract.
2. Concept from Fresh up has developed a separate series of toning products for light brown, dark, red hair. The composition includes additional flax oil, natural beeswax and much more to nourish hair.

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Foam or mousse tinting

Unstable sprays are used for tinting roots at home, highlighting individual strands, tips. This helps to find the perfect image and shade during experiments.

The products are washed off after 1-3 shampooing procedures, mousses and foams last up to 8 procedures.

They are convenient for independent use, because equipped with convenient dispensers:

1. Mousse "Igora Expert" offers over 16 natural colors to choose from.
2. Spray "BlondMe" - only 4 interesting shades: steel blue, jade, ice, strawberry. The product contains vitamins and keratides that enrich, nourish and strengthen hair.

Bio-remedies

Hair toning (before and after photos for comparison is easy to find on the Internet) based on natural dyes without ammonia does not harm the hair, does not dry the scalp.

These tools include:

1. The company "Estel" offers 2 series of tinting products "De Luxe Sense" and "Estel Celebrity". The advantages include a wide range of shades, as well as a nourishing and strengthening composition (avocado extract and olive oil).
2. A series of bio dyes "Igora ColorWorx" includes a bright, rich range of tones, including turquoise, lemon, lilac, etc.
3. Tint masks for painting individual curls "Cutrin".
4. Toning mascara of the "Joyous" or "StarGazer" series.
5. Crayons "Hot Huez" or "Hair Chalk" for short-term tinting of individual strands, highlighting.

Gentle tinting products

This toning technique involves the use of cosmetic products that do not contain ammonia and other harmful substances. But the result will not last more than a month.

The most common sparing agent is Color Sync from Matrix. The effect after toning lasts more than 20 shampooing procedures. Matrix Watercolors has a good reputation for being a concentrated solution that can be diluted.

Persistent remedies

Toning with persistent means is the most effective, because the effect will delight for more than 2-3 months.

In this case, persistent permanent paints are used, which allow you to change not only the depth of the shade, but also the color radically. Such agents include ammonia or ethanolamine, which have an adverse effect on the hair and scalp.

What are the criteria for choosing funds? (composition, color, hair length, etc.)

In order for the result from toning to meet the expectations as much as possible, it is necessary to carry out toning within the color range of the natural hair color. Otherwise, due to the intensity of the pigment, it can radically change the color of the hair and give it an undesirable artificial effect.

Each cosmetic company that produces hair toning products indicates the tone or undertones for packaging of dyes, foam, mousse.

The darker the natural or dyed color, the more difficult it is to pick up the color, so it is worth listening to the recommendations of experts:

1. To emphasize the dark hair color, use shades of mahogany or ruby, pomegranate.
2. If you use too dark shades of toner with dark hair irrationally, an unwanted green tint may appear.
3. To emphasize red hairs for blondes, warm golden shades are used.
4. Blondes with hair of dark and reddish shades should use colors of copper tones, close to bright red.
5. Platinum and silver toners will effectively paint over gray hair, give natural hair color depth, often used for ash hair.
6. Blondes should never use cosmetic products designed for brunettes; this will make the face look gloomy.
7. To add volume to the hair, you can mix 3 adjacent shades close to natural color.
8. If the curls were previously lightened, you need to choose a shade 1-2 tones lighter than the one indicated on the palette.

Features of toning natural and colored hair

Hair tinting (before and after photos on dyed and natural hair is shown below) is not difficult to perform.

It is important to evenly distribute the coloring pigment so that there are no uncolored areas, a yellow area.

To do this, it is important to follow the algorithm of actions:

1. An effective solution is to first discolor the curls, then re-tint with a similar color range. But there is a high risk of damage to the hair structure.
2. To remove yellowness from colored hair, it is better to choose a tinted shampoo or purple toner balm or tonic with a sandy, pearl shade.
3. To remove the border between the natural (regrown) color and the dyed, it is necessary to re-tint individual zones, choosing a paint of a darker color (1 tone darker).

Hair tinting and paint dilution rules

To get the desired shade of hair, it is better to go to the salon to experienced professionals. Carrying out such procedures yourself, you must follow the recommendations for preparing paint, purchase the necessary tools.

What tools to prepare in advance:

• tinting paint, shampoo, mousse;
• oxidizing agent (if paint is chosen);
• protective gloves (hands will not stain, there will be no damage);
• plastic bowl for diluting paint;
• brush;
• hairpins (to fix part of the hair);
• parting comb.

Important! When working with dyeing or toning hair, you cannot choose metal tools, bowls - they will oxidize in contact with paint.

How to prepare the dye mixture:

1. If you choose mousses for toning, ready-made toners, sprays do not need to be prepared. The finished composition is simply applied to the area to be painted.
2. When choosing two-component paints consisting of a pigment and an oxidizing agent, they must be mixed in a plastic container and carefully moved before application.

Recommend to strengthen the hair, give it a healthy shine, before the toning procedure, you need to make a vitamin mask... After staining, use a special balm to wash your hair.

Toning blondes

Hair tinting (before and after photos can be viewed further) for blondes and fair-haired girls is performed according to a strict sequence of actions:

1. Wash your hair thoroughly with shampoo.
2. Dry the curls slightly with a hairdryer.
3. Divide the entire hair into 4 equal parts, 2 parts each from the frontal zone in the dimple in the neck and horizontally 2 parts from ear to ear.
4. Working with one part, remove the rest and pin with hairpins so that they do not interfere. It is better to start working from the top.
5. Distribute part of the composition evenly over the hair. Initially apply the toner to the back of the head and gradually work towards the face.
6. Overgrown roots should be painted over last.
7. Do not wash off paint for 20-25 minutes.
8. Rinse hair thoroughly with warm, but not hot, water.
9. Rinse your hair with shampoo, apply a firming balm. Wash off after 10-25 minutes.
10. Blot hair with a towel, let it dry naturally.

To prevent coloring of the skin on the neck and behind the ears, on the forehead, temples, it is necessary to pre-treat these areas with a fat cream.

Brown hair toning

Girls with light, light brown and wheat hair are recommended to opt for warm, light shades of color.

It is better to choose a shade that is close in scale to the natural hair color, avoid overly bright, acidic tones.

It is strongly not recommended for blondes to use toners for brunettes and brown-haired women. Otherwise, the hair will turn gray, and even dirty.

Red hair toning

Unfortunately, with the help of tinting paint, red hair cannot be lightened, but it is quite possible to highlight the brightness and emphasize the naturalness of the color.

To create the brightness and richness of a reddish hue, you must use a colorless toner, applying it evenly over the entire length.

This achieves a lamination effect. You can not use natural pigments first, and then paint tint paints, shampoos. This can lead to unexpected, unfavorable results.

For red-haired girls, the following shades are better:

• amber;
• copper;
• bronze;
• ripe cherry;
• burgundy wine;
• salmon;
• chestnut.

Choosing too dark tint products, you need to know that they will age a little. If a girl has problem skin (acne, rash, acne), do not choose rich red tones. In this case, problem areas on the face will additionally stand out with hair color.

Toning brunettes

For dark hair, it is better to opt for light brown, copper shades, brown curls can be emphasized with red and eggplant toners.

Hair tinting to add volume, color gradient before and after photos on dark hair is easy to view on the net, for independent use. In this case, it is better to pre-lighten some strands.

Toning black hair

On black hair, having previously lightened several strands, you can create a warm shade, especially if the appearance belongs to the color type - winter (pale skin).

In this case, it is better to give preference to toners:

• cognac;
• caramel;
• gold;
• amber.

To emphasize the dark color, it is recommended to choose a coffee-chocolate shade, chestnut, mahogany shade.

For dark hair and white skin, it is good to use a silver shade, ash tones.

Toning gray hair

For coloring gray hair, giving depth of color to gray hair, the intensity of the pigment of the toner is selected depending on the desired color of natural curls.

It is strongly not recommended to use the following colors in this case:

• lilac;
• Violet;
• blue;
• blue.

They will only emphasize the woman's age, aggravate facial imperfections, and look ridiculous.

Toning for gray hair before and after photos will show which color is better to choose:

• ashen;
• pearl;
• pastel.

This color scheme will hide the gray hair that has appeared and help emphasize the overall tone of the hairstyle. Be sure to make sure that the product paints over gray hair by reading the instructions for it.

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Hair toning after highlighting

The use of toning technology after highlighting the strands will give them depth of color, highlight the colored strands. It is also a good solution for removing yellow hair after dyeing. Many manufacturers provide toners with a vitamin complex, this will help to strengthen the curls, give them strength after highlighting, discoloration.

Toning at the roots

For coloring the roots, it is recommended to use mousses or sprays. To do this, offer an effective product "Magic Retouch" from "L'Oreal", designed specifically for touch-up of regrown roots. It is better to tint the roots in the intervals between persistent staining.

Hair tip tinting

Tip tinting is used in techniques:

• Balayazh;
• "Sombre";
• "Ombre", etc.

Lightening the ends of the hair can be done with a special toner or supra:

1. For previously colored hair, if its shade is dark, it is necessary to apply supra.
2. For a slight lightening of the ends, 3-6% pigment oxide can be used.
3. For intensive toning of the ends, 9% oxide is used.

How long does the toning result last and what does the color fastness depend on?

Toner paint will stay on hair for 2-3 months, sprays and shampoos for no more than 2 weeks, sparing solutions for up to 4 weeks.

To maintain the result for a longer period, the following recommendations must be followed:

1. To wash your hair, use sulfate-free shampoos.
2. Do not use oils for masks and nourishment, they wash out the pigment.
3. Rinse hair after each wash with acidified water (for 1 liter of water 2 tsp vinegar).

Common beginner mistakes

Mistakes made during self-painting at home can lead to a short duration of staining, an ugly result:

1. The color of the paint does not exactly match the one on the package, so you should carefully study the color chart on the back wall of the package. To get the desired color, you need to choose a shade 1-2 tones lighter than the natural tone.
2. It is imperative to conduct a preliminary test for allergies, apply the diluted paint to the bend of the elbow 1-2 days before the main staining.
3. Before toning all hair, test on 1 or 2 strands to be sure.
4. When toning, be sure to use protective gloves, put a towel over your shoulders, take care of your eyes and skin of the face and neck.
5. Before coloring, do not use any additional cosmetics for hair, only simple shampoo, no conditioners, etc.
6. 2 days before toning, it is better not to wash or wet your hair at all, so the paint will lie better and more evenly.
7. But the hair must be clean (you must not wash it for a week!), Before dyeing the hair must be combed, remove knots and tangles.
8. Never use hair toner on eyebrows and eyelashes. Otherwise, eyelashes may crumble, and if paint gets into the eyes, medical attention is needed.
9. You cannot increase the dyeing time on your own, this can ruin the hair, the color will turn out completely unexpected, with green or yellow.

Pro tips: how to maintain the result after toning for a long time

Tinted, like dyed hair, needs systematic constant care to keep the coloring effect for a long time:

1. Use special hair cosmetics of the For Colored Hair series.
2. Do not drip shampoos, masks and balms containing sulfates, which wash out the color.
3. To protect tinted hair from destruction, use a hairdryer less often.
4. Apply touch-up toner at least once a month to maintain the desired color at all times.
5. Do not use metal combs for combing.
6. With frequent styling, use thermal protective sprays, masks with natural decoctions.
7. Protect hair from chlorine, direct sunlight and other aggressive factors.
8. Every 2 months visit a hairdresser and remove split ends.
9. When shampooing in the evening, do not blow dry, it is better to go to bed with wet hair.

Using the recommendations of professionals, toning of dark, light brown, red hair can be done independently, at home according to the photo instructions. Paying enough attention to your hair, the curls will delight you with a natural shine and beauty, not only before, but also after toning.

Article design: Oksana Grivina

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