How to Highlight Black Hair at Home
Highlights add something extra to a basic hair color. Those who have black hair may think that it is not possible to highlight their hair at home because the hair is so dark. However, this is entirely untrue. With the right highlighting tools, you will be able to achieve beautiful highlights on your black hair.
- Figure out what color highlight you would like. Golden brown and shades of red are both good highlight choices for black hair.
- Purchase an at-home highlighting kit. Revlon Frost&Glow Highlight Kit is affordable and has fairly good reviews. You can find these highlighting kits at various drugstores and beauty supply stores. If you are unable to find any highlighting kits in you area, you can purchase from Sally's Beauty Supply online.
- Purchase the color of dye that you want the highlights to be. You can choose any shade of color.
- Purchase a highlighting cap if the highlighting kit does not come with one. Most of the kits will come equipped with the highlighting cap.
- Brush your hair before putting the highlighting cap on. Make sure that you get out any knots.
- Put the highlighting cap on your head and gently tie it so that it will be secured.
- Take the hook and gently pull pieces of your hair through the holes on the highlighting cap. You can choose to pull the hair through as many holes as you would like to create the highlighting style of your choice.
- Apply the bleach provided in your highlighting kit to all of the strands of hair that you have pulled through the holes on the highlighting cap.
- Allow the bleach to sit on the hair for the recommended amount of time. After the amount of time has passed, thoroughly rinse the bleached hair out.
- Blow dry the highlighted hair, leaving your highlighting cap on.
- Apply the color dye onto the bleached strands of hair and allow the color to sit for the recommended amount of time.
- Rinse the hair out and use a color sealing conditioner.
- Remove the highlight cap and blow dry your hair. Enjoy professional looking highlights.