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2 Hair Highlighting Mistakes That Can Destroy Your Look

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Does your hair color seem bland or boring? If you don't like the idea of changing your overall hair color, but you want to add a little dimension, you might be thinking about adding a few highlights. Unfortunately, making any of these two hair highlighting mistakes can destroy your look:

1: Using DIY Highlighting Kits

If you are cost-conscious, you might balk at salon prices. After all, with permanent color costing an average of $83 per treatment, why wouldn't you try to create your own highlights? Although you might be tempted to avoid the salon, using a DIY highlighting kit could be a recipe for disaster—especially if you have never done it before. Here are a few reasons why:

  • Skin Tone: When you go to a professional salon, your stylist will start by discussing your color options. Although this might seem like a luxurious perk, this consultation is crucial to your hair-coloring success. Your stylist can recommend highlight shades that will complement the base color of your hair, your skin tone, and your eye color. Since stylists are also familiar with bottled colors and the end result they produce, they can also give you a better idea of what to expect when you are finished—instead of that guessing game you might endure in your own bathroom.
  • Highlight Placement: It might look easy to waive that highlight wand through your hair, but if you mess up you might be left with streaks, splotches, or even patches of obviously left-out hair. However, professional stylists can place highlights in the proper places so that your hair looks even and natural.
  • Color Progress: Professionals can also watch the progress of your colored hair to spot problems with the process. For example, if you are lightening your hair and the bleach is making your hair too light, your stylist might rinse out the color early. However, since it can be hard to spot the highlights on the back of your head, you might unintentionally over-process your locks.

Although professional salon services might seem more expensive at first, they can actually save you a lot of money down the road. Because your services are performed by a professional, you might not end up spending money on color corrections or hair masks to soften damaged hair. Also, since most professionals want their clients to be happy, they might repair any problems free of charge if you aren't happy with the result.

2: Lying About Your Hair History

After living with a bad DIY hair coloring job and repenting of your ways, you might be ready to visit a professional salon to have someone resurrect your hair. However, once that stylist starts asking you about previous hair treatments, you might shy away from the questions or evade the truth altogether. After all, since you have shampooed your hair several times since the incident, how relevant could that error in judgment be? 

Although it might seem inconsequential, lying about your hair history is never a good idea. New chemicals can interact with the chemical residues left on your hair from previous treatments, which can destroy your hair. For example, since chemical straightener and bleach interact, bleaching hair that has been chemically straightened could cause the individual hairs to melt—leaving you with embarrassing patches of missing hair.

Do yourself a favor and be honest with your stylist about your hair history. Mention any at-home hair treatments, including chemical deep conditioners and citrus-based lightening agents. You never know—it might save your hair from an untimely demise. 

By knowing how to avoid hair coloring disasters, you might be able to enjoy a new 'do—without dealing with an embarrassing hassle. 

For more information and tips, contact local hair salons, such as Hott Heads Salon.


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