What is the difference between highlights, highlights and reflections? Know which technique to choose to lighten your hair

Coloring

Hair with highlights, lights and reflections end up lightening with sunlight (Photo: Instagram, @ninasandbech)

Hair with streaks, lights or reflections: find out how to choose the best option for your hair (photo: instagram, @rose_bertram)

Hair with highlights, highlights or reflections goes well with all hair types (Photo: instagram, @kassandracastillo_)

Blonde, honey, red and even fantasy-colored hair highlights the beauty of all the divas (Photo: Instagram, @dailiperez)

Hair with highlights, highlights and reflections needs special care (Photo: Instagram, @marenschia)

Hair with streaks, lights or reflections: which color to choose to change your look? As much as the doubt is very big, Fica Diva brought some tips to facilitate the process. After all, it's always a good option to lighten the wires using highlights, lights or reflections! In addition to making your look more modern, the coloring perfectly illuminates medium, dark and light brown hair, not forgetting the dark blonde. Before rushing to the salon to adhere to one of these results, it is worth knowing a little more about each technique. Check out!

Highlights are thin strands scattered through the hair

The highlights are the biggest success in any season of the year and are indicated for cats who are tired of having their hair in one color, but are still afraid to take on a radical change. They are made in very thin strands, pulled from the root to the ends, providing a super natural effect. Coloring is done with a few shades lighter, which are spread throughout the hair.

The reflection lightens without leaving marked tones

The reflection is the perfect technique for those who don't want to leave their hair with very marked tones. They are thicker strands than highlights, but they also do not radically change the color of the strands. The look gets brighter, but still in a subtle way. Tones can range from three to 4 to 5 tones.

Hair with highlights draw attention because they are thicker

Hair with highlights guarantee a more marked look than other techniques, therefore, they are perfect for those who want to attract attention with blonde without completely dyeing their hair. They can be done in several ways and you may already know some of them: the Californian one is one of the preferred methods of women and it lightens the ends of the hair. Ombré hair is a blonde gradient done from the middle of the head to the ends. It also has the famous 3D highlights, which are more discreet and use three different shades.

Mechs, lights and reflections can take on a yellowish look over time

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Divas who invest in highlights, lights or reflections should also be aware of the yellowish look that bleaching usually gains over time. If this happens, invest in a good shampoo to solve the problem during washing. Before applying it, you should pay close attention to how to use the package. The step by step is usually very similar for all brands, however, each manufacturer may have a different break time and it is very important to respect it. After all, those little minutes (more or less) with the product in the hair that will give a smooth, medium or super gray result on your strands. The ideal is to use purple shampoo only once a week.

Use the capillary schedule to take care of hair with highlights, highlights and reflections

Bleached hair needs extra attention as the strands end up becoming more fragile and prone to becoming elastic. Therefore, it is important to keep the capillary schedule always up to date with hydration, nutrition and reconstruction, as treatments help to restore the nutrients needed for capillary health. The tip is to use Niely's Miraculous Hydration mask with coconut water + aloe vera extract! And to save time, invest in the Bomb Conditioner: the little product that takes care of the hair in just 1 minute.