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Ruby Divine · Joined: 31 May 2007 Posts: 213

Ladies, do you have any advice.....I want to put some highlites in my hair (which is very curly) but can't afford to get it done at a hairdressers at the moment.
Has anybody used home highliting kits and if so what were the results like and was it easy to do? (Please take into account that I am a complete cackhanded fool when it comes to matters of hair styling etc!)

Acacia Sweet · Joined: 11 Apr 2008 Posts: 400 Location: Leeds

I once highlighted my hair using "smart highlights" which they used to stock at superdrug, I think they still do but I'm not sure. They had the option of foils or a highlighting cap and various colours. It was fairly easy too.

These days I have a more sophisticated home highlighting kit (my best bud). Three cheers for Jordan the hairdresser Laughing

Dorothy · Joined: 14 Mar 2007 Posts: 596 Location: London

i`ve used them before and they work ok-i like the little brushes you get with them ,i think they work better than these caps with holes in which i can never figure out.....avoid the L`oreal as i discovered the results never ever look like the packet( i ended up with orange and murky brown-yum!)
i was happy with Garnier -i got the one that just lightens your colour ( sorry for my vagueness Embarassed

) but what i do now is buy from websites like salondirect where you can buy the stuff that is used in the salons, the colours are much more natural but it is much stronger though than stuff you buy in boots tho so be careful! i know to my cost as half an hour was way too long ,eek! and I now have a white stripe....

generally i haven`t found it too difficult- best to start with only a few wisps -you can always add more later-and get someone to do the back for you otherwise like me you will end up with a patchwork effect...

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Miss Baby Bones · Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:04 am Post subject:

a cap really is the easiest way to highlight and not have a 'bleeding' effect where the bleach oozes out the top of the foils if you cant do your own very well

go for caps that are tight and rubbery, not the baggy plastic thats not good.

and just put up with the pain of pulling hair through! then you can just whack bleach all over the cap and hair strands rather ungracefully, and it doesnt matter
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Dorothy · Joined: 14 Mar 2007 Posts: 596 Location: London

ohh when i tried a rubbery cap half my hair came out when i took it off... Shocked

it was a bit like having an octopus on your head..

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Miss Baby Bones · Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 3:16 pm Post subject:

you need to take it off under running water, with tonnes of conditioner, very gently!

poor sausage!

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Ruby Divine · Joined: 31 May 2007 Posts: 213

Thanks for the tips everyone - will be brave and give it a go - fingers crossed! xx

Dorothy · Joined: 14 Mar 2007 Posts: 596 Location: London

agirlcalledpanda · Joined: 26 Apr 2008 Posts: 25 Location: Manchester

Have you tried any training academies? Toni & Guy charge £15 for a colour, takes an age but there are tutors around so it shouldn't go wrong.

Ruby Red · Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Posts: 110 Location: Portsmouth

Ruby Red · Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Posts: 110 Location: Portsmouth

ive done many a girlfriend full head of highlights (home kits)
i find jerome russel from superdrug or boots great! not too heavy on the pocket too!!
you can get his full heighlighting kits or peroxide or bleach it depends on the lift you want with the bleach as apposed to what % you need of peroxide mixed with it you usually get 30% or 40% ive not had a problem yet honey

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Ruby Rose · Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:56 pm Post subject:

Miss Bones is right. A cap is the best way ensure it is a good fit and close to the scalp, the best way to get the hair throught is to buy a small crochet hook. When the bleach is ready to come of rinse it off with the cap still on then press as much of the water of as possible and apply lots of conditioner then gently ease the cap of as this avoids damaging the hair.

Good luck.
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Ruby Divine · Joined: 31 May 2007 Posts: 213

Sorry for late reply - thanks for all the tips ladies, am ashamed to say my hair is still untinted, but am determined to get it sorted out soon! x