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Lately we have discovered so many perfect hair trends for the summer that it is difficult for us to choose just one to bet on: new hair dyes, cuts and hairstyles that bring us headlong (pun intended), but to be clear. We have heard of the Deep cooper, an intense, warm and sensual redhead that has caught our attention; the Teasylights highlights, ideal for brightening brunettes; the light ash blonde, which is the blonde that will triumph the most next season, the easiest bob to maintain … But there is a trend that has us obsessed and that favors everyone a lot: hair contouring.
Surely you have heard of contouring because it is the favorite makeup technique of the famous. Its objective is to sculpt the facial features using only makeup, to enhance the features that we like the most about our face, and hide the least. And perhaps now you will ask yourself: "What does that have to do with my hair?" Friend, hair contouring has the same objective : to enhance certain areas of the face, and it achieves this thanks to the different tones and depths around the face.
This trend is succeeding on Instagram and we tell you everything you need to know about it. Ready?
Photo: @tashkokoblaqcoiffeur
Lately we have discovered so many perfect hair trends for the summer that it is difficult for us to choose just one to bet on: new hair dyes, cuts and hairstyles that bring us headlong (pun intended), but to be clear. We have heard of the Deep cooper, an intense, warm and sensual redhead that has caught our attention; the Teasylights highlights, ideal for brightening brunettes; the light ash blonde, which is the blonde that will triumph the most next season, the easiest bob to maintain … But there is a trend that has us obsessed and that favors everyone a lot: hair contouring.
Surely you have heard of contouring because it is the favorite makeup technique of the famous. Its objective is to sculpt the facial features using only makeup, to enhance the features that we like the most about our face, and hide the least. And perhaps now you will ask yourself: "What does that have to do with my hair?" Friend, hair contouring has the same objective : to enhance certain areas of the face, and it achieves this thanks to the different tones and depths around the face.
This trend is succeeding on Instagram and we tell you everything you need to know about it. Ready?
Boost your strengths with coloring
Boost your strengths with coloring
The hair contouring is to create an optical illusion of an oval face , the most armonioso-, playing with lights and shadows of the hair. Of course, always within the color that best suits you. It can be applied to both light hair and dark hair.
- Do you have a round face ? The hairdresser will illuminate the upper half of the mane with light tones and with darker ones up to the ends. It is important that the front strands are also lighter.
- If you have a square face , ask your stylist to play with a mixture of dark tones from the roots and add some very luminous highlights from the temples to the jaw.
- Do you have a triangular or heart-shaped face ? In this case, the lower half of the face will have to be illuminated. The goal is to reduce the contrast between the chin and the forehead.
- If you have a long face , go for a more natural (darker) root with lighter strands above the ear line to the tips.
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How is it different from balayage highlights?
How is it different from balayage highlights?
Hair contouring is inspired by the balayage technique (which aims to achieve a more blurred effect), but with the difference that the highlights are strategically placed to stylize the face and not to simply illuminate the hair.
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Be careful with the front locks
Be careful with the front locks
As for this hair trend, you should know that the locks close to the face are the ones that really matter (we could say that they are strategic areas). The dark tones are used to hide and the lighter and brighter tones to enhance the features. In this way, it is possible to highlight the look and lengthen a round face or stylize a more square face.
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Natural finish
Natural finish
Hair contouring is a trend with a natural finish , so it is important that there is not too much contrast between the highlights and the base tone. If what you want is to give an extra light to a brown hair, bet on more golden tones. Do you have brown hair? Go for copper or reddish highlights. And if you have blonde hair, the platinum locks will flatter you a lot.
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For medium hair
For medium hair
If you think that this technique especially favors girls with very long hair (because it has more application path), you are wrong. You can also wear it if you have a half hair.
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And the hairstyle?
And the hairstyle?
As for hairstyles, the ones that most enhance the effect of hair contouring are waves. Both soft, and more marked and with volume, almost disheveled. The more natural, the better!
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