For at home highlighters...

[Mortons]

Do you use the cap and hook method, or do you paint on your own highlights throughout as you please?

 

[Monigirl]

What I like to do is comb my hair into the style I usally wear and grab the hairs I want to highlight (by pulling them forward) and combing the rest of my hair back into a pony tail. Then I apply the lightner to those hair that are sticking out. I have tried the cap in the past and didn't like it because I didn't get highlights where I wanted.

 

[Mortons]

What I like to do is comb my hair into the style I usally wear and grab the hairs I want to highlight (by pulling them forward) and combing the rest of my hair back into a pony tail. Then I apply the lightner to those hair that are sticking out. I have tried the cap in the past and didn't like it because I didn't get highlights where I wanted.

The dye doesn't get onto the other hair in the ponytail?

 

[AsTheCurlzTurns]

I've done both previously in the past. I find coloring the strands as I go and then place some foil paper over it at the time as the best option. Using the cap and hook method was like some crazy person pulling on my hair trying to see if it's weave or not. UGH!! It was like trying to break my hair at the time, so I threw that thing off and went to painting individual strands.

ETA: And ohhh btw, using a cap, even if you put the color on that particular strand from that hole, it sometimes will seep through the cap onto other strands you had no intention of having colored. Thus, you'd have like a wide matted mess under there.

 

[Monigirl]

The dye doesn't get onto the other hair in the ponytail?

Nope it has never effected other hairs pulled back in my pony tail. When I reach the color I wanted on the strands (which is 4 to 5 mins with clairol frost kit on my hair) I pull down my pony tail and put my head under a sink and rinse vigouroulsy my newly highlighted strands along with the rest of my head. The highlighter cream takes 5 mins total to change my dry hair so I rinse/wash my hair really good. (When my hair is wet it doesn't highlight easliy) so the only time the highlight hair touch the pony tail hair is when it washing time (giving it no time to change any other strands around it.)

I wish I had a youtube video to show you what I do. Dang!!

 

[Monigirl]

ETA: And ohhh btw, using a cap, even if you put the color on that particular strand from that hole, it sometimes will seep through the cap onto other strands you had no intention of having colored. Thus, you'd have like a wide matted mess under there.[/quote]


Exactly!! You hit it right on the head. I hated when that happend!!!

 

[Mortons]

Thanks ladies. I decided I'm going to highlight my hair and I want to do it myself. I'm just trying to figure out the best technique

 

[Monigirl]

This is kind of what I do. But I wear a ponytail.
Hope this video helps.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1OW1v5zPfU