How to use hair chalk: step-by-step instructions

Your growing fashionista has been asking for a long time dye her hair or at least one strand? Hair chalks are a great, safe solution for this. And my daughter is happy, and there is no harm to her hair. However, you can use them with her, because this summer season bright strands are back in fashion!

What kind of crayons are these and is their composition safe for hair?

Pink, blue or green streaks in your hair are not always appropriate, even if your age allows it, then at a university or at work, where there is sometimes a strict dress code, you can not only get a reprimand, but also gain a reputation as an irresponsible, frivolous employee.

But after work or on weekends, you can allow yourself to relax and experiment with your appearance: hair chalks are easily washed off after washing your hair with regular shampoo. And even without washing they stay on the hair for no more than a day.

Hair chalks usually come in the form of oil shadows - the most convenient option, or in the form of dry pastels - much cheaper than shadows, but very inconvenient to use, especially if you plan to use them with a child: the pastel crumbles when applied, spills from the hair onto clothes, hands and stains everything around.

The composition of such crayons is absolutely does not harm hair and the body as a whole. They are non-toxic, do not cause allergies and do not affect the hair structure in any way. Typically, hair chalks are made from coloring pigments of various colors; oil, usually linseed, is also added to the shade. In addition, high-quality crayons often contain nutrients for hair care.

• Wear protective gloves and cover your clothing.
• Comb your hair thoroughly.
• Separate the strand and moisten it a little with water from a spray bottle.
• Slowly run the chalk over this strand.
• Do this with all the necessary strands at your discretion.
• Blow dry your hair.
• Comb lightly, making sure that the paint does not crumble too much.
• Lightly spray the dyed strands with hairspray to set the dye.

How to achieve a highlighting effect with crayons

With the help of hair chalks you can not only color the locks on the face or all over the hair, but also to get a short-term effect of bright highlights and even ombre.

The principle of this coloring is exactly the same as described above. Just separate the thinner strands as often as possible. Continue this way until you have colored your entire head and secure the result with high-hold hairspray.

Color range of hair chalks: how to choose

As soon as hair chalks became very popular among young girls, their color range began to expand rapidly. Faced with such an abundance of colors, you can simply get confused and, when you come home from the store, be upset, realizing that you made a bad choice in favor of a shade that not only does not suit your color type, but is also almost invisible on your dark hair.

To avoid this, we decided to compile a small list of the most common shades that best suit dark and light hair.

For blondes, the range of colors is more extensive - any color will be visible on light hair, besides, bleached hair has a peculiar porous structure, thanks to which the coloring pigment is absorbed much better. But still the most interesting look:

• shades of purple;
• pink - from light to fuchsia;
• blue, mint shade;
• black - play with contrasts!

The choice of brunettes and brown-haired women is more limited, because dark crayon shades will hardly be visible on dark hair:

• blue;
• light blue, mint;
• light pink;
• lilac;
• green;
• white;
• gold.

Hair chalks HOT

Australian creative hairstylist Kevin Murphy often used ordinary artistic crayons in his work.  Despite the fact that they were washed out of the hair in a few hours, this idea, innovative at that time, very quickly began to gain popularity among his clients. This is how the Hot Huez brand appeared, which began producing hair chalks quite a long time ago, and, having captured the hearts of fashionistas in foreign countries, soon became very popular in the Russian market.

Hot Huez crayons are sold in a set of 4 colors: hot pink, blue, green and purple. The manufacturer hopes that the crayons can not only be used individually, but also combined colors, which will undoubtedly especially appeal to teenage girls. They are compact in size, making them easy to take with you.

Faberlic hair chalks

If Hot Huez crayons are small round “powder compacts,” then our domestic manufacturer of oxygen cosmetics and personal care products, Faberlic, produces hair crayons in a convenient package with a handle, thanks to which when using the crayons, you do not touch the dye with your fingers, it does not crumble, and the process is not only cleaner, but also more economical.

Although, unlike Hot Huez crayons, Faberlic does not sell its crayons as a set, but one at a time, which is why the price is slightly higher: if the average cost of a set of 4 Hot Huez crayons is 400-500 rubles, then Faberlic offers 1 crayons at a price of 199-249 rubles.