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 crayons are a great, safe solution for this. And the daughter is happy, and no harm to her hair. However, you can use them together with her, because this summer season, bright strands are back in fashion!

What are these crayons and is their composition safe for hair

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

But after work or on weekends, you can afford to relax and experiment with your appearance: hair crayons 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 crayons are usually 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 your child: when applied, the pastel crumbles, falls 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, non-allergenic and have no effect on the hair structure. Usually, hair crayons are made from a dyeing pigment of various colors; oil, more often linseed oil, is also added in the shade. Quality crayons, in addition to this, often contain nutrients for hair care.

• Wear protective gloves and cover your clothing.
• Comb your hair thoroughly.
• Separate the lock and slightly moisten it with water from a spray bottle.
• Slowly run the chalk along this strand.
• Do this with all the necessary strands at your discretion.
• Blow dry your hair.
• Comb lightly, make sure that the paint does not peel too much.
• Spray the colored strands lightly with hairspray to set the color in.

How to achieve a highlighting effect with crayons

With the help of hair crayons, you can not only color the strands on the face or all of the hair, but also get a short-term effect of bright highlighting and even ombre.

The principle of such staining is exactly the same as described above. Just separate the finer strands as often as possible. Proceed in this way until you have colored the entire head and secure the result with high hold hairspray.

Crayon colors for hair: how to choose

As soon as hair crayons became very popular among young girls, their color range began to grow rapidly. Faced with such an abundance of colors, you can simply get confused and, having come home from the store, be upset, realizing that you made the wrong choice in favor of a shade that not only does not fit 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 best suited for dark and blonde 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 they still look the most interesting:

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

The choice of brunettes and brown-haired women is more limited, because dark shades of crayons will almost not be visible on dark hair:

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

Hair crayons HOT

Australian creative hairstylist Kevin Murphy often used ordinary art crayons in his work. Despite the fact that they washed off the hair in a few hours, this innovative idea at that time very quickly began to gain popularity among his clients. This is how the Hot Huez brand appeared, which began producing hair crayons 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 expects that the crayons can not only be used individually, but also combine colors, which undoubtedly will especially appeal to teenage girls. They are compact in size making them easy to take with you.

Faberlik hair crayons

If Hot Huez crayons are small round "powder boxes", 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 crayon, you do not touch the dye with your fingers. does not crumble and the process is not only cleaner, but also more economical.

Although, unlike Hot Huez crayons, Faberlik sells his crayons not in 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 Faberlik offers 1 crayon at a price of 199-249 rubles.