How to Apply Temporary Hair Makeup

Blue hair with silver streaks may not be your everyday look, but it can be great for a night out on the town.

Temporary hair makeup can be used to completely change your hair color for an evening, draw in stylish highlights in bold colors or as a combination of these two options. Excessive use of hair makeup can cause your hair to become matted and lose volume, so be careful when designing your look. It will stay with you until your next shower or shampoo. In this article, we will discuss how to apply temporary hair makeup.

Things You'll Need

• Hair dryer
• Spray-on hair color (optional)
• Colored hair mascara
• Hair brush
• Wall-mounted mirror

Instructions

How to Apply Temporary Hair Makeup.

1. Brush your hair thoroughly. Hair must be clean and tangle-free for hair makeup to look its best.

2. Style your hair as you wish. You will not be able to brush your hair extensively after you have applied the hair makeup, so if you wish to pull your hair up you need to do it now. Curling can wait until after the makeup is on the hair.

3. 

   Apply the all-over color by spraying the color on your hair. If you are wearing your hair up, then you will simply spray the top later of hair. However, if you wish to wear your hair down then you will need to lift the top layers of hair and spray underneath them before spraying the outer layer of hair. Use a mirror to make sure that you get all parts of your hair evenly.

4. 

   Streak in the hair mascara. Using the wand applicator, start at the top of a small section of hair and pull the hair mascara through your hair. It will leave a shiny highlight behind it.

5. Blow dry your hair lightly for 60 seconds. Skip this step if you are wearing your hair up. Blow drying will help set the makeup and make your hair fall more naturally. Be sure to use the lowest settings since hair makeup makes it hard to brush out tangles.

Tips & Warnings

• Bleached or platinum blond hair can soak up temporary hair colors and retain a tinge of the color permanently. Try out your hair makeup on a sample piece of hair before applying the makeup to your entire head if you bleach your hair or are naturally white-blond.