How to Section Hair When Foiling in Color

Adding highlights or creating multiple layers of color in your hair requires foiling. The foil stops dye from bleeding into another section of hair and simplifies the dyeing process. To foil the hair with color, you must work each hair section separately. The easiest method for building layers of color begins with separation of the hair and stacking layers from beneath. This method easily adapts to suit any style or layers of coloring.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Comb Hair clips Hair dye Foil

1. Part your hair at the part line you normally wear, whether in the middle or to one side. This provides you a clear vision of how the applied color will appear with your natural hairstyle.

2. 
   Separation of side front and rear sections

   Place your comb behind your left ear and comb the hair forward to create a vertical part line. This line separates the side-front section of hair from the rear section.

3. Place your comb behind the right ear and create the vertical part line. Your hair should now show three sections---front ride side, front left side, and rear.

4. Beginning with the side-front section of your choice, lift the top portion of hair that you will not dye with the underside. For example, if you're dyeing your hair blonde on top and brown beneath, lift the blonde section.

5. 
   Top portion clipped above underside

   Secure the top portion of hair to the top of your head with a hair clip. This leaves the underside of your hair exposed.

6. 
   Foil wrapped around underside of hair

   With the foil behind the underside of your hair, apply the dye and wrap the foil closed.

7. Repeat steps 4 through 6 with the rear and opposite side-front sections of hair.

8. 
   Top portion lying over foiled underside

   Remove the hair clip from the first section of hair, allowing the top portion of hair to lie over the foil.

9. Apply dye to the top portion of hair and wrap in foil.

10. Repeat Steps 8 and 9 with the rear and opposite side-front sections of hair.