Intro to Highlighting Your Hair Like a Pro

Series Summary

Men and women have been coloring their hair since the beginning of time using chemicals, plants and pigments. In recent times, men and women dye their hair a variety of colors including everything from blonde to blue. Hair dye is made up of pigments (color) or bleaches. Depending on whether you are adding color to your hair or taking color away, the process of dying your hair can be lengthy and sometimes painful. Highlights and lowlights are accent colors that are added to specific sections of hair, as opposed to an “all-over” color that is applied to all the hair on the head. In this series of expert videos, you will learn more about coloring or dying hair. Watch as our expert explains the steps for preparing the hair for acceptance of the color or bleach. Also get tips on preparing the dye or hair color. Learn how to apply color or highlights to your hair. Get “do-it-yourself” tips from our hair color expert. Our expert hair stylist gives tips on adding highlights to the hair for both women and men. Learn how to use foils when applying highlights or hair color. Watch videos on subjects such as conditioning, washing, and blow-drying hair after adding color to it. You will be comfortable applying color to your own hair in no time after watching these instructional videos!

Video Transcript

"Hi! My name is Jan Cuni. I'm a professional hairstylist and hair colorist. I work for Plaza Salon in Paramus. I'm here on behalf of Expert Village. I have Rotem here. We're going to put some highlights on her. We're going to put some light caramel highlights. We're trying to blend in something to look very natural. I'm going to mix the lightener."