Ombre for dark short hair. Photos before and after staining, how to do it at home

Ombre is a technique that has not gone out of fashion for over 10 years. It is performed on both dark and light hair and is suitable even for girls with a short bob. Ombre looks impressive not only in the photo, but also live - such coloring visually increases the density of hair and makes the complexion fresher. The technique can also be mastered at home.

Principles of the ombre technique

Classic ombre is a smooth gradient transition from dark to light. With the help of tools, the paint is distributed over the hair. There is also a reverse ombre, when a dark stretch is created on light hair. The lightened part of the hair can be left as is, or tinted with a different color.

Who is the hair type for?

The technique is applied to any length below the cheekbones. The longer the hair, the smoother the stretch should be. Techniques with highlighting individual strands are suitable for a square: balayazh, structural ombre, babylights. Due to the play of shadow and light, the effect of additional volume is created, therefore ombre is suitable for owners of small hair density.

The classic ombre with bleached stretch is suitable for hair from 1 to 8 tone levels. In the table for colorists, 1 tone indicates black, 8 - light blond (wheat, neutral and ash). On blond, the gradient is almost invisible.

Ombre for dark short hair (photos of the stars presented later in the article will help you choose the right technique) - universal coloring. It is suitable for fine and dense hair, straight and wavy. On curly girls, the ombre looks as natural as possible - the curl additionally masks the transition of colors.

Positive sides of ombre

The first advantage of the technique is that the dye does not affect the roots and therefore does not weaken the hair and does not harm the scalp. The second and most important plus - ombre does not require monthly "refreshing" of the roots, as in classic staining. You can update the gradient every 3-5 months. In this time interval, the regrown hair looks harmonious if the transition was made smoothly and with suitable shades.

Other positive aspects:

• Savings - no more than four staining procedures are required per year.
• Hair is less likely to come into contact with paint and is less injured.
• Ombre is a way to regrow natural hair color without completely dyeing it.

Ombre for dark short hair (photos for inspiration can be found later in the article) - this is a way to "try on" blond for those who do not suit blonde hair by color type. For example, brown-eyed dark-haired girls with dark skin. A radical blond from the roots will look unnatural and inappropriate, while a smooth transition to light ends will soften the appearance.

The coloring looks as natural as possible.With a contrast of 1-2 tones, the effect of burnt hair is present.

Negative sides

Ombre, like any coloring with lightening, damages both short and long hair. The amount of damage depends on their initial condition and the quality of the paint - expensive professional products are more delicate. However, absolutely any paint destroys the hair structure.

Lightening occurs due to a chemical reaction, as a result of which its own dark pigment is destroyed and washed out. In the photo of the hairs taken under a microscope, you can see their structure deformed by the dye.

In most cases, ombre is a smooth transition from dark roots to light tips. It is on the tips that the maximum load from the brightening agent falls. If they were originally dry and split, then after staining they can break off.

At what age does the ombre look harmonious?

Ombre for dark short hair, a photo of which is often published in fashion magazines, is a technique suitable for almost all women. At a young age, coloring will emphasize the health and density of hair.

In adulthood, you should be careful. If the natural color is medium blond and lighter, then with the help of an ombre with highlights, you can mask gray hair. If the natural shade of hair is below 7 tones, then the ombre will only emphasize gray hair.

How to choose the right shades for dark hair?

When choosing a shade of paint, you should focus on the original hair color. In professional slang, it is called "base".

Has the meaning:

• natural hair color;
• actual hair color;
• percentage of gray hair;
• whether it was stained with henna;
• Was there any previous paint remover.

For example, after lightening, natural light brown hair will have a shade with a red tint. Dyed light-haired can go into "green" - a gray-swamp hue. Gray or washed-off strands have a modified, more porous structure, and paint will fall on them differently. And on henna, paint may not work at all.

When buying an independent paint purchase, it is recommended to consult with the seller - employees of professional product stores are trained by manufacturers.

Mass market paints are sold as a set: coloring cream, oxide and gloves. Professional products must be purchased separately. Lightening paints start from 8 tones. The maximum tone level is 12. The paint number consists of two or three numbers. The first is the tone depth from 1 to 12. This number indicates how dark the color will get. The second is the color nuance.

This encoding is used to indicate the subtone of the shade:

• 0 - natural, neutral.
• 1 - ashy, with a blue / purple tint.
• 2 - green.
• 3 - yellow.
• 4 - copper.
• 5 - red.
• 6 - purple.
• 7 - red-brown.

Sometimes the number has a third digit - behind it there is an additional shade. It has the same decoding as the second digit. Oxides are 3, 6, 9 and 12%. The higher the percentage, the more the paint oxidizes and brightens. For coloring 2-3 tones lighter, 9% oxide is used. 3-5 tones - the most aggressive, 12%.

Which paints are best? Manufacturers, shade numbers and prices

There are 2 main segments of hair dyes:

• Mass market - inexpensive paints for home use sold in supermarkets and household chemicals stores.
• Professional - for use in salons.

Some brands cannot be purchased at retail - only masters of beauty salons can buy them.

Mass market brands offer ready-made kits for ombre staining. They include standard paint and oxide and a special comb. The L'oreal Paris Wild Ombres series includes 5 shades of different depths. In 2019, the product costs 550 rubles.

Other popular brightening paints suitable for ombre:

• Garnier Color Naturals.
• L'oreal Cream Gloss.
• Schwarzkopf Palette.
• Syoss.

Price: from 120 to 350 rubles.

Quality semi-professional brands include:

• Estel.
• Ollin.
• Kapous.
• Concept.
• Nexxt.

The cost of paint (70 ml) and oxide is from 200 to 500 rubles.

Professional brands:

• Wella.
• L'oreal professional.
• Indola.
• C: EHKO.

Price: from 750 rubles.

For dark and medium blond hair, dyes 8.0, 9.0 and oxide 9% are suitable. This is a universal option for lightening 2-3 tones (up to blonde). Ombre for dark short hair, a photo of which can often be seen in magazines and catalogs of dyes, can be done using paints No. 9.0 and 10.0 and oxide 12%. In this way, a transition from chestnut to blond can be achieved.

This is an aggressive color that can damage your hair. For a more gentle effect, you need a shade of 9.0 and 9% oxide. The chemical process of lightening dark hair most often occurs through red and yellow pigments, so paints with a cold undertone N.1 are useless - additional coloring with tinting paint is required.

Required inventory

For the procedure you will need:

• a container made of glass, ceramics or plastic (metal oxidizes paint);
• coloring cream and oxide;
• gloves;
• atomizer (spray for liquid);
• comb;
• clamps made of plastic or elastic;
• comb;
• brush for the "ombre" technique.

Additionally, you can prepare a greasy cream to protect the skin from dye and a stabilizer balm that stops chemical reactions on the hair.

Precautions

It is forbidden to leave the lightening dye on the hair for more than 50 minutes. If the resulting shade is not light enough, then the coloring composition was selected incorrectly. Increasing the exposure time will not correct the situation, but will only burn the hair.

Hair preparation

As before dyeing, it is recommended not to wash your hair for 1-2 days before the ombre. The sebum secreted on the scalp envelops the hair and protects it from the aggressive effects of the dye.

Preparation of paints

The paints are mixed in a shallow container just before application. Gradually, the mixture will begin to change color - this means that a chemical reaction has started. The more the color of the dye changes in the bowl, the worse the pigment will take on the hair.

Step-by-step ombre coloring for short dark hair

Universal ombre technique in stages:

• First, you should slightly dampen your hair with a spray bottle.
• Next, you need to make a straight center part.
• After that, you need to divide the hair into 4 sections: on each side of the head there should be 2 side tails tied at the level of the jaw.
• You need to mix the paint, according to the instructions in the instructions.
• Using a brush, apply paint to each ponytail, without going beyond the rubber band or clamp. First, those that are closer to the face. Then - closer to the back of the head.
• Wrap each tail with foil.
• Leave the paint for 25-35 minutes.
• Remove sheets and rinse hair thoroughly with water.

• It is necessary to repeat steps 4, 5, 6. This time the composition should be applied 2-5 cm above the elastic bands.
• Leave the paint for 10 minutes.
• Wash off the paint.
• Apply the remaining paint on 3-5 cm ends, leave for another 10 minutes, and then rinse.
• A stabilizing balm can be applied if desired.
• Next, you need to apply a regenerating mask for 10 minutes.
• At the end of the procedure, you need to rinse the product with water and dry your hair.

Then you can carry out toning.

Hair coloring with bangs

The bangs are affected only with the balayage technique. In this case, only its extreme strands are lightened - those at the temples. They must be selected using a special hairdressing hook in a checkerboard pattern. The bangs are dyed at the last stage, in 10 minutes to remove the dye from the rest of the hair. It is recommended to mix bang dye separately.

Ombre for dark blonde hair

Natural dark blond color is best for ombre. It is dark enough for the gradient to appear, but light enough that the shade does not come out green or red. On it, both silver and gold highlights look equally good.

It is better to lighten hair dyed in dark blond color in the salon. Unlike chestnut shades, when lightened, artificial light brown can show "green". It is masked only by coloring it in a darker tone.

Color staining

The specificity of colored ombre is the use of several dyes. The first is brightening, preparing a light base. The second is toning. The lighter the base, the clearer the color.

With dark hair, emerald, ruby, purple, pink, blue looks spectacular. It is recommended to tint the hair the next day of the lightening ambassador.

Ash ombre

Ash ombre suits dark and dark blonde hair. For this effect, you need to lighten the base to 9-10 tones. Next, it needs to be tinted with paint with the addition of direct pigment - a concentrated coloring agent. Ready-made gray paint is also suitable - this can be found in the same rulers as non-standard colors (green, pink, and so on).

Sombre

Sombre is a softer variation of ombre. The latter technique allows for great tonal contrasts - up to the transition from black to platinum blonde. With the "sombre" the difference between - no more than two tones.

The sombre technique is performed similarly to the classic ombre. The difference is in the dye. You will need paint 1-2 colors lighter than the base.

Ombre with a clear border

It is performed in the same way as the usual ombre, but with a large deviation from the roots - by 15-20 cm. The gradient is not stretched over the entire length of the hair, but by 5-7 cm. The remaining length is monochromatic.

Contour ombre

Performed along the hair cut. Most often it is a semicircle or wedge. Particular attention is paid to the strands around the face. Professionals call ombre-like "contouring" - the contrast of dark and light strands emphasizes the multi-layered haircut.

Ombre super natural

"Super Natural" does not apply to coloring techniques - it is a color scheme. It has a slight contrast between roots and tips, as well as slight golden highlights. Most often performed on medium-blond hair. At its core, "Super Natural" is a mixture of the Sombre and Babylight techniques.

Ombre Babylights

Babylights are also referred to as surfing dye. The style is similar to the Shatush technique, but the babylights are characterized by high-contrast light golden highlights. The result of dyeing is hair that looks like sunburned.

You can repeat it at home using a hairdressing hook. At the initial stages, the paint is distributed according to the ombre technique. Then, on the unpainted part, thin strands are randomly selected using a crochet hook and also covered with dye. Further, the staining and paint removal takes place according to the classical scheme.

Burgundy ombre

A spectacular option in wine tones. Most suitable for girls with black hair. Like most color dyes, burgundy requires a lightened base - at least 4 tones lighter than the roots. First, dyeing is performed using the classical ombre technique, and then the hair is tinted with a wine-colored paint.

The name must contain the words "wine", "burgundy", "bordeaux", "marsala" or "swallowtail". In a professional palette, such paint most often has a shade depth of 4 or 5 and a subtone of 5 or 6.

Decoding of paint numbers:

Caramel coloring

For dyeing in caramel colors, you need a "warm" shade of paint. These are levels 7 and 8 with a pronounced reddish undertone. If the "base" is not painted and has a dark or medium blond color, 7.4 or 8.4 and 9% oxide paint is sufficient. If the base is dark or colored, pre-clarification with 12% oxide will be required, and then toning.

Fiery red-red ombre

Red ombre looks especially good on black and dark brown hair. Saturated scarlet paint should be applied to the clarified ombre-blond - then the coloring will be "clean".You can find ready-made paint (most often - tone 5.5; 5.6), or purchase a mikston (direct-acting pigment) and mix it with a red dye.

What if the result did not meet expectations?

Inconsistency of the result with expectations is a frequent outcome of staining at home. In some cases, you can tame an unsuccessful shade with the help of little tricks, in others, only a radical repainting or washing will help.

Tint balms and shampoos can correct small blemishes in the shade:

• remove excessive yellowness;
• give golden highlights;
• increase the saturation of reds and wine tones.

If "green" appears on the hair, there is a chance to neutralize the chemical reaction with home remedies. For example, make a mask from tomato paste or aspirin solution. Acids neutralize the green tint - hair will turn golden.

Features of the care of colored strands

Lightening is an aggressive procedure. Hair with the removed pigment becomes more porous - voids appear in the shaft, and the scales become "fluffed". To keep the colored strands attractive for as long as possible, you will need daily care. Required products:

Mild shampoo

It cleans hair more gently and does not dry it out. The product is suitable for normal to dry scalp. With the oily type, the shampoo will not cope with dirt. A gentle shampoo variation - SLS-free product. These products use mild, delicate surfactants.

Nourishing mask

With regular use, it fills the hair shaft and smoothes the scales. As a result, the hair becomes thicker, smoother and shinier.

The mask should contain:

• hydrolyzed oils;
• lipid complex;
• keratin;
• collagen;
• proteins.

The mask can be used as a balm - apply for 2-5 minutes, or leave for half an hour under a shower cap.

The most important step is applying a leave-in care. These are serums, fluids, creams, sprays and oils that are applied before hair styling. Light liquid textures are responsible for moisturizing, dense and oily textures are responsible for protection from heat and mechanical damage.

Professional oils always contain silicones - they create a film on the surface of the hair that smoothes the scales and prevents moisture from evaporating. Also, silicone oils visually "glue" split ends, creating an even, tight cut.

If color toning is done over the ombre, you should get special shampoos and masks that preserve the coloring pigment. It is not recommended to use natural vegetable oils - they are good solvents and easily remove dye from hair.

How long does the ombre last?

Ombre with clarification is not washed off - it is cut off with scissors. Only tinting can be washed off - an additional pigment that gives a silvery, golden, red or purple hue. Colorists recommend renewing the bright color tone every 1-2 months. You can maintain the hue with toning shampoos and balms.

Ombre gained its popularity due to its natural look and visual increase in hair density. Highlights on dark hair accentuate the layering of both short and long cuts. Coloring "ombre" looks good live and in the photo, even if the roots have grown significantly.

Ombre staining video

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