It’s a well-known fact that short hair is more difficult to style than long hair. However, whether you have short bobbed hair or a boyish bob, you can always use color to enhance your cut and create contrast and highlights. The trick is to know which coloring technique will work best for you.
The highlights are more contrasting than the balayage: they will give even more volume, relief and contrast to your hair. This technique consists of bleaching highlights that are wider than the balayage. The effect will be more visible and will therefore be suitable for those who wish to change their hair color without taking the step of complete coloring or bleaching.
As for the colors, the choice is wider, even if we obviously advise against blonde highlights on red or brown hair, which would create a contrast that is too strong and unnatural!
Why adopt highlights on short hair?
Generally speaking, highlights are preferred to balayage on short hair. Indeed, highlights are more visible and allow to create a contrast in your hair, which will give volume and movement to your short haircut.
The choice of color will depend on the effect you wish to obtain:
- To soften your face, choose lighter tones.
- To give intensity to your look, you should choose darker tones.
- The ideal is to choose a tone close to its natural color to give brightness to its hair and obtain a harmonious cut.
To achieve highlights on short hair, you can go to a hair salon or do it at home, with kits sold in stores. For the realization of the highlights at home, you will have the choice between 2 methods: the papillotes or the brush.
Now! Discover the best short hair ideas with highlights!
