Four types of highlights hide gray hair and rejuvenate

When you least expect it, it shows up in the middle of your hair a furtive hair torn between white and gray and that’s basically what you think… your first gray hair. You decide to ignore it, totally, an unnoticed pass among the rest of the hair. But little by little, new ones begin to appear, scattered over the moons. That’s all, there are only a few of them, so you decide to cut them because they told you that if you tear them up, more will come, vigilante. However, when they grow and reappear, you seem to always see them, reborn stoic and resplendent. With the passage of time, there are no longer a dozen, but several they lighten your hair and sneak to strategic points: the temples, the forehead, right in that swirl where your hair breaks out or the place where you tend to part. And now that?

At the moment there are several possible options ranging from let them grow naturally, dye the hair completely or the intermediate alternative: Embrace your gray hair by integrating it into your hair in a more or less subtle way -the degree is up to you- thanks highlights and reflections that will fill your hair with incredible nuances. This last option is the favorite of many women who prefer low-maintenance alternatives that pave the way for a transition to gray or white hair. Do you want to know what they are and why they are the favorite fuses of the celebrities with more than 40 and 50 years? We’ll show you.

Herringbone highlights, also known as “herringbone highlights,” allow you to naturally bring out your gray hair without having to hide it, instead choosing directly to strategically and carefully integrate it into your hair. “It consists of making amends sections in the hair that combine cold and warm tones and that integrates gray hair naturally. Thus we achieve brightness and soften the most pronounced gray hair, without hiding it but with a better color balance. We do not follow a fixed pattern when applying the technique, so we can take advantage of the nature of the reedwhich tends to appear scattered,” explains Charo García, director of Ilitia Beauty & Science, in Bizkaia.

Derived from the French word ball layer — meaning “sweep” – we could say that this technique “sweeps” the color through the hair, but this time we opt for the reverse version. As Charo García clarifies “here we change the order of the shades of the original balayage technique. Instead of going from dark to light, we work with lighter highlights in the root zone, which intensify as they reach the ends. The transition is very subtle, which integrates and hides the appearance of gray hair very well.”

A combination of shades that uses your gray hair as a starting point to create a colors rich and luxurious in nuances, loaded with radiant sparkles. Why oyster? ”In this delightful mollusk we find pearly, silver and platinum details that create a rich color and with ash, gold and beige details that, together with the dark base, make it even more special. The best is the combination of cold and warm reflections making it suit most complexions. Plus, it’s perfect for dark bases because there’s no need to start with white,” explains Manuel Mon of Oviedo’s Manuel Mon Estilistas.

Remember the money piece technique where two front strands framed the face to give light? Well, here’s the gray version and, in the case of short hair like model Erin O’Connor’s, applied all over the front to frame the face. ”For many women, gray hair has become a feature, so this hairstyle is ideal to accentuate it and use it to our advantage. This trend consists of frames the face with two gray locks, which give us personality and freshness. The trick is to keep the hair very well hydrated to avoid the rough texture that gray hair usually shows,” says the expert. So it’s important to get the best anti-aging products at home.