Blue and light blue hair color [shades and dyeing techniques]

Fashionable blue hair color: who will it suit?

Bright coloring is fashionable and stylish, but it doesn’t suit everyone. Blue and blue shades are a pleasant exception. According to the Spanish expert at L'Oréal Professionnel, Patricia Robel , the secret to the popularity of this type of coloring is wearability. “Denim is like salt, you can add it to everything,” this famous saying of model, writer and fashion expert Inès de la Fressange applies to denim dyeing. “Denim goes with almost any color. Delicate and barely noticeable or bright, catching the eye - blue and dark blue hair suits a lot of people,” notes Patricia . And especially blue-eyed blondes, fair-haired with dark eyes and burning brunettes.

According to Patricia , blue shades of hair are appropriate in any situation. “Properly combining color with clothing, style and furnishings, it can be safely used both as a bright accent for a strict business look and as a way to stand out at a party. “Boldly” is the key concept here: to wear such shades, you must, of course, have a certain courage.”

For whom is this taboo?

Blue and dark blue tones have virtually no restrictions. However, red-haired girls should treat them with caution: blue can make them look more faded. Another no is if the skin has an uneven tone and a lot of imperfections, in which case blue will draw attention to them. Finally, the third taboo is congenital blueness under the eyes: blue and blue tones will make the face visually even more tired.

#1 - How to do lightening?

Bright dye will not work on dark hair, and if you are blonde, you must definitely remove the yellowness. If your hair has been previously dyed, we buy shampoo to neutralize yellowness and a lightener, and if you have a natural color, a lightener will be enough. You also need to choose a lightener based on its composition; if you have burnt or thin hair, it may even “burn” and in the future you will collect your blue hair all over the bathroom. It’s better not to waste money and go to the salon so that the specialist himself selects the right product. A hairdresser can offer you lightening in two stages and believe me, this is not out of greed. It's just that for some hair this is the only safe way to lighten hair to the desired tone. Let us repeat once again, the better the hair lightening is done, the better the blue dye will apply.

After bleaching, give your hair a rest for a few days and at this time start choosing a dye.

What to consider when choosing your blue shade?

The first thing you should worry about if you decide to dye your hair blue is finding a competent expert. Based on your personal style and physical characteristics, an experienced specialist will help you choose the shade of blue that will suit you. “Just like jeans have a huge number of shades, blue hair has dozens of variations,” notes Patricia Robel. — When choosing a color, the stylist takes into account the shade of your eyes, face shape and skin color. For example, for blondes with light hair and eyes, light blue shades that turn greenish are suitable. For dark-haired and brown-haired women - blue shades of coloring with a silver undertone.”

Highlighting on a bob according to its types

Each type of bob, complemented by highlighting, looks individual and special.

A classic bob is an ideal base for traditional (frequent or rare) and feather highlighting.

For an elongated square

An elongated square for highlighting is like an unplowed field, opening up wide scope for imagination. The techniques “Balayage”, Peek-a-Boo, Two-tone, “Mazhicontrast” and highlighting individual zones (partial) look great on it.

On a bob with bangs

By highlighting a bob with bangs, you can color the strands all over your head or highlight just the bangs, which is very important for the oblique variety.

Absolutely any technique is suitable for the Bob-Bob, but the Veil looks the most ideal.

On a square on a leg

When choosing a technique for a bob on a leg, stylists recommend giving preference to frequent, zonal or low-contrast highlighting.

On a graduated square

Most highlighting techniques look harmonious on a graduated bob, but only if they do not imply the presence of clear straight lines in the coloring of the strands, for example, like “Feathers”.

On an asymmetrical square

Highlighting can make an asymmetrical bob even more original and interesting, but the wrong technique can also ruin the haircut and make it look ridiculous. Therefore, it is not recommended to highlight such a bob at home, but only in a salon with an experienced professional.

What are the shades of blue and light blue?

Pale cornflower blue, heavenly, sea green or aquamarine - blue and cyan have about fifty shades. Here are a few of the most popular this season.

Light blue hair

The ideal solution for blondes with light hair.

Blue with greenish undertones

An important advantage of dyeing aqua and turquoise is the ability to visually rejuvenate, so it can be recommended after thirty.

Gray-blue hair

A stylish solution for those with gray or light blue eyes and fair skin.

Ash blue

Another noble shade that looks good both in full color format and as highlighting or contouring. Good for both light and dark hair.

Blue and blue with silver undertones

Suitable for dark-haired girls, both brown-haired and brunettes.

Blue or blue highlighting

The optimal choice for those who want to try a new trend, but are not yet ready for full-color dyeing.

How to dye your hair blue to make it truly beautiful?

You can apply different color variations:

All hair is completely repainted by radicals who are determined to change their appearance.

Individual strands are tinted by those who want to add a little newness to the image. Black-blue hair or white-blue hair does not cause such indignant exclamations from others, but allows its owner to feel stylish and renewed.

Blue tips are chosen by girls with long hair.

Short blue ombre hair is characterized by a smooth transition of color to a more saturated one.

Pink-blue hair is for those who are not afraid to be too bright.

Blue and cyan dyeing techniques

Do blue highlights or balayage, completely dye your hair blue, or touch only the ends or individual strands? Should you go for permanent coloring or limit yourself to a tinted shampoo? There are dozens of ways to try fashionable extreme romance for yourself. The main thing is to take into account the features of appearance. “Your stylist can add personality to your look and play with color intensity,” notes Patricia Robel . - For example, mix several different shades to create the impression of faded coloring and regrown roots. To highlight the shade of the eyes, the stylist can use a small amount of blue dye near the cheeks or simply turn to contouring, which can be used to highlight the profile or individual features of the face.”

Partial coloring techniques

You can get beautiful shades of blue yourself using tint sprays and balms. But for complex coloring, it is better to contact color specialists. Professional craftsmen will easily realize any extravagant ideas.

Kinds:

blue highlights - looks great on blond and black hair, a good option for a quick transformation without changing the main color, suitable for short haircuts and bobs on glossy straight hair;

ombre - blue-azure tips are suitable for ultra-long hair, for styling in Hollywood curls or a careless ponytail; combinations with the main ash, black, white, purple tone are popular;

highlighting individual wide strands is often used in avant-garde haircuts, coloring can include several shades from the blue palette, creating beautiful smooth transitions that emphasize the dynamism of the styling.

Blue paint: how to choose the best professional products?

Permanent coloring requires a professional approach, so it should only be done in a salon. If you are a fan of home treatments, pay attention to semi-permanent or tinted products with an ammonia-free structure. They will give your curls a bright shade, but will wash off naturally. According to Patricia Robel, this method is especially good for impulsive girls who love change and often try on new images.

Here are the paints SalonSecret experts recommend.

And for lovers of stylish retro, the palette includes a chic tone of faded denim - denim luxury in all its splendor.

City Beats, Redken

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The product not only gives the curls a bright, unusual shade, but also evens out the hair cuticle, making the curls take on an extremely well-groomed appearance.

Due to the fact that the paint is easily washed off on its own, you can try on new variations of blue coloring several times a season.

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Popular dyes - list and review

Let's look at the most popular hair products that you can buy in salons, cosmetics and online stores.

Estel Play and Estel Professional

The Estel company has been on the market of professional hair care products for a long time, so you don’t have to worry about the results you get. If you color according to the instructions, you will end up with bright shiny curls.

Estel Play:

The blue palette features Ultra mare, which helps achieve a bright blue tone;
The set contains lightening powder and a 6% oxidizer solution;
The color lasts for 4 weeks, after which it requires re-dying;
Price: 150-170 rub.

Estel Professional:

The product is available in the form of a cream-paint. The palette includes green, purple and blue shades;
Suitable for highlighting and coloring individual strands. After cream paint, tinted shampoo and balm are applied;
The tone lasts for 5-7 hair washing procedures;
Price: 300-320 rub.

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Awesome ColorScream

Awesome ColorScrea dye allows your hair not only to achieve a bright shade, but also to become healthier from the inside. The product contains no ammonia or oxidizing agent, so the hair stem structure is not damaged: the natural shine and softness of the hair is preserved, and the strands do not tangle after washing and are easy to comb.

The palette includes the shade Blue Margarita, which allows you to achieve a blue color, and Violet Fizz, which colors the strands purple;
Suitable for coloring in neon tones and highlighting several strands;
Price: 860 rub.

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L'Oreal Paris

L'Oreal Paris specializes in natural shades, so they do not have a blue palette of hair dyes. However, there is a blue tint spray and balm that provides a temporary tinting effect.

Palette shades: turquoise, blue and mint;
The toning effect lasts until the next shampoo;
The product does not penetrate the hair structure: it provides silkiness and natural shine;
Price: 290-300 rub.

Crazy Color

Crazy Color is a well-known brand, famous for its palette of bright tinting shampoos.

The blue palette includes shades: Sky Blue (sky blue), Bubblegum Blue (pearl blue), Capri Blue (bright blue) and Blue Jade (blue with a purple tint).
The shampoos do not contain sulfates and ammonia, so they are safe for curls.
The result lasts for several months, subject to regular use of shampoo;
Price: 700 rub.

Manic Panic

Manic Panic can boast of the durability and brightness of its paints. The only drawback of the product is that poorly bleached hair will take on a greenish tint.

Colors in the blue palette: Blue Moon (bright blue), Voodoo Blue (turquoise), Blue Still (pastel blue), Siren Song (ash blue), Shocking Blue (rich blue), Lie Locks (purple);
Price: 1200 rub.

Wella Color Touch

Wella Color Touch produces a tinted color that is free of ammonia and sulfates.

Shades of blue: blue-black, intense blue, lilac dawn;
Stays on hair for up to 3-4 weeks;
Price: 600 rub.

London Color

Londa Color is a brand of professional hair products that produces dyes in natural tones. For bright stylistic solutions, the company has tinting cream paints.

Shades: blue, light blue, mint;
Durability: up to 20 washes with shampoo;
Price: 500-550 rub.

Anthocyanin Second Edition Acid Color

In addition to coloring, the ammonia-free dye provides a lamination effect. The acids included in the product increase the longevity of the dye, the antiseptic prevents an allergic reaction, and the protein smoothes the hair and protects the strands from ultraviolet radiation.

The palette includes shades: blue-black, rich blue, sky blue.
Price: 700-1100 rub.

Trendy hair coloring ideas for short hair

Short hair is an ideal base for experiments with bright coloring. Both blue and blue shades are no exception.

Dark roots and blue coloring

Dark roots do not lose popularity in the new season. Brown-haired women and brunettes should combine this trend with blue, blue-green or indigo dyeing.

Light ends and blue coloring

A stylish solution for blondes and fair-haired women.

Ombre and bob or bob

A smooth transition from light ends to dark roots is traditional for classic bobs or bobs. However, in combination with blue and blue coloring, ombre looks very unusual.

Blue bangs

A few blue strands in your bangs are an excellent solution for those who like to experiment, but have not yet decided on a full-color format. Looks especially good combined with a pixie cut.

Blue "feathers"

A few blue strands will perfectly refresh any short haircut. An additional advantage of this solution: if desired, the colored curls can be pinned up, returning to a more restrained look.

What kind of hair can be dyed blue?

In general, of course, any hair can be dyed blue. The question is what will come of it.

Blue paint fits perfectly on natural blond and light brown color. Black or dark brown hair will have to be lightened before dyeing, otherwise the color will turn out dirty gray. The most difficult cases are brown and red hair. It is quite difficult to get rid of the yellow pigment, and if you do not remove it completely, then the hair color after dyeing will turn out not blue, but green.

Stylish coloring for medium and long hair

Long and medium hair does not leave much room for experimentation, so blue and light blue dyeing is a good way to spice up your usual look. Play with techniques and color intensity to find the look that's perfect for you.

Blue-blue highlighting

Depending on the intensity of the shades, it is suitable for both brunettes and blondes. Looks especially impressive on perfectly even straight strands.

Ombre

In fashion are both more traditional options - azure shades combined with ash and charcoal bronde - and more extreme versions: for example, horizontal blue-pink, blue-red or even rainbow ombre, in which the curls are painted in all the colors of the rainbow, gradually turning into each other.

Vertical two-color painting

The curls are divided in half with a middle parting, after which one half is dyed blue or light blue, and the second in a contrasting color, such as pink or red. Looks very impressive from the back. A bright and stylish option for owners of straight French bangs.

Colored tips

A couple of colored strands of blue and blue shades - and the usual styling again attracts attention. Looks good both on loose hair and in combination with all kinds of buns and braids.

Peculiarities

It is believed that highlighting is a more gentle technique than complete dyeing or highlighting, since only part of the hair is dyed. Selected strands are usually bleached and then tinted. Thanks to this sequence of actions, you can ensure a pure shade, create soft tints on your hair and visually add volume and density to your hair.

The peculiarity of highlighting on short strands is the use of fairly rich shades of light, as well as dark and colored tones, thanks to which you can create absolutely any image - from gentle and sweet to bold, daring and shocking. Highlighting on short strands is very easy to do - the paint spreads over them quite quickly, does not run off and does not leave gaps or streaks

By using thin or wide strands, you can visually change the volume of the mop and focus attention on such interesting details as:

asymmetrical areas (bangs and strands);
unusually treated area of the back of the head;
shaved temples or, on the contrary, elongated.

How to care for your hair during and after coloring?

To maintain healthy hair when dyeing, it is important, firstly, to follow the rules of technique. “This is very important for permanent blue and blue dyeing,” notes Patricia Robel. “After all, in the process of work we will be forced to first bleach all or part of the curls, and so that the hair does not suffer, this should be done with great care and only gradually.” Another well-proven way to maintain healthy hair is to combine coloring with additional salon treatments. Thus, Smartbond care from L'Oréal Professionnel helps strengthen the bonds inside the hair and strengthen the structure of the strands during bleaching and coloring. The result is soft hair and bright, shining shades without harming your curls.

Tips for home care for colored hair

In order for your new color to please you longer, you need to properly care for it at home after dyeing. Here's what our experts advise.

Always finish washing your hair with a cool water rinse.
Wash your hair a little less often than usual
. If you have bangs, you can wash them every day and the rest of your hair every few days. To hide the staleness of your curls, do braids, buns and other collected hairstyles more often. By the way, in combination with them, blue coloring looks very stylish.
If possible, avoid using straightening irons and curling irons..

What psychologists say about those who choose blue hair color

Blue color is preferred by people who really lack attention. According to psychologists, they have great creative potential and show strong individuality. They often feel like they are not understood. Such people are very worried about the imperfection of the world. Remember the clever Malvina, an actress who wanted to change the whole world and everyone individually for the better.

Blue hair color indicates good nature, creativity, slight naivety, capriciousness, unconventional thinking and disobedience to standards. Such people are impossible not to notice, but difficult to understand.

Both ordinary students and famous world-class stars began to dye their hair blue (pink, purple). Glossies are happy to show photos of updated celebrities in a bold look!

Blue streaks on light hair

To preserve the blue color for a long time, you need to let it set well in the hair texture. After dyeing with permanent dye or balm, the strands are dried with a hairdryer. The hot air opens the hair scales and the dye penetrates deeper. After the first coloring, it is not advisable to wash your hair for 3 days.

Blue color loses its saturation faster when exposed to high temperatures. When styling your hair with an iron or curling iron, be sure to use heat protection. You should wash your hair with warm water and rinse with cool water. In hot, sunny weather, hair should be hidden under a hat.

It is better to choose skincare products with pantheon and wheat extracts. These components nourish colored hair and maintain its color. As the strands fade, they will need to be touched up regularly. It is not recommended to refresh the color with balms if the strands have been dyed with persistent dyes. The pigments in these products can give an unpredictable reaction and give the hair a greenish tint.

Blue strands on dark hair add extravagance to the image and attract the attention of others. The main thing is to successfully choose a tone that matches your natural color.

You can see in the photo how different combinations of shades look.

If a girl wants to dye her hair light or dark purple, she should pay attention to the following important details:

dye tone;
curl length;
the hairstyle she wears most often.

Who does this shade suit:

There are no age restrictions for this type of coloring.
Girls with any hair type and length.
Women with different builds and body types.
Ladies with a Nordic appearance. Such girls are also called winter girls, for their fair skin and gray, blue or brown eyes.
For women with an autumn color type, it is better to choose lavender shades of hair dye.
With spring and summer color types of appearance.

Successful coloring is difficult to do on your own at home. It is best to contact a professional hairdresser who will not only select the right shade, but also create a beautiful hairstyle that emphasizes all the advantages of purple coloring.

If you don’t have the time, desire or money to use the services of a hairdresser, then you need to know the technique of coloring at home.

This video shows one of the ways to dye your hair purple at home.

Step-by-step instruction:

Prepare all tools.
Dilute the hair lightener in a separate container, following the manufacturer's instructions on the package.
Apply the product to your head and leave for the required time.
Wash off the active substance with shampoo.
Do not dry your hair completely. They must remain wet to apply the dye.
The coloring pigment is applied with a brush from the parting and along the entire length of the hair. The top of the head is painted first, followed by the temples, then the crown and the back of the head.
Leave the dye on the curls for a certain time.
To wash hair.

These include:

It is better to dry wet curls with a hairdryer in cool air mode or naturally.
After painting, you should refrain from going to the pool for a while.
Use only high-quality, proven hair care products, as strands that have undergone the lightening procedure become more weakened and more sensitive to adverse effects.
Before painting, it is better to trim off split ends.
During the first few weeks after dyeing, you need to make special nourishing hair masks to restore the damaged structure.

There is no need to be afraid of bright colors. These tips will help restore your hair and keep it alive and healthy after creating a stylish and fashionable look.

This video talks about several ways to care for damaged and colored hair.

The most current shade is rose gold

Oh, how beautiful red hair is that looks natural. Red hair color is all the rage this year, but shades range from stunning rose gold to deep red. The good news is that red hair suits almost everyone, you just need to choose the right shade. And you should not try it on yourself.

15 balayage ideas for red hair

Blondes should understand that blue strands on blond hair is an extreme beauty solution.

Who is suitable for colored strands in their hair?

Mostly extraordinary and courageous individuals prefer to dilute natural curls with multi-colored strands. Women with pale skin choose cool shades, while women with dark skin choose warm shades.