I decided to dedicate the day to hair coloring! One trend I’d like to explore is two-toned hairstyles. This concept consists of one color on the top and another on the bottom. In most cases, I’ve seen the lighter color on top. I’ve actually experimented with this look and have gotten TONS of compliments. I’m thinking of going lighter and more drastic as my hair gets longer. Here are a few examples:

Beyonce

Keyshia Cole

Trisha (Real World)


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To accomplish this look, have your stylist part the hair in a horizontal line around the head and separate these halves into sections and clip them securely. This style of coloring usually uses a lighter color at the top of the head, with a darker color below, but can be colored any way you want.

The important thing is to apply color to the top of the head first. Carefully brush the color onto the hair starting in the center of the head and working your way outward. Be sure to keep laying the colored sections over the top of the head to prevent the color from getting on the lower half of the head. Once the top half has been colored, cover the hair with plastic wrap or a plastic cap and proceed to the lower half of the head and apply the second color in sections as you did with the top half. Allow the hair color to process (usually 20 minutes), then rinse the hair color thoroughly from the lower half of the head, and then remove the plastic and rinse the upper half. Dry the hair and style as desired.

Another method for achieving a similar look is to use foils to create thick, chunky streaks of color all along the top of the head. You can apply the foils’ color first then apply the secondary color to the rest of the hair outside the foils. Obviously, the more foils you use, the thicker the layer of color will be.

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