Highlighting and classic coloring have been replaced by a new trend in the beauty industry - hair bronding. It is distinguished by a smooth transition from one color to another. The roots or lower hair are dyed in the darkest color, and then, through a soft transition, the colors are distributed along the entire length. The curls are painted in lighter colors and resemble strands bleached by the sun. Rich shades give the face a youthful look and look relaxed and fresh.
Read about bronzing dark hair
When bronding, natural colors are used: light brown, light, red, dark and their shades. Each one is selected individually, taking into account the main color. After this method of coloring, the hair appears natural and light. An organic transition of colors will add visual volume to your hair.
Who is hair bronzing suitable for?
Bronzing can be done on both long hair, medium hair and even short hair reaching to the shoulders, thanks to its dye application technique. But still, you should not do this coloring on a very short haircut, the effect will not be the same.
As for the color of the hair, bronding is successfully done on dark, blond, and light brown hair. Even for red-haired girls and women, this bronde coloring is not contraindicated.
The coloring looks especially stylish and beautiful on long straight or slightly wavy hair without bangs.
Who is this procedure suitable for?
Nowadays, about a dozen types of armoring are used, however, not all of them can be applied to short haircuts. The choice of bronding technique should take into account some features of the structure of the hair and the format of the hairstyle itself.
The ideal option for bronding is undyed hair; in this case, the number of shades used will be small and the transitions between them will not be too noticeable.
Bronzing is well suited to the following types of haircuts: French, cap or bob, classic bob. But such a procedure is not recommended for haircuts such as “boyish” or “enthusiastic”.
Bronding will be a real salvation for those with thin or insufficiently voluminous hair, since the changed color of the strands will create the necessary illusion of volume. In this case, it is recommended to use lighter colors, since they, by reflecting more light, will create the necessary illusion of volume.
But for owners of hair that is too short (pixie hairstyle) or has excessively curly or curly locks, bronding is generally contraindicated, since the transitions from tone to tone will, at best, be almost imperceptible. On the other hand, on such hair the completely opposite effect can occur - an unsuccessfully placed contrasting strand will create the illusion of either dirty or gray strands.
And, most importantly, you should not use this procedure if you have any hair problems or diseases. First, you need to bring your hair to a healthy state, restore it, and then engage in hairdressing delights.
Bronzing for dark hair photo
If you need to bronze dark hair, then chocolate, chestnut, caramel, dark and medium brown, and honey shades are suitable. With this coloring, the natural dark hair color will change, but not dramatically.
Unlike highlighting, when bronding you will not see a clear separation of the colored strands; they will smoothly transition into one another.
Hollywood stars love this type of coloring and use it quite often, for example, Jennifer Lopez and Jennifer Aniston. Bronzing looks stunning on dark hair; before and after photos will clearly demonstrate the whole effect. Hair appears fuller and incredibly shiny.
This coloring is worth trying for those women who do not want to change their natural dark hair color too radically and often dye it.
There are cases when, in order to obtain the desired shade on dark “brond” hair, it is necessary to perform multi-stage bronzing. In this case, the widest palette of shades can be used.
Technique of the procedure
Performing bronzing on red hair is quite a difficult, but possible task. If you try, you can achieve a stunning result that will be the envy of all the people around you. Before you start the coloring procedure, learn a few tips, namely:
- Do not wash your hair before bronzing for 2-3 days. During this period of time, a fatty film forms on the hair, which will provide natural protection against the aggressive effects of dye components.
- Conduct a test for the presence of an allergic reaction of the body to the component composition of the paint. To do this, apply a little dye to the inside of your wrist and wait 10 minutes. If the skin turns red and an unpleasant itching begins, you should not carry out the procedure, you are allergic to the paint.
- Avoid the procedure if you have dry and brittle hair. To do this, it is recommended to strengthen and saturate them with vitamins and useful minerals by completing a course of nourishing masks and hair balms (on average, this procedure lasts about a month).
- Bronzing should not be done on red hair. If they were painted with henna or basma. These natural natural dyes react chemically with the components of the paint, and instead of the expected, natural shades, you get bright blue or green tones.
Bronzing for blonde hair photo
If you need to bronze blond or light brown hair, then wheat, light and medium brown, golden, and coffee shades will look great here.
Bronde coloring looks especially attractive on light hair. It helps to diversify your natural hair color by adding several warm shades.
In addition, bronzing is easier to do on light hair than on dark hair, and the palette of color shades is much larger. And the effect will be much better than with highlighting. Dyeing blonde hair in the bronde style looks expensive and stylish.
Photos before and after brond staining can be seen below.
Bronzing for different hair colors
The technique was invented for dark-haired young ladies, but blondes very quickly tried to turn this gift of stylists against their rivals, and, I must say, they succeeded. Following the blondes, fair-haired and red-haired adherents of experiments flocked to the masters' chairs. As a result, bronding has ceased to be the prerogative of only one, narrow group of natural brunettes.
Bronzing for dark and black hair
In order to carry out this procedure efficiently on black hair, the hairdresser has to work hard. The fact is that bronde still implies brown shades, and not the colors of a raven wing. Therefore, simply applying a light tone to natural black strands does not mean real bronzing.
The best solution is to use shades of dark chocolate, black coffee, dark chestnut, brown, and nut shades on dark hair.
Bronzing brown hair
Oddly enough, this type of coloring is most flattering for those with light brown hair. The master should select shades based on the client’s color type: from cool pearl and coffee with milk to warm wheat, amber, cappuccino.
Bronzing for blonde hair
Not everyone can understand blondes who want to turn into a bronde. However, this modification gives an excellent result - naturally light hair is not rich in shades, and the use of partial darkening gives it depth and volume. They flow, sway, look very alive and attractive. In this case, nature will also tell you the right direction in color temperature, which tones to choose - cold or warm.
Coloring for red hair
Often, interference with the natural color of a red-haired beauty’s hairstyle is opposed by the special shade of her facial skin. For most, it is light, delicate, and often has pigmentation. It can be very difficult to choose a color that would not add even more redness to the face or highlight the bright spots of freckles. Bronzing allows you to soften the harshness of changes, soft highlights on the hair will highlight the color of the iris, outline the eyebrows, and turn flaws into advantages. Beige light brown, walnut, chestnut colors - this is the range on which you need to play the magical music of transformation.
Brond coloring on light brown hair photo
Bronzing on light brown hair is often done with a glare effect. With this coloring, the curls seem very smooth, and the highlights add shine to them.
To perform such a color, it is better to find a highly qualified hairdresser.
Honey and cognac shades go well with light and dark brown hair.
Structure and color
Many girls with straight hair have wanted to have curls since childhood. It is for them that curlers, curling irons, and stylers were invented. And it is for them that bronding was invented, and this is the case when curliness is not a plus, but a minus.
Straight hair
The great advantage of straight strands is their flexibility and variability. They look equally beautiful both in a loose state and in a fancy hairstyle. Both short and long haircuts on them always give room for creativity and variation. Bronding amazingly revitalizes straight hair and presents it very advantageously.
Wavy hair
Owners of wavy curls - long and medium - can resort to this coloring technique, since the highlights are easier to place on them, and a professional can even make them work in the right direction: to provide lightness to the hairstyle or to add volume.
Curly hair, especially with a steep curl, most often has a porous structure and is difficult to dye with smooth color transitions. The result is unpredictable and 90% depends on the qualifications of the master.
How to deal with bangs when dyeing
Stylists do not recommend touching your bangs with a paint brush unless absolutely necessary. If the technique is performed on very dark hair, and undyed bangs create a noticeable dissonance with other strands in the hairstyle, light, literally hair-breadth, highlighting is allowed.
Types of hair bronzing
Hair coloring called bronding has several types:
- multi-tonal color scheme in brond style;
- brond coloring with ombre effect;
- bronzing dark hair with bright accents;
- brond with root deepening of color;
- glare armoring;
- bronde style dyeing in light colors;
- partial (zonal) booking;
- framing the outline of an ombre hairstyle;
- maximum natural coloring - brond;
- bronding with the effect of shades smoothly transitioning into each other.
To choose one of the types of hair armoring, you should take an individual look at what is most suitable in this case for a particular person.
Many hairdressers categorically do not recommend experimenting with hair bronzing at home, citing the fact that the result will be impossible to predict and difficult to correct. However, learning the basics of this technology is very useful.
Bronzing and hair length: beauty to the maximum
Long hair
Of course, this is the most desirable springboard for all sorts of experiments in the field of armoring. Long hair allows you to place color accents and get a completely different result in each new case. You can play with the depth of color, get the effect of highlights or a smooth wave of fluid color. Create an accent on the face by highlighting the strands, or volume on the head by darkening the roots and ends.
Average length
This length of hair is optimal for zonal booking. All other types of it are also easily achievable if the tips go down at least to the shoulders. A cascading haircut and the absence of torn strands will be an additional advantage for medium-length hair.
Bronzing for short hair
There are masters with special golden hands who manage to perform such a complex technique on a short Pixie or Gavroche length without losing its essence - highlights and color transitions. However, there are only a few such masters, and not everyone can afford the cost of original work. However, if the length of the strands reaches 10 cm, you can try. The most recommended technique is zonal armoring. The most suitable hairstyle would be a bob or bob.
Technique for bronzing hair at home
Due to the high cost of this service, not every woman can afford it by visiting a salon, so many want to try doing booking at home.
If you really want to look like a Hollywood star, you can reproduce the procedure for bronzing your hair at home. The main principle of the bronding technique is softness and naturalness, stretching of color, that is, one primary color should be perfectly combined with three neighboring colors that are close to it in gamut, smoothly transition into them, creating a unique shine and play of color.
First, you need to decide what type of bronding will look better - with the main light or dark color, and based on this, select three other shades. It is necessary to approach this issue thoroughly, without rushing. On average, the procedure takes from two to four hours, depending on the length and thickness of the hair.
In the store you need to choose 3 packages of paint of different colors, but preferably of the same brand and in a similar color scheme. Bronding does not allow sharp transitions or very contrasting colors, in which case the effect of this incredibly beautiful coloring will be lost.
The shades should be “neighboring”, in warm brownish-honey tones, because bronding, when literally deciphered, means “brown blond” (“blond” + “brown” = “brond”). It’s better to choose a high-quality paint from a well-proven brand, maybe not too expensive, but you shouldn’t save too much either. Look at which well-known brands have the widest range of shades; give preference to ammonia-free dyes, so your hair will be less damaged as a result of dyeing.
Bronzing hair at home is dyeing in several stages. You need to be extremely careful and attentive when dyeing your strands bronze. It is extremely important: you should not do the booking yourself, otherwise you risk getting an extremely unexpected result. It is better to invite, if not a hairdressing specialist, then at least a person who is well acquainted with coloring and the technique of highlighting or coloring.
The darkest shade of all will become the color of the roots, as well as some strands, that is, the “main tone”. After dyeing the roots, you need to divide all the hair into six equal parts: at the back of the head, at the temples, at the crown, in front. Each part needs to be armored separately: divided into several strands, and, stepping back 3-4 cm from the roots, painted in a different tone, medium in its saturation. The strands are not dyed to the ends; you need to leave another 3 - 5 cm for the third, lightest tone, which is applied immediately after the second. Dyed strands can be wrapped in foil, but this must be done so that the colors do not mix.
So you need to paint all six parts, and it is not at all necessary to maintain a clear order and identical proportions: in some places you can dye a longer strand, in others you can apply paint to a small area, some strands are better left completely untouched. This creates the necessary effect of chaos, distortion, naturalness, stretching and play of color.
For a more visual representation of the entire process of performing bronde painting at home, we recommend watching the following video material, then you will not have any difficulties.
Is it worth making a reservation?
The procedure has a number of advantages and disadvantages.
Advantages:
Naturalness.
When bronding blonde hair, the strands are lightened by only 1-2 tones, so there are no sharp transitions from one shade to another.
Does not require frequent touch-ups.
According to clients, after the procedure they do not visit the salon for 3-4 months. When bronding, the regrown roots do not look vulgar, the transitions of tones are smooth and natural.
Volume.
Due to the soft tints, the visual effect of a lush head of hair is achieved.
A gentle coloring option.
The strands are lightened (or darkened) by 1-2 tones, so there is no harsh effect of coloring pigments on the hair.
Bronding is fashionable and stylish.
This coloring technique has burst into fashion quite recently, but it is still worth paying tribute to the fact that many world stars have already resorted to such a unique technique.
Celebrities (Jennifer Lopez, Jennifer Aniston, Sarah Jessica Parker, many famous models) actively use the popular coloring technique.
Bronde benefits the skin and makes the face look fresher.
Flaws:
- in the absence of proper care, it damages the hair;
- the event is long. Takes 3-4 hours including restorative procedures;
- high cost of the service;
- not suitable for very dark curls.
The harm of bronding is minimized by following the rules for caring for colored hair:
- Do not use a hair dryer, straighteners or tongs for 2 weeks after the procedure. Exposure to high temperatures will negatively affect weakened hair;
- You should wash your hair with a professional shampoo for colored hair, lubricate the ends with balm and conditioner;
- use wax or modeling paste for styling;
- comb only dry hair, use a tool with sparse teeth;
- For two months, make night masks once a week. Before going to bed, apply a mixture of honey, olive oil and egg to your strands (leave until morning). The effect of the mask is noticeable after the first procedure.
How long does bronzing last on blonde hair?
The durability of the color depends on the quality of the materials and the professionalism of the hairdressers. The master must know the chemical intricacies of paints, tinting agents and be able to correctly combine shades.
The dyeing technology imitates natural tints and does not hide the roots, so after the procedure, clients visit the hairdresser once every 3-4 months. A competent specialist will advise you to biolaminate your hair after bronding so that the dye is “sealed” in the hair.
How much does booking cost?
The procedure is expensive due to the high cost of quality materials for coloring. The price for booking varies from 1.5 to 7 thousand rubles. depending on the location of the salon, hair length and degree of complexity. This does not include the cost of washing your hair or using a mask.
Do you want to know all the secrets of this coloring technique? Then watch the next video. A professional stylist will show you what to do with a clear example and give invaluable recommendations for booking.
Pros and cons of home booking
Of course, the main advantage of home booking is that its cost will be several times different from that of a salon booking. In addition, each of us can choose the paint and shades we like, without relying on the taste and imagination of hairdressers. You don’t have to pay extra for washing your hair, applying conditioner, drying and styling.
However, there are also disadvantages to bronding at home, since the result of coloring can be seriously disappointing, especially if the person doing it is far from the techniques of modern hairdressing and does not have the necessary experience. Therefore, for the first time, it is still better to put yourself in the hands of professionals who will perform brond staining with high quality and flawlessness. And after watching how they do it, you can successfully reproduce what you saw at home!
See the most fashionable coloring for long, medium and short hair in 2020 here.
Advantages and disadvantages
As already mentioned, booking is very popular, and here's why:
- It can be performed at any age.
- It is suitable for hairstyles of various lengths, except for ultra-short ones (such as “pixie”, “tom boy” and “dandy”).
- Makes hair color deep and expressive.
- Gives hair visual volume, natural shine and silkiness.
- Masks entire gray hairs or individual gray hairs.
- Helps gradually restore the natural color of the hair.
- It does not require frequent updating, since the root zone is not painted over, so its regrowth is imperceptible.
- Refreshes a person's face and corrects his features.
- Visually rejuvenates a person for several years, which is why it is so popular among older people.
- It does not cause severe damage to the hair, since less than half of it is dyed during bronding.
Among the undeniable advantages of this technique, it has several negative aspects, namely:
- It cannot be performed on very short hair (less than 10 cm), since it is impossible to create smooth transitions on it.
- It is very difficult to select the colors of paint compositions; many factors must be taken into account. Only a professional stylist or hairdresser can do this.
- Despite the fact that the procedure is gentle, compared to full coloring, it still causes damage to the health of the curls, so after it is carried out, you should undergo a recovery course (vitaminized masks + nourishing balms) for a month.
Photo of bronding staining. Before and after
To maintain the effect of the play of light and tints for a long time, you need to take care of your hair. Regular hair washing, even with the use of balms and conditioners, is no longer sufficient. Moreover, the shampoo should be intended specifically for colored hair - such products have additives that glue the hair scales, which prevents the pigment from being washed out.
The use of nourishing masks is not prohibited. Moreover, they should be applied before washing, and not after, when the hair is “closed” for the penetration of beneficial substances.
Science has not yet come up with a better way to add shine to hair than a regular solution of citric or acetic acid in mineral water. For a liter of water - a few granules of acid (until you get a pleasant sour taste) or a tablespoon of vinegar. Rinse, slowly pouring the solution over wet strands, do not rinse. Dry with a towel. Let it dry a little naturally, then you can start styling or blow-drying.
If you want the perfect shimmer of natural colors in your hair, visual volume and very fashionable coloring, then you need to do hair bronding, which is done by almost all Hollywood stars and not only. Hollywood hair coloring BROND (brown + blond) is bronding.
