Color Effects Frost & Glow Highlights

Works great. Here is what I did. I bought foils like they use at the salon for highlights. I did teeny tiny sections at a time for a more subtle effect. I put a plastic bag on my head to keep the heat and moisture in. This stuff (shade: honey) lightened my medium brown hair perfectly. With the foils and leaving in a full hour, I had great results. No orange, just blonde. I love it. I've never used the cap so I can't comment on that.

I have a naturally medium brown that leans auburn in the sunlight, but I like to intensify the red. Before COVID, I would get my hair lightened and colored in the salon, because every at-home dye kit consult I had told me you can't really lighten hair with kits, just add color. Darn. Wanting to DIY and needing easy, I've been using Overtone and have been thrilled with the results, but now that it's been so long since the salon, my salon-lightened ends have grown out and the red looks less noticeable. Being an absolute beginner and too scared to bleach all over, I thought this highlighting kit might be a good way to dip my toes into hair lightening. I did a lot of research, watched Youtube tutorials to avoid frying it off , and decided on this kit to use for my first attempt. The first picture is my before color. I first did a strand test (second picture) and this is after about 40 minutes of processing time. I was pleased with the amount of lightening, so I decided to keep going. The kit comes with a plastic cap with printed holes on it. You can either use every hole for an all-over look, or every other one for a more scattered look. I decided on every other. There is a little hook included that you use to pull strands out through the cap, so that the hair underneath doesn't get lightened. Well, this is where I ran into trouble. My hair is REALLY fine, and I just could not get ANY hair hooked on that darn thing. I tried for probably half an hour until my husband took pity and said he'd give it a shot. Somehow he was better at it (maybe the angle is easier to get if you're not looking in a mirror? Or he used more pressure? Not sure), so I let him help me pull strands through all the circles. I might need to use tweezers or something next time. You may not have this issue though, if your hair isn't insanely fine and slippery. I recommend using a comb to lightly brush against the cap after and make sure you don't have any tangles or loops that didn't quite make it through. I used a combination of my gloved fingers and a hair paintbrush (don't know what they're really called) to coat the strands with the mixed solution. It went on pretty easily. Then I set a timer and put the included plastic cover over the top. I checked it every 10 minutes, and when it looked like it had processed to where I liked it, rinsed it out. I also did the shampoo and conditioner included, which helped make my hair feel a lot softer. Overall, I really like how it turned out! My hair actually looks ginger just from this kit alone. It looks very natural; my sister who is a natural redhead looks like this in the summer. I'll still probably add the Overtone Copper Kit to help blend it into the exact shade I like though. I'll come back and post the results of that after I do it. If you are going for more true blonde strands, you'll probably need to leave it on longer (a few strands on my bangs processed to yellow) or possibly do a second bleaching. A toner might make it less orange leaning. But this definitely gives a nice lightening effect on brown, and for someone who wanted to go to the coppery side anyway, it's perfect!

Beautiful colour

One of the best highlight kits with a cap covers grey well.

I did the highlights for my son and turned out amazing. First looked orange but after I use the purple shampoo and conditioner (which also came with the box ) the color was perfect! My son loved it!

I have had highlights most of the time since 1991. I have paid for them at salons who back then also pulled through a cap and I have paid $150 several times for foils. This kit plus Wella T19 toner and 10 volume developer as seen in my finished picture gives me very very similar results as I get paying for salon services. Be gentle with your hair when pulling it through so you don't break it. Get a metal hook if you can these kits use to come with it instead of plastic. The very smallest crochet needle also works. I pulled every hole sometimes twice to achieve this amount of highlights and I have ALWAYS waited the entire 60 minutes before rinsing. I'm the darkest shade of blond on the color chart at salons. Remember when checking to remove all bleach from the tiny test area and rub it dry with a towel because hair under bleach appears very different. I have never experienced damage just remember not to apply bleach to anything previously bleached unless you drastically adjust the amount of time you let it process. Almost everyone will end with a yellow blond after bleaching. Just find an after bleach toner you like to adjust the brassieness. Once your hair is lightened there's no need for additional lift so going with a 10 volume developer will work just fine. Dove and L'Oreal make some great bond building products you might want to consider for after care and definitely deep condition about once a week and a good purple shampoo with help keep the brass away. I hope this helps someone. Good luck!

Oh no it’s tragic!! I didn’t think it would go this light? I look like Elsa and there’s no going back… next time I’ll pay someone to do it.. if you just want some minimal coke highlights, pull little bits through every fourth hole.. also the plastic hook sucks!! I broke two of them and had to resort to a metal crochet hook… not worth the hassle… dye it all or get it done in a salon.

Works really well highlighting hair ar a great value.

Muy bueno y bonito color. El gancho para jalar el pelo del gorro si es muy malo.

I wash it after 1 hour, it gives me colour golden brown it didn't dry my hair and I will buy it again

Very good on fine hair!

After dying my hair, I look like my power level is over 9000.

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