Hair Care

Master At-Home Highlights With These Tricks

Coloring hair at home can be inexpensive and time saving, but also tricky, so follow these tips to avoid disaster

by Kristen Oldham Giordani

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Should You Use the Included Cap? If you have short hair or medium-length fine hair, you can attempt to use a cap. They are best for adding highlights all over though, so if that's not the look you're going for, or if your hair is thick or long, you should plan to either use a highlighting kit that comes with a special highlighting tool or if the tools seem too tricky, use a brush or finger paint (while wearing gloves) the streaks on, which O'Conner believes is the easiest way to apply highlights to your own hair.

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You can give yourself highlights or a color weave using foil, just like the salon. It's easy to get professional results, especially if you have a friend to help. There is a great photo tutorial on line at Poppy's Money Tree House

by Poppy Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at 02:02PM Report as inappropriate

i want to try this but am a little nerveous.

by lharrell80 Wednesday, August 29, 2012 at 11:30AM Report as inappropriate

I think im going to try this out~

by gaej19 Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at 02:40PM Report as inappropriate

The cap definitely works best on thin, short/medium hair. I've used it on my long, thick hair, but my hair gets super tangled. Finger painting is probably the easiest. Yeah, you'll get a little dye on the rest of your hair, but not enough for it to be a big deal if you're just doing subtle highlights.

by LipglossandSpandex Monday, April 18, 2011 at 08:30PM Report as inappropriate

where's garnier??

by Bon_Bon Sunday, February 20, 2011 at 06:05PM Report as inappropriate

whatever happened to sun-in?

by LittleBunny Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at 07:27PM Report as inappropriate