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Highlight Hair At Home With Foils
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items For over 10 years I did blonde highlights at home in my dark brown hair! I find that this method saves so much money. Everything that you see here is used to do foil highlights. Plus, I have recommendations on aftercare and maintenance.
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These are all of the supplies needed to do your own foil highlights at home. This list is catered to dark brown hair wanting blonde higlights.
I prefer a salon bowl for mixing and measuring. Plus it makes your life easier at application time.
Professional Salon Hair Color Bowls
An applicator brush will be used to mix the products, as well as to apply the product to the hair.
12 Pack Hair Dye Brushes, Color Applicator
This is the only powder lightener that I've ever used, as recommended to me by a veteran Sally Beauty employee. It also comes in a bucket which is good value for your money if you want to commit to highlights long term.
Clairol Professional BW2+ Powder Lightener
30 volume developer was also recommended by the Sally Beauty employee to get me the shade that I wanted on my dark hair. This is the only brand that I used primarily because it's a good price and you can get a decent sized bottle.
30 Volume Creme Developer - Salon Care
I would use any hair foil. I also use the Reynold's Wrap sandwhich sheets from Dollar Tree and cut them in half!
Hair Foils for Stylists
You will need gloves as the bleach will burn your skin. Any rubber gloves will do.
Colorist Gloves | Salon Gloves
A rattail comb will help you to section, detangle, hold the foil in place, and fold the foils! It's a must-have.
Rat Tail Combs
Hair sectioning clips will make your life easier. I always held the extra sections of my hair back with them.
Professional Hair Clips & Grippers
Any blow dryer will do. The bleach is activated by heat and this will speed up the processing time. Use heat with caution. The diffuser attachment makes sliding the bonnet hair dryer on easier.
Hair Dryer
This bonnet easily attaches to any blow dryer to give you that salon effect at home! This is a great way to evenly apply heat to your processing hair. You can use it for other styling too.
Bonnet Hair Dryer
Once all of the foils are applied, I would put on a shower cap to hold everything in place for blow drying. You can also use a plastic shopping bag and secure it with a sectioning hair clip.
3 Pcs Waterproof Reusable Shower Caps
You will need something to protect your working surface and even your floor. If you don't want to buy salon towles, you can use old towels, newspapers, paper toweles, or even a plastic table cloth from the dollar store.
Bleach Shield® Bleach Safe Salon Towels
You will need a timer to track the processing of your hair. I figure you will use your phone, but I will include this timer just in case.
Kitchen Timer
Sometimes I used silicone hair ties instead of sectioning clips, or in addition to. These are better than traditional fabric in case you get bleach on them. They will clean easily. This is totally optional.
Silicone Hair Bands
You will need a mirror as you work. I'm all about Conair! I have two of their light up mirrors.
Mirrors
Aftercare
Here is everything that you need to make your hair feel amazing after highlighting, plus tone the color.
This is hands down the best leave-in deep conditioner that I've ever used! It's the only one that didn't leave my freshly bleached hair feeling like straw. I think it really does erase damage, and it smells good. Use this when washing out the bleach,...
Elvive Total Repair 5 Damage Erasing Balm - L'Oréal Paris
For natural brunettes with blonde highlights, you need a blue shampoo for toning. This one is my favorite! Use it to wash out the bleach, and use it each time that you wash your hair until you get the desired shade of blonde. Your highlights will loo...
Brass Off Shampoo: Neutralizes Brassy Tones
I'm including this one if you are a natural blonde doing highlights. You will need a purple shampoo.
So Silver Purple Shampoo for Blonde and Silver Hair
