How To Do Chunky Highlights
- Posted on 29 December, 2017
- Color Lace Wig
- By Anonymous
https://nvenn.com/chunkyhighlights
HIGHLIGHTS:
00:11 - intro
01:51 - SECTIONING pattern
02:13 - COLOR pattern
02:27 - dark VEIL to camouflage new growth
02:56 - start of foiling pattern
03:33 - how to start the BROWN color in between
04:18 - MIRROR the foils diagonally back
05:27 - the PINWHEEL top section
06:16 - how to create the pinwheel
06:50 - putting in the pinwheel FOILS
08:20 - dark color in between
08:58 - coloring the DARK ends
09:17 - foils and color ALL applied
09:31 - phase one COMPLETE: hair is washed and dried
10:55 - start DAY TWO
11:35 - identical section pattern
12:00 - front VEIL of dark
12:42 - foils all applied in the pinwheel pattern
13:03 - hair washed / PRE-TONER
13:34 - applying the toner
13:59 - TONER all applied
14:12 - FINAL look
14:57 - want a cheat sheet? https://nvenn.com/chunkyhighlights
like it or not...the 90s are making a comeback! though it’s hard to imagine anything beyond the beloved OMBRE, that style is nearing its 10 year point from its initial fashion forward appearance. within the next couple of years, we’re going to see a lot of CHUNKY HIGHLIGHTS coming back.
in this week’s video, we’re showing you the tips and techniques behind modern day chunky highlights, 2018 style!
Hello, everyone today is hair change day. I get to change my color. Finally, I know I'm lucky. I got to do my next last week, so, whether you like it or not, the 90s are coming back banging. What'S coming up, why? I guess you can tell them we are going to be doing chunky highlights. I know, okay of balayage and Andre guys, it's kind of it's on its last leg. We'Re gon na be doing a lot more of it still just because you know it's gon na. Take some time for change to happen, but when you think about it, I've been doing an ombre like I did a number eight years ago, even and that was when it was really like edgy and new. So today we're taking a step back into time and we're going into chunky lights. Yes, so stay tuned, we're gon na do a it's almost like regular highlights, but we're gon na do the 90s are coming back, but not the way they were done before because they were not really pretty before the 90s are coming back with a modern, pretty spin. So we're gon na be doing a very different soil placement. I think the colors decided her like as white of a blonde as we can get and a level three and I'm gon na, do it for four yeah and it's gon na. This is very important because, when you're doing chunky highlights you don't want it to look stripy, that's the key! You don't want it to look stripy, but you want those. You want to see those definite color pieces. White pieces dark pieces. So your foil pattern is very, very important mm-hmm and we all remember what we used to do that like in the nineties II, had that, like x-men here with the blonde right here or like stripes like this - that's not happening today, so stay tuned, you're back. Okay, so here we have her all sectioned out. We have a circle up top, so I'm just going to spin around heads like this. The circle touches the front of the head and then four quadrants, so the first section we're gon na start with is the back. Actually, because we want to bump the developer as we go up so with this back section here, we're going to do diagonal backwards parting and we're going to do three blondes to every okay. We'Re gon na do three slices of blonde to two slices of dark. What we're gon na do around the perimeter is put a very thin veil of dark because their natural is between a1 and a2. It'S almost the one which I know not many people have a natural one. Prayer is so starkly dark that you're really going to see that regrowth come through, so I'm going to start with a really thin foil, like this diagonal, just to put a little veil you. So this is the third slice of blood, so you can see some of her hair has pre-existing blonde. I'M painting right up to that and I'm leaving that outside of the foil and then at the very end. When we take it out, we can add some light. Knit to it just to give it that little fun, so this is about two slices worth of dark. All I'm gon na do is paint it on the regrowth and pull it down so that I won't have to disturb the foils. When I go and I can just color the ends all at once together at the end, so now we're going to continue the same pattern, three slices of blonde two slices worth of brown, blah blah all of it, yes and then on the opposite. Quadrant we're gon na do a diet, we're always gon na. Do a diagonal back like that and same thing with the front quadrants diagonal back and like this here, and it will be back once the whole bottom had a bottom of the head is spoiled so here we have the first section day and you can see how We lead this spoil just says the diagonal back. This is a blonde, so I'm gon na do two more blondes again diagonal back you and again leave the really blonde and old, and this here you can see. I think it is about a double slice of brown and then again we're gon na continue this all the way up the head. So here the three foils, the blonde. You can see that I did not fold the side with the blonde ends down so that it doesn't accidentally get darkened when I layer over this next section of dark and again we're going to continue this diagonal back for diagonal back, foiling pattern up here and then May make mirror it on the other side. So here we have the bottom all done nice and tight sections. So the top part we're gon na do like a pinwheel and obviously not everything can touch the center because there's less hair in the center than there is on the outside. So we're gon na do a shorter foil, a medium foil and then a longer foil. That'S gon na touch the center and then that's what we're gon na do to rotate all the way around we're gon na start right here in the front, so good way to start is first just to find the centers. Then you'll know where the longest foil needs to go to pretty good tip for bees. You go, I'm just perfect and I'm actually just going to clip away the back section for now you so I want to start on the front, but we're gon na start off to the side, because, as you follow, the foils are going to lay over top the Easiest way to start is to start with the longest boil first, which is the one that's going to touch the center and then your adjacent foils can be a medium length and a shorter length that sit on top, and that way you can know exactly how you're Piling it then it's gon na be a long one, medium short long, one medium short, so here's the first foil and the line is on a little bit of an angle so that we can create a pie sheet like that. You so the next boy. You can see doesn't go all the way up to the center you so now for the next pie. We don't need to foil, but we want to make this pie a little bit smaller to keep that seam ratio of dark to light so about the equivalent of to foil length. So we're just gon na be like a little one like that and then we're back to long foil. That hits the center and then I getting it's gon na be medium small, two sections worth of dark and then the same pattern until the whole pinwheel is complete. So here I can just group these ends all together, because I already painted the roots that way. I don't have to really disturb the foils. While I'm doing the ends you so here's the pinwheel all done, you can see how each foil lays on the one right before it and the ends are also all covered. So here it is all done phase one. It'S been about four and a half hours, or so you can see how nice the placement is. It'S still kind of that canary yellow because we did have to bleach up some color, so we're gon na have to do this whole thing again, but right now it's like 10 o'clock at night, so we're gon na do it tomorrow. Actually, you can see nice chunks of colors and no stripes anywhere beautiful, so we're actually just gon na. Do the exact same thing tomorrow, without the brown of course, we're just gon na read foil all the blonde, which we won't bore you with. So we will be back once it is all rinsed before the toner and check this out. You can see with the pinwheel pattern, it's great because it really diffuses all the color. Every way that I part the hair, the chunkiness looks a little bit different, beautiful you Matt, and this is gon na. Look this way anyway, hey stay tuned for the finished product me tomorrow, so here we are day two phase. One complete this: is it dried with? No toner, you can see those nice canary yellow pieces that is from the pre-existing cull that she had before so now. What we're going to do is do the exact same color all over again, well just doing the blonde to get it to a level 9 or 10. We'Re actually gon na put a little tiny veil of dark just right in the front too, because then it will have those stripe. Eunice, that's striping us when she pulls it. So then it'll look like this when we pull it back on the sides where we have no big chunk lines or anything like that: okay, we'll be back after it's washed before the toner okay. So here we have it all sectioned out we tried our best to keep the horseshoe and all of the sectioning. Exactly the same, we are using two different types of Lightner, one with a little bit of a lower developer, because our ends are already lighter, but we can see here you we really could leave the ends, but you can see there's a little bit of a shadow. So it wouldn't look perfect, so we are gon na lighten them with a little bit of a less developer. So what we're doing now is the veil of brown. You have two options: either one you can put one here and one here. If you want more Brown showing, but we want to see a really heavy blonde effect, so we're just gon na put one right in the middle of the center and that'll be enough to create a veil to mask any stray penis that is there there. You can see the bottom just could be a quick preview. It'S all done nice and tight. The block is hanging out, so we're gon na go through and start foiling, the top in the same section in an area that we did yesterday so that the foils lay exactly as they are here are all the foils applied in the hair. So it looks fairly similar to how they did yesterday, actually exactly the same except there's no color in between you can check out the pinwheel. All the foils now are falling over top or the other to create this circle at the top, and now we're ready to wash out so now we have our color all washed out. You can see it's pretty nice, it's a little bit of yellowy tinge, but nothing too bad. So what we're gon na mix it with is actually from the matrix line. Matrix line is 9p, so it's pearl pearl is great to give that nice icy finish. If the hair is overly yellow, it doesn't cut enough of that brass. So, with your hair, actually, it's gon na be fine. So if you have anyone, that's really brassy, you might want to use an ash or a violet base color, and I mixed it in there. Demi line, I've also got the bowl sit here, as we were drying our hair, so that some of the excess ammonia could evaporate to make it a real, true Demi, and so I'm just gon na apply it on her roots and then at the ends on her Ends and then we'll show you what it looks like at the end. Here is the toner all applied in my hair, finally ready to wash out after hours and hours and hours of work stay tuned. So here's her hair all done nice and ashy and nice and chunky okay. So let me run our hands through it. It'S nice and diffuse, no matter which way you look nice big bands of color, not stripy anywhere, because you put those darker veils. So this is an awesome way to do these highlights, because if you look every which way we have those chunks of color but again like yeah, it doesn't look like racing racing stripes. So here we are ten hours in and finally done. So if you have any questions, make sure to leave a comment below subscribe to our channel, because we do release new videos every Friday. If you guys want a complete cheat sheet, how-to guide of how we did the color step-by-step, with all the processes and all the formulas go to this link right here, put your email in and we will send you it. You
Comments
Jojo: I am in hair school now and all my teachers HATE these kinds of highlights, but I loveeeee them! Especially with like peekaboo colors. It’s so fun.
Brooke Nunez: I absolutely LOVED this! I just did chunky highlights on my mom. She's always loved that style and she's so glad it's coming back! I will definitely be trying this technique! You guys have a new subscriber!
Kyleigh Magana: I use to love getting chunky highlights! I still think they are cute lol
mrsyvonnenlee: Your work ethic is amazing! I love watching your thought process. Thank you for always mentioning how long these amazing looks take you, and would be much more for those without the time and skill. phenomenal!
Yolonda Robinette: This is so gorgeous! That pinwheel technique is amazingly flawless!! can't wait to try this out!! Thank you for sharing!!
Sarah LaLuz: All this sectioning. My impatience would kill me. And you are just doing it again the next day.... I salute you. Veronica even looks beautiful with the foils on her head. That could be a look on a fashion show. I am deeply impressed. Thanks for making another video about the pinwheel technique. I hope I will finally get why it works how it works :D
Chelsea Martinez: U gals are my FAVORITE hairstylists on YouTube! I love how you show us variety, and are very technical with your formulations, and foil placement. Thank you for educating the public! I truly would have enjoyed my beauty school experience better if you were my instructors. You are both inspirational! Don't ever stop being so cool!!
Brittany Groves: Thank you so much for this video. Im cosmetology school and I have a client coming in wanting chunky highlights and I was freaking out. But after watching this video I feel so confident doing her hair❤️
Chrissy A: Abdolutely beautiful!!! I love the color! Thank you for showing your technique
Ashley Comerford: Absolutely beautiful and lots of hard work! Great job ladies ❤️
m1nt: I particularly love this video! <3 Straight to the point, shows the technique, and such a beautiful final result.
Leah Damron: This is AMAZING! I've never seen this technique, you absolutely nailed it, so seamless, I love it and wanna try this out! You guys are awesome! Why don't you hv a million subbers?
Mystic Beauty LLC: Here two years later and it’s so pretty!!! Deffo the 90s still going strong. Thank you for such an in-depth vid. I’m a Cosmo student and this was so helpful to learning techniques ❤️
Rogelio Orozco: Thank you! this will really help me out to do my sister's hair! love you girls
Alextferguson: wasn't sure how I was going to feel about the whole chunky highlight look buttttt I am HERE for it <3 soo good !
Vincent Balducci: I love this tutorial! The bleach lifted well through the color! I started using color remover and it makes coloring so much easier but now that pravanna discontinued theirs it’s hard to find another good brand.
Cathy Tran: Beautiful! Exactly what my aunt wanted , hope to give it to her !
Anabel Garcia: You guys are awesome! I love your hustle keep doing what you do!
MJ Chanos: Just gorgeous!! Great attention to detail. You’re perfectionists, and that’s a good thing!! Congrats on a great informative video!!
Witty Vixen: I love the end result that looks so good. I normally don’t like chunky highlights but this looks really good
Rachel Wilson: Great video! This is kind of making a comeback in my area, and this is a much better way to get it "chunky" without the skunk stripe effect. Thank you!
Roberto Patino: I Love the color and how the highlights were placed you guys do awesome work & your both so beautiful. Thank you for sharing how to videos! Also, I tried emailing the link you provided but it came back invalid. Please help I really would like a cheat sheet. Thank you
Chia Maria: OMGGG thank you sooo much for this tutorial I recently tried it this past weekend and it definitely was a little challenging but so fun to try something new and exciting! I would love to show you ladies the before and after! Are any of you on TikTok?
L'Acadien en titi: I love this look! And I typically do not like chunky highlights. Well done!
Tiffany Commander: Wow! Turned out amazing
selena m: Wow amazing, especially to have so many different spots with really dark and really light to go back In and do it again you did amazing at keeping the exact same partings would love to see a detailed video on the pinwheel technique
Sophie Jynx: Thank you! I love this. I even created a map on the computer to follow!! I'll be using this alot! Much love to you boss ladys! <3
Globe Trotting: Thank you. I learned a lot. Just applied this new style and it's looking good.
hula691: I always wanted chunky after I left my salon and no one could do it! So awesome this will be around again.
Giovanni Bissoli: Omg i love This color! Thanks for the beautiful and informative video :)
Claire Banks: Wow this is gorgeous!! I’m really impressed
TheFarkhondeh: This is beautiful,you did a great job !
Sherry Dufrenne: Amazing outcome. Love it. Lots of hard work and you did it.
pinkjenStewart: Great job!!! Its beautiful both of your hair wow
Angal Glover: I like the way its blended well. It looks nice.
Tara Steele: The end result is absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!!
Lynda: Beautiful...would love to get that done!
Sami NK: i wanna see more a close up and details about this pinwheel technique
Cherie Bates: I just got this done today. My hair stylist didn't know how to do it so she watched this video and we loved how it turned out. Thanks for sharing!
I love the seventies: You are an amazing stylist and colorist keep up the good work
Bo Pete: Absolutely love this color. Oh how I wish I could come see you and get my hair done. I love in a little town in BFE and absolutely NO one can give me silver hair. You guys are awesome. If I had the balls Is try to do this myself but guess what I'm . Thanks so much!
Nathan Heckle.: Brilliant and I love how honest you have been with how long it will take to achieve this look! Drives me mad explaining to clients about there hair lol
lovely reyes: Never seen anything better u guys did an amazing job wow I love it omg you guys need to come down my way and teach some of these hairstylist around here how shit gets done
Celeste Duckworth: This amazing video to watch they stayed on task for a great work of art. Thank u for sharing.
Dante Velasquez: Very nice. I love that pinwheel :-)
Tessa Smith: Such a great tutorial!
Diane Thompson: Wow! You are good! I’m a color specialist and I know how hard it is to pick up just the blonde pieces even using the same pattern! Loved it! How long did you leave the Snyc toner on for?
Silver Mont: Beautiful results ❤️it’s all about formulations /color chosen in this case so it doesn’t make it look stripy ! Good job model looks gorgeous!
GayFishy : Wow!! I really like how no matter which way the hair falls the highlights have a different look.
Lauren Wray: Love it ❤️
Shayla Michaels: Oh this is good. I've had two clients come to me this week for chunky highlights and i needed a refresher course or an "updated" technique cause the one I was using was not giving me the results i was wanting bit this video is perfect
Abbie Wheatley: Turned out great
Melanie C: This turned out sooo GORGEOUS on her!! AWESOME technique. What level developer did you use with the toner? I'm new to toners and trying to learn about them. I've seen some use a toner on the whole head and it caused the darker level to lift which they did not want to happen. Cant you use 10 developer with toners to avoid lifting the darker color ? Or does it just depend on which toner you use?Thanks for doing these. Your AWESOME!!
Bree M Gee: Would I be able to do 1-2 foils and/or 1-2 brown? For more contrast? I absolutely love this technique btw! Thanks for sharing!! Also curious as to how much she paid for this?! Lol she has so much hair!
Sami NK: i love this I'm gonna try it in the salon
Bar K: You are the most incredible hair artists I have ever seen! Wonderful job so professional and beautifully done.
Luz Figueroa: Yesssss!! I sooo loved the 90’s I was in my 20’s and love that era good things had happened in that era.
Ken Maddex: So the trick to creating chunky highlights with out the stripey lines is do each section on diagonal 3 blonde 2 dark then when getting to the top section pinwheel foil from the center but in the very front a fine vail of dark to prevent the stripey look in the front hairline. Very informative and love that it does have chunkyness with out stripes. Did not think it would be possible with out creating a shadow root because chunky highlights used to always have stripes. Love this. So glad to see old school modern twist. Thanks for making videos!
Alyssa Martinez: Love doing this today!
BenFranklin Around: Love love love this video! Thank you!
Villin Cruz: This is freaking amazing !!
giselle perez: Beautiful work! Keep It up
Diane Quin: Really good instructions..thanks
Mariahs Buys: That is gorgggg!!!! So inspired and you ladies are so pretty btw. Thanks for the vid!
Chia Maria: Also I just had a major question, how do you go about rinsing all the foils without colliding any of the colors? ❣️❣️❣️ I think some did collide a little but it still came out absolutely stunning
Karen Hull: Really enjoy your tutorials!!! I bleached bath my hair and now I want to color with foil highlights. Will you please advise??
Nalyn’s tiktok world: I love all your videos. It's straight forward attention to details and best of all the result is always gorgeous.....I am very new to hair color I get nervous all the time when I work on clients. Hopefully I l become a Master soon by watching your videos. Thank you
Demii Van Dusen: I have a client who really wants this and I just couldn't figure out how to it without the racing stripes! I know what I'm going to go try
mtburns517: I love love love love love this! Awesome technique
Giselle Heart: I love this channel...thanks guys...awesome work!
Jodie Smith: This is soo bad a$$!!! I LOVE this! You're both beautiful amazingly done!
Pamela does hair: Beautifully done...very informative.thanks a bunch.i had a question on the toner used .9p socolor or color sync? And what developer did you use with it?please and thank u in advance
Vane: those are dam great stylists!!! When you have to go back and reapply the lightener allover again!!! Clients DO appreciate you taking your time to give them Exactly what they want!!! And they'll come back and be Faithfull to you!!! LOVE it.. Ima for sure gonna try this...
Erika Vazquez: Love your video!! Thanks for sharing
Gabriela Ramirez: Hello, good evening... I saw your video and truly can say that I am blown away with your work!! You did an amazing job! ... Speaking of your job though, I had two questions in mind, as while I was watching you were doing the blonde parts (correct me on this for I may have missed it) and I noticed that weaving those specific parts of the hair weren't done. Did you weave the hair when you were doing the blonde sections or no? And the other question is, on the top parting, seeing that you divided the hair, did you divide it through the middle to create the pinwheel technique or 3/4 parts of the hair is in the front subsection of the top section? Thank you for your time, and I'm looking forward to seeing what you have to say!!!
Ashley Elizabeth: Beautiful!
Maria Ochotorena: Indeed you have a Great Technique for a full set of High Light! Congratulations!
Sara: I am in LOVE with this look!! How much would this cost in a salon?
Janeth Vidal: I’m in loveeee with how it came out. But I would really like a better explanation of the wheel technique in an other video. Thank you so much for sharing!
Lacyla: Out of curiosity, how long does it take you guys to do a full head of foils? It takes me a good two hours sometimes
Diane Thompson: I realize you follow manufacturers instructions! I told you I am a color specialist. Color Sync toners can be left on from 10-20 min! Depending on hair porosity, sometimes less! My question was how long did you leave the toner on this particular model??!!
Dana G: Wish yall could do my hair. Ultimate dream ... Love it!!
Angelina Lopez: I love it!!
Kelly K: really really well done!
Tamara Jordanov: How do you re-foil the next day without mixing up the 2 colors too much?
jessie jessie: Definitely new subscriber.love your technique.
Rachelle Marie: Wow unbelievable I love love love it I really wish the lady I go to was up on the new times with hair, they're too old school, the dude who owns it has had the same hair style for over a decade I kid you not he's Asian with blonde tips. I want this next time I go to salon ❤️
Tiffany Thomas: That's gorgeous!
Mayra Rodriguez: Super hermoso!!!!!
Erica: Great tutorial!! someone asked for this and I had no idea how to do it without it looking the old school way ❤️ ❤️ the end results!!!
bloo jkl45: Yes! So glad you’re bringing them back with a 2018 spin!
Roxie Rodri: Loved it!
Maya L: You ladies are amazing!! She looks great.
Cristina Alvarez: I’ll definitely be giving these a try on my client tomorrow
Helen Garbenis: Awesome! All the work was worth it.
yolowell: I just found your videos. I love your work and your vibe. So fun but professional and precise at same time. I live in Boston area, wish you were closer!!!
David Pinela: Awesome work!! Kudos
Bibiana biba: Amazing ! thank you
Carmen Flores: Beautiful work!! How much would you charge for something like this??
0000 two: Beautiful!