Highlighted hair is one of the most beautiful curly hairstyles. The curly hair highlights, especially on a naturally curly one, create a unique and beautiful look that no other hair type can present. They look is playful, interesting, vibrant and original. Highlighted curls are not very often, but the final look is quite amazing.

How to Get Highlights on Curly Hair (Pintura + Foilyage)

The balayage and highlights are a trend of making parts of the hair in different color. It both appeared a few years back and is still a very popular coloring trend. They can be done on all hair types, but when it comes to curly hair different techniques come into action.

The first one is the foil technique or also called foilyage. This technique is used on curly or wavy hair for achieving blonde shades. It can be precise, and very defining.

The other technique is Pintura. It comes as a special technique just for curly hair that highlights the hair without looking too try-hard or stranding out of its natural movement. It means “to paint”.

During the process of Pintura, colorists are hand-painting the curls without any use of foils so that they can add dimension and accentuate the curls. Lightening the curls brings a different look to each face, but it certainly becomes brighter and lighter.

Always remember that highlighting can and might damage your hair, and with that your curls too. depending on the size of your curls choose the proper technique that you want to do the highlighting with.

Pintura technique is best to be used on the tighter curls because they have to be brightened to be seen. The looser curls and waves already have a greater light reflection because of the hair and they can be done in any other highlighting technique.

Watch The Following Video to Learn How to Do Pintura Highlights on Natural Curly Hair