A hair expert from the U.K. has demonstrated how he achieves hair strobing using a simple makeup tool called the Beauty Blender. The technique appears to be easy to do, and the end result is pretty impressive.
Colorist Jamie Stevens has mastered the technique of hair strobing, which is a more detailed way of highlighting and dyeing hair, using just a sponge applicator. He cuts the Beauty Blender in half and then proceeds to carefully combine the dye on the hair strands.
As shown in the video below, Stevens makes use of purple and yellow dyes on a model's treated hair as he applies these with the Beauty Blender. "The soft and round edges of the blender means that the applied color blends into the hair so you don't get random splodges of color," salon head colorist Tasha Stevens said while explaining the process. "The application of contrasting tones, applied sporadically over the existing color, helps to enhance the haircut which in turn brings out the features in the face."
A video posted by Jamie Stevens (@jamiestevens7) on Feb 27, 2016 at 12:16pm PST
After a few hours, this is the result of Steven's hair strobing technique with the Beauty Blender:
Some looks from today #strobing (look from the video) #colour #salonlondon2016 #pastel #matrixhaircare #f4f #FBlogger #texturedhair A photo posted by Jamie Stevens (@jamiestevens7) on Feb 28, 2016 at 2:59pm PST
The idea behind hair strobing is to accentuate a woman's features. It's comparable to contouring the face. "The placement of the highlights emphasizes your skin tone and face shape, and when the sunlight hits your hair, it glistens," celebrity stylist Daniel Moon said.
On the other hand, a Beauty Blender is primarily used by stylists to properly blend makeup on the skin so that it looks more natural. "When it's wet, it becomes bigger, softer, and less thirsty. Instead of sucking up the makeup, it pushes it out onto the face," inventor Rea Ann Silva said. The product is shaped like an egg so that the pointed part can blend makeup in smaller areas well - such as the corners of the eyes or nose - as the rounder part blends the rest of the makeup on the face.
Over the years, stylists have made use of the Beauty Blender to do different beauty hacks apart from blending makeup since it can be sweeped, tapped, rolled and cut.
