THE BEST & EASIEST DIY HIGHLIGHT VIDEO EVER | skip2mylou 

Please note, as I mention in the video, 40 developer is high but this is what I used because it's all I had. I also mention that since this is a video on full highlights, not just roots, I will include what's already been bleached; this is why I said I would only do one more foil, as not to over process all of my hair. I know you professionals are "cringing" but if you actually listen, you can spare yourself the stress. If you're looking for just roots, here's my very first video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FxCmMNqQ04w.html

So funny reading.. Trained stylists, desperately trying to validate their profession by criticizing this tutorial. Thank you for showing us how EASY this is. I've never had my hair done for less that $300, just for a trim and highlights. And honestly every time in the past that I let a "professional" do my hair it was a living nightmare. $300 was the least off my losses. I started cutting my own hair, last year and it comes out exactly how I want. Easy. Love doing it. Terrified to go back to a stylist, roots have grown to my ears. Im desperately searching for highlight tutorials. Already have the products. Thank you for your time and transparency. I'm ready.

I just have one Question ? Why are stylist even watching this??? I thought this was a DIY for NON-Professionals !!! Also she said In the video like 5 times she was only doing the entire strand to show people how to do more than just a root touch up... SMH we should Empower each other not bring each other down...

Followed your video step by step and did my own hair a few weeks ago. I still can't believe how awesome it came out. Was really nervous the first time and took my time, but it was so easy. Saved me $90 this one time and I still have everything to color my hair a few more times. Love love love it. Thank you!

Been doing my own hair, cut and highlighting for over 20 years. I never liked the hairstylists' work; always had to touch it up and was angry I had paid so much. So, I decided to do my own. Since both my sisters were hairstylists (didn't live near me),they told me how to do it, plus I had watched hairstylists do it as well. Anyway, the answer for doing the back of your hair is a mirror on an extension arm (at Ikea) mounted on the opposite wall from the mirror over your sink. Then get a kitchen stool and sit on the stool with your back to the sink. Now you are in the perfect position to see the entire back of your head. I also place another kitchen stool to my right and put my bleach bowl, comb and foils on it. Another handy thing is to buy a smock like those worn in hair salons. It great for protecting your clothes. And you can use an old shower curtain to protect the floor. Also, if you run out of foils, just grab your kitchen aluminum foil and fold and tear or cut it with scizzors and viola! you have what you need. Since my hair is naturally dark and I lift it very light, I use 40 vol developer. I have it on my hair for about 45 mins. The secret to not overly damaging your hair is to MOISTURIZE afterwards! And also I only highlight every 4 months, not 6-8 weeks like they tell you to do. I have also found the best deep conditioner is coconut oil. Put it on your hair, let it set for 10-20mins then shampoo out but try to shampoo mostly the scalp and just rinse it through the ends. Then put your regular conditioner on and rinse out. That way the regular conditioner will close the cuticle of the hair shaft up after you applied the coconut oil and it will seal the moisture in. Good luck!

“I’ve had questions on how to do the backside of your hair and that’s a super tough one because yanno, I don’t know.” Hahah you’re great

It turned out pretty good! Not a bad way to do it. I’d just like to mention a few pointers.... 1- Never go past the foil edge. 2- Don’t put 40 Vol on already lightened ends, that’s how hair fries off. 3- I like to use tiny clips to hold the foil down so I can use both hands. 4- if you want two or even three tones in your hair you can swap out colors either in between the foils or in the foils. So the bleach in the foil and a darker color outside of the foil. Or every other one natural. Not everyone can afford to go get their hair done. So at home isn’t always bad. But always be careful and cautious, especially with bleach.

For those stuck with 40 vol developer as well, You can mix 1/2 dev w/ 1/2 water and BAM! Now you've got 20 vol (more or less) At least it's MUCH less damaging :) p.s. love your videos

Hello Lou I just wanted to tell you this is the best video I've ever seen as far as instructions go. I'm a 53 year old woman I've been doing my own bleaching highlighting frosting for about 20 years I just started doing extensions because at my age I'm losing my hair but I have never gotten the hang of the comb in the foil and pulling it down you explained it so perfectly thank you I love you I am waiting right now I wait usually 50 minutes with my hair and then I'm going to tone it I just started toning so this is a new thing for me also but I just want to say that I have a full head of foils and they look right I will take a picture and send it to you later thank you so much for your RU-vid video. And I apologize for all those run-on sentences of talk texting.

love the tip w the foil to hold the untreated sections for a few reasons but mostly for at home simplification. round of applause for catering to the DIY w practical tips that you make look easy.

Thank you for this. I’m currently having a mental breakdown so I’m gonna do purple highlights. best tutorial ever 💛

Thank you SOOOO MUCH!!! I’ve always done my own highlights mainly because I have bad luck at salons and also because I love doing hair & I’m too cheap to spend that much just on hair! With that being said, I’ve never been able to get the look I wanted with the way that I was doing it. I always did my rows front to back vs side to side and would be so bummed at the end because no matter how much or how little I weaved, it never came out as expected! So thank you for sharing this video! I am seriously obsessed with how good it comes out this way!!! THANK YOU!!!

You are adorable and funny and real! You cracked me up when you talked about the highlighting in the back of your head and just said, "I don't know." It's the way you said it. You are funny and give great instructions.

A great little video but I am amazed your hair hasn't melted off with 40 volume peroxide all through to the ends !. I use 20 volume not on ends for about 45 minutes all is good.

very cute and a good job for an at home job. the reason highlighting from a salon is more expensive is because we use professional products and we spend 1200 to 2500 hours to learn the techniques. u should NEVER squish down the foils when highlighting and please people if u are not experienced do NOT use 40 vol u will literately melt your hair off if done incorectly. u are adorable and not knocking u just please remember we charge for our skill and our products and time.

Your tips for applying foils with the comb and holding the hair with the foils are great!

i learned to do it on the back of my head. Yes, you need mirrors. Go get any of those $10-$15 full length mirrors from walmart or ross, put the nails in the top corners and connect with some shoe string, and you can hang the mirror on the wall with one of those door hooks or just a nail in the wall. If you have the room in your bathroom, hang it up horizontally, that works the best! I also practiced with a mixture of baking soda and conditioner a few times, and I timed myself, until I felt really confident. Start with the back first. Section off all hair in front from behind ears to the top crown of head, and pull into tie in front. you really only need about three tinfoils down the middle and two on each of the back sides. Leave that hair at the back of the head alone...i say at least. Highlights look weird there anyways. If you really really want to get that hair, I say wait till the next day, section off that back hair, and put the rest of your finished highlighted hair in a bun on the top of your head. It's a little too risky to try to do it all at once, i think.

That ' Skip to my Lou' children's song just have been a hopscotch or skipping song for children ( probably those of us over 45 tbh) lol on both sides of the Atlantic then! I vividly remember skipping with my infants school friends in the school playground in the early 70' s & see all sing that & the more sinister ' Ring a ring of roses' ! Lol..😊

Great Idea! Never would have thought of the "butter knife". You are ingenious! Thanks for the tips.

I never comment on here but you are amazing! Your tutorials are the easiest and actually turn out all right! After a few years of disastrous “styling” I am cutting and styling my hair myself and finally have the courage to try the foil technique with a colouring kit. My hair is salt and pepper so not sure how it’s going to turn out, wish me luck! X

I LOVE your videos. Not only are you super funny but you really made me feel confident about trying this.Thank you for being so genuine! Great tips!

Omg I cannot believe I’ve found someone I can actually watch...isn’t that crazy how you have to almost bond with the you tubers you watch...I won’t learn anything if I don’t vibe with what your doing & what your saying to me!! I’m laughing my ass off on the thing you said about getting the back 😂

I always highlight at home I made a life choice to have blonde hair and also not to spend loads of money achieving it. Im due a root touch up its looking very balayage right now as it's been about 4 months since I last did it and I always get that butterfly feeling before I have to do it as I always worry about breakage and foil placement but I can honestly say this is the most simplest and most helpful tutorial I've ever seen! I'm trying this tonight thank you and wish me luck!! 😊

Im so glad i came across your video now i have confidence to attempt to do at home highlights by myself wish me luck! Quarantine hair is gonna be amazing thanks to you!

Your doing a great job but as a stylist my self it looks like your ends is already blonde so you shouldn't put bleach over them because it will damage more so just do where the dark part.

I can say this u. Showed me how to highlight my hair for the first time I ever tried doing it and it came out perfectly thanks for ur tutorial

You are very good at teaching foil highlighting, I’ve been a colorist almost 60 years , this is my second time watching your channel 🤩👏💁🏼‍♀️🇺🇸I’m Robert from Canonsburg Pa 15317 !!🤪

This is the best hair highlighting DIY RU-vid video ever!!!

Can you show me or create a video on how to do the highlights on the back of my hair (all over) as well please.

I did use the knife effect and it worked out great. As for adding highlights you did that so effortless but I thank you for the teaching techniques for highlighting your hair. I am adding you to my list. Again thank you.

Thank you for this clear tutorial! I enjoyed watching you.. great sense of humour 😂

Thank you for sharing your technique! You give very clear and easy to follow instructions 😋

Nice job Lou. And we'd never leave you! 😊😊😊

I've been highlighting my own hair for years now, using the cap pull-through method, Clairol lightening powder, and 20% developer. It works great and is fool-proof with the cap, but this looks so much quicker! I may give it a whirl, I just don't know about doing the back myself with this method. Also, with the cap method....do you guys know of a good way to protect the ends from getting highlighted over and over again? The bleach sort of gets everywhere and it's harder to contain the placement of it while using the cap. I've been gooping some heavy conditioner on the ends while it processes for protection. For my medium to dark blonde hair, I tried using 30% developer once and it fried my hair and changed the texture to be brush-like. Sticking to 20% like I always did with great results. Great tutorial girlie!

This was really cool to watch.

Absolutely great advice 🤠. Thank you. Love your Phoebe energy 💕. (Phoebe off friends)

I love how down to earth you are, in deep contrast to the narcissists I have encountered on other hair highlighting videos. You are very likeable, thanks for your fun personality

Also, a hint when doing bleach is use Balayage clay and then mix with 20 volume developer. The balayage ends up thicker so it wont drip onto the rest of your hair and clothes.

Went to a salon today to get a touch up on highlights and the lady pulled out half of my hair by brushing it wet starting at the roots. It hurt a lot and I was pissed af. I didn’t say anything but decided to do it myself from now on bc some of these hairdressers give zero fucks about your hair. I hope this video helps lol.

just jumped here from your knife video, which I watched after you said you made it, lol...then I came back. That was very cool. I struggle with foils...never been able to do my own...

If you do half a head or full head keep in mind that developing timing difference. By the time you finish your last foil the first might be ready to come out.

This is so helpful! Can't wait to try it later today. Gotta get that amazing comb first!

Wow..you made that work so beautifully.. thank you for your video.. best wishes and continued success

Guys, I just did this. My roots turned out blotchy. Don’t go too close to the roots. I might have gone past the foil onto my roots . Make sure you have toner handy. Next time I will try the knife method from the other video because I will have more control.

Last year I went to the salon and paid $300+ THREE TIMES to try to get my dark brown hair light enough to show an ombre smokey gray-white color. The stylist could never accomplish it and it was always a stupid yellowish shade. She blamed me and my too-dark and 'damaged' hair that she could not possibly bleach any lighter or faster safely, and told me it 'was a process.' I let it grow out, bought a box bleach kit, did it myself in one weekend. Maybe the box bleach hurts my hair, maybe not -- but one rough treatment on the ends is going to do a lot less damage than three treatments over three months and still not getting results!! I'm going to want to change that color in 6 months, not spend 6 months trying to get there! I'm sorry, but results are more important, especially when I'm probably going to cut most of those ends off anyway at my next trim. Thank you for the tips; it's the placement that always gets me.

I liked the knife highlights and I used the professional powder and peroxide

I been debating to give my self highlights on my own head but scared ima mess it up but this video seems legit . I'm going to give this a try tmrw. 😊 thanks

Just fyi when you do a highlight touch up you never overlap the lightener on previous bleached hair. That's how you cause breakage. And yes I am a cosmetologist.

Thankyou so much.. I dont gaf what the professionals say.

I’d be careful folding the foils to hold hair , it’s dragging your roots in the foils and could cause slips bleeds and not a perfect clean blonde for root . . I find self highting very hard and I did hairdressing for over ten plus years

You r cracking me up, great idea with the foils...

you're an excellent teacher!!

well i must say pretty bloody clever lady. im so unco i could still not do it on myself. may practice on my daughter. thankyou😂

You don't put bleach over hair that's already bleached. Leave the ends that are already blonde out.

Thanks Lou! Loved your video (my first subscription on RU-vid)! This will be my first time, but white is creeping in! Why do you buy the two bottles at Sally's instead of a box of color at the store? Are they better on your hair? How do you know what shade to do? Thanks for any advice--I'm excited to give this a go!

Love your hair color it came out great

love love love your handle :D

This looks so much better Lou than the Jolen bleach the tone looks great against your skin.Is the tin foils the same aluminium ( yes I' m from England .😂) is it the same foil that we use in the kitchen just pre-order cut into strips..will oven foil work?? Only want to add no more than 6 or so highlights around the front .

The thing is… since I have Straight dark-haired… is that she already has a lot of prior highlights, which is fine when it comes to the technique itself is great and it really does seem efficient like it’s definitely good to know how to do it but I can’t necessarily see the full result on like a plane canvas you know what I mean? So that we can see the results of using this technique clearly it’s just kind of mixed in with the rest of her highlights, I still may use this technique even though the weaving is alone intended to make it more natural especially if you do it at a slight Ingles that’s why weaving leaves out some regular hair to make it natural. You don’t have to do the whole slice chunk in between unless you’re doing each highlight or slices of highlights but yeah, this is still a great way for those who are new to it and just want an easy effective highly done at home! I really want to do this on myself, but not seeing clearer results has me just a little weary is all!

Thanks for sharing, very simple process. I will try.

I liked it how you did it Thank you!!

Thank you sooo much for this tutorial.. its so easy to follow

Love that method of doing it, but how can you do the back of your head

I’ve been highlighting my hair by painting it on for years. Do you do your back with the foil? I would love to know how to accomplish that. Thanks so much.

You make it look so easy!

Do you apply a toner? :)

if you keep bleaching the ends of your hair that are already bleached you will end up with jelly hair , only do up to the line of regrowth and a little to the ends . you did a great job but a bit scary watching you put all that bleach on like its not gonna damage anything .

Thanks for sharing. Fyi I found your "knife n paste" highlight process downright genious!! I'm not sure if I could use it as my hair takes forever yo lift. But trust me I will have some facial hair product in my house for root touch ups. Now my search continues for diy video that addresses how to eliminate the brassy tent that my hair tends to process towards.. I also use the purple shampoos and it helps TREMENDOUSLY between highlights. If you have any tips on avoiding brassy highlights plz let me know. 😊😊 thanks!!!

thanks so much for this im wanting at home highlights this was helpful gotta save some cash

Should you do the ends when they are already. Damaged. And way too light ?

Love this! I realize this is old..but...my hair has a mind of its own. I cant part it and wear it on one side. Nope! It just falls to which ever side its going to lay that day. If I try and get it to lay on the other side it just doesn't work. so how would I highlight it with that problem? I have been dying my hair all my life but never done highlights. I did have it highlighted and paid attention and watched and was like wow this is easy. So i was just wondering how to get around that kind of hair. The way it is now after being highlighted some days I have them some says I don't depending on how my hair is laying. Sometimes it even wants met to wear bangs. Yours looks great!

I'd like to do something special and get pink highlights on my naturally dark hair. I want to save money (already got to buy both bleach and dye) so I was thinking of doing this myself. Maybe with your tips it will be okay

Thank you 🙏, definitely will do it myself

This is wayy better than the crazy cap thing/method.👍 have you ever used the caps, you know with the tiny holes that you pull your hair thru?

Great video!

I like the way of how you apply the highlight , my question is I got very gray root hair so what I do in this case ?

Thank you for this detailed vid. Will definitely try it. I'm a DIY'er 100% ..

Thanks so much for the helpful video! 😁👍

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Good job. One of the best techniques for highlights and so easy I can't wait to do my hair but I have a question my hair is dark brown and I guess if I color it it's going to turn to orange what is the best toner to use after highlight?

This was so very helpful! I have paid so much money for highlights my whole life and this seems doable! I have one question. Do you recommending using a toner if I have brunette hair and want highlights that don’t look orange? Thank you so much for helping a mama out ❤️

Great video!! Why do you do the ends again since they are already highlighted? Does it cause breakage to your hair?

As a professional I nearly had a heart attack. Here are some pointers....NEVER EVER bleach over bleached hair. Especially with 40 volume. You're very lucky! You pulled the foils out too soon because the roots were not ready. They should look like the inside of a banana. Thank God you did because the ends would have fried off. NO JOKE. Also, streaky highlights are out.... professionals know how to mask this. My suggestion. Find a color that matches your roots that's semi permanent. When those roots come in, start a shadowed root and when you get tired of that, save your money and once a year get an awesome balyage or highlight. You'll love it and it will look natural. Good luck:)

love. u made it so easy. thnk u

You are hilarious and made the best damn video on this than I've seen in 7 years! We would def be good friends!

Thank you for this. Do you have any suggestions if your hair is literally white and it’s grown out about 4 inches during the pandemic and you’re dealing with your color hair and highlights on the rest of your hair.

Love this video. Best ever.

I know this was a while ago.. I have always used caps but wanted to try it this way.. to do all over, I would just repeat the process all the way down? I feel as if I could just bend my head down far enough to see the back lol. (Ill just wing the back lol)

Can you demo chunky fringe highlights, plzzzz?

Great highlight video. Same problem with nails..lolz

Thank you so much! This explains a lot!

Do you have a tutorial for chunky highlights

I really Love your video.

Looks a good video thanks but didn't get how long to leave it to develop will watch you again .😀

Thank you!!!!!! I appreciate your time because I know NOTHING! Lol

Why can't I get good results from regular kitchen foil and box hair dye? The foil just slides down the hair and color mixture is too watery.

Thank you so much for this video. I have been wanting to do my own highlights for awhile now and you explain this perfectly! I do have a question: you mention that the 40 developer is really strong. Does that make it worse than a lower developer? Or does it just make it so the highlights develop more quickly. My hair is short at the moment and pretty pale blonde and most of it has been done with high lift color (all over), but I’m getting sick of having to spend tons of money and it never looks the way I want it to. I want to do just highlights on it, but want them to be very blonde so I can blend all this together as it grows out. Is 40 developer too high? My natural color (roots) is probably a mousy dark blonde or very light brown.

Love the tricks you use to make it easier for you to do on your own head! Otherwise it’s exactly like the basic highlights I was taught in school!

this video is awesome ❤

I just discovered this video because I’ve been looking into learning how to do this on my own. I’m a redhead, and I want to do subtle highlights that are light enough to be seen but not too crazy or bright blonde. How long should I leave the developer on if I use, say, 20 vol?