Balayage Highlights
Balayage Highlights
French Coloring Technique
Balayage is a color technique that comes from France, and has been used throughout Europe for years to create natural looking highlights that grow out much less apparent than the foil method. The very word balayage in French, means “sweeping” which describes this manner of application. The powder lightener is applied with a tint brush using a freehand sweeping motion from the root area traveling down the hair shaft to the ends. This technique creates varying widths and staggers each panel resulting in hair that seems as though it has simply been lightened by the sun.
Different effects from soft natural highlights, to something stronger and more edgy demonstrates the variety that this method can achieve. These days, it is quite commonplace among upper echelon salons in metropolitan areas to provide this color service, simply ask for it by name.
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