Balayage – That Unique Highlighting Hair Color 

Try It Out This Summer

As summer’s on the way, turn thoughts to brighter, lighter, more glamorous and gleaming hairdos not only looking sun-drenched but appearing naturally touched by the magic wand. Avoiding highlighting that is overdone whereas finding the right balance achieving this gorgeous summer shimmer is a challenge every time. Even though foiling comes with advantages, it can result in excessive uniformity and false or brassy looking tresses sometimes disappointing. An alternative technique called balayage (hair painting) allows stylists more flexibility and creativity through strategic color placement. 

Styles and fashion change with time and seasons, and what worked in clothing and accessories yesterday re-emerges into a new look with fresh vibrant creations from innovative artists in the industry. As the equivalent hair fashion trends emerge in the world of hairstyles, highlighting has been and continues to be one of the most popular trends using foils achieving a sun-streaked look. With skilled, creative hair stylists and hair colorists, they keep adapting ever more to advanced processes achieving gleaming tresses, carved to emulate nature. With all these features, balayage is hot. 

What Is Hair Painting?

In French, Balayage means “to sweep”. Originating in Paris, it refers to the way color is hand-painted onto the hair. Applied with a sweeping motion, it is done sparingly at the roots working heavier towards the end and is less time consuming than a full head of foil highlights. Though traditional foiling can sometimes leave hard lines and extreme color contrasts, the balayage colorist paints highlight precisely where the sun would hit your hair.

Owing to its beautiful outcome, celebrities keep asking for hair painting. It is today’s foremost trend in summer glamour, as a method of coloration adding sparkle and depth providing a natural look. With gorgeous, sun-kissed sheen, and various shades of lighteners, it looks like you are spending or have spent the summer on a beach. 

Recreate The Child In You

Remember the days when you were a kid and had the perfect shimmering highlights from playing outdoors in the sun. The skilled colorist of today recreates those subtle defining streaks for you with hair painting. As it is a complicated process, it is rarely offered at beauty schools. Almost like master apprentices, the best colorists are trained in professional hair salons. Even not all salons offer the service at all. Considering Balayage, it is assumed that it works only for blondes, which is very wrong. To lighten the color, beautiful dark brunettes add warm honey or caramel tones. Working with colorists analyzing the natural skin tones and eye color achieving the most perfect color tone for your hair is the key point to be noted. It is always true that the fountain of youth is in the able hands of the stylists. 

When To Try Balayage

• Go or subtle natural shadings if this is your first time for highlights
•  In case you have fine hair and foiling makes it hard to get all of it evenly
•  If you are a brunette and the foils and color tend to come out looking quite brassy
• The hair is short and you want the most natural, relaxed finish
• You want the color to last between 6 to 8 weeks
• Want to subtly brighten the appearance
• Wishing for a less manufactured look coming with a softer line of demarcation and needing lower maintenance
•  Consider re-growth to be less obvious
• Giving the hair dimension and natural-looking color without foils
• Desiring that the color works well along with natural elements and sun exposure to enhance the tones

Even though a more complicated process than other traditional coloration methods, Balayage should be done by asking the stylists about their training and experience. By consulting with the colorist, don’t add too many highlights and include more dark tones. Retain contrasts with darker areas are the secret to emphasize the highlights. Make it clear and sure about the costs involved as some salons charge by the hour and others by the number of colors used in the application. including conventional foiling with balayage, the combination packages available achieve a more dramatic intense look for richer color saturation. 

Final Words 

Summertime is the time o the year when living is easy and when you look the healthiest and best. Balayage is probably the magical process chosen, no matter what the hairstyle or cut is as more and more people begin noticing the amazing sundrenched color with this method of coloration forever beloved by celebrities and the rest of the admiring world.