Spring & Summer Hair Highlighting

Trends come and go, but it looks like gradient hair is here to stay. Over the past few seasons, we’ve transitioned from foil highlights to more natural sunkissed looking hair.

These days grown out and effortless waves. The slow-fade styles add depth, dimension and you don’t have to be visiting the salon every few weeks for a touch-up – and that’s perfect for wash & go-ers.

The style is a popular spring and summer trend but which one do go for and what is the difference between a Ombré, Sombré, Foils, or Balayage? Get to know a little bit of stylist lingo so next time you come into the salon you can communicate exactly the hair look you want!

Foil Highlights

Foil highlights are a more traditional approach, best for to disguise those stubborn grays. Foils are uniformed and applied to the tip top of the root.

Ombre

Ombre is when you have a dramatic contrast from dark to light, little to no gradual gradient. Instead of the color starting from the roots, it gradually becomes lighter, or darker, towards the ends. The word “ombre” in French means shadow or shade.

Sombre

Sombre is a more natural ombre, similar sunkissed beachy color. This color technique have the lighter sections start up a bit higher and the lower lengths have ribbons of dark color for a more gradual transition.

Balayage

Balayage is a French coloring technique that was developed in the 1970s. It’s a freehand technique where the color is applied by hand rather than using the traditional foiling or cap highlighting techniques. Can be dramatic or subtle.

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