Expert Contributor by Brittany Naab & Michele Quinn Blush Salon
Babylights and Balayage for a
Beautiful You!
Babylights are a very fine, delicate highlight created using a hair-coloring technique that mimics the subtle, dimensional hair color of children’s hair. To make your color look fresh and natural, Babylights are a technique used to create a style. In hair coloring, stylists combine many techniques, to achieve a desired look. Babylights are most commonly used when creating balayage, by blending the tones together, having the colors flow seamlessly. Gone are the days of stylists having just one hair-coloring trick in their bag and using it for everyone! Balayage (pronounced bah-ley-AHZH) is a French coloring technique developed in the 1970s. The word means to sweep or to paint (by a hair colorist), using free-handing painting to brush color directly onto hair. Today, the desire for balayage hair color services has become one of the most sought-after salon services, making it now a timeless piece of art in the hairstyling industry, after being forgotten for a while in the ’80s. But after 20 years, balayage came back, and now it’s the most in-demand salon color technique. And for good reasons too! Babylights grow out beautifully and without harsh lines, requires little maintenance (far less than traditional hair coloring), and allows for a longer period between colorings. But are babylights suitable for all hair types and lengths of hair? Yes indeed! The technique can be used on all canvases, to create a soft blended look. Whether your hair is straight, wavy or curly, the color will still work and look great. And because regrowth is less noticeable, babylights are a great alternative for those who desire a low-maintenance hairstyle.
Babylights are such a great hair-coloring technique that the demand for it has increased year after year. Are Babylights here to stay? Yes, but finding a stylist who can apply a babylight technique to suit your hairstyle and face shape is key! If you are thinking about coloring your hair and considering a slower path, you should start with an end goal in mind. Your stylist can discuss your hair color goal with you and schedule out ahead, to ensure your hair is on its way to healthy, beautiful coloring with a more natural, breezy and sun-kissed look and appeal. NS
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