Highlights and Lowlights

There are plenty of options when it comes to getting colored. I hope this guide will help you decide which color service is right for you so you can be prepared for your consultation at the Happy Dayz Hair Salon. Where each color service is personalized fit to every clients needs.

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Highlights and lowlights are multidimensional colored hair with streaks of a color that contrast with the base color.

Highlights are added to the hair using lightener, color, and or direct hair dyes.

Highlights are pieces lighter than your base, and lowlights are darker than your base color. 

There are different placement options for highlights.

Let’s discuss partial vs. full highlights.

The simplest to understand is a full highlight, this means sections of hair all of your head will be covered with highlighted pieces.

Someone may choose to receive a full highlight service if they want to add variation to their whole head. Full highlights are great for the client who likes to wear their hair up, or half up.

By placing the highlights all over the head you ensure consistency of the color.

Full highlights also allow you the brightest look when receiving a highlight service.

If you are not looking to completely change all of your hair you may want to go with a partial highlight.

A partial highlight traditionally includes all of the hair in the front of your head, and the top back area usually above the ears.

The underneath sections of the hair do not get highlights when receiving a partial highlight.

This part of the hair would remain the same color the client started with.

Some people choose a partial highlight because they like having the solid color pop through underneath because it can give the hair some depth. Especially if the hair is finer.

Others choose a partial highlight because it is usually a less expensive and more cost effective option. A client who wears their hair half up may not like having this two tone look underneath.

Touch up are every 6-8 weeks depending on your hair growth.

If you are not really into a traditional highlighted look and are just looking for something more natural and sun kissed, you can also request some babylights.

These are very finely weaved pieces of hair, sometimes also referred to as micro weaves.

The tiny pieces enhance hair color without giving a stripy look.

They also grow out a little nicer than traditional highlights giving you more time between appointments.

Though the babylights can give you a few extra weeks between appointments, they usually do come at a slightly higher price tag than a traditionally weaved highlight.

The thickness of a highlight is usually a personal preference but babylights are great for the client who likes having a more blended look.

By having a lot of babylights put in you can completely brighten your look without having to go with a solid blonde all over, leaving some of your base color in between to help blend when your hair grows.

This avoids a solid line of outgrowth that you would see if your hair was solid blonde.

By adding lowlights and glossing her hair she can add a lot of variation and dimension to her once boring light brown hair.  “Expensive brunette” is the brown hair trend you’ll be seeing everywhere this season!  It’s all about giving deeper hair energy, dimension, and detail. It’s your turn to shine brunettes!! Touch ups every 12-16 weeks!!! 

Types of hair glosses

• Clear gloss. Clear gloss treatments are used primarily to add and boost shine, whether you’ve colored your hair or not.
• Color gloss. Color gloss, meanwhile, adds shine in addition to refreshing or changing your color hue to combat and prevent dullness. 

Who should get a hair gloss treatment?

While anyone can use a hair gloss treatment, it’s most beneficial for those with dull or damaged hair, or those looking to add subtle color or correct old color. 

In addition to boosting your hair health, gloss can help existing hair color. It does this by keeping the color from fading and succumbing to damaging effects, like dryness and scalp irritation.

What to expect from a hair gloss treatment

If you’re getting a hair gloss treatment from a professional at a hair salon, you can expect the process to last around 20 to 40 minutes.

Also can be added to any color service. 

How long does a hair gloss treatment last?

A professional salon hair gloss treatment will typically last about 4 to 6 weeks. Typically cost $60 depending on clients hair length.

Years of your life have spent in the salon, countless hours with your stylist, and you have finally decided you are done with fighting those grey hairs.

One option for embracing out your natural Elsa hair is growing out your grey hair with highlights.

By adding some silver baby lights you are able to transition your years of color to your natural color.

This isn’t always as simple as it seems depending on the color you are starting with.

If you have been coloring your hair a dark or red color for years your highlights may come out a warm or golden color, obviously this will not match perfectly with your grey hair.

Transitioning from all over color to your grey can be a process which requires some patience.

However, in the long run this is one of the safest ways for your hair to transition.

Other processes would involve lightening your whole head, usually more than one time (multiple sessions).

Processes like this could be harmful to the integrity of your hair.

Slow and steady is the key.

Now, let’s talk about if you are already blonde and planning on transitioning to your natural grey color.

If you have natural salt and pepper your stylist might choose to add some low lights in addition to some fresh highlights which would then be toned to a cool color, matching your grey as closely as possible.

Please don’t forget that transitioning back to grey will be a process regardless of your starting color.

Patience is the key in this scenario, regardless of the process you and your stylist choose.

Maybe you are feeling a little spicy, you are over blonde and caramel highlights. It might be time to get out of your comfort zone and try something fresh. Red highlights could be your answer. Just be aware that putting red into pre lightened hair could cause “bleeding” onto your blonde tresses (meaning your blonde pieces can grab the red tone and turn slightly pink). Make sure you see an experienced stylist if you are going for this look.

Brown haired babes, you can also enjoy some red highlights however, depending on your desired shaded of red the pieces may have to be lightened prior to the red being applied.

What does this mean?

First the pieces you want to have highlighted will be lightened with a bleach product and then the stylist can go back in tone the pieces.

This can commit you to more maintenance meaning you will need to go in and have the hair re toned about 3 weeks after having it done.

Another way to get these pre lightened pieces red is to use a bright vivid color. Being that this process requires a little more work, you may be looking at a higher price tag.

The process entails having your pieces lightened, usually in foils, after this, the hair will be washed and dried. Those blonde pieces will then have to be re foiled and covered with a bright vivid shade.

If you choose to add a more natural red shade to your natural blonde hair, your hair may not require pre lightening, however if your hair is colored brown you will need one of the first two processes.

Pronounced BAH-LEE-AHGE, balayage is actually a French word meaning ‘sweeping,’ as in to sweep on a hair lightener to create highlights. Balayage is the technique of free-hand painting highlights onto the hair, creating a soft and natural gradation of lightness towards the ends. The result is the look of summers spent at the beach, or the fresh, unintentionally perfect highlights on a child. This natural-looking highlighting technique is not just for blondes, but is actually used on all shades of hair to add soft, sunkissed dimension.

Of course, there are variations in application preferences: some colorists don’t separate the hair, while others separate the hair with cotton pieces, and others prefer using foil as a divider. There are different application nuances that produce slightly varied results, but the main reason balayage has become so popular is that it allows colorists to hand select the pieces of hair they want to highlight. Due to the customized, natural-looking placement, balayage also allows for a softer grow out.

Before embarking on any kind bleaching process, I need to make sure your hair is in top shape. The most important thing to ensure is that your hair has not been bleached or chemically altered in the last six months. If there is any existing color in your hair then adding bleach to this can alter or even ruin the final outcome. It is also very important to make sure that you have all of the products and tools you will need right in front of you before getting started. It’s not a quick transformation. Rome was not built in a day. Most of the time this takes several appointments. Client in the picture above took 3 appointments. Which all of them lasted 4.5 hours each. Her maintenance is every 6 weeks to ensure her hair stays in the best shape. 

Pink hair is back, and better than ever. From the catwalks to celebs on instagram, pink hair is trending and it's more wearable than you think. Rather than one stand-out hue, there are tonnes of different ways you can dye your hair pink - to suit both your skin tone and natural hair color. This process can take up to 6 hours depending on the starting point to your desired color choice. 

For a luxury look that shines and has vibrance, try an impressive orange fiery copper balayage with darker roots. To achieve this style, hand-painted balayage with a dark shadow root. The mid-shaft to ends will be color melted together to get a seamless result. This look is a high-maintenance color that needs a refresh every 6 weeks, but the outcome is worth it. This look can take four plus hours depending on clients starting point. 

All-over hair color is sometimes called “single-process” hair color because it involves applying a single shade to your hair.

There are three levels of permanence when it comes to single-process hair color:

• Permanent: formula contains ammonia and peroxide which chemically change the color of your hair. This chemical change is what makes it “permanent”.
• Demi-permanent: contains no ammonia, but does contain peroxide to help hair absorb color. Generally washes out in 12 to 24 shampoos.
• Semi-permanent: contains no ammonia and color is deposited on the surface of the hair, acting more like a stain. Generally washes out in about 6 to 12 shampoos.