BALIAGE "SUN KISSED HILITES"- COLOR TECHNIQUE

The 1980s marked the glory days for overly processed, teased, permed, and sprayed hair—and the birth of Baliage (ball-y-azh), the system of painting highlights freehand onto select strands of hair that’s now preferred by Hollywood starlets and the New York jet set. Developed by the French to go with their free-form haircutting techniques, it hit Minneapolis in 1987 .

The treatment enjoyed brief mainstream success in the late ’80s and has maintained a small but steady following. Now, almost twenty-years later, the second wave of devotees is here .

What sets Baliage apart from traditional foil highlights is the freehand application, which is especially great for any hair . The technique leaves a soft beachcomber effect, complementing the cut and texture of the hair without any harsh lines or obvious blond streaks that sometime result from traditional foils. Baliage is simple and less time-consuming than foil highlighting. It will give you natural-looking highlights.

Sun-streaked hair is always lighter toward the ends.” A roll of cotton sits underneath the roots of the painted hair to keep the color from spreading to follicles. After the highlights are applied and the bleach washed out, a toner is added to reduce brassiness. In many cases, the effect is a rich, shimmering, golden tone—and perfectly random highlights reminiscent of a winter spent in Capri.

You can do lowlites or dark streaks too, this is a great technique ,fun and after you master an steady hand you can do variation of color to get diferents effects...