Some extra hints and tips for Balayage
When shopping for the right colour for you balayage highlight, opt for hair dye no more than two to three shades lighter than your natural hair. This helps avoid platinum streaks and helps to achieve that natural look.
If you’ve never tried balayage highlights at home before, go steady and always ‘under dye’ if you’re not sure. You can always come back in a couple of weeks and add some more touch ups. If you add the lighter colour too heavily, you could end up having to colour it over in one block tone.
Toner is the best way to refresh the colour so you don’t have can stay out salon for at least three months. Just remember that the ends of your hair will have the most hair dye and sun exposure so if you want to keep your hair nice regularly apply a treatment to your locks and add the serum to the ends to keep it moisturised.
How to do a root drag
If your dark roots are showing through and you want to blend them with your lighter ends to get that natural grown out balayage effect, then a root drag is the perfect solution to achieve that. It will get rid of that harsh regrowth line and leave you with a soft grown out balayage effect until you can get them topped up with your hairdresser!
Step One: Preparation
Prepare your colour according to the product instructions. Cover yourself and the area your working in properly so you don’t end up with stained clothes or surfaces. Apply a layer of Vaseline (barrier cream) around your hairline and on your ears to prevent your skin from staining.
Step Two: Section your hair
Section hair into 4 sections, like a hot cross bun shape. Use the comb to make one long section from your parting to you neck, then a section horizontally through the middle of that, parting to ear. Twist the hair to keep it still or use clips if you wish.
You can use the picture you have here for the sectioning.
Step Three: Apply colour
Starting with your parting and hairline, only on the roots, use your tint brush to apply colour, then repeat on the partings you made from main parting to ear, this will help to keep your hair neatly in its 4 segments. Now in each segment starting from the top take horizontal 1-inch thick section lines using the end of your tint brush all the way across and apply colour evenly to the roots, repeat this all over in all segments until all roots are completely covered. If covering a lot of grey, make your sections slightly thinner so you don’t miss any!
Step Four: Start the root drag