What is Balayage?
The name balayage originates from the French word for “sweeping“. It is a very specific type of hair coloring, and it’s created by a hand painting technique that gives a very natural, blended look. The hair is painted in an upward and downward motion, the way you would stroke a paint brush on canvas. Because of this method, a balayage coloring will have no harsh or obvious regrowth lines showing through. As your hair grows, the color blends with it, making it a very low maintanence style.
The balayage has been around for decades, but it has made a massive come back into the hair industry in the last couple of years, not to be confused with highlights.
When balayaging, the hair is painted freehand, creating a beautiful and dimensional sun-kissed color, where as with highlights, foils are almost always used for coloring. That being said, sometimes a client’s desired balayage cannot be achieved without using these foils. That’s why in some cases, I like to use a foilage technique to give my clients the best results possible.
