Evan the Colorist

Stunnnnning 30 inches of copper

So it’s your first time having your hair painted instead of foil highlights, or maybe you’ve never had highlights before at all...

Your hair is going to look great! Dimensional and blended, but how come your second highlight will be so much better?

Well, I always feel like the first highlight is about laying the foundation for an overall lightness, getting everything blended, and nailing down the tone that suits you the best. By session #2, your hair will have faded a bit, and the underlying texture of the highlights are revealed. Some bits will have gotten lighter, and some parts of your hair stay looking very natural.

Session #2 is not only about touching up the regrowth of your highlights. It’s about emphasizing the light parts that we want to stay light or be lighter and maintaining some of the shadow in places we want to have depth. In photography terms, I think about it like pushing the dynamic range in your hair 😂! Increasing contrast if we want, push some parts lighter, and bring back depth in other places. Balayage is all about controlling nuance in light/shadow, and its so much more personalized in the second round!

The truth about low-maintenance color:

Do I have clients that only need to highlight their hair every 6 months, or even only ONCE A YEAR? Actually yes, but the real tea is that every haircolor requires maintenance, just at different intervals and sometimes for different services. Here are some examples:

🟡 A 6-month highlight may look good when you come back for their touchup, but to look GREAT over the 6 months, you might consider one appointment in between for a gloss to refresh the tone and blend.

🟠 A 6-week copper retouch might look great from appointment to appointment even though you only get highlights once or twice a year.

Maintenance to me is relative. Small services like glosses in between larger highlight sessions is low-maintenance. Being on a set schedule because your color looks crappy by your next appointment is definitely NOT low-maintenance, nor does it look it.