Clients often have doubts about the distinction between balayage and highlights, wondering if they are truly different techniques or if there is any overlap between them. Balayage is more of an end result rather than a technique. It helps us to achieve a look similar to what the sun would do to your hair if you spent a lot of time soaking it up. What sets it apart from traditional highlighting is the free-hand technique we use by hand painting the lightener on. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Highlighting creates more of an intense lighting effect to saturate your hair from root to end, adding lightness and dimension. This allows our artists to have more direct control over the pieces they are lightening by sectioning out your hair which creates a more pronounced contrast between the lightened strands and your natural hair. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We may use a combination of both techniques to create the customized color only for you!