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Balayage and highlights are often presented as a matter of taste, but the right choice depends on measurable factors - your starting level, how much grow-out you can tolerate, and how much LA sun your hair sees weekly. This covers the framework most consultations skip and the questions that actually determine which technique will serve you better.
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Full gray coverage requires a touch-up every six weeks or the regrowth becomes obvious. Gray blending extends that window to ten to sixteen weeks by working with the natural color rather than against it. This covers the gray percentage thresholds that determine which approach works, and the client profiles that belong in each category.
Read the note →If you typed "what are babylights" into a search bar, you probably already sat through a consultation and heard a number that surprised you, or you heard a colorist use the word and nodded along without really knowing what it meant. Both reactions are common, because babylights get mentioned constantly in salons and rarely get explained.
Read the note →Most clients arrive at a color correction appointment without understanding what the process actually involves, which sets up mismatched expectations from the first session. This covers what happens stage by stage - from the initial assessment through each application and rinse - and what to ask about, track, and avoid between sessions.
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