![]() If you are apprehensive about dying your hair or nervous about a dramatic change, balayage is the perfect way to meet in the middle. 2) ADDED COLOR DIMENSIONīalayage adds beautiful color dimension to your hair in the most natural way. Not only will you look like you've spent the early part of the year on a tropical island, but both ombré and balayage grow out beautifully, leaving you free to change up your hair again if you wish. Winter is the perfect time to add a natural glow and lighter tone to your hair. If you want to brighten up your Winter look, balayage may be the answer to your hair prayers. With Winter upon us, looks and fashion are more toned down with neutral shades of darks and grey clearly visible. Image source: Google, Carrie Bradshaw 4 Reasons To Consider Ombré or Balayage 1) LIGHTEN UP FOR COLDER SEASONS Of course, we can thank celebrities like Sarah Jessica Parker in the famous Sex and the City series, who's regrowth quickly became her signature style, even as early as the 90s, where highlights as close as possible to the roots were almost as important as a perm. In the 90s, balayage hair came to the US, but only just becoming popular among the South African masses in the recent year or two. Balayage was a revolutionary new technique, using strips of cotton to separate dyed hair from un-dyed hair, leading to that effortless, sun-kissed look. At the time, the industry standard was to dye hair using frosting caps and foils. Because the color is supposed to look like it's been dip-dyed, even as your hair grows out, you never need to worry about a root touch up! Where Did Balayage Begin?īalayage hair had its fabulous beginnings in the 1970s in France, at the uber exclusive Carita Salon in Paris. The great thing about ombré hair, is that it requires relatively no upkeep. ![]() If not done correctly, you could end up with a harsh and unblended look, which is why it's so important to go to an experienced hairstylist for a dye job like this one below. ![]() To achieve an ombré look, hair is usually made darker from the roots to the mid-shaft, and a transition to a lighter color from the mid-shaft through to the ends. With ombré there might also be a more prominent difference in the hair between the two colours, whereas balayage appears more blended. ![]() On the other hand, ombré is completed by bleaching the bottom half of your hair and dyeing a lighter shade on top using foils, a more traditional dyeing method. With balayage, the stylist paints the dye directly onto the hair strands, leaving a natural blend. The main difference is the process or technique of dyeing the hair. While this is sort of true, there are some key differences between ombré hair and balayage hair. You may be thinking that this technique sounds similar to the ombré styles that took over the world a while back. Image source: Google, Caramel Balayage How does this compare to ombré? This is what creates the natural progression of the dye, leaving a beautiful natural look with no obvious signs of regrowth. The dye is painted directly onto the hair and is not saturated right through until the tips of your hair. Basically, it leaves a sunkissed, natural glow to your hair by using various tones of light and dark hair dye to create multiple dimensions of color. It is a technicque for dying hair in which the dye is painted onto the hair to give it a natural, gradual transition.īritish celebrity stylist and royal hairdresser to Katerine Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, Richard Ward explains, “balayage is a freehand hair coloring technique that gives a really blended natural look with no harsh or obvious regrowth lines”. Some of us, myself included, might have still looked like it was time to touch up the regrowth, as evidenced by this picture below of myself with arguably the worst ombré in the history of ombrés.īut by now, most of us all know what Ombré means, but what about the new buzz word - balayage, that has been floating around the hair world lately?īalayage is also a french word, meaning "to sweep" or "to paint". Then a few years later South Africa caught the trend and all of a sudden everyone, even some men, was sporting an ombré. So what looked like highlights growing out to me, was actually very trendy. Khloe Kardashian, being the fashionista that she is, was showcasing what is called an ombré hairstyle - ombré being a French word meaning to go from dark to light. I remember watching Keeping up with the Kardashians a few years ago and thinking to myself "Oh my word! Just LOOK at Khloe's regrowth!" Little did I know that it was all the rage and very fashionable.
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