Balayage and Ombre Hair Styling

by Miranda Jo

About Balayage and Ombre' Hair color

Balayage originally in French means “to sweep” or “to paint”. The idea behind balayage is to provide a more natural soft highlighted look. The highlights are literally painted on the hair with a clay like bleach that stops processing overtime. It’s a longer process so you want might to bring a snack if balayage is right for you.

Ombre’ on the other hand, is a gradual dark to light color change. Typically what you will see is darker color on the roots going to a slightly lighter color in the middle to brighter blonder color on the ends.

Both are equally amazing depending on what your desired outcome is!

The process...