Hair By Sarah Livengood
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Blended Highlights vs Traditional Highlights

Full Blended Highlight

Full Traditional Highlight

with tip-out, Olaplex 1 & 2 and toner!

Full Traditional Highlight

Full Traditional Highlight

with copper lowlights, Olaplex 1 & 2 and toner!

What's the difference between the two?

What's the difference between the two?

-A Full Blended Highlight is a full head of fine-weaved highlights! It makes the dark-to-light contrast more blended, making the blonde pop on top of the dark!

-A Full Traditional Highlight is a full head of fine-sliced highlights! It makes the dark-to-light contrast a bit more equal, leaving behind ribbons of dark and light!

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-A Full Blended Highlight is a full head of fine-weaved highlights! It makes the dark-to-light contrast more blended, making the blonde pop on top of the dark!

-A Full Traditional Highlight is a full head of fine-sliced highlights! It makes the dark-to-light contrast a bit more equal, leaving behind ribbons of dark and light!

-These services can also be done as a partial (below), which is focused more in the crown and on top of the head (so dark is left underneath)

Partial Blended Highlight

Partial Traditional Highlight

with  tip-out, hairline detailing, Olaplex 1 & 2 and a toner!

Partial Traditional Highlight

Partial Traditional Highlight

with grey coverage in-between foils, lowlights, Olaplex 1 & 2 and a toner!

Should I get a Partial or Full?

Should I get a Partial or Full?

-If you are wanting to be more visibly blonde, I always recommend a full! 

-If you are wanting to just add some highlights and stay on the darker side, a partial is the way to go! I also have clients on a stricter budget that get a partial with a tip-out and hairline details to stay more on the blonde side! 

Teasy-Lights vs Baby-Lights

Partial Teasy-Light

Partial Teasy-Light

with Olaplex 1 & 2 and a toner!

Full Baby-Light

Partial Teasy-Light

with tip-out, Olaplex 1 & 2 and a toner!

What's the difference between the two?

What's the difference between the two?

-Teasy-Lights are thick-sliced highlights with teasing at the root! The teasing leaves behind a more blended root to make it look like a lived-in blonde!

-Baby-Lights are BABY fine-weaved highlights! This technique is done very similarly to Blended Highlights, except there isn't as much blonde left behind! This creates more of a sprinkled highlight effect!

Balayage vs Foilyage

Full Balayage

Full Balayage

with Olaplex 1 & 2 and a toner!

Full Foilyage

Full Balayage

with tip-out, hairline detailing, Olaplex 1 & 2 and a toner!

What's the difference between the two?

What's the difference between the two?

-A Balayage is hand-painted highlights (with special placement techniques)! This style is for anyone who wants lived-in dimension without going blonde! Since this technique doesn't require foils, I only recommend this to clients with VIRGIN HAIR.

-A Foilyage is thick-weaved highlights with root and depth left behind! This style is for anyo

-A Balayage is hand-painted highlights (with special placement techniques)! This style is for anyone who wants lived-in dimension without going blonde! Since this technique doesn't require foils, I only recommend this to clients with VIRGIN HAIR.

-A Foilyage is thick-weaved highlights with root and depth left behind! This style is for anyone who likes the balayage style, but wants to be more visibly blonde (because this technique requires foils)!

More Frequently Asked Highlight Questions

What is Hairline Detailing?

What is Hairline Detailing?

What is Hairline Detailing?

Hairline detailing is highlights done around the face, behind the ears and around the nape! I recommend this service to anyone who wears their hair up frequently! The detailing keeps your hair looking bright around the hairline while the hair is pulled back or up! 

What is a Tip-Out?

What is Hairline Detailing?

What is Hairline Detailing?

A Tip-Out is a balayage-style hand paint done to the mid-shaft and ends of the hair in between the foils/left out hair! I recommend this service to anyone who is trying to go visibly blonder and/or going for more of a lived-in blonde look!

Which style is best for me?

What is Hairline Detailing?

Which style is best for me?

If you don't have a specific style in mind,  I will ask you questions in our consult about what you're potentially going for and I will give you my professional opinion! 

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