Let’s admit it: grown-out roots are hard to love, especially with those silvery peekaboo strands. It’s quite possible to get along with them while attempting a shadow root coloring technique to enhance the color contrast between the roots and the ends. But as it always happens with fleeting infatuation, you’ll still find yourself at the crossroads, with only two options left – going au naturel and blending your gray hair with highlights, letting your gray grow all the way in, or choosing a gray hair coverage technique.
For the hair colorist and balayage specialist, Alen Mujagic, making his clients happy is the highest priority. So, whenever it’s time to color correct the overgrown roots and get rid of the color banding, the hair pro is always here for a thorough hair consultation. In this case, the hairstylist deals with gray roots, brassy tone, and hair breakage that causes frizziness and lack of volume. After spending 10 hours in a chair, the client looks like a totally different person – younger and more confident. Her emotional reaction says it all.
As you can see, the client had a balayage before with a darker hair tone at her roots, transitioning into a lighter color on the ends. This time, the idea is the same. But before working his magic with the client’s hair, the colorist needs to fix color banding from graying roots and patchy areas of the previous color.
The hair pro uses the hair smudging technique by applying a semi-permanent color to blend the line of demarcation. The gray coverage is achieved by using a slightly lighter color than the original hair tone so that it works well with a balayage.
With roots done, correcting brassy hair is the next challenge. The hair professional uses his signature board balayage technique, which allows him to spread the color evenly throughout the length. The technique creates a melt of colors, ranging from light caramel shade at the roots and honey blonde at the ends.
These colors complement one another, adding dimension, healthy brightness, and silky texture. Warm tones make the client look younger, proving once again that lighter hair tones can easily knock a decade off the look. The hair community agrees that the right hair color may completely transform a person. “She looks 10 years younger and classy,” one comment says. “People had no idea how much confidence it comes with beautiful hair like this,” another comment states.
The final stage of the huge transformation is a big chop that instantly adds lightness to the hair. The layered long bob is a perfect choice since it helps trim off the damaged ends and shape the client’s locks for an elegant yet low-maintenance look. Her hair is no longer flat but bouncy and voluminous – just what she needs to feel beautiful inside and out.
There’s always something magical and heart-warming about the hair transformation stories like that. Because taking care of your hair is one of the best forms of self-love. We at The Right Hairstyles know this like no one else.
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