Hair Highlights

Learn professional highlighting techniques including foils, balayage, babylights, chunky highlights, and face-framing. A popular and profitable salon service.

• Purpose and benefits of highlights and lowlights, difference between highlights, balayage, ombré, and full colour, understanding hair levels, tones, and undertones, identifying natural hair pigment and how it affects results
• Tools: foils, combs, brushes, caps, clips, gloves, bowls; overview of lighteners, developers, and toners; product safety, mixing ratios, and storage guidelines
• Conducting effective client consultations, hair and scalp analysis, performing strand and patch tests, selecting highlight patterns and placement, sectioning techniques for even application
• Foil Highlights: weaving, slicing, and block foiling; Balayage: freehand painting for natural effects; Babylights: fine, soft highlights for subtle brightness; Chunky Highlights: bold, contrasting streaks; Face-Framing Highlights
• Correct product mixing and developer strength, application steps for each technique, monitoring processing time and lift level, avoiding overlap and spotting, use of heat and timing control
• Understanding toners and colour balance, neutralizing unwanted yellow/orange tones, post-colour treatments and deep conditioning, educating clients on colour-safe hair care
• Correcting uneven or patchy highlights, managing over-processed or damaged hair, techniques for re-toning or blending lines, preventing breakage
• Salon hygiene and sanitation, safe handling of chemicals and tools, pricing strategies and service upgrades, building a strong colour portfolio

• Apply highlights professionally using multiple techniques
• Offer a high-demand salon service
• Receive certification

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