Service
Soft brightness for brown and dark blonde hair, placed so it grows out without a line.
Balayage, babylights and a root smudge all start with the same idea: leave a little of you at the root and put the light where it will look natural as it moves down. Results vary with your starting color and your hair's history, and your stylist tells you at the consultation what is possible in one visit and what takes two.
Photos of color you like, and color you don't
What has been on your hair: box color, henna, a past gloss
Any past reaction to hair color, so we can plan a patch test
Step by step
Timings vary with your hair and your plan.
Your stylist looks at your hair in daylight, goes through your color history and agrees on a shade and a plan.
Your hair is sectioned along your part and natural movement so the color follows how it falls.
Lightener or color is painted by hand, or woven fine for babylights, from the lengths toward the root.
We check it at intervals rather than by the clock, and rinse when the lift is where the plan says.
A gloss sets the shade, a blowout shows how it wears, and we plan the next visit before you go.
What sets the price
Your price follows the length and density of your hair, how much lightening the plan needs, the time it takes and your stylist's level. Your stylist agrees the price with you at the consultation, before anything is mixed.
Who does it
Owner · Soft balayage on dark blondes
Summer opened Tawny for clients who want color that still looks good at week ten. She does the studio's balayage consultations and works most with dark blondes, light brunettes and anyone going a shade lighter in small steps.
Colorist · Babylights and face-framing
Xochilt paints fine babylights and face-framing brightness for brown hair that wants a little light without a big change. She speaks Spanish and English.
Questions
Soft balayage is often a few months between visits. A root smudge or gloss comes sooner. Your stylist gives you a schedule.
Sometimes. Going much lighter from dark brown usually takes more than one visit, and we will say so at the consultation.
If you have reacted to hair color before, or have never colored your hair, we may ask for one at least two days ahead. Tell us when you book.
Thirty to forty-five minutes on your hair, your color history and a plan, with the stylist who will do the work.