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WATCH: Fall in Love with Chunky Highlights

With this technique, everything depends on how nice, pretty and blended you paint inside the foil.

by Staff
October 4, 2020
WATCH:  Fall in Love with Chunky Highlights

HAIR BY @denababyx

1 min to read


Key Takeaways:

  • In this video, she uses a combo of babylights and slice-skip-slice to get this beautiful blend.

  • Everything depends on how she paints inside the foil.

  • Watch her neat work—no spaghetti swirls or baked potato foils here.

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​​Dena Galanos-Mabe is going to make you love a chunky highlight with this video demo.



Florida-based Galanos-Mabe is an Ulta Beauty Elite Stylist and member of the Ulta Beauty Design Team.

"This technique is for a brighter lived in, look maintaining depth to make the highlights pop!" she explains. "I like to use different types of weaves (or stitches) to create a multi-dimensional look that will have the client's hair looking amazing for longer than 4-6 weeks."

Working with conditioner on her mannequin, she walks us through this color service.

“With this technique, I’m really depending on how I paint inside my foil,” she explains. “I’m making sure everything is nice and pretty and blended. I don’t even go for a root shade or a root drop.   After foils have processed, I just pull them out and tone the client.”

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Beautiful, blended, and made to last!

See more of her beautiful work on her feed at @denababyx

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