
How to Create Perfectly Blurred Balayage
Having the right tools to blend balayage seamlessly is vital to a successful service.

Having the right tools to blend balayage seamlessly is vital to a successful service.

The SalonCentric "Balayage and Social Media Bootcamp" graduates share their favorite takeaways from the workshop.

This was accomplished in one four-hour-long session, but the colorist was incredibly attentive and alert. “I checked her hair under the dryer every 10 minutes to make sure her porosity was good."

The beauty of @paintedhair is that she is now sharing her technique through Painted Hair classes. See a few of her formulas and learn more about how you can tap into her technique.

This gallery of jaw-dropping blondes is sure to help inspire you as summer nears—think babylights, balayage, face-framing lightness and platinum effects in all their sun-kissed glory. Each one is created using Truss Professional.

Get the overview of the most recent “Elevated Education” workshop held at SalonCentric in St. Petersburg, Florida: "Balayage and Social Media Bootcamp."

Sophia Avera demons how to transition your foil client to balayage.

Sophia Avera (@ssophiacolor) of Muse Salon and Spa, Atlanta, Georgia, is a color expert, and top national balayage educator for L’Oréal Professionnel. One of the key questions she gets at her seminars is “how do you create a root smudge without losing the highlights?” Here Avera shares her top ten tips on perfecting the color design.

The artistry behind hair painting requires mad skill. With three key tools from Product Club, you can seriously bring your A-game.

Get the details for this color and cut correction, using babylights, balayage and curtain bangs for a new look.

A total overhaul isn't always needed. This clever colorist knew how to make adjustments that preserved hair health while transforming the overall blend.

Over the past few years, the trend to make hair coloring more eco-friendly has continued to rise. In addition to companies seeking new ways to make their foils and meches more reusable and recyclable, stylists are taking their own initiatives inside the salon. Norwegian colorist Julie Jakobsen has found success using rollers.

A new line of styling products from Guy Tang will help every #hairbestie create their best hair, ever.

We've been crushing on Elizabeth Faye for a few years now, and hand-picked these hair images to showcase how, with the perfect poses (and some great balayage and business education!), your Instagram page can be elevated to the max.

Get the details for this makeover, from soft blonde to a level 5 with caramel highlights, created using the foilyage technique.

From light and faded to deep, dark and dimensional.

"Katie hadn't touched her hair in over a year, since I highlighted it last," says Min Kim (@minkimcolorist), Master Color Specialist, Butterfly Studio Salon, NYC. According to Kim, Katie is a low maintenance girl. Here she shares the details for this makeover.