Expert Balayage Services in Red Deer

Realizations occur when sitting under a red-tinted hood of heat and wearing enough foils to make contact with an alien mothership. Sure, you can get six weeks of colour before growing roots plant you back in that salon chair, but you can also end up with brassy zebra stripes that bring back memories of ultra-glossy Lip Smackers and frosted cream eye shadow. (The early 2000s called, and they want those platinum blonde stripes back.) Thankfully, traditional foil highlights are no longer the only go-to hair colour choice. Now, game-changing hair colouring techniques, most notably balayage highlights, let us get the hair of our wildest dreams: natural-looking, low-maintenance, and endless in options.

Balayage technically means "to sweep" or "to paint" in French, but in our opinion, it might as well mean to look beautiful, natural, and enviously kissed by the sun. We can't help but drool over rich chocolate brown brushed with melted caramel and honey, or swoon over golden blonde touched with smooth butter and amber. These dynamic colour blends are achieved by free-hand painting hair with lighter shades, which catch the light perfectly and look like the natural highlights from the summers of your youth. The strokes are artfully placed all over the hair, but often frame the face and coat the ends most prominently. They grow out flatteringly, making touch-ups few and far between. If you want to liven up your locks for spring and summer, it might just be time for a hair colour pick-me-up á la balayage. No matter if your hair is curly or straight, we have the balayage hair highlight inspiration you need to take to your next salon appointment.

Balayage Inspiration

Chestnut Brown & Caramel

This balayage looks like someone poured the perfect caramel colour onto warm brown hair for a light-catching effect all over. You still see plenty of the dark brown throughout, resulting in a super dynamic head of hair. See more in our portfolio.

Beachy Blonde Curls

These bouncy curls get so much more definition and movement from blonde balayage. Long, curly hair can look weighed down, but adding light-catching colour makes all the difference.

Coppery & Red Tones

For those wanting something bolder, balayage is perfect for adding flashes of copper, auburn, or even violet-rose to a brunette or red base. It adds shine and dimension for a look that's rich and fiery.

Lived-In Color

Lived-in colour is the recent trend that uses an intricate system of balayage, incorporating both lighter and darker shades from the base colour to create a blend that looks so natural that you only have to head in for touch-ups every six months.