Hair Color – Know Your Terms

The world of hair continues to evolve. New techniques and new products are constantly being introduced. We, at Art of Impact Salon, pride ourselves on staying current with the newest products and training in the newest processes.

Everything you need to gain a good understanding of all of the latest hair color techniques on the market today. This allows you to get the results you desire.

All-over hair color and highlights are common hair color methods that most of us are aware of. Lowlights and baby lights are pretty self-explanatory.

Let’s take a look at some newer hair color methods and techniques that are offering some exciting options.

Balayage is a French term that means to paint or to sweep. This technique involves the painting of multiple colors to create a perfectly blended effect. The balayage is perfect for dimensional natural color or can be used very artistically with vivid color. The possibilities are endless.

Ombre comes from the French meaning to fade into shadow. Creating a pulled-down shadow root by lightning at the mid-section and ends of the hair, ombré provides a dramatic and less natural finish than your typical natural color job. The shadow generally fades from darker roots to lighter ends but you can get creative with this technique. The reverse Ombre is also seen. Start with shadow. This offers assistance in growing out color. Vivid colors can be added to the ends of hair to prevent the grown-out line.

Ombre Highlights are, like Ombre, the addition of lighter color to the ends of the hair to result in the contrast of color. Ombre highlights may also include foils to graduate lighter colors further up into the hair, resulting in a more natural variation of color. 

Money Piece or Chef’s Kiss aka the subtle face frame. A lighter or brighter color is applied in a face-framing manner. Often added as a finishing touch to a variety of types of color techniques.

Hair Gloss is a treatment that closes the cuticle on strands of hair. It leads to softer, smoother, and shinier hair. There are tinted hair glosses that offer semi-permanent color.  

Color Melt hair color is a transition between two colors, perfectly blended at the seams. There are no chunks, color variations, or dimensional coloring. Instead, one color melts right into the next.

Lived-in Color. Lived-in hair is created using a new highlighting technique that allows the hair to grow out in a natural way, rather than leaving visible roots that require touch-ups. This look can last up to six months, depending on your hair’s rate of growth. This technique works well with guests working with silver or gray hair as well.

Vivid Color. The introduction of vivid colors has opened up a whole new creative arena for stylists.  We love helping our guests develop the look they have been dreaming of. 

Vivid colors are classified as bold and bright color. If these colors are going to be used on darker hair then the hair must be bleached out first then the vivid color or colors may be added. These colors can be used as one saturated color or using balayage techniques and/or foils to paint patterns or waves of color.

Our luxury color services are customizable to your needs based on the required service time. Time for a transformation.