Balayage on Tight Curly Hair

Professional colorist, Rachel Redd demonstrates a free hand balayage technique to create dimensional highlights balanced with blended gray coverage on tight curly hair. She shows you all her tips and techniques to achieve a blended, natural look including detangling the hair with a conditioning spray, sectioning methods for curly hair to ensure balance, and placement and strategic highlight application for a soft, detailed look and seamless transition. She finishes with a color melt and a glaze to blend out the gray for a beautiful, soft finish with pops of brightness throughout.

You will learn the most effective techniques for creating dimensional highlights in curly hair including:

• How to create a foiled effect without using foils
• How to section hair with bantu knots to ensure balance of application
• Weaving techniques
• Proper placement of color and lightener
• The results of diagonal and horizontal placement of lightener
• How to create brightness around the face
• How to use a zigzag part to diffuse lines of demarcation
• How to sweep the brush during application for soft effects
• How to tone and color melt to create blended gray coverage

Rachel Redd, Professional Colorist