Ash blonde balayage is a cool-toned highlight technique that suits many skin tones, particularly brunettes with warm or neutral undertones.
Try out this beautiful ashy look for dark chamomile roots and light blonde balayage over your entire length of hair, achieved through several salon visits but with low maintenance requirements thanks to color-safe shampoo.
Layered Balayage
Balayage highlights are an elegant alternative to foil highlights; your colorist can use this technique to paint light and dark tones onto your locks to achieve the gorgeous ash blonde look with dimension. Brunettes can take part in this trend too with subtler tones of ash blonde that won’t overwhelm dark locks; dark wavy locks suit this natural light ash blonde balayage color choice beautifully!
If you want to go even lighter, ask your stylist about a silver ash blonde balayage. While it might be daunting at first, with regular salon visits and proper home haircare regiment, it can stay bright and shiny without becoming discolored over time.
Warm brown base shades combine effortlessly with light ash blonde balayage to give the hair texture depth and dimension, turning heads in the process.
Ombre Balayage
There can be an abundance of terms when discussing hair color goals with a stylist, including highlights, ombre and balayage – each technique offering distinct advantages for different results.
Ombre is a hairstyle that transitions from dark to light (or vice versa for reverse ombre) in steps, using either foils or more subtle fading techniques like balayage. Balayage is an artful hand painting technique which mimics what would naturally happen under direct sunlight – leaving no lines of demarcation or “striping,” creating an undone, lived-in look with no lines of demarcation between colors – for an authentic, natural style that requires little maintenance if maintained regularly with regular touch ups! Balayage can be achieved using either technique; although care must be taken when applied properly as any changes could quickly fade over time or it could look.
Dark Root Balayage
As balayage continues to gain popularity as the go-to technique for cool-toned blondes, some wish to give it a try on their dark roots. Contrasting balayage can look absolutely breathtaking; its cool tones look ethereal against a rich black base. Editor’s tip: Ask your stylist for face-framing balayage on the front of your hair for optimal results, while use color-safe shampoo regularly to maintain freshness.
An intimidating full balayage may be intimidating for brunettes, so this ash blonde balayage with dark roots is the ideal alternative. With natural dimension and lightening effects on face-framing strands, this summer-friendly look provides enough dimension. Silver highlights add eye-catching interest; and this blonde balayage proves that blonde and brown shades work harmoniously together.
Natural Balayage
Balayage has proven itself as one of the few long-standing hair color trends, providing a natural-looking solution to lighten locks with blonde hues. Brunettes looking to go blonde may prefer warm caramel hues while long locks benefit from more subdued chamomile tones.
Balayage techniques involve lightening your strands, but unlike traditional highlights they don’t require as much bleach to lighten them. Therefore, it is vitally important that balayage practices follow an established routine to preserve their health and avoid brassiness.
At-home moisture shampoo and hair oil treatments will also help preserve the color in between full-service appointments, helping prevent its fast fade-off rate and shorten the time between full services.
Long Balayage
As a brunette, exploring an ash blonde hair color may feel daunting. This gorgeous balayage shade provides the ideal way to test out this bold trend without going all-in and switching everything up completely – dark roots with light ash tones creates an eye-catching sun-kissed effect that you won’t soon tire of!
This ash blonde balayage is an ideal solution for those with cool skin tones who wish to keep their color natural-looking and subtle. It looks gorgeous when styled on long and straight strands with some brown and white babylights added as texture and dimension.
For an eye-catching effect, try this icy ash blonde balayage with platinum highlights for a dramatic result. It strikes the perfect balance between bleach and natural-looking color options and looks especially nice on brunettes with cool skin tones.
