Balayage isn’t going anywhere in 2018, but traditional, super-blended color won’t be as on trend as it has been. Instead, BTC Founder and Creative Director Mary Rector-Gable predicts dimensional balayage, dimensional brunette, ribbons and face-framing color will take Instagram's top balayage spots.

Here’s what Mary shared with more than 2,000 hairdressers at Matrix Destination 2018—the photos, the tips and the reasons why balayage is shifting gears. Check it out!

Dimensional

• What to know: At the beginning of last year, seamless balayage was huge, but closer to 2018, we saw dimensional balayage really take off.