Using three different techniques—foilayage, hand-painted babylights and traditional highlights—keeps this pearl blonde dimensional and natural, and two toning formulas add a shadow root to keep it a little more low-maintenance. See how Joico celebrity colorist Denis de Souza creates this look!
STEPS
Before
To begin, section the hair. Create a horseshoe section at the top of the head from top of eyebrow to top of eyebrow and back to the crown of the head.
Section each side from the horseshoe down just behind the ear.
Finished back sectioning. Start the application in the nape.
Starting in the back section, take a horizontal subsection at the nape of the neck. Take a triangle section from just behind the ear, gently backcomb and apply Formula A.
Feather the formula onto the hair 2 to 3 inches from the roots in a V-shape and fully saturate the hair from midlengths to ends.
Repeat on other side.
Take a horizontal section in the center about 2 inches wide and gently backcomb. Repeat the same V-shape application using Formula A.
Continue this process for two more horizontal sections in a bricklay pattern moving up the head to just top of the ear. Apply Formula A to these foils.
Pro tip: Adjust the number of foils depending on the density of the client’s hair.
Next, move on to the side sections. Take a diagonal section along the hairline, weave babylights, and apply Formula B from scalp to ends. Take a section above that and repeat a few more times.
Next, take a slice from the top of the remaining hair on the side section, gently backcomb and apply Formula A with the feathering technique.
Take the hair that was left out of the foils, gently backcomb, and apply Formula C from mids to ends. Repeat on the other side.
Pro tip: When working with Free Play Clay Lightener, make sure to saturate the sections to achieve even lift.
Make sure to get the “money pieces” around the front hairline.
Continue this process, working throughout the top back of the head.
Completed back section.
Completed side section.
Move to the top section. Working in the back towards the front, take a horizontal, ¼-inch weaved section and apply Formula B. Make sure to fully saturate the hair from mids to ends and feather the formula up toward the scalp.
Take an 1/8-inch slice and apply Formula A. Saturate the entire section and feather the root area. Continue this process until you get to the center of the top section.
Now move to the front hairline. Take a 1/8-inch microweave and apply Formula B. Fully saturate the mids and ends and feather toward the scalp.
Take a horizontal slice and apply Formula A from mids to ends, feathering the root area.
Continue foiling with Formulas A and B, working through the rest of the front top section.
Completed application. Process for 35 minutes. Shampoo with Joico Blonde Life Brightening Shampoo.
Create a 3-inch shadow root using Formula D. Apply Formula E to the rest of the hair. Process for 10 to 20 minutes. Rinse, then shampoo with Joico Blonde Life Brightening Shampoo and follow with Blonde Life Conditioner.
Finished look.
Finished look.
