Balayage in Rishon LeZion
Light painted on by hand: your own color at the roots, lighter and softer through the lengths and ends. For anyone who wants to add light without a strict pattern of strands.
Balayage is a technique where lightener is painted onto the strands by hand, blended from the mid-lengths to the ends. Your own color stays at the roots, so the grow-out is barely noticeable, and the light falls where the sun would naturally add it.
Other techniques give a similar result: AirTouch, highlights, shatush. People often send me a photo and call it balayage when it’s actually AirTouch, or the other way around. So first I talk through what I see in the photo of the result you want — sometimes we see different things. Then I suggest the technique that will give that effect on your hair.
If your hair has been dyed dark for a long time or colored with box dye, I do a strand test first and tell you honestly how light the strands can get in one visit.
Work in similar techniques
Photos are only cropped; the hair color is not retouched.
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AirTouch on long hair
Only the longer, denser hairs are lightened, so the transition is soft, as if the hair had been lightened by the sun.
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Lighter, without a drastic change
Lightening in fine strands and toning evened out the shade through the lengths, with smooth transitions.
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How it works
Photos and comparing notes
On WhatsApp, send me a photo of your hair in daylight and a photo of balayage you like. Tell me what you’ve colored your hair with before. I’ll tell you what I see in the photo and which technique will give you that result.
A strand test, if needed
If there’s dark dye or a lot of old color on your hair, I do a strand test first: it shows how your hair lightens, and that’s how I choose the formula.
Hand-painting
I place the light so the transition from roots to lengths is soft, with a little more light around the face. I choose the formula for your hair.
Toning and blow-dry
After lightening, a treatment and toning to the shade you want: warm, beige or cool. Finally, a blow-dry.
What affects the time and price
- The length and thickness of your hair.
- Your current color and coloring history: after dark dye or box dye, lightening is harder and sometimes takes several stages.
- How much light you want and where: around the face and at the ends, or all through the lengths.
- Which technique we choose from the photo: balayage, AirTouch or highlights.
- The price already includes the dye, in-salon care during coloring and a blow-dry.
Aftercare and touch-ups
With balayage the roots grow out softly, so it can be refreshed less often than all-over color.
The shade washes out over time — it can be refreshed with toning, without lightening your hair again.
At home: a shampoo for color-treated hair, a mask and heat protection. I’ll help you choose products for your hair.
Questions
How is balayage different from AirTouch?
In balayage I place the light by hand. In AirTouch the short hairs are blown out with a blow-dryer and only the longer, denser ones are lightened, so the transition is even softer. The two can look very similar — from your photo I’ll tell you which one will give the result you want.
Are balayage, shatush and ombré the same thing?
No, but they share the same effect: light toward the ends and natural color at the roots. Ombré is a visible shift from dark to light; shatush and balayage are softer. I go by the result you like in the photo, not by the name.
Does balayage work on dark hair?
On natural dark hair, yes: you’ll get soft, warm or neutral light. If your hair is colored with permanent dark dye, a strand test comes first. Sometimes the dark color has to come out before balayage.
Will it look yellow?
After lightening I always tone the strands to the shade you want, and that takes out the yellow. How cool the color can go depends on your starting base — I’ll tell you after a photo or a strand test.
How much does balayage cost?
It depends on length, thickness, your current color and how much light you want. I’ll give you an idea of the price after I see a photo. The price already includes the dye, in-salon care during coloring and a blow-dry.
Send a photo — I’ll tell you what will suit you
I’ll look at your hair and the color you like, tell you honestly what will work for you and give you an idea of the price.
110 Herzl St, Rishon LeZion
Lower ground floor, entrance from Herzl Street. Sun–Fri, 10:00–19:00 · Closed Saturday.
- My own studio, by appointment
- Free parking