Paint That Hair

Being careful not to fly bleach from the balayage paddle, I paint long locks and cautiously watch over designer handbags as well dressed women converse with their stylists in the next station over.

Speckles of bleach rest dryly on the shimmering black cape while most of it is laying thickly on top of each hair section I select for a custom highlight application.  

I layer strands with clay based hair lightener, a modern form of bleach that creates a hard shell on the outside yet stays moist on the inside to allow hair to be freely painted. Unlike traditional powder bleach that swells and is more likely to cause bleeding, the clay stays right where I put it. I then saturate freely where light is desired. 

A freehand application is always custom, seemless and beautiful

Balayage Ultimate

Colorists have been pushing boundaries by creating seemless hair color for an au naturale effect with a variety of hand painting techniques. 

Like the hair you were born with, we tap, slap and smudge our bleach, blurring lines and kissing locks in tones of butter and bronze, or copper and honey, and so on!  Sans foil, our vision is setting us free in the ultimate color creation.

This season, at Hair in Fairfield, CT,  we had the honor of skill shared via Frederick Fekkai"s Soho Creative Director Davíd Michaud. 

In his thick french accent and experienced hand, he pushed, blended and skimmed lightener into manes of blonde, brunette, and red, creating sophisticated beauty with no stripes or harsh lines from start to finish. 

He smothered the hair in plastic wrap to keep lightener from drying out, just like your mama’s oven casserole, then rinsed and glazed. Et Voilà. Highlights du jour.