How To Color Hair | Ombre Balayage Hair Color Technique Full Length
- Posted on 18 June, 2013
- Hair Knowledge
- By Anonymous
Samantha demonstrates how to do a variation of the ombre balayage hair color technique used in the salon to retouch a classic ombre.
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Hello, I'm Samantha Finley, I'm the national creative director for Toni & Guy, and today I'm going to be sharing with you, some own brand balayage tips. I love this technique inside the salon, because it's a quick way to get an hombre and balayage feel what I'm going to be doing is utilizing. Three colors today have a dark, medium and light. This is really important whenever you're working with an hombre and balayage technique using three colors, because it really helps create a transition color and so this technique we like to call kind of our diamond hole and we're going to weave highlights out, as I paint on pieces And then the other elements of the hair left out we're going to do an hombre color we're using TG copyright color. So any of you, people that use TG copyright color, we call it a 4 / 8 5 and that's my darkest shade. I want to create a lot of depth at the root area and it's a beautiful color and my medium color is a intense copper with a little bit of a subtle red, so in TG copyright color - that is a 7 over 4 4 with 7 over 6 And both of my dark and my medium shades are both used for the 20 volume activator and then my lightest color is going to be Lightner. I'M utilizing the TG copyright, true light white and I'm using a higher activator for this, so anytime you're using balayage you're doing hombre if you're using mesh strips or you're leaving it out of a foil. It'S always best to up your activators. So I'm using the true light white with a 30 volume. What we're going to be doing is touching up our hombre bit changing the colors a little bit like I discussed before, and we're going to work a technique that works at diagonals. So we have diagonal backs here in diagonal backs here and we work a textured weave, moving up alternating the colors that we discussed before and you can see. Hombre grows out really well and she loves the technique, we're just going to bring it up and change the colors for her today. So the first step inside of Umbra balayage is the route shade. So the route shade that I'm using today is the dark, smoky boggy brown, and what I'm doing first, is I'm going to outline her profile and her hairline and then apply a root shade everywhere else, and what a root shade is is a tint retouch and when I'M applying color around the hairline. I love to utilize my cutting comb because it helps direct the hair away from the face which clients love because it has minimal stains around the hairline. So I've completed the root shade and now I'm going to go in and take my first sectioning pattern. So I'm going to go on the top of the head and create a diamond, and so what this diamond is doing is just incorporating the crown area that I'm then going to isolate. I'M then going to utilize my points to help me create four sections on the underneath. So I'm going to come here and subdivide that there so that kind of creates a radial. So I'm isolating from front to back and then I'll come to the back and create a vertical section and work all the way around. So this creates four sections on the underneath. So I'm going to start in this back area by taking diagnol back sections and then I'm going to take a textured weave off the top of this section and I'm going to repeat this technique in my book in both of my back sections. So you can see here I like to comb my root shade out to help blend and then I'm have a deep section and that's fine, because I want to create some contrast. So I'm going to take a weave, that's approximately four to six subdivide, my sections, I'm going to use a mesh strip, and this is ATG mesh, but other companies carry a similar paper and it just helps isolate the colors when you're working with anything, that's dimensional or Paint on so, you can see here again just combing that route shade through and then painting my intense, copper here. So again, what I used is the level 7 / 4 4, with a little bit of a subtle read, which is just a 7 over 6. Let'S just copper and Auburn through those mid links and ends, and one of the things that you want to look at is vertically feathering, so I'm overlapping the two colors together and smudging them to create a nice blend and I'll drop down. My top section - and this will be the bits that I highlight and what I'm going to use here, to give it a paint on balayage effect, is an angled brush. So I apply the lightener, the majority of the lightener on the mid links and ends so making sure that those mid lengths and ends are very saturated. And here I'm using the true light white with a 30 volume, activator making sure those ends are saturated and then using that angle to feather, because the whole idea of balayage is to create an irregular feel from the root area. So people like to use an angled brush or they like to go further up on one further down on one further up further down to create that irregular feel, so it allows for a soft grow out. So I continued the pattern alternating my shades and I repeated this technique on both sides and so now I'm moving around to the front and it's going to be a little different in the front area because of the fringe. So I'll start with a diagonal back here and then I'll have a diagonal back here, staggering it to detail the fringe area. Now, I'm going to begin the same pattern around the front area and something to think about when you're working this area. Sometimes it's hard to get the product to stick. Are there hair to stick to the mesh? So what I like to do is apply a little product to the mesh and then it helps the hair adhere to it, and so that allows for a clean application. So when you're detailing the fringe area, what you want to use here is more of a natural weave so around the back and on the sides and he's using a textured weave, which is a four to six. So now here I'm going to work more of a seven to ten we've, just to add softness around the fringe area. You can see my diagonal here and then my diagonal in the fringe, and now I'm going to make sure that I marry those two together. So I'm going to take a diagonal slice in between both creating kind of a brick lay pattern and then I'll continue in the same motion as I did in my back two sections and then I'll repeat the same technique on the opposite side. So now that we've completed the entire underneath my remaining diamond section on top, what I'm going to do is comb the root shade out and apply more of my dark smoky mahogany Brown and surface color, the entire section. This is a great quick way to color a large section of hair if you're wanting to utilize the pre-existing color. So the technique is now complete and my client is going to sit for 20 to 35 minutes depending on the lightness or the degree of noise that you're trying to reach. So this is the finished. Look. I'Ve completed my own brand balayage technique and through here you can see the darker color we put at the root area and the copper and the blonde tones throughout, and you can see how we have the hombre feel and also the balayage feel. So it gives a great combination and a soft transition from dark to light. I hope you guys liked it. Let me know if you have any questions and thank you for watching.
Comments
jessica hawkins: Love love love this technique! I will definitely be trying this one out.
dezmerh: Love this look! So thankful for this online education!! also you can certainly choose your color combinations. Get the creative juices flowing!!!
Bella Cole: Really great technique. Cleanly done and easy to follow! Thanks.
Britney Drinkwine: This is great! Turned out beautiful! I will definitely try this next time on my clients!
Buffy Mullenix: Gorgeous! Great thorough tutorial, thank you!
Manifesting Maren: i went to cosmetology school years ago and i wish we would of learned techniques like these. very to the point and very well executed , made it very easy to follow kudos great viD!!
SaFireAngel78: Awesome tutorial! I absolutely enjoyed the techniques that you used and the results were beautiful.
bchang227: It looks AWESOME!!! Great job!! I always enjoy watching all your tutorials and they've taught me a lot! Thanks! :)
O L: This looks amazing! I love this technique!
Troy Sherry: great video, really clear instructions and simply terminology. Love the finish result and the presentation two thumbs up
br0wnsugar54: Thank you so much for this video! Very informative, very descriptive. I've watched it at least 10 times to make sure i have the technique figured out. Thanks for this!
A Bailey: Great job explaining! I was wondering though, this seems quite complicated to do so is leaving the root shade on for such a long time something to be concerned about? What strength developer are you using on the root shade also?
David Ibeji: Really like the presentation and the whole content is actually very informative!
Shalanda Elise: Wow! That color combo is gorgeous! I'll be starting a new job on Tuesday in a salon that uses Tigi hair color! I'm super excited to work with this line.
Justin Johnson: Love it! Very good techniques and clear explanations!
JJ: Lovely technique! One to definitely try on my guests, thank you!
patricia: that was an awesome video and it turned out amazing . loved the color transitions and Ombre effect all in one process . wow . genius . thanks :))
Niki Drucker: This is the best ombré tutorial I've seen! Thank you so much for sharing!!
Penny Layne: I love the gift some ppl have, for making something intensive and rather difficult, look so easy. Beautiful hair. :)
star123533: the technique is great can't wait to try it out love the colours you used great thanks
Savannah 33: I'm speechless . I never learned a technique like this at my school . very education and I absolutely loved the outcome!
Miss Bee: Looks beautiful! Great job!
addieblue: This is just amazing - I wish I had professionals like you around..
Pixie Iskal: I love this!! Next time I dye my hair i'm using this technique :)
Jon & Noemi: Copper can be hard to appreciate but you made this look amazing! Love the hairstyle too.
Cynthia Gardner: You did an awesome job explain what I was looking for!! Thank you so much
yoda momma: Wow this lady is a true artist. Her attention to detail,her clear instruction,and the sticking tip. This is awesome!
Michael N: I've noticed that when applying lightener over color, if you want a better transition, using a color with a heavier pigment prohibits the lightener from eating it all away too fast. Or I wait to apply my lightener depending on how light the client wants to be.
April Dawn: Just added to "my favorites" what an amazing end result! Way to go!!
Morbid4nya: Gorgeous result!
ufcknockout3: Absolutely beautiful!
Biloxi Cub: I would never let anything like this walk out of my salon. I've been a licensed working professional for the past 32 years. We "FIX" color like this.
Janny Zheng: Really stunning color job!
PeachyMangoPie: Wow she's awesome and generous enough to enrich us with her amazing knowledge to us viewers .
Maria Flores: I love it! some day I want to master color myself, Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
shannon sanborn: Looks beautiful!
Be Yourself: Great video, very helpful. Thanks!
hairstreet: Gorgeous! I love it!
Scarlett777Red: :-D Not a problem,great to see innovation with clear instruction,thank YOU.
Lisa Nicole Gomez: She said ombre/balayage, not one or the other. It was a combination of both, and you can see that clearly if you know the purpose of balayage techniques vs. ombre techniques. Came out great! <3
Haila Abiel: Thank you so much am a new cosmetology student and you description is very clear and easy to follow thank you so much it is so helpful.
Adriana: love that! I love how it had dimension and depth... it looked super cute!
Lauren: This was the most helpful video I've watched!!!! Should you always leave that diamond section when doing ombre balayage and make it all one solid color there? Thank you!
tina samnik: Beautiful! Superior work!
Melissa kisses: Did this today it came out so good(╯3╰)
Kevin Onthank: Very beautiful. Cool technique!
Tayler: looks beautiful!!! and wow i went to toni & guy and these videos are totally different than the how tos i watched in school haha
Jash be happy: Thank you for the detailed hair sectioning... Been looking for that here for quite a while... :)
alexis karras: Well done my dear very simple and easy technic Colours well mixed it' looks fabulous
FABIANA FERREIRA: Wow! Amei! Lindo!!!!!!
MindyKay: Haters are gonna hate, don't listen to them! My jaw dropped when I saw the finished look! AMAZING!!!! <3
sylvia perry: Gorgeous love the technique and color
Bri Orozco: The sectioning is so clean. Totally vibe on this look.
Jose Rivera: I think the problem with this color is the fringe. To me, it looks patchy for some reason, and throws off the whole color. Unless, you're going for that kind of fringe, in which case it looks good.
haircbc: Thanks for sharing this technique!
Kat Harmony: looks so pretty!
Beach SunandSand: So beautiful!
Nichole Richard: Gorgeous thanks for sharing.
jackalicious27: So awesome.. Colour looks ridiculously great!!!
natalie77381: I give her props for being on camera and doing a tutorial. I like her before photo. Most clients that come in like this want more blonde and ashier time in my salon. I would have balayaged in her blonde higher. I think the dark chunk of bang then chunk of lighter brassier color does this client no justice. I makes her face look fuller. I would love to see videos of educating our stylists with full hair makeovers though. Education is #1. Slapping lighter over lightener will damage the hair. Hair companies can make more money by educating stylists on what treatments to add to lightener, after color is rinsed out to protect the clients hair. Your comp will make more money by adding in treatments. Some young girls watch these types of videos go home and damage their hair bc theirs no warning attached to this and those young girls have no clue existing blonde needs to be treated before applying lightener over it again. Natalie Enze - The Woodlands, Tx
xCandyAnna: It looks amazing! is the "ombre balayage" technique only for already ombred hair?
Brooke Saunders: Beautiuful color, informative video and great technique but I'm not crazy about the fringe area.
Ruthy Archila: I love it!! Thank you :)
Mrs. Seextee: so beautiful...and you work so clean!!!! ❤
WANDERLUST - Sumandak: wow this takes a lot of effort.. would love to try for myself!! ;)
MagniVincent Lim: Would like to see the result style in straight before the wavy styling , hope it helps for the future work. Keep up the good work ! From Toni&Guy KL
Kira Lawicki: Very informative. Great video!
Deborah Rodriguez: I love this !! its beautiful
Xo Xo: My quick question is can you use the ombré hair dye for all of the hair instead of just the bottom part?
ANTHONY MORTON: So amazing, I currently am in a cosmetology school that offers no real explanation for hands on its pretty text book and going over formulas. I am so thankful for Toni @ Guy and youtube. Its almost like they shoud get a portion of my tuition as thats were I get the best information. Thanks TIGI I heart u
DenofGoods: I am excited to try this out!
Sasha Von Kirsch: That is super nice job! Can you make a video for short/angels bob ombre and/or ashy blonde ,with the same technic ,kind of frosty winter look, pretty pretty please!)
Patrick Kellett: Trying this technique today. Very cool
Valeriee Araujo: Sooo pretty!!(:
corey kennedy: So if your just wanting to do two colors (the dark and the blonde) Would you still weave and just use the root shade color (in place of copper color) in order to break up the blonde if you wanted and the diamond shape as well?
Chata B Wilson: Techniques are very beneficial....love it.
Bella Rose: Gorgeous! Love the chunk in the front!
Gille87: Beautiful!
Jasmine Hanson: Love the look. Just feel the fringe was a little too light to blend in with the root shade....definitely going to utilise this technique on clients soon thought:D
A Short Perspective: OMG i love it <3 do you think this would be to hard to do at home? I understand hair and stuff or do you think it would just be smarter to have a professional do it?
SIMORE ELLEBY: Gorgeous I love it
Nys B: really good. whats the difference in technique between balayage and ombre?
Angela Stephenson: Love it!
Valerie is a Mom: Great technique!!!!
Juss Sayin: Wow - all these rude comments. I thought it looked great. Did you ever think maybe she gave the client exactly what she asked for? Just because you personally don't like it doesn't mean she did a terrible job.
lee worsley: It looked great and it was different, some people like to try daring bold or just pain different colours rather than go for the natural look, GOOD JOB
ProvocatuerBarbie25: I appreciate the tutorial, and I guess the colors were chosen to give a final example of the overall look- but the colors, to me, were all wrong- especially that yellow blonde and the weaving process on those still comes out as a early 2000's style highlight with all the tackiness and no dimension.
Cristina Bejan: Maybe it's the lighting but those colors don't seem work very well together, the dark one is kind of too dark and cool and the light one very warm, it's sort of color blocking each other... maybe after a couple of washes the demipermanent at roots will start to blend more into the copper; and also it should have been the lighter color right next to the face, it's more natural that way.. But the technique is worth considering and she did a great job explaining and giving us new ideas; imo the result would have been perfect with these little considerations I mentioned, but that's just my taste :D. also ombre looks best on wavy/curlier hair imo, you should consider that before committing to it
Xiomara C: it came out beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!
tiffanycrystalclear: Beautiful thanks for sharing
AphroditeeGoodnitee: Looks great!!
akolley1: very cool technique and end results!
andrea marino: Bellissima e Bravissima❤️
Kenya: omg!! this is what ive been looking for all my life!
monica: when doing the detail in the bangs.would it have a softer look if you parted your bangs to the side where you will wear them. and then do them. or should you always keep it centre parted?
jackie lopez: Love it!!!
Larry and Laurel Nordyke: I like it! It looks beautifully creative :) I liket hat it isn't perfectly symmetrical
Courtney B: Great technique. I am going to try this today. Only thing I would change is the base color is a little to dark. Looks like she needs a retouch, not far enough down to be ombred. A level 5-6 would have been a bit softer. The color tones, however, are gorgeous!
Danielle Green: beautiful!
Molly Mills: It looked great!