The latest hair highlighting technique involves sticking to shades closer to one's natural colour.
If you’re done with ombré and its predecessor sombré, Babylights may just be for you. This highlighting procedure is meant to give locks a sun-kissed look, by adding fresh looking accents. Having become popular among Hollywood stars and models like Miranda Kerr and Karlie Kloss, Babylights works with one’s natural hair colour, adding fewer and more subtle streaks to lighten up the face. While the colour is more natural-looking, it still adds some dimension to one’s hair style. Still better, they are low in maintenance. The regrowth doesn’t look so bad and the colour won’t totally ruin your locks. If the highlights are done well, they don’t need redoing too often either.
Should define your cut
Akshata Honawar, creative director, Runah salon explains Babylights is a trend in which the stylists adds a very thin meche of highlights in the balayage technique to blend it better. “Most clients shy away from balayage because of the patchiness. We have done a few and I think it’s a big thing in hair colour. Generally, women want more natural looking colour. I would recommend this technique especially for the ends, to define your cut better and to add lightness to it. If your hair is heavy, then apply highlights on the entire perimeter but if light, stick to all the ends,” she says.
Choose the right shades
There is a shift towards wanting hair colour that’s not very bright and closer to one’s natural hair tone says Najeeb Ur Rehman, national technical head, Schwarzkopf Professional India. “On very dark hair, ideally we should create three shades lighter highlights from the natural base — medium brown beige, and dark copper and deep red violet babylights. Stick to fewer streaks such as above the hairline on the sides, half or behind the ear and front. Like any colour procedure use a colour protect shampoo and conditioner at home in order to get maximum retention of colour and shine. Once a month go for a hair spa and also apply serum regularly.”
May not work for Indians
Sapna Bhavnani, hair expert says, while Babylights has become popular abroad, it may not pick up here. “Since we have very dark natural hair, it would be harder to see more subtle highlights. Also, Indians in general don’t like subtle colour. They feel if they are paying for it, it should show. Internationally, women have lighter hair so it is much easier to do this technique,” adds Sapna.
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