Recent social media hair feeds may have revealed an explosion of personalized color services with intriguing names like teasylights, foilyage and baby lights.
Baby lights are an easy and discreet highlight technique that works great on fine hair, giving it a natural luminous sheen while being low maintenance.
What is a baby light?
Babylights are an oh-so-subtle hair coloring technique, ideal for fine hair. They differ from highlights and balayage in that they create a subtle lightening effect rather than visible contrast through ribbons of color, as well as being less labor-intensive as stylists won’t need to spend as much time working with large sections of hair like they would when using traditional foils.
Baby lights are a beloved trend because they look natural and flattering on all hair colors. This technique employs lighter hues than your base shade to delicately highlight individual strands of your locks for an illuminating glow reminiscent of sun-kissed highlights.
Due to their delicate application process, babylights are an excellent choice for women with fine hair as it makes their strands appear fuller and livelier. But babylights work on all types of locks as long as you don’t require dramatic lightening effects; therefore it is wise to consult a stylist prior to scheduling an appointment for coloring services.
How to get a baby light
Recent hair feeds on social media reveal an explosion of custom color services such as teasy lights, foilyage or babylights that create subtle tonal shifts within base color.
Attaining a natural-looking babylight look takes careful attention and great skill from stylists. Since you are painting individual strands at a time, this process takes longer than regular highlight services and may incur higher costs.
This service is ideal for clients with fine to medium hair who desire a bolder and brighter appearance. Your stylist will first create a “shadow root” using babylights before using foil paint one or two shades lighter throughout your Hair for a natural, blended grow-out without obvious lines of demarcation.
How long does it take to get a baby light?
Babylights could be just the thing to create that sun-kissed look you desire. Similar to balayage, this technique involves painting tiny strands of color across your entire head for subtle, tonal shifts that give off sun-kissed vibes.
This process may take longer than other highlight services as your stylist will paint on only a few thin strands at a time. Furthermore, as it requires greater skill than other forms of highlights it may cost a little more than other services.
Babylights work best on hair that has already been lightened to a lighter blonde shade, though if you want them applied all over, for maximum effectiveness it is wise to schedule at least two-hour appointment with your stylist so as to not rush through or spend too much money.
What is the maintenance of a baby light?
Babylights may last between one and five years depending on your stylist and frequency of service. Perfect for fine hair, babylights are great at looking natural while offering some lightening effects, although unlike highlights or balayage they do not create an all-over lightening effect due to being made up of very thin strands of color which must be weaved precisely into each strand of color woven in.
These techniques are also excellent for subtly highlighting hair with one tone of blonde rather than two, if you prefer something less drastic than full head highlights.
Maintaining vibrant haircolor requires frequent touch-ups every six to eight weeks from an experienced stylist, who knows all about this type of coloring. Furthermore, Kenra Professional products may help to keep your locks healthy and shiny in between appointments while awaiting your next one.