Page 2 - ba;ayage training manual

HISTORY The second freehand hair colouring technique replicates hair having been bleached by the sun
and grown out after the summer. For this freehand hair colour technique the ends of the hair
What is Balayage? were bleached without any graduation or blending of the bleach into the middle areas of the hair.

This freehand hair colour technique became known as a “Dip Dye”.
Balayage evolved from earlier freehand hair colouring techniques designed to replicate
natural phenomenons in hair colouring. The first of these freehand hair colour techniques was the Please see Fig. 3

recreation of the dark roots that form when bleached hair grows away from the scalp.

Please see Fig 1

Fig 3 Dip Dye
Fig 1 recreation of bleached hair with roots
By the same token the Dip Dye began to evolve and remove the hard line by the hand painting
This of course causes a hard line between the roots and the rest of the hair so it was decided to of a design directly onto the hair that was irregular and extended ever closer to the roots. The
add a second colour to the middle lengths leaving the bleached ends this graduation between three Dip Dye was now all about the seamless blend from the roots to the ends of the hair thereby,
colours is called “OMBRE.”
becoming “Balayage” a freehand hair colour technique that can take 3 to 6 hours to complete.
Please see Fig 2

Fig 2 introducing a third colour to blend the roots Please watch the video above through to the end before you begin the training. Revisit the video
through to the ends without a harsh line named “OMBRE” as many times as you need to during the training to help clarify the instructions.