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The Latest Summer Hair Color Craze... Decoding Colorist Lingo

Health & Beauty: Looking for an instant way to add oomph to your look? Coloring your hair blonde on blonde is one of the beauty buzzwords that first comes to mind.

Blonde on blonde can enhance the face, add dimension and shine, and when done correctly, the effect is, well...heavenly. But highlighting isnʼt the only option.

The 411 on Coloring Processes
Talk to your colorist to determine which of these techniques is best for you. Highlights: Add light to the hair; best in shades of Vanilla and Gold. This technique adds brighter dimension to hair color and gives that extra Pop to your look!

Shine Lights: Instantly adds color to your skin. Used to make hair dimensional and breaks up an over lightened head of hair giving you that Superstar Shine.

Slicing: Using small sections of the hair with the closest application to the hair of all highlighting techniques. Adds Drama to your Blonde!

Baliage: Hair color or lightener is “hand painted” freestyle onto select strands of hair; a great way to personalize your color and pairs amazingly with textured or wavy hair.

Ribbons: Using medium sections of hair that are lightened randomly to create a Fabulously Fierce Highlighted Look. This can be achieved through foiling or Baliage.

Jet Rhys

What do you get when you combine a world-class colorist and image-making guru with a precision haircutter and global educator? Jet Rhys salon in San Diego! Jet and Rhys, the salon's co-owners, have taught on stages around the world, styled at A-list events (like the recent LA screening of Julia Roberts new film, Duplicity) and satisfied thousands of local style aficionados. Now, thanks to dema...(Read More)

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