GLOSSARY

Hair words,
in plain English.

The terms you’ll see on my menu and hear in the chair.

Partial highlights

Foils placed in selected areas, often around the face and on top, for brightness where you want it.

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Full highlights

Highlights placed throughout the hair for brightness and contrast all over.

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High-impact highlights

Maximum blonding with foils, plus extra lightening on the ends.

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Lived-in color

Color with some depth kept at the root so it grows out softly and needs fewer visits.

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All-over color

One shade from roots to ends, at the same depth or darker. It doesn’t lighten hair.

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Root touch-up

Color applied to new growth at the roots to match the rest of your hair.

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Bleach & Tone

A maintenance retouch for lightened hair: bleach on the new growth, then toner to set the shade.

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Toning

A step after lightening that adjusts the shade, such as cooling brassy warmth.

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Gray blending

Color placed to soften the contrast of incoming gray instead of covering it all.

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Color correction

Work to fix color that went wrong: too dark, uneven, banded or the wrong tone. Priced by the hour after a consultation.

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Olaplex treatment

A bond-building treatment for hair stressed by color or heat. On my menu as a stand-alone treatment with a blowout.

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Blowout

A wash and blow-dry style without a cut.

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Hand-tied extensions

Rows of extension hair attached to your own hair to add length, fullness or both.

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Consultation

A conversation before the work: your hair, your goal and the plan. Color Correction and Extensions each have one.

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