Now I know it’s not my imagination, letting your color/highlight grow out inches past there retouch phase is a total trend today. I am seeing it everywhere! From Mary-Kate Olsen, to the girls on  MTV’s The City, to stylists in the salon, it’s regrowth central. I admit to a certain subtle point it looks ok. But if your regrowth and previously colored hair is so dramatically different that you have an obvious LINE going around your head, you need to go to the salon. ASAP!

To try this look ask your stylist to give you “hidden highlights”. Keep the brighter highlights around the face, under the top layers of hair. Ask the stylist not to bring the highlight to the root, and to use a zig-zag approach on painting on the highlight to help the highlight look more natural. Make sure your highlights are toned to seal the cuticle for a smoother finish and to tone down the contrast of highlight to base color.

With this technique you can stretch out the time between retouches in the salon, up to six months for the bohimian “grown out look”.

Does it feel like your regrowth is creeping up on you as often as you as you’re biweekly wax? Or does it seem like no matter how many times you show your stylist the photo of Jen Aniston’s locks you still feel too “stripy”?.. Here is a solution to add to your next service, the “Base Break“.

The Base Break is an application of a lifting agent to soften the base color of the hair.  This process is generally applied after the highlighting service has been performed, at the shampoo bowl,  and before the stylist brings you back to his/her chair for the cut or trim.

The purpose is to soften your base color/ regrowth between the highlighted hair to make the over-all style  shimmer, look richer and less “fake” or “striped”.

What’s most exciting about this service is you can extend the life of your highlights by making an appointment for Base Break only, between visits. Not only will the vitality of your hair thank you, your wallet will as well!