Balayage that grows out beautifully.

What balayage actually is.

It is the sun-kissed version of colour. Brighter through the lengths and ends, softer up at the root, and blended so there is nothing that announces where the colour starts.

The word is French for to sweep, which is how the lightness goes on: swept through your hair and placed where the light would naturally catch it. Every one is worked around your cut, your face and the way you actually wear your hair, so no two are the same.

Because it is not taken right up to the scalp, your roots never suddenly show. It grows out gradually and still looks like it is meant to look months later. That is what makes it low maintenance. Not that it is quicker to do, but that you are not tied to the salon every six weeks to keep it looking right.

You will read online that balayage means no foils. We work ours in foils, and we do it on purpose: it gives us control over exactly how far each piece lifts, and a more natural looking result than going freehand alone.

It is not a blonde-only service either. We do it on brunette and on copper, where it adds the same depth and light without flattening the colour underneath.

How often you will need it doing.

Every three to six months. Some people stretch it further, and because the regrowth is soft rather than a line, it stays wearable the whole way through.

Grey coverage runs on a different clock. If you are covering grey as well, expect your roots doing every six to eight weeks, because that is how quickly the regrowth shows. That is worth knowing before you book, not after.

If getting in often is the problem, say so at your free in-salon assessment. We will build the colour around how often you can realistically come in, which is a large part of what makes it low maintenance in the first place.