Why You Need A Partial Highlight

On By Lauren CalebIn beauty, HAIR COLOR, HAIRSTYLES, TrendsLeave a comment

A partial highlight appointment versus a full highlight appointment – which one is right for you? This post is all about why I am suddenly obsessed with the partial highlight appointment. Let’s just cut to the chase as to why:

1. Coverage: A partial highlight, when done correctly, is going to highlight the visible areas of the head when your hair is down. A full highlight also includes the areas underneath the ‘top layers’ of hair, but hair that isn’t always necessarily visible very often
2. Timing: A partial highlight, obviously, has less foils and therefore takes less time to complete
3. Pricing: A partial highlight costs less than a full! DUH!

If this isn’t your first rodeo when it comes to getting your hair highlighted, I HIGHLY recommend you talk to your stylist about whether or not you need a full highlight EVERY time you make a highlight appointment. I would argue there’s a good chance you can get the same effect of a blonde refresh by alternating between full and partial highlights instead.

Below is a photo of a partial highlight I did on a client this past week. Traditionally she had been coming in for full highlights every time, but this appointment we opted for a partial to see if we could get similar ‘visual’ coverage. Partial highlights are all about your stylist placing foils in the right place, along the hairline and mostly around the part and crown for this effect. I was so pleased, as was my client, with the all over coverage just a partial did on her new growth (roots). To compare the effect, I’ve also posted a photo from a full highlight I did on this client earlier in the year. In my opinion you visually cannot tell the difference, and that’s the whole point!
PARTIAL HIGHLIGHT COVERAGE light blonde highlights
FULL HIGHLIGHT COVERAGE (photo taken earlier in Spring 2016)full versus partial highlights - which one is right for you

Save

Cherry Cola Brunette

On By Lauren CalebIn beauty, Fashion, HAIR COLOR, HAIRSTYLES, My Style, TrendsLeave a comment

The Olympics are over, the fair is over, school is starting this week, so in other words it’s unofficially officially Fall. Time to bust out the fall wardrobe, makeup, and start thinking about changing up that hair color. Darker shades and cooler tones always look best in the fall and winter seasons as they are more flattering on our paling skin tones (bye bye sunshine!). Here’s a little fall hair color inspiration from an appointment I recently did that I’ll call “Cherry Cola Brunette”, which is also known as burgundy brunette but I want to segue the opportunity to ask the question do you call cola ‘pop’ or ‘soda’? Just kidding, I don’t want to ask the question and will admit I call it ‘pop’, but naming this hair color Cherry Pop Brunette sounded more like a sucker and blah blah blah we are getting off subject here. *(also see after last photo below another off subject comment regarding this paragraph)

Anyways, this client wanted an overall darker base with hints of cherry cola (burgundy), cool red hues throughout that would pop (hehe) more in the sun/outdoors than indoor lighting. Below are before and after photos that show how the color looks both inside and outside.
BEFOREhair color before and after photos
AFTER (Outdoors)brunette with dark red hair tonesburgundy brunette hair color
AFTER (Indoors)burgundy or cherry cola brunette hair colordark shiny brunette with subtle dark red tonesOff subject thoughts continued…
If you thought the word “segue” in the first paragraph was some random misspelled word that you glanced over and thought ‘geez Lauren nice spell check’ well guess what, it’s a real word that you probably know the meaning of but didn’t know how it was spelled. “Segue” is pronounced “segway” even though, in my opinion, the way it is spelled would make a typical person say “segoo” or something like that LOL. So there ya have it folks, I hope you can now segue your way easily in to the next subject and your next hair color.

Save

Save

The Modern Bob

On By Lauren CalebIn HAIRSTYLES, My Style, TrendsLeave a comment

If you’re going for a shorter hairstyle, take note. The modern bob, aka the graduated bob, a line, triangular graduation, and there’s probably about 10 different other names for it but one run on sentence later here’s what you need to know: the main ‘feature’ in this style is that your hair is slightly longer in the front and shorter in the back. This can be a noticeable, Victoria Beckham-esque length difference or you can have it appear to be nearly the same length all around, it’s entirely up to you and your stylist! Below is a before and after I did on a client that wanted to say goodbye to her long hair and opt for a more manageable, shorter cut that she could literally wash and wear. And wash and wear was the only option for this younger gal (12 years old!) because she had zero interest in styling it, which is totally fine and exactly why a haircut like this will work on her and be very flattering. After cutting the initial triangular shape, I went back in and also layered her up in the back so the hairstyle naturally bevels and looks super cute! For adult women, this hairstyle is extremely versatile on a lot of different face shapes and looks like you actually have a sophisticated, tailored look versus just having a basic haircut.
BEFOREhairstyles before and after haircuts
AFTERmodern short hairstylestriangular bob hairstyle

Save

Long Blonde Hair Days

On By Lauren CalebIn beauty, HAIR COLOR, HAIRSTYLES, My Style, TrendsLeave a comment

A client wanting a full head of highlights with truly a FULL head of hair is a dream come true for me! This girl’s amazingly long hair got dimension and fresh hues of blonde for an overall sunkissed look. And in case you’re wondering how long the appointment was… well if you’re familiar at all with how long it takes to foil then you’ll understand the process was over 5 hours, but it was so worth it! I also gave her a quick haircut since she wanted that “V” shape you get when you cut in long layers in the front. Mermaid hair don’t care!
Color, cut and style by me.
BEFOREhair color makeover before and after
AFTERblonde mermaid hair and v haircut
beautiful blonde highlights - sunkissed ombre

Save

Save

Beige & Bronde

On By Lauren CalebIn beauty, HAIR COLOR, HAIRSTYLES, My Style, Trends1 Comment

Virgin hair. Hair in it’s ‘purest’ form can be great, however, for a hair stylist it is a blank canvas that we cannot wait to paint it pretty. This client’s mane hadn’t seen any sort of chemical processing or color in over five years and she was ready to brighten things up. In order to transition her to a lighter color without over-processing or anything too drastic, I went with the balayage technique to make the newer blonde pieces look really blended and sunkissed. We ended up with a beautiful bronde color with beige tones.
BEFORE hair color before and after photos
AFTERbalayage highlightsbest hair color des moines

Brunette Balayage

On By Lauren CalebIn HAIR COLOR, HAIRSTYLES, My Style, Trends1 Comment

Balayage, balayage, balayage. This ‘new’ (not new actually) hair coloring technique is becoming practically the commonplace method for highlights in the salon. It has more of a freehand placement of color application and allows for new growth to blend in more naturally. Below are before and after photos of my first brunette balayage I did on a client. The result gave her a sunkissed, caramel highlight blend that looks beautiful and natural.
BEFORE hair makeover before and after
AFTERbrunette balayage highlightssunkissed brunette balayage highlights

Before & After: My First Highlight

On By Lauren CalebIn HAIR COLOR, HAIRSTYLES, My Style, TrendsLeave a comment

So it’s been a hot minute (almost two years?!) since my last post on the heavily trafficked (sarcasm font, should be obvious) LaurenCaleb.com website. I know this site has been sitting here but I couldn’t justify a reason to consistently post without it feeling forced, therefore I didn’t. To bring you up to speed, I am currently studying cosmetology at the Aveda Institute in West Des Moines, Iowa. This journey has been a long time coming for me, and a license in cosmetology will help me to futher my long term goals of salon/spa ownership in addition to product and brand development. More on that to come in future posts, but first things first…

These before and after photos are of my very first partial highlight I did on a guest in May 2016. I focused on highlighting her new growth and pulled down Aveda Enlightener on strands that were darker, kicking out any already blonde/processed ends. The result was a nice refresh and an overall bronde, sunkissed shade. The coverage was great for it just being a partial highlight!
BEFORE hair color before and after photos
AFTERbest hair color des moinesbronde highlights
So there ya have it folks, my ‘first highlight’ and first hair post with many more to come! And by the way I am totally still leaving up my outfit posts from two years ago. I still want and shamelessly like these outfits LOL. That’s just my style!

Save

Save