Neutral Blonde Balayage
Banish the brass! Not only is this balayage and ombré color technique on point, hairstylist Cyrell Cook, @hair_by_love, at Mane Trendz Salon in Austin, Texas, utilized some killer toning formulations to bring her client’s hair from some unwanted warm tones to a gorgeous vanilla blonde with a niiiiiice neutral root.
After an initial session of a balayage and ombré with lightener, 40-volume developer and Olaplex, Cyrell let the hair process for 55 minutes and toned with PRAVANA ChromaSilk Express Tones Violet and Ash. “As you can see from her before photo, there was a lot of brass left after we lifted the bottom red brown color from her hair so when formulating her color I choose to stay with the Ash series,” Cyrell reveals. See how it’s done!
Natural Level: The client’s natural Level is a 5/6. “She had been doing a partial sliced foil highlight with three colors, red/brown Level 5, 5 neutral and blonde, coloring all of the bottom, not in the partial, the Level 5 red/brown color,” Cyrell explained.
Cost Breakdown: For Cyrell, a balayage ombré starts at $150. She charges for each upgrade: Olaplex is $30, a three-color melt and tone is $45. She says on average, a color like this would cost a client $225 and would take around 4 hours to complete depending on length and density.
