Strand lighting: hair's hottest new colour trend explained

There's another technique to add to your highlighting roster! Strand lighting has been making movements on Instagram for sometime now and it's now trickling into salons up and down the UK. The idea was created on Instagram by Liz Haven O'Neill and works by focussing the highlights around the hairline for a sun-kissed summery finish. We spoke to two colour experts to find out more about the hottest new colour trend... Strand lighting is it the new balayage? What it is, what clients it'll work for? "Strand lighting is the new colour trend taking the UK by storm, providing clients with the highly requested sun kissed hair that many desire. To achieve the desired look and perfect the technique, less strands are applied within the foils, meaning the colour is brightened from the roots to the ends without looking like a full head colour. It provides the client with a much better blend and it reduces the sight of colour growth too – which many clients look for to keep in with their lifestyle. The technique itself can be used on brunettes too, not just blonde, and it actually means less of the hair is bleached, which for most clients is a great advantage." Chris Williams, International Colour Director, RUSH Hair https://www.instagram.com/p/BkIWRHRnsm4/?hl=en&taken-by=lizhaven How is it different to balayage, fallayage etc? "The technique is ever so slightly different to balayage and fallayage, as it requires a lot less bleach and is a complete mixture of freehand and foils. Although foils are required, they are not required as much, and the techniques is all about colour placement throughout the sections. It also requires a lot less upkeep." Neil Barton, Neil Barton Hair

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