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Balayage or Ombré?
The difference between them

Balayage is a hair colouring French technique that was developed in 1973 in Paris but only became popular 15 years ago. It lightens the hair gradually from top to bottom, without leaving marks or lines when it's growing resulting in a healthy and natural hair colour. It is an excellent and gentle way to lighten the hair colour without using foils or heating the hair.

There are many different ways of doing balayage and the most common are:
Sun kisses, where the result is subtle with natural high lights, copying the effect of the sun on the hair.
California blonde, the results are lighter and more noticeable once is inspired by the beach girls from California, USA.

These hair colours are a lot easier to maintain than foils as it only requires toner every 6 weeks and there's no need to cover regrowth.
It needs to be done by a professional who will personalised the colour for each woman (any hair colour) matching your hair cut, hair texture and unique style. It can last up for at least 5 months without the need for retouch.

Ombré technique emerged on the first decade of 2000 once Balayage became the favourite of 8 in 10 women in Europe and many countries where fashion and vanity are in the spotlight.
Since then, the devotees of balayage started doing it more often opting for a more contrasting effect between the roots and the ends of the hair.
Thus, along with the clothes fashion and colourful accessories emerged the Ombré Technique which is a more contrasting variation of the balayage.

The Ombré effect can be done in any hair colour. The durability is the same of balayage, or until you look in the mirror and think you want a little bit more of it.

You do need to look after of your hair at home though. It is imperative that you use professional colour protection products to keep the hair healthy and the colour beautiful and long lasting.

Celebrities’ devotees of Balayage and Ombre are becoming ever more frequent and who had started this trend was Gisele Bündchen (Brazilian top model). Her hair is of of the most desired hair colours in the present days.

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Babi