AIRTOUCH TECHNIQUE BALAYAGAE
HIGHLIGHTS
Airtouch Balayage Technique
The AirTouch Technique is done in Our Salon by Adrian Only.
It uses Air, versus traditional Teasing and Backcombing, to achieve a smooth and consistent Blend of Color. To attain this result, hair is parted into sections and highlighted in foils or clear film, as opposed to the freehand techniques that are used when creating balayage hair. The sections of the hair are then worked on in a more diagonal Fashion, rather than the usual linear highlights that have been popular for the past few years.
Attributed to Vladimir Sarbashev, the colorist takes a section of hair with tension on the longest lengths and uses a blow dryer to push the shorter hairs and internal layers down and out of the way. Color or lightener is then applied on the remaining hair. Hair Dryer is applied to the strands to push out the baby hairs, allowing only the longer strands to be highlighted.
The result? Absolutely blended coloring with natural-looking effects, paired with soft, dimension that will survive the grow-out.
What does this mean for your natural locks? The Thinner, or More Fragile pieces are left outside the foil – so no further damage will be caused to your already sensitive strands.
Sarbashev, said he created the AirTouch Technique because he saw several challenges with other lightening techniques—namely, the retouch.
The biggest difference is in the process – while old school highlights were weaved into sections of hair in an attempt to create fine highlights, Air Touch allows the Air to Complete the Weaving.
The AirTouch Technique not only produces beautiful, blended results, but it also overcomes one of the biggest challenges that every other highlighting and lightening technique faces – the retouch.
The traditional retouch method backcombed and teased sections of hair before applying a lightening agent. Then, colorists would use a tail comb or re-weave every section of the hair in order to ensure that the highlights would not overlap on to previously dyed hair as the hair grew out.
Stylists using the AirTouch method take a more effective – and Less Damaging – Way Using a blow dryer on a low and safe setting, shorter and thinner hair is pushed away from longer strands, so that the new growth is the only section of hair that will require lightener. This not only saves your hair from possible damage, but it saves you and your stylist time, too. The best of both worlds.
AirTouch is becoming a global phenomenon because it is not only Healthier for the Hair but achieves more Blended and Natural-Looking results.
The AirTouch technique is the perfect choice for your hair if you are searching for a safer and longer-lasting alternative to the original balayage method of highlighting.
Here are just a few of the reasons we love the AirTouch technique over other lightening methods:
It is Safer for your Natural Hair: Unlike the traditional retouch method, which can cause extreme breakage and damage to your natural locks, the AirTouch method was invented with the goal to lighten hair safely with minimum damage. Great results are achieved, without the Damage other highlighting techniques may cause.
It is a more comfortable technique: Clients love AirTouch over other highlighting techniques because it is much more comfortable on their scalp. Unlike the original highlighting and lightening method, which required extensive backcombing and teasing, AirTouch uses a blow dryer to part thick from thin strands and only lighten the stronger strands of hair. The air does all the hard work of weaving out the "baby hairs," leaving the longer sections to be highlighted.
Control the brightness results that you desire: Other highlighting and coloring techniques may not be able to adjust to a specific brightness or hue the way AirTouch can. Great news for the perfectionists out there who have their mind made up on a specific tone for their hair! By adjusting the amount of hair you blow-dry out of a specific section, your stylist can choose how light you wish for your end result to be. To achieve a darker result, the stylist simply has to push more hair out at the root, causing less hair to be dyed in the foil. For a brighter or lighter tone, less hair can be pushed out of the section so more hair is left in the foil.