Hit my 1000th balayage and I take back everything I said about foils

For years I swore foils were only for old school highlights and balayage had to be all freehand or it didn't count. Then last month I did my 1000th balayage since I started counting in 2019 and realized my first 400 or so were honestly kind of a mess. What changed it was a client with super thick hair who wanted that lived in look but had too much density for me to blend by painting alone. I finally caved and used foils on the back sections and the result was way more even and took half the time. Now I do a hybrid on most people and my bookings went up like 30% because the finished color actually holds up longer. Has anyone else switched their method after hitting some random milestone or was I just being stubborn about technique?

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susanl511mo ago

The part about foils only being for old school highlights is what I'd push back on a little. Foils are just a tool, they don't care what kind of color you put in them. You can do a soft lived in blend with foils and still get that melty look, it's all in how you place them and how thin you take the sections. Plenty of people have been doing foilayage for years and it looks nothing like those chunky 90s stripes. Sounds like the real change was you finally letting the hair type tell you what to do instead of the other way around.

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