To begin, the first techniques is foil lightning. This is the process of using foils to separate strands of hair which will be lightened, from the strands of hair that will stay its natural color. The tool used for foil highlighting is a pin tail comb. The hair would be divided into 5 sections and using the pin tail comb you can make subsections by weaving or slicing the hair. Weaving is when you go over and under a thin section of hair. Slicing is when you go straight through the hair with a pin tail comb. (Make sure the section is thin for both weaving and slicing). After taking the section you take a foil and fold it to protect the hair and surrounding areas. Make sure the entire strand is covered with …show more content…
Three major hair lightening methods are foil, cap and balayage. Foil highlighting uses foils and a slicing and/or weaving technique using a pintail comb. Cap highlighting uses a plastic cap and and crochet hook to pull small pieces of hair. Balayage highlighting uses plastic wrap and a freehand technique to sweep color to produce natural looking highlights. The outcomes also have differences foils is more stripey, cap has more cleaner and efficient highlights, and balayage is more natural sun-kissed highlights. But mainly they all have one thing in common, which is to help enhance the hair and adds visual