{"id":16,"date":"2026-10-08T10:02:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T10:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-hair-salon-pro\/2026\/10\/08\/balayage-vs-highlights-which-colour-technique-suits-you\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T10:02:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T10:02:42","slug":"balayage-vs-highlights-which-colour-technique-suits-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-hair-salon-pro\/2026\/10\/08\/balayage-vs-highlights-which-colour-technique-suits-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Balayage vs highlights: which colour technique suits you?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Both techniques brighten your hair, but they get there in very different ways. Here is how to choose before your colour consultation.<\/p>\n<h2>Balayage: soft and lived-in<\/h2>\n<p>Balayage is painted on by hand, so the lightness melts gradually from root to tip. It grows out softly, which means fewer salon visits \u2014 usually every 12 to 16 weeks.<\/p>\n<h2>Highlights: brighter and more uniform<\/h2>\n<p>Foil highlights lift the hair more evenly from closer to the root. They give a brighter, more structured result and need a refresh every 6 to 10 weeks.<\/p>\n<h2>Which one should you book?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Want low maintenance? Choose balayage.<\/li>\n<li>Want maximum brightness? Choose highlights.<\/li>\n<li>Not sure? Book a free 15-minute consultation and we will look at your hair together.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Every lightening service at our salon includes a bond builder, so your hair stays strong whichever technique you pick.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hand-painted or foiled? How each technique grows out, how long it takes and what it costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[6,8,7],"class_list":["post-16","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colour","tag-balayage","tag-blonde","tag-highlights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-hair-salon-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-hair-salon-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-hair-salon-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-hair-salon-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-hair-salon-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-hair-salon-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-hair-salon-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-hair-salon-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-hair-salon-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-hair-salon-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}