Colouring and Extending Fine Hair Types

 

Many clients will sit in the chair with fine hair types, whether that be genetically thin hair or hair that has been damaged over time. However, it's essential to ensure that clients can still have their hair styled in a way that makes them feel confident by adapting methods and techniques to suit their hair type. Our client is looking to have the colour of their hair lightened by adding dimension with highlights, extending the length and adding to the volume of her hair. To do this, we will be lightening her hair with the combination of an Olaplex treatment to help retain the quality of the hair, followed by adding some tape hair extensions and trimming them to a length that flatters and blends with her existing hair volume.

Step 1:  We will lighten our client's hair using Loreal Studio Blonde 8 Bleach, 20 Volume Developer and Olaplex.

Step 2: As our client has a heavy side parting, we will leave this in place for our sectioning, dividing the hair into a hot cross bun section and beginning work at the back first.

Step 3:  Take your first slice at an angle at the nape of the neck, and weave back-to-back baby lights for the first three foils.

Step 4:  Once you have three foils, take the remaining hair and use the tipping out technique to backcomb the hair, weave, and apply foil to the ends of the hair.

Step 5:  Repeat this process a the front, but this time angling the foils towards the face. Apply your foils around the hairline, using the tipping out technique after three foils.

Step 6:  Once you have added foils to the front section, you can return to the back section using a broken slice and tipping out technique.

Step 7:  Use the broken slice and tipping out technique on your front sections, parallel to the parting instead of angling towards the face, which we did for the face-framing foils.

Step 8:  Now, you can move over to the other side, repeating the process and keeping an eye on the development of your first foils to ensure they don't over process.

Step 9: As the second side develops, remove the foils from your first sid