Blonding and Balayage

Top Salon For Blonding, Highlights, Balayage in Austin, TX

Customized Blonding & Highlights in Austin

Blonding Specialists in LaNtana Place, Austin

We’re experts in blonding, highlights, balayage, and hair lightening. Whether you want a sun-kissed glow up, full platinum transformation or a subtle set of face-framing highlights, we work with you on blonding or highlights that work with your skin tone, personal style and the amount of aftercare you want to do. We know that blonding is a skill that blends together art and science – and we’ve mastered both.

We create color that looks great from day one, along with personalized care recommendations that make your hair health a priority. It’s a customized service just for you, with multi-dimensional color that you’ll love.

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Our Lightening & Blonding Services

Balayage

Hand-painted highlights for a more natural look that you can make as subtle or as bold as you like. Perfect for that more lived-in look.

Foil Highlights & Babylights

Strategically placed color for all-over brightness or face-framing accents that are low maintenance but high impact. You can completely customize your style.

Full Blonding & Platinum

Dramatic blonde transformations done with expert precision along with personalized aftercare to keep your hair healthy and looking great. .

Creative Hair Color

Add depth, movement, and richness with beautiful multi-tonal color that gives you whatever look you’re going for. Whether that’s bright color, strawberry shades or a buttery blonde.

Root Blending & Shadow Roots

Soft, grown-out looks that create a natural, effortless style between color appointments. Keep your hair looking good for longer.

Color Correction

Custom fixes for things like brassiness, uneven tones, shades that aren’t quite what you were going for or blonde banding. We focus on resolving and repairing for healthy, strong hair.

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Whether you want to enhance your natural color with highlights, add brightness to your base or go for a full blonde transformation, our team can make it happen. We focus on keeping your blonde healthy, vibrant, and easy to maintain. We want you to own your blonde and love it as much as we loved creating it.

The Hair Blonding Experience

1. Personalized Consultation

We start by discussing your hair goals and hair history in a one-on-one consultation. We’ll ask you how much maintenance you want to do, what your daily routine’s like and what sort of shade you’re aiming for.

2. Hair-First Lightening

Our lightening and color products are kind to your hair, lifting gently while protecting the health of your hair. We choose the right products for your hair, without compromising on strength and shine.

3. Application

From balayage to full foils, our stylists use advanced color techniques to create the color you're going for. They’ll work with your hair health, natural features and base color.

4. Add-in Treatment

While we rinse away any color on your hair, we can add a nourishing and restorative hair treatment to your style.

5. Signature Blowout

Every appointment ends with a blowout with a style of your choice. We can even add in some little extras if you want a finished look for an event, special occasion or just because.

6. Maintenance & Aftercare

Your stylist will give your personalized recommendations for at-home care to keep your color looking great for longer and protecting the everyday health of your hair between visits.

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Blonding & Highlights FAQs

Blonde isn’t one-size-fits-all, and that’s exactly the beauty of it. During your consultation, we’ll look at your natural color, lifestyle, and hair goals to create a custom plan. Whether you’re after sun-kissed balayage, high-impact foils, a trendy root blend, or a full blonde transformation, we’ll guide you to the service that fits both your hair and your life.

Blonding is an art, and like all great things, it takes time. Most highlight or balayage sessions run between 2 to 4 hours, depending on your starting point and desired result. Full blonding, platinum, or corrective color work may take longer. You’ll get a time estimate during your consultation so you know exactly what to expect.

Not with us. We take a health-first approach to every lightening service, using professional-grade products, protective techniques, and restorative treatments throughout the process. If achieving your ideal shade requires multiple sessions to protect your hair, we’ll space it out thoughtfully. Healthy hair is always the priority.

It depends on the look. Balayage and soft blends typically need refreshing every 3 to 6 months. Foils and brighter blondes may need maintenance every 4 to 8 weeks. Between appointments, a gloss or toner every 4 to 6 weeks helps keep your tone fresh and your color vibrant.

We’ll build a personalized care routine just for you, including color-safe shampoo, nourishing treatments, and the right toning products to keep brassiness in check. With the right at-home routine, your blonde stays bright, healthy, and touchably soft.

It depends on your starting color, hair condition, and your ultimate goal. For darker hair or major changes, multiple sessions may be necessary to reach your ideal shade without compromising hair health. During your consultation, we’ll map out the safest and most effective path to your perfect blonde.

Blonding Services & Pricing

All prices are estimated based on your desired end results. Color is not included in the pricing below. Pricing will be discussed in detail prior to beginning your requested service. 

Balayage

A hand-painted technique for natural, sun-kissed highlights. Ideal for anyone wanting low-maintenance, effortless look.

Starting at: $287-$451

Up to 30 foils placed all over the head is a perfect way to achieve multi-dimensional brighter color from roots to ends.

Price: $117-$144

Up to 20 foils placed exactly where you need them to create maximum impact. This service usually requires a glazing service to achieve wanted tones.

Starting at: $114-$141

Up to 10 foils placed just where you need them to brighten you up & make you feel refreshed.

Starting at: $91-$118

Ideal for those wanting to achieve an all over lighter, solid color. This service requires a glaze to achieve desired tones. *This service may also be required as a before service for someone wanting an all over vivid/fashion color. 

Starts at: $160-$205

Price: $75-$96

Ideal for clients needing to maintain their 4-6 week all over solid blonde color. This service usually requires a glaze to achieve desired tone. If it has been more than 8 weeks, a global bleach retouch is required. 

Price: $133-$178

More pepper than salt please! A quick touch up to blend to hide those greys. We know you are busy, so this service only takes 10 minutes.  

Price: $34-$43

Still have questions?

Send us a message & one of our team members will get back to you! We’re always happy to help you find the service that you need. 

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