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Custom hair color services including root retouches, full color, highlights, balayage, and fashion shades.
Comprehensive Hair Color Service Menu
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From root retouches to balayage and fashion shades, choose your perfect service.
Bleach Retouch with Haircut
Retouch for full blonde clients (1 inch or less of growth), followed by a haircut and style finish. Ideal for regular maintenance within 4–6 weeks.
Bleach Retouch with Blowout
Lightening the root area (under 1 inch of growth) and finishing with a blowout. For existing blondes—not for major color changes.
Face Frame Highlights with Blowout
Brightens the front hairline with face-framing highlights, finished with a blowout.
Face Frame Highlights with Haircut
Highlights the front hairline for brightness with a customized haircut and blowout finish.
Fashion Color with Blowout
Bold, non-natural hair colors (rainbow, silver, etc.) applied to pre-lightened hair. Includes blowout. Not for major corrections.
Fashion Color Retouch with Blowout
Reapplication of existing fashion color (no lightning or corrections). Includes styling.
Fashion Color Retouch with Haircut
Touch-up for existing fashion colors (same tone), includes a customized haircut and finish.
Fashion Color with Haircut and Finish
All-over fashion color with a full haircut and styled finish. Not for corrective or pastel blonding.
Full Babylight with Blowout Finish
Full head of tightly placed babylights to achieve a soft, blonde finish. Completed with a blowout.
Full Babylight with Haircut and Style
Precision foil placement for soft blonde dimension using babylights, plus a haircut and style.
Full Balayage with Blowout Finish
A full head of hand-painted balayage highlights with soft gradient lightening. Finished with a blowout.
Full Balayage with Haircut and Style
Gradient balayage with 2–4 levels of lightening. Includes a haircut and styled finish.
Full Bleach Out with Haircut
Complete global bleaching (double process) for blonde transformation. Includes haircut and style.
Full Color with Blowout
Single-color application from roots to ends (non-fashion shades only). Blowout included.
Full Color with Haircut and Style
One-tone hair color from roots to ends, paired with a haircut and finished style. Not valid for blondes or fashion colors.
Full Foiliage with Blowout Finish
A full head of foiliage (highlighting and balayage technique) to achieve bright, dimensional blonde. Includes a blowout finish.
Full Foiliage with Haircut and Style Finish
Complete foiliage highlighting for depth and dimension, plus haircut and styling.
Full Highlight with Root Retouch & Haircut
Full highlights combined with root color for complete coverage. Finished with a haircut.
Full Highlight with Haircut and Style
Traditional full head foil highlights with a haircut and professional styling included.
Full Highlight with Blowout
A full head of foil highlights or lowlights with a professional blowout to finish.
Gloss/Toner with Blowout Finish
Adds shine or balances unwanted tones post-color. Especially great for blondes or adding richness to any shade. Blowout included.
Gloss/Toner with Haircut and Finish
Toner or gloss to enhance shine or adjust color, plus a custom haircut and style finish. Not for major color changes.
Partial Babylight with Blowout Finish
Delicate partial babylights for subtle brightness, finished with a blowout. Perfect for maintenance between full babylights.
Partial Babylight with Haircut and Finish
Strategic babylight placement with a haircut and style finish. Great for refreshing blonde.
Partial Balayage or Balayage Retouch w/ Blowout
Hand-painted highlights within interior of the hair to brighten selectively. Blowout included.
Partial Balayage or Balayage Retouch with Haircut
Selective balayage for gradient effect, with a haircut and styled finish.
Partial Foiliage with Blowout Finish
Foiliage highlights placed through crown and sides for soft brightness. Finished with a blowout.
Partial Foiliage with Haircut and Style
Subtle foil + balayage lightening through crown and front with a haircut and style.
Partial Highlight with Haircut
Foiled highlights from crown to front hairline for added brightness, finished with a haircut.
Partial Highlight/Lowlight with Blowout
Traditional foil placement outlining face and mohawk section. Finished with a blowout.
Root Color Retouch with Blowout
Covers new growth (typically under 1 inch) for consistent hair tone. Includes a blowout finish.
Root Color Retouch with Haircut
Covers new growth and includes a tailored haircut. Ideal for maintaining your color and shape.
Root/Base Retouch + Partial Highlight + Haircut
Blends root touch-up with partial highlights for dimension. Includes haircut and finish.
Root/Base Retouch + Partial Highlight + Blowout
Covers roots and adds partial highlight dimension. Blowout included.
The Full Monty – Babylights/Balayage/Highlights
Ultimate blonding service combining multiple techniques for maximum brightness and depth.
T-Zone Color Retouch with Blowout
Covers visible roots along part and hairline (T-zone) to extend time between full color services. Includes blowout.
T-Zone Color Retouch with Haircut
T-zone retouch to maintain visible areas of color, plus haircut and styling finish.
T-Zone Foil Highlight with Haircut
Strategic highlights through part and front hairline for maintenance between full services. Includes haircut and style.
T-Zone Foil Highlight with Blowout
Partial foil highlights placed through the T-zone with a finished blowout. Ideal for in-between full highlights.
Underlights with Blowout
Hidden, customizable fashion colors placed in the interior of the hair for a peekaboo effect. Created by Ruby Devine.
Underlights Retouch with Blowout
Maintenance for existing Underlights color. No lightening included. Finished with a blowout.
Underlights Retouch with Haircut
Reapplies fashion color to existing Underlights. No new lightening included. Includes haircut and style.
Underlights with Haircut and Finish
Concealable fashion colors embedded in the hair’s interior. Includes haircut and styled finish. A creative technique by Ruby Devine.
Why Choose Our Color Specialists
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Professional techniques, premium products and personalized consultations ensure stunning, long-lasting color results.
Custom Color Consultations
One-on-one consultations tailor formulas and placement to your lifestyle, skin tone, and desired maintenance level for perfect results.
Expert Balayage & Highlights
Soft, dimensional techniques create natural grow-out and low-maintenance brightness while preserving hair integrity and shine.
Vibrant Fashion Shades
Bold, creative colors applied with precision using color-safe protocols to achieve vivid, fade-resistant results you'll love.
Premium Color Care
We use Olaplex and salon-grade toners plus take-home recommendations to keep color vibrant and hair healthy between visits.
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Common Hair Color Questions Answered
Answers to popular questions about color services, maintenance, and appointment preparation.
Longevity depends on service: single-process colors last 4 to 8 weeks, highlights or balayage can last longer with softer grow-out. Fashion shades typically need more frequent touch-ups. We recommend personalized scheduling during your consultation to balance upkeep and hair health.
All lightening and color processes alter hair structure; however, our stylists use bond-building treatments like Olaplex, custom processing, and respectful lifting to minimize damage. Regular trims, deep-conditioning, and professional toners help maintain integrity and reduce cumulative stress.
Arrive with dry, unwashed hair only if instructed; otherwise, come with clean hair and no heavy styling products. Bring photos of your desired look and a list of recent color history. Allow time for a consultation so we can create a tailored plan.
Highlights use foils or slices for uniform, defined lightening while balayage is painted for softer, sun-kissed blends with more natural grow-out. Your stylist will recommend technique based on hair type, desired contrast, and maintenance preferences.
Use color-safe shampoos and conditioners, wash with cool water, limit heat styling, and apply weekly masks. Schedule glosses or toners as recommended and use UV-protectant products. Follow stylist's product recommendations to extend vibrancy and prevent premature fading.
Yes — we specialize in custom formulations and multi-dimensional techniques. Bring inspiration photos and discuss your maintenance tolerance during a consultation. We'll assess your base, porosity, and previous color to create a safe, achievable plan that matches your vision.
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Hair Color in Old Town Alexandria: Balayage, Full Color & Touch-Ups
Published On: August 24, 2026