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By Julyne Derrick, About.com


If I have dark hair, but want to go blonder, can you bleach my base color and then add baliage highlights?

Not recommended, that would end up looking like a double process blond. There are other ways in creating a softer color base that is more gentle on the hair and has a natural looking color than bleaching. We call them ON and OFF, glazing, toners etc. But that's a whole other topic.

Since I've had foil highlights, would I be a candidate for baliage, or would the baliage effectively wipe out those cool contrasting colors?

You can create color equally with both techniques.You are a perfect candidate for Baliage, in fact the next time you come in I will baliage you with my magic color wand and give you some gorgeous Summer streaks to write about.

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