Bin the Balayage and Rediscover Highlights

When Goldwell offered me a colour transformation for Summer I thought it was a great excuse to try something different. A date with Goldwell Color Expert Heath Grimmond from Prema, was simply too good to refuse.

“What I’d like to do for you today are some hints of warmth, so you’re going to have honeys and caramels, and vanillas and malts because you’ve got that bit of warmth in your color already. And for you, I would love to do a “halo of illumination!”

The impressively coined ‘halo of illumination’ is Heath’s own highlighting technique where he places super fine highlights around the face to lift the complexion. It’s also hidden under the part so it’s super low maintenance as well (a big tick for busy mum’s like me).

Heath systematically starts painting pin-thin highlights in a halo formation around my face. The lightener he’s using is called Goldwell Silk Lift and Health explains that it leaves your hair in 25% better condition than the standard powder lightener. It also then has an anti-yellow system, which prevents that brassy fade you can get with lightening.

When he finishes the highlights, he paints on Goldwell Colorance  (a gentle demi permanent) along my midlengths and ends and a permanent colour called Goldwell Topchic through my roots to prevent greys . This super high tech permanent colour promises 100% grey coverage and a technlogy that puts back in the lipids (essential oils within the hair) that are lost during the colouring process.

“Topchic also has Coenzyme technology which helps to eradicate free radicals which happen through the coloring process and Equalizer System 2.0 which helps to repair structural indifferences in the hair shaft while you’re colouring, to protect the strength of the hair.”