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Call 737.336.0136
Text 737.299.0246
110 Jacob Fontaine Lane Ste 500
Austin, TX 78752
Ammonia-Free Hair Color
At Apotheca, we believe beautiful hair color should never come at the expense of your hair’s health or the environment. As a premier Aveda salon, we proudly use 100% Vegan Treatment Hair Color, crafted with up to 96% naturally derived, plant-based ingredients like sunflower, castor, and jojoba oils. For guests seeking a gentle approach, two of our signature color lines are completely ammonia-free. Our Enlightenment Blonding system delivers maximum, luminous lift while protecting the hair cuticle, making it the perfect choice for brilliant highlights and balayage. Meanwhile, our ammonia-free Demi-Permanent line provides flawless grey coverage, radiant tonal shifts, and superior, long-lasting shine. Because we prioritize the integrity of your hair, every single color service includes a complimentary Aveda Botanical Repair Bond-Building Treatment, clinically proven to strengthen hair up to 5x and double its natural shine from the inside out.
Balayage
Balayage is a bespoke, hand-painted coloring technique designed to create a soft, sweeping, lived-in look with seamless transitions from dark roots to light ends. Because the color is painted directly onto the hair, it offers a highly customized, natural-looking dimension that grows out beautifully without harsh demarcation lines. This category is perfect for guests seeking a low-maintenance color routine, modern sun-kissed dimension, or a major transition from dark to light (or light to dark) while preserving the hair's natural depth at the root.
Balayage Maintenance Services
Root Shadow, Toner, & Treatment
Revitalize your faded highlights or grown-out balayage by adding subtle, natural-looking depth with a custom root shadow. Indulge in a soothing scalp and neck massage while your tone is refined with a high-shine gloss and your hair is strengthened with a bond-building treatment, finishing with a personalized blow-dry lesson.
Balayage Refresh with Money Piece
Brighten your complexion and revitalize your balayage with a custom root shadow and luminous, face-framing highlights (the "money piece"). This service includes a relaxing scalp massage, a tone-refining shine gloss, a strengthening bond-building treatment, and a personalized styling lesson to keep your face-framing blonde looking fresh.
Balayage Refresh with Accent Highlight
Ideal for reviving your existing balayage, this service features strategically placed highlights around the face and crown, paired with a root shadow for seamless depth. Enjoy a soothing scalp massage, a custom tone-refining gloss, a Botanical Repair treatment, and a personalized blow-dry lesson to recreate your dimensional style at home.
Balayage Refresh with Full Highlight
Perfect for an annual refresh or going significantly lighter, this comprehensive service combines all-over balayage painting with strategic foil highlights and a seamless root shadow. Relax with a scalp massage, followed by a tone-refining gloss, a bond-building strengthening treatment, and a personalized blow-dry lesson to showcase your brightened, multi-dimensional look.
Balayage Transformation Services
Darker to Lighter Balayage Transformation
Embark on a comprehensive color journey perfect for transitioning from a solid, dark base to a stunning, dimensional balayage. Our expert colorists carefully lighten your hair for a seamless, sun-kissed effect, anchored by a natural root shadow. This transformative experience includes a relaxing scalp massage, a custom shine gloss, a bond-building treatment, and a personalized blow-dry lesson.
Lighter to Darker Balayage Transformation
Transition beautifully from heavy highlights to a more natural, lived-in balayage with this comprehensive "reverse balayage" service. We expertly blend light and dark tones to restore depth and dimension, utilizing a root shadow for a seamless grow-out. Complete your transformation with a soothing scalp massage, a tone-refining gloss, a bond-building treatment, and a personalized styling lesson.
FAQ
What exactly is balayage?
Balayage is a French word meaning "to sweep." It is a hand-painted highlighting technique that creates a soft, natural, sun-kissed gradient.
How is balayage different from traditional highlights?
Highlights are placed in foils right up to the root for a uniform look, while balayage is hand-painted for a softer root and a more lived-in, low-maintenance grow-out.
How often do I need to touch up my balayage?
Because of the soft root transition, balayage is very low maintenance and usually only requires a Partial touch-up every 3 months.
What is a root shadow?
A root shadow is a demi-permanent color applied to the root area after lightening to blur any lines of demarcation, creating a seamless melt into the blonde.
What is a "money piece"?
A money piece refers to the bright, face-framing highlights placed directly around the front hairline to illuminate your complexion.
Can I go from dark hair to a light balayage?
Yes, but a Darker to Lighter Balayage Transformation is a journey that may require multiple sessions to achieve safely.
What is a "reverse balayage" or Lighter to Darker transformation?
It is a service for blondes who want to transition back to a lower-maintenance look by adding dark dimension and a root shadow back into the hair.
Does balayage cover gray hair?
Balayage does not cover gray hair; it only lightens. If you need gray coverage, we will pair your balayage with a New Growth root touch-up.
Why does a balayage transformation take longer than highlights?
Balayage requires meticulous hand-painting, custom root shadowing, and precise toning to create that seamless, blended gradient.
What is a Balayage Refresh?
It is a maintenance appointment between major lightening sessions that touches up your root shadow, face-framing pieces, and overall tone.
Is balayage damaging to my hair?
When done by our professionals using Aveda’s gentle lighteners and bond-building treatments, balayage maintains the integrity and health of your hair.
Can balayage be done on short hair?
Yes! Balayage can be customized to enhance the texture and movement of bobs, lobs, and even pixie cuts.
Will my balayage turn brassy?
All lightened hair can pull warm over time due to water minerals and sun exposure, which is why we recommend regular salon glosses and purple shampoo.
What products are best for balayage maintenance?
Aveda’s Botanical Repair line is perfect for keeping lightened ends strong, hydrated, and split-end free.
Why is balayage more expensive initially?
It is a highly specialized, advanced technique that requires more product, time, and artistic skill than traditional foiling.