{"id":9,"date":"2026-10-07T00:07:47","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T02:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-lumiere\/balayage-or-highlights-which-is-right-for-you\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T00:07:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T00:07:47","slug":"balayage-or-highlights-which-is-right-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-lumiere\/balayage-or-highlights-which-is-right-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Balayage or highlights: which is right for you?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Highlights and balayage both add lighter pieces to your hair. The difference is in how the colour is placed, and that changes how it grows out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Highlights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Colour is applied in foils from the root, for an even, brighter result. Roots show sooner, so most people refresh them every 6 to 10 weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Balayage<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Colour is painted by hand, softer at the root and brighter towards the ends. It grows out gently, so many clients only come back every 3 to 4 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your stylist will look at your base colour, your hair history and how much upkeep you want before recommending either. Always ask for a patch test before your first colour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Both lighten your hair, but they grow out very differently. Here is how to choose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":43,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-lumiere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-lumiere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-lumiere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-lumiere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-lumiere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-lumiere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions\/18"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-lumiere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-lumiere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-lumiere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-lumiere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}