Definitions of Coloring Terms:

Highlights:  Add light to hair, best in shades of gold, honey,amber, and rich reds.  Highlights add a brighter dimension to hair color.

Lowlights:  Add depth to hair.  Used to make hair a few shades darker or break up an over lightened head of hair.

Foiling:  Small sections of hair are placed onto rectangular sheets of aluminum foil and color or lightener is applied and the foil is folded to keep the color in place.  Closest application to hair root of all highlighting techniques.

Ombre: A hair coloring technique where the color goes on darker at the root and then fades into lighter and brighter highlights on the mid-shaft and ends. Note: Ombre hair color should NOT leave you looking like your roots have grown out. The key to getting this trend right is making sure the deeper shade at the root is soft and gradually bleeds out.

Baliage:  Haircolor or lightener is "hand painted" freestyle onto strands of hair; great for personalizing color on textured or wavy hair.

Chunking:  Large sections of hair are lightened randomly to create the boldest highlighted look.  Can be achieved through foiling or baliage.

Cap highlighting:   Hair is pulled through tiny holes in a cap on clients head.  Faster than foiling but not as close to head or as accurate.