The gray blending technique consists of mixing balayage highlights with gray hair, making it ideal for taking on gray hair for good.
The call Grey blending, or mixture of grays in Portuguese, is a trend that started in foreign countries and is also very successful here. This is because it is a technique that uses the contrast between gray tones through lighting. All this to help with the transition process to gray hair.
As we know, for a long time people, especially women, struggled to hide the gray hairs that are part of the aging process. Fortunately, nowadays this is falling into disuse and more and more people are looking to embrace their gray hair and accept that this is normal and part of it.
However, despite being great, this process is also a bit boring, since until the transition is complete, the strands remain in that middle ground: the white root contrasts with the length of another color. Therefore, the gray blending technique is perfect for this moment, making the transition smoother for white and gray strands.
What is gray blending?
As the name suggests, gray blending basically consists of mixing the balayage highlights with the white strands of your hair. Thus, providing a much more natural look in the process of taking on the grayish-white strands.
And best of all, this technique requires much less maintenance than regular coloring, regardless of how much the hair grows.
In fact, this trend started almost as a necessity during the pandemic, when salons had to close. And so several people had to go through the color transition process, even if unintentionally. However, after that, gray blending ended up winning over more and more people.
How does the technique work?
Basically, gray blending works by creating a subtle chlorination in the hair, made from a mixture of highlights and balayage.
Then, with a light-dark mixture, the professional first lightens the wider sections of the hair with the balayage process and then accentuates his work on some thinner strands to blend with the client’s naturally gray hair. The lights are introduced subtly about 3 cm from the roots and follow the shape of the face, which are lightened to give a brighter effect to the skin.
This results in a beautiful contrast between the lightened strands and those that still have color, leaving the appearance of the coloring as natural as possible. At the same time, it provides more depth to gray hair.
What are the advantages of gray blending?
The main advantage of this technique is actually how easy it is to carry out the color transition process. This is because the method is perfect for highlighting gray tones and provides a smooth transition to gray hair. Furthermore, gray blending can also be done on hair of any color, from darker hair to blonde or red hair.
Another very positive point is that this technique also does not require much maintenance, being very easy to maintain, as it only works by giving depth to strands that are already becoming naturally lighter. Therefore, you won’t need to go to the salon as often.
So, basically, gray blending is firstly easy to maintain, respects the integrity of the strands, and also sends a strong message of acceptance of gray hair, which is part of the aging process.
Inspirations for gray hair
And finally, we selected some gray hair to inspire you to embrace your gray hair when the time comes. And of course, count on gray blending to help with this process:
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