Balayage Basics

Balayage Basics
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Balayage Basics
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL
Getting Started
ii
About This Guide
ii
The Program In Perspective
vi
Program Preparation
vii
Training At A Glance
xiii
MODULES
Welcome and Introduction
Welcome and Introduction
Balayage Products, Tools and Applications
1
2
12
Product and Tools
13
Applications
18
Take Action
30
Workshop
31
Action Plan
39
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Getting Started
About This Guide
What’s the purpose of this guide?
This leader guide provides a master reference document to
help you prepare for and deliver the Balayage Basics
program.
What will I find in the guide?
This leader guide is a comprehensive package that contains
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the workshop delivery sequence
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checklists of necessary materials and equipment
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presentation scripts and key points to cover, and
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instructions for managing exercises, case studies, and
other instructional activities.
Balayage Basics
Leader Guide
Getting Started
About This Guide
How is this guide organized?
This section, “Getting Started,” contains all of the
preparation information for the Balayage Basics program,
such as learning objectives, pre-work, required materials,
and room set-up.
Following this section is the “Training At A Glance” table.
This table can serve as your overview reference, showing the
module names, timings, and process descriptions for the
entire program.
Finally, the program itself is divided into modules, each of
which is comprised of one or more lessons. A module is a
self-contained portion of the program, usually lasting
anywhere from 20 to 90 minutes, while a lesson is a shorter
(typically 5-20 minute) topic area. Each module begins with
a one-page summary showing the Purpose, Time, Process,
and Materials for the module. Use these summary pages to
get an overview of the module that follows.
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About This Guide, continued
How is the text laid out in this guide?
Every action in the program is described in this guide by a
text block like this one, with a margin icon, a title line, and
the actual text. The icons are designed to help catch your
eye and draw quick attention to “what to do and how to do
it.” For example, the icon to the left indicates that you, the
instructor, say something next. The title line gives a brief
description of what to do, and is followed by the actual
script, instruction set, key points, etc. that are needed to
complete the action.
A complete list of the margin icons used in this guide is
provided on the following page.
IMPORTANT NOTE
You may also occasionally find important notes such as this
one in the text of this guide. These shaded boxes provide
particularly important information in an attention-getting
format.
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Graphic Cues
Module Blocks
Goal
Time
Overview
Materials
Break
Lesson Blocks
Quiz
Flipchart
Activity
Handouts
Important Note
Key Points
Slide
Ask
Say
Time
Q&A
Transition
Video
Workbook
4MAT Wheel
Connect
Attend
Image
Inform
Practice
Extend
Refine
Perform
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The Program In Perspective
Why a Balayage Basics program?
The purpose of this class is for colorists to learn and
practice the art of balayage to create beautiful, natural
blonding looks for their guests.
Learning Objectives
During this class, participants will learn:
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Basic balayage sectioning, techniques and placements
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How to apply color with a brush and balayage paddle
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Freestyle hair color applications
Program Timing
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
(6 hours + 1-hour lunch break)
Number of Participants
Optimal: 1–12
Maximum: 15
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Participant Pre-Work
None.
Required Materials
General Materials
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Balayage Basics Facilitator Guide
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Balayage Basics PowerPoint Presentation
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LCD Projector and Screen
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Computer/Laptop
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Speakers
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Wireless Clicker/Pointer
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Flipchart and Markers
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Mission, Vision and Beliefs Posters (1 of each placed
around the room, can be printed from the Global
Education & Event Standards on PurePro™)
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Masking Tape (1 roll)
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Aveda Candles (1 per table)
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Hand ReliefTM (1 per table)
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ChakraTM Balancing Body Mists (1 complete set
distributed among all tables)
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Blue Oil Balancing Concentrate (1 per table)
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Colored Pencils and Markers in Cups (1 cup per table)
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Highlighters (1 per participant)
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Ball Point Pens (1 per participant)
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Blank Paper (1 stack per table)
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Post-it Notes (1 pack or equivalent per participant)
Collateral and Handouts
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Balayage Basics Participant Placemat (1 per participant)
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Balayage Basics Certificate of Completion (1 per
participant, signed by facilitator)
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Blank Head Sheets (1 stack per table)
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Sell sheet for AANY Balayage class (1 per participant)
Product
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EnlightenerTM Powder Lightener (2 tubs)
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EnlightenerTM Creme Booster (8 tubes)
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30 Volume Color CatalystTM (3 bottles)
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40 Volume Color CatalystTM (3 bottles)
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Color ConserveTM Shampoo and Conditioner
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Rosemary Mint Conditioner
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Aveda Styling Products
Technical Tools
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Facilitator to Bring:
– Pivot Point Headforms (1 for facilitator, 1 per
participant)
– Clarisse Snap Caps (1 for facilitator, 1 per participant)
– Tripods and Clamps (1 for facilitator, 1 per
participant)
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– Hair Color Brushes
– Hair Color Bowls
– Shampoo Bowls
– Scales
– Gloves
– Balayage Paddles
Website: www.balayageproducts.com
– Cotton Coil (not reinforced)
– Plastic Wrap (3 large boxes)
NY contact: Long Island Beauty Supply
– Sectioning Clips
– Butterfly Clamps
– Combs
– Paddle Brushes
– Towels
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Participants to Bring:
– Sectioning Clips
– Butterfly Clamps
– Combs
– Paddle Brush
– Blow Dryer and Other Heat Styling Tools
– Extension Cord
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Room Set-Up
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Set up the room with theater-style seating and round
tables (space permitting).
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Place a flipchart on a stand at the front of the room.
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Set up the computer, projector and screen at the front of
the room.
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Set up any pre-sectioned mannequin heads and
shampoo bowls.
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Make sure there is one 20 amp electrical circuit per each
blow dryer.
Table Set-Up
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Balayage Basics Participant Placemat (1 per participant)
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Blank Head Sheets (1 stack per table)
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Pivot Point Headforms (1 per participant)
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Tripods and Clamps (1 per participant)
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Clarisse Snap Caps (1 per participant)
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Aveda Candles, lighted (1 per table)
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Hand ReliefTM (1 per table)
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ChakraTM Balancing Body Mists (2–3 per table)
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Blue Oil Balancing Concentrate (1 per table)
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Colored Pencils and Markers in Cups (1 cup per table)
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Highlighters (1 per participant)
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Blank Paper (1 stack per table)
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Post-it Notes (1 pack or equivalent per participant)
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Instructor Preparation
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Review the Aveda Global Education & Events Standards
guide to ensure Aveda’s global training standards are
being met. Use the Program Set-Up Checklist in the
Appendix as your guide.
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Prepare any educational support tools (e.g., pre-done
mannequin heads with balayage application results and
flipchart diagrams) in advance.
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Prepare a wellness activity for the beginning of the class.
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Sign the certificates of completion.
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Read through this facilitator guide, and make sure you
are comfortable with the color placements and
applications.
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On the day of the training, arrive early and ensure the
room is set up one hour before the start time. Check to
make sure all A/V equipment is working properly.
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Spray the room with a ChakraTM Balancing Body Mist and
play upbeat music as participants arrive.
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4MAT WHEEL
Concept: Technique
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Training At A Glance
Training At A Glance
Time
Module
Description
1 hour
Welcome and
Introduction
Welcome participants; review
housekeeping information, expectations
and learning objectives; lead a wellness
and mission activity; perform the elements
of painting and hair color activities to
connect participants to the information
they are about to learn.
2 hours
(and one
one-hour
lunch
break)
Balayage
Products, Tools
and
Applications
Review the product and tools for
performing the various balayage
applications; demonstrate/review the
single, double and triple origination and
petite/pinstripe; take a lunch break.
2 hours, 45 Take Action
minutes
(and one
15-minute
break)
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Coach participants as they practice the
balayage applications on mannequin
heads, brainstorm ways to use balayage to
customize traditional foil applications for
their guests and develop plans to improve
their balayage application and selling
skills.
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Welcome and Introduction
Welcome and Introduction
Goal
The purpose and goal of this module is to welcome
participants and share the link between painting and
balayage to connect them to the information they are about
to learn.
Time
1 hour
Overview
Welcome participants; review housekeeping information,
expectations and learning objectives; lead a wellness and
mission activity; perform the elements of painting and hair
color activities to connect participants to the information
they are about to learn.
Materials Needed
See the Required Materials list at the beginning of this
guide.
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Welcome and Introduction
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SAY
Welcome to the Balayage Basics class.
I am…(introduce yourself and share why you’re excited to
teach this class).
IMPORTANT NOTE
Share housekeeping information, including bathroom
location, times of breaks, etc.
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SAY
Let’s review our learning objectives for the day. During this
class, you will learn:
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Basic balayage sectioning, techniques and placements
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How to apply color with a brush and balayage paddle
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Freestyle hair color applications
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SAY
For those of you that are interested in a more in-depth
balayage course, I recommend attending an upcoming
session of the Balayage course at the Advanced Academy in
New York. This course features more techniques and handson practice with live models, with additional coaching from
Ian.
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SAY
Before we begin today’s training, let’s prepare our minds
and bodies for what we’re about to experience and remind
ourselves of the Aveda mission.
ACTIVITY: WELLNESS AND MISSION
Perform a wellness activity of your choice and recite the
Aveda mission.
connect
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ASK
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Who knows what the French term “balayage” means?
(Listen for: “to sweep.”)
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From what you may know or have already experienced
doing balayage, why do you think this is a fitting
definition?
(Listen for: “Color is applied in a sweeping motion, it has
a sweeping effect on the hair, the hair looks swept with
highlights, etc.”)
SAY
Balayage is like the Chinese writing on the screen, using a
brush to make the symbol creates a soft, diffused effect,
which is different than using a magic marker, right?
ASK
Balayage is also a lot like painting. What do you think
painters need to consider when putting a brush to canvas to
create a painting?
ACTIVITY: ELEMENTS OF PAINTING BRAINSTORM
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Divide the class into teams of 3–4.
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Give each team a flipchart page.
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Instruct teams to brainstorm a list of things painters
need to think about when creating a painting and to write
their answers on a flipchart page.
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Give teams 5 minutes to complete the activity.
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What did you come up with?
(Listen for: distance, color, light, line, texture, tone/value
(brightness), composition (arrangement), direction,
balance, movement, unity, contrast.)
attend
SAY
Now let’s tie the idea of painting to hair color. As hair
colorists, we consider many of the same things when
performing a color service that painters do when creating a
painting.
ACTIVITY: ELEMENTS OF HAIR COLORING BRAINSTORM
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Instruct teams to return to their flipcharts and to use a
different colored marker to circle all of the things hair
colorists need to think about when performing a color
service. Encourage them to brainstorm additional
considerations.
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Give teams 5 minutes to complete the activity.
ASK
What did you come up with? What do you think both
painters and hair colorists need to consider when creating
their masterpieces?
(Accept any answer.)
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Welcome and Introduction
image
ASK
How many of you have heard of Jackson Pollock?
(Look for a show of hands.)
SAY
Jackson Pollock was an American painter and a major
influence in the abstract expressionist art movement. He is
mostly known for his uniquely defined style of drip painting,
a technique in which he poured, splattered, dripped and
flicked paint onto canvases placed on the floor or ground,
enabling him to apply paint from all directions.
Some people might say that Jackson Pollock’s paintings
look haphazard, or that they look like something a child
fingerpainted in pre-school. But they’d be wrong. There is a
technique involved.
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SAY
Take a look at one of Pollock’s most famous paintings,
Autumn Rhythm. In this painting, as in many of his
paintings, Pollock first created a complex linear skeleton
using black paint. Over the black framework, he wove an
intricate web of white, brown and turquoise lines, which
create contrasting visual rhythms and sensations—light and
dark, thick and thin, heavy and buoyant, straight and
curved, horizontal and vertical.
Similar to how Pollack had a specific technique he used to
create his paintings, you have specific techniques for
coloring hair.
ASK
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How many of you are currently using foil to create
dimension in hair color?
(Look for a show of hands.)
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What are some of the key things that have made you
successful using that technique?
(Accept any answer.)
SAY
Balayage is a lot like Jackson Pollock’s freeform style of
painting—you’re literally painting sections of hair by hand,
using your intuition to guide you.
There are several different balayage applications, and if you
take another class from another person, you’ll more than
likely learn some things differently. The applications you’re
going to learn in this class are derived from the original
French balayage technique that founded the whole balayage
movement.
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Welcome and Introduction
ASK
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What other techniques have you heard about, seen or
used to create a natural, lived-in look?
(Listen for: ombre, color melting, singles, tipping.)
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How many of you are familiar with ombre?
(Look for a show of hands.)
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Who knows what the term means?
(Listen for: “shaded.”)
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SAY
Ombre is French for “shaded.” It’s a term that was
introduced in the fashion industry and eventually made its
way to hair. The dark-to-light shading can be seen on shoes,
fabric and now hair! It’s not necessarily a technique, but an
effect, and there are many ways to achieve it.
ASK
How many of you are familiar with color melting?
(Look for a show of hands.)
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SAY
Color melting is often used to create an ombre effect and is
typically used to produce a more dramatic or artistic result
vs. a lived-in look. Color melting can be used to create an
ombre effect by varying the color choices from scalp to ends
and modifying the way you take sections and blend the
colors together.
ASK
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How many of you are familiar with dip-dying?
(Look for a show of hands.)
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Based on the term, what kind of effect do you think it
creates?
(Listen for: a “dipped in” look in which the ends of the
hair been dipped into a darker color.)
SAY
Dip-dying also creates a natural, lived-in look, with a
stronger effect on the perimeter of the hair. It doesn’t
involve much blending or manipulating of the application;
there is no backcombing or weaving out to diffuse the line.
Dip-dying is also similar to color melting, but rather than
using three colors and painting down the entire length of
the hair, you use one or two contrasting colors and focus the
application on the ends.
Ombre, color melting and dip-dying are all similar in that
they can create a more natural effect and show gradiation in
shading from scalp to ends.
If you’re interested in learning more about ombre, color
melting and dip-dying , these applications are featured in
the Balayage course at the Advanced Academy in New York.
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Welcome and Introduction
Let’s get back to balayage.
ASK
What is it about the effect of balayage that brought you to
this class?
(Accept any answer.)
SAY
Balayage can give guests a soft or strong highlighted effect
that looks very natural and grows out well. As colorists,
balayage will add variety to your technical skill set, but it
most likely won’t replace your highlight services. It’s fun and
will take some practice, but you’ll like having this as an
option for creating blonde looks.
The challenge for you in learning the balayage applications
will be to embrace the haphazard detailing of the hair and
personalize the color with your tint brush, much like an
artist. We have adapted foil work to create a similar effect
using color melting, singles and tipping. For today, leave
behind what foil work techniques you’ve been using, and
prepare to embrace a more freeform approach.
Transition to Balayage Products, Tools and Applications
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Goal
The purpose and goal of this module is to teach participants
the products and tools used to perform various balayage
applications and give them the opportunity to practice.
Time
2 hours (and one one-hour lunch break)
Overview
Review the product and tools for performing the various
balayage applications; demonstrate/review the single,
double and triple origination and petite/pinstripe; take a
lunch break.
Materials Needed
See the Required Materials list at the beginning of this
guide.
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Product and Tools
inform
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SAY
These are some examples of what the classic French
balayage application looks like when done well.
To produce a natural light result that doesn’t require heat
and nothing higher than 40 Volume Color Catalyst,TM it is
best done on guests with hair that is level 6 and above.
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Product and Tools
ASK
How many of you have used EnlightenerTM Powder Lightener
and Creme Booster in foil applications?
(Look for a show of hands.)
SAY
In foil work, Creme Booster is optional; in balayage, it’s not.
These products are essential to performing the balayage
application.
ASK

Does anyone know why Creme Booster is essential to
performing a balayage application?
(Listen for: It keeps the product moist and creamy, so it
continues to lighten the entire time it is on the hair. If the
product becomes dry, it will not work.)
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Who can describe some of the features of EnlightenerTM
Powder Lightener?
(Listen for: Mixes quickly and easily with no lumps;
allows both on- and off-scalp applications; contains
certified organic sunflower, castor and jojoba oils.)
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Product
Direct learners to the Participant Placemat.
SAY
This is the best ratio of ingredients to use to ensure you get
the right consistency using EnlightenerTM Powder Lightener.
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Tools
Direct learners to the Participant Placemat.
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SAY
The paddle, narrow tint brush, cutting clips, non-reinforced
natural cotton and plastic wrap are essential to performing a
classic balayage application. Aveda has sourced paddles
and plastic wrap that will provide the same functionality as
other paddles and plastic wrap, but with minimal
environmental impact.
You also want to make sure the cutting clips you use are the
large, clamp-style clips that will help hold sections of hair
away from the area you’re working on.
Before beginning the application, it’s important to prepare
the tools properly. Watch me as I demonstrate the steps for
preparing the product and “loading the paddle.”
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IMPORTANT NOTE
Preparing the product and loading the paddle
The width of the paddle will determine how you should load
it and apply the product. Narrow paddles don’t allow you to
load one side.

Measure and mix product until smooth. Share that you
can use a whisk or a brush to mix the product, but that if
you use a brush, you cannot use the same brush for the
application. Also share that when mixing the product,
prepare a mix using a lower developer for the back of the
hair and a mix using a higher developer for the front.

Take a clean brush and “load the paddle.”Share that this
is building up a smooth layer of product to dip into. Note:
If you’re using a narrow paddle, the following point does
not apply: Also share that right-handers should load the
left side of the paddle and left-handers should load the
right side of the paddle.
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After you layer the product onto the paddle, remove any
excess product from the brush to the top of the paddle.
Emphasize that the paddle must be kept neat and clean
throughout the entire application.
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Applications
inform
Slide 12
Classic
Sectioning &
Applications
Direct learners to the Participant Placemat.
SAY
Watch me as I demonstrate classic balayage sectioning.
IMPORTANT NOTE
Classic balayage sectioning
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Use clips to divide the front of the hair from the back of
the hair. Share that you will work across the entire back
of the hair first. Emphasize that unlike foil applications
that require precise, clean lines, balayage sectioning
should use rough, messy lines. This helps create the
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Applications
natural-looking balayage is known for.

Starting at the nape, create one-inch horizontal
subsections. Share that depending on the density and
texture of the hair and the desired outcome, the
subsections can be up to two inches wide.
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ASK
How many of you are familiar with the singles technique?
(Look for a show of hands.)
SAY
Great! So, the way you take a subsection for balayage is
similar to taking a single. For those you of that haven’t, it
involves creating a small square section (about a half of an
inch) and placing it into a foil with color.
In balayage applications, we take a subsection that is a
checkmark. Watch me as I demonstrate “the check.”
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IMPORTANT NOTE
“The check”

With the end of the color brush, make a one-inch
checkmark into the subsection. Share that depending on
the desired effect, the checkmark can be two inches.

Recommend varying the sizes of the checkmark during
the workshop later in the class, so participants can
practice and see different results.
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Classic
Sectioning &
Applications
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Direct learners to the Participant Placemat.
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ASK
How can you vary the effect of a highlight application using
foil?
(Listen for: Slicing (fine, medium, bold) and weaving (fine,
medium, strong).
SAY
Great. You can alter the effect of a foil application by varying
the slicing or weaving (i.e., soft or strong).
There are some things you can do to alter the effect of a
balayage application as well. Let’s review them. We’ll start
with the check as our subsection, and from that point we
can create different effects as we sweep EnlightenerTM down
the length of the strand. Using a single origination, double
origination or triple origination point will create different
effects.
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SAY
Watch me as I demonstrate single origination.
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IMPORTANT NOTE
Demonstrate single origination several times. As you
demonstrate, emphasize:
Product

Divide the hair, create the horizontal subsections and
make the first “check.”

With a pre-loaded paddle in your opposite hand, take the
product from the middle and along the inside of the
paddle.

Using a clean brush, pick up an even layer of product.

As you need more product, reload as per the above
instructions.
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Begin to paint from the point of origination and build
through to the ends, holding the brush perpendicular to
the hair and painting or “sweeping” across the top of the
hair strand. Emphasize checking under the strand to be
sure you don’t penetrate through the strand. The color
should be “floating” on the surface of the strand.

Pick up more product as needed—in clean, even layers—
and sweep it over the top of the hair.

As you near the end of the hair strand, start to gradually
penetrate the strand until you reach the ends, which
should be completely saturated. To get full saturation,
slide the paddle under the hair to allow you to “sweep”
the last portion of the hair strand. Share that this
requires balance and practice. The hair needs to “float
above” the paddle to get the proper result.
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While the hair is on the paddle, hold the paddle in one
hand and pick up cotton with the other. Layer the cotton
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under the length of the hair to protect the hair under it.

Complete the entire horizontal subsection with desired
amount of checks before moving on to the next
horizontal subsection.
SAY
The effect is the most beautiful when the transition from the
layering on the top of the hair to full saturation on the ends
is subtle and even. But just as with highlighting, balayage is
unique to the individual performing the application and the
guest receiving it. The effect of the colorist’s own hand can
really be seen with this technique and requires some
practice.
practice
ASK
Note: After demonstrating the first couple horizontal
subsections, ask for a volunteer to practice.
Who would like to practice single origination?
Have several participants practice using your tools and
product so they get the look and feel of the application
using the prepared paddle and product. As they practice,
explain what is being done, so the participants watching
can follow along.
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inform
SAY
Another thing to remember is that because of the sweeping
technique involved, you do not have to start the product
application at the scalp. You can vary the placement of the
product depending on the section of hair you’re working on.
ASK

Where on the hair would you want to apply the product
closer to the scalp?
(Listen for: Front hairline, around the face.)

Where on the hair would you want to apply the product
closer to the ends?
(Listen for: Under subsections, sides of the hair.)
SAY
Exactly! Let’s take a look at some more ways to use the
sweeping technique.
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SAY
With double origination, you load the paddle, pick up
product and paint the hair in a sweeping motion through to
the ends, just like single origination. The difference is that
you create two points of origination, which results in a more
varied effect at the scalp and a stronger lightness on the
ends.
Watch me as I demonstrate double origination.
IMPORTANT NOTE
Demonstrate double origination several times. As you
demonstrate, emphasize:

Clean product, clean brush

Even layering/sweeping of product

Surface application/gradually moving to complete
saturation at the ends
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Layering plastic wrap over entire subsection before
moving to the next
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practice
ASK
Note: After demonstrating the first couple horizontal
subsections, ask for a volunteer to practice.
Who would like to practice double origination?
Have several participants practice. As they practice, explain
what is being done, so the participants watching can follow
along.
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ASK
What does triple origination remind you of?
(Listen for: Highlight.)
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SAY
Right. Because this technique is quite similar to a highlight,
we’re not going to spend time on it. But feel free to practice
it during the workshop.
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SAY
Because the purpose of this class is to teach you how to
create a different effect from the traditional foil highlight,
we’re going to move on to the final application—the
petite/pinstripe.
The petite is not a check—it’s a tiny, very fine section, often
used along the hairline. Hairlines and foil can be so tricky.
This technique is the perfect solution to tricky hairlines!
Watch me as I demonstrate the petite/pinstripe.
IMPORTANT NOTE
Demonstrate the petite/pinstripe several times around the
hairline.
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ASK
Note: After demonstrating the first couple subsections
around the hairline, ask for a volunteer to practice.
Who would like to practice the petite/pinstripe?
Have several participants practice using your tools and
product around the part or fringe area. As they practice,
explain what is being done, so the participants watching
can follow along.
ASK
Are there any questions on any of the applications?
Answer any questions.
SAY
Great! I’m sure you’re excited to get make your own
balayage creation. Let’s prepare our work stations and
mannequin heads and after lunch, you’ll practice all the
applications you’ve learned about today.
Paddles and plastic wrap are located at each table, so you
can easily work together.
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SAY
When we return from lunch, we’ll measure the product and
go through the applications together for those who want to
follow along.
ONE-HOUR LUNCH BREAK
Transition to Take Action
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Goal
The purpose and goal of this module is to give participants
the opportunity to practice the balayage applications,
brainstorm ways to use balayage to customize traditional
foil applications for their guests and develop plans to
improve their balayage application and selling skills.
Time
2 hours, 45 minutes (and one 15-minute break)
Overview
Coach participants as they practice the balayage
applications on mannequin heads, brainstorm ways to use
balayage to customize traditional foil applications for their
guests and develop plans to improve their balayage
application and selling skills.
Materials Needed
See the Required Materials list at the beginning of this
guide.
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Workshop
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SAY
Welcome back from lunch! Before we get started with the
workshop, let’s review what you learned this morning with a
quick balayage best practices quiz.
inform
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Practices
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Direct learners to the Participant Placemat.
SAY
It’s almost time for you to practice. Before we begin the
workshop though, I want to share some balayage best
practices with you.
1. Use a clean and narrow color brush.
2. Hold the color brush sideways/perpendicular.
3. Create wide subsections, not straight/clean ones.
4. Apply color using a sweeping motion.
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SAY
5. Apply less color toward the scalp, more toward the
ends.
6. Do not fully saturate subsections until you reach
the ends.
7. Do not use heat.
8. Do not use higher than 40 Volume Color Catalyst.TM
practice
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SAY
Now it’s time for you practice the balayage applications on
your mannequin head.
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ACTIVITY: WORKSHOP
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Measure the product using the formula on the screen.
Note: For the purpose of timing, instruct participants to
use 30 Volume Color Catalyst™ in the back sections and
40 Volume in the front. Keep this in mind when remixing.

Instruct participants to practice all of the balayage
sectioning patterns and applications.

For those participants that want more guidance,
demonstrate the steps for each application in “Simon
Says” mode. Begin with the sectioning, taking horizontal
subsections, loading the paddle, taking the checkmark,
applying the product and placing cotton and plastic
wrap. Demonstrate the steps until participants are
confident to continue by themselves.

Provide coaching and tips as they practice.
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SAY
Let’s take a quick break while the color processes. You’ll
have the opportunity to rinse and style your mannequin
heads later.
Instruct participants tidy their space and take a 15-minute
break while their mannequin heads process.
15-MINUTE BREAK
extend
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Results
Leader Guide
Direct learners to the Participant Placemat.
SAY
As with learning any new skill, there are some things that
come naturally and others that don’t. Take a few moments
to think about those things now and record them on your
placemat.
ACTIVITY: WORKSHOP RESULTS

Instruct participants to think back to the workshop to
and record their discoveries and successes on their
placemat. Ask them to be as specific as possible:
– Discoveries: What discoveries did you make? What
are some things you think you need to improve?
– Successes: What results most pleased you? What
were some of your successes?

Give participants 10 minutes to complete the activity.
refine
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SAY
Now that you’ve recorded your workshop discoveries and
successes, let’s test your balayage selling skills.
Brainstorm
Direct learners to the Participant Placemat.
ACTIVITY: BRAINSTORM

Instruct participants to think about the following types of
guests and to record two or three reasons why balayage
might be the perfect service for them:
– Full-head foil guest
– Natural, beach blonde—no color
– Stay-at-home mom—no high-maintenance foil work

Instruct participants to share their benefits with their
table groups.

Give participants 5 minutes to complete the activity.

Debrief the activity by asking for volunteers to share.
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SAY
Your mannequin heads should be done processing. Let’s
rinse and style them now.
ACTIVITY: WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS

Instruct participants to rinse and style their mannequin
heads.

Debrief the workshop activity by having each participant
present their mannequin head to the class.

Allow the class to ask questions and provide feedback.
ASK
In general, how are you feeling about your results? Did you
try anything you weren’t sure about? What was the
outcome?
(Accept any answer.)
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perform
SAY
You all did a great job practicing all the balayage
applications you’ve learned about today. Now it’s time to
think about how you’ll apply what you’ve learned in your
work at your salon.
Take it Home
Direct learners to the Participant Placemat.
ACTIVITY: TAKE IT HOME

Instruct participants to think about what things they will
put into action upon returning to their salons and to
record them on their placemat.

Instruct participants to share their take-it-home items
with their table groups.

Give participants 5 minutes to complete the activity.

Debrief the activity by asking for volunteers to share.
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FLIPCHART: TAKE IT HOME

At the top of a flipchart page, write: TAKE IT HOME.

Record participants’ answers.

If participants don’t provide any specific action items,
give examples, such as:
Practice appropriate balayage application on two “easy”
guests—level 6 or above, not too much hair, face-framing
rather than full-head.
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SAY
Let’s review our learning objectives. During this class, you
have learned:
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Basic balayage sectioning, techniques and placements

How to apply color with a brush and balayage paddle

Freestyle hair color applications
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SAY
Thank you for spending time with me today, learning the art
of balayage. Remember, with practice, you can offer your
guests a new twist on traditional foil applications.
Today we focused only on using EnlightenerTM to create
blonde results using various balayage applications. To learn
more about other product choices and create more
dimensional effects, like lowlighting, attend the two-day
Balayage course at the Advanced Academy in New York,
which features even more inventive ways to integrate
balayage into your service offerings.
IMPORTANT NOTE

Collect participant names and email addresses. Tell them
that they will be receiving electronic evaluations from
Aveda and that you are looking forward to receiving their
feedback.

Distribute certificates of completion.
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