Love.Thy.Stylist.: Splashlights: New Color Trend?

Hey All! Sorry it's been so long since my last post. I've had an influx in business and therefor haven't had much spare time to write! Anyway.... I've recently come across this new hair coloring technique called Splashlights. At first I only saw some of the harsher varieties, but I have come across some that are just gorgeous! To start, I will explain the difference between some common coloring techniques that are popular at the moment.

Traditional Foil Highlights

These highlights should be even from root to end, and give an all over dimensional effect.

Ombre

This technique involves a blending of colors from dark to light. Usually darkest at the root and lightest at the ends.

Balayage

This highlighting technique is often done free hand, as opposed to the foils used for traditional highlights. Many times they do not start at the root, but gently blend down into the ends. This gives a more natural, sunkissed effect.

Dip Dye

The Dip Dye trend is similar to Ombre and can easily be confused. This technique is not as blended as Ombre, and looks as if the hair was simply "dipped" into the color. Basically a harsher, less natural look than Ombre.

And finally...... SPLASHLIGHTS! From my research there seem to be many different styles of this "new" technique which involves having the mid-portion of the hair lighter than the roots and ends.

I've seen these, somewhat harsh looks being called "Laserbeam Splashlights". I think they are super fun, but not for the timid.

This version is still very bold, but a bit more blended. I feel this is best suited for someone who wants something that stands out, yet wants a nice blended look. (This would be rad with a "fashion color", for instance, a nice pastel mint.)

The following are some more natural looking variations of Splashlights. Very similar to the Ombre and Balayage techniques, these start darker at the root and blend into lighter. The major difference is that the lightness then blends back into the darker shade at the ends.