Balayage is a French word that means “to sweep.” In this hair color technique, highlights are hand-painted or “swept” on the surface of random sections of hair. Dye or lightener is usually painted on, starting midshaft and becoming denser as it moves down the section of hair to the ends. Because the color is swept onto the surface of the hair, in balayage hair https://lovehairstyles.com/balayage-hair-brown-caramel-tones/ the effect is a natural sun-kissed glow that is not as strictly patterned as normal highlights.