Hair Color
We do beautiful hair color on all textures. From lived in blonde highlights to vibrant vivids and specialty services like dramatic salt & pepper transformations, the looks we create are limited only by your imagination.
Descriptions of our services appear below. Session prices and timings appear on our staff page.
Everything including gratuity is included in your color service. It’s not extra for a gloss or toner, end color, a shadow root with that balayage or one of those $45 treatments you see at some salons. New client visits are often longer than return sessions to allow a more thorough first consultation. Your stylist will let you know how much time to book for return visits.
Descriptions and terminology for our color services appear here. Prices and timings appear in stylist bios on our Staff Page.
Standard Color Services
Not just gray coverage. Dimensional color through tonal & level variation, new growth gray coverage, end color, ph balancing and appropriate treatments. No foils.
Single Process
Highlights
Lightening in foils. We don’t distinguish between partial and full for your first visit. Your colorist will recommend a session time for repeat visits.
Hand painted highlights. We don’t distinguish between partial and full for your first visit. Your colorist will recommend a session time for repeat visits.
Balayage
Highlights & Color
Highlights as described above, plus color
Toner/Gloss (returning clients)
A gloss is a color refresh that doesn’t cover gray or lighten hair. A toner deposits color on previously lightened hair to achieve a different color tonality.
Specialty Color Services
Specialty services aren’t as easy to schedule without seeing your hair, so they are quoted after seeing your hair. Sometimes all we need is a photograph, but many times, a 1 hour pre-paid consultation is required. This allows us to assess your hair and goals, then schedule the correct amount of time. Since our master colorists can book a highlight in an hour, we feel it’s appropriate to charge for these consultations. Schedule a consultation online or call the salon at 512-233-1910.
Have you heard that gray hair makes men look distinguished and women look old? That doesn’t work for us. Salt and Pepper hair done right, (with fashion and flare), is a statement of confidence and a celebration of where you are in life. This look incorporates your existing greys and whites into a cohesive palette that can be as tame or striking as you care to make it. If you’re tired of the never ending gray coverage but don’t want to look like you just gave up, give this one a try. Visit our Salt & Pepper page for more info.
Salt & Pepper Hair
Global Blonding
This service is about blonde in a big way. Not dark roots or lived in looks mind you, we’re talking blonde all over from scalp to ends. This is a very different service from a root touchup or typical double process where only an inch or two of new growth is being lightened. Shades can be anything from golden to ash to platinum.
Correction work is about fixing problems caused by multiple attempts of different stylists or by something you may have done at home. Issues we see a lot are uneven color, noticeable banding, splotchy patches, and unintended shades. Some of these fixes don’t take any longer than a single process color, while others can be all day, or multiple visit affairs. Many correction services also involve structural repair and reconditioning of the hair shaft because of all the heat and chemical processing that occurred prior to your visit. We’ll tell you how long your unique service will take during the consultation.
Color Correction
Major Color Transformation
This service is about big involved color change that can’t be done in standard timing. We consider a transformation to be a completely different look on hair that has no significant color issues such as banding, splotchy patches or home/box color that may require corrective procedures. Many vivids fall into this category, especially when your desired look will require significant lightening. The longer your hair is the more “major” the transformation usually is in terms of timing. Feel free to text or email a before and desired “after” look if you want a quick determination on whether a prior consultation needs to be done.