Colour and balayage
Balayage, and colourthat grows out kindly.
Painted on by hand rather than wrapped in foil, so there is no line waiting for you at week six.
Mon to Sat, from 10am
What it is
Balayage is painted on by hand. The colour starts soft, somewhere down the length rather than hard against the root, and it sits where the light would already be hitting your hair. That is the whole reason it grows out without a line to chase, and the reason it suits anybody who would rather come in three times a year than every six weeks.
Roi does the full range of it: blondes, coppers, brunettes, and whole colour changes for people who have decided to be someone else by Friday. What happens first is the part that matters, and it is not the colour. Somebody puts their hands in your hair, looks at what is already in it, and tells you what is reachable from there.
Three times a year, not every six weeks.
How it goes
What actually
happens.
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We look at it first
Before anything is mixed, somebody looks at what your hair is doing now, what is already in it, and how far it will move in one sitting. This is also where you show us the photo.
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The colour goes on
Painted by hand through the lengths, or wrapped in foil where the look needs lift at the root, or both together. Which one you get is decided by the hair, not by what you booked.
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Toned, then finished
Toning is the part nobody photographs and everybody notices: it is what decides whether a blonde reads cool, warm or brassy. Washed, toned, cut if you are having one, and blow-dried before you see it.
What it costs
Quoted on your
hair, not a list.
Roi does not print a colour price list, and that is a decision rather than an evasion. What a balayage costs comes down to your length, where your hair is starting and how far you want to move, and a printed range would be wrong for most of the people reading it. Describe it on the phone, or send a photo, and you will have a real number before you commit to anything.
From 124 reviews on Google
Read them on Google“Got my hair done by Julie today, she did a no bleach balayage that came out exactly as the inspo pic!”
“Jess, one of the salon owners, is truly exceptional at what she does.”
Questions
The things people
ask about this.
Anything not covered here, call 0499 927 027 or come up and ask.
How long does a balayage take?
Two to four hours for most people, and longer if you are going significantly lighter or your hair is past your shoulder blades. If you have to be somewhere afterwards, say so when you call rather than when you sit down, and you will get an honest answer about whether it fits.
What is the difference between balayage and foils?
Foils wrap sections of hair so the colour lifts evenly from the root down, which gives you brightness all the way up and a regrowth line to maintain. Balayage is painted on freehand and left softer at the top, so it is less bright at the root and much more forgiving as it grows. Plenty of people end up with both: foils around the face, balayage through the rest.
Will it damage my hair?
Lifting colour out of hair costs something every time, and anyone who tells you otherwise is selling. What changes the answer is how far you go in one sitting. We would rather take you lighter across two visits and hand you hair you can still brush than hit the photo on the first day and wreck it.
Can I bring a photo of what I want?
Please do. A photo settles in ten seconds what a conversation takes ten minutes to get wrong. Text one to the salon before you come in and somebody can tell you whether it is reachable from where your hair is now, which is a better thing to find out beforehand than in the chair.
Visit the salon
Walk in, or
call ahead.
Ground floor, Melbourne Central, 300 Lonsdale Street. Mon to Sat, from 10am