This stylish and flattering hair trend is sure to be a popular summer request in salons everywhere this year. It’s a great idea for stylists to learn how to nail the color technique and recommend it to clients who might not know about it. Thankfully, the ring lighting trend commonly utilizes a traditional foil highlighting technique. The key is to pinpoint the exact foil placement for highlights at the front of the head right at the hairline or where the hair falls right around the outline of the face. The foil highlights should only be applied to a small section of hair on each side of the face. To achieve a more natural look, stylists should start applying color to the hair at the client’s eye level downward instead of depositing color from root to tip.Most steps associated with this technique remain the same for different hair colors, though darker shades of hair may require a more involved lightening process or help from a salon developer to open the hair cuticle and allow for more lift. Once the desired color is reached, stylists should take special care to dry and style the hair in a way that showcases the lighter strands. Accentuating these highlighted pieces during the styling process ensures the most noticeable results for the client.

It seems like there’s a new highlighting trend every single day, which makes it easy to get them all mixed up! Stylists are bound to hear some daily buzz around the salon about emerging trends, while clients may be bombarded with the growing list of options via social media and other platforms. Either way, it’s important to know that not all trends are made equal. A few specific hair trends like the expensive brunette trend, money piece highlights and balayage are similar to the ring lighting trend and thus easily confused for one another. However, it’s important to keep in mind that ring lighting focuses on one lighter highlighted section by both sides of the face with a highlight color that begins just below eyebrow level. Money piece highlights are just about the closest to ring lighting, though the money piece trend involves face-framing highlights that utilize color from root to tip and produce a different effect. Both the expensive brunette trend and the balayage technique differ from ring lighting because their looks involve color that is more widespread, not just in the face-framing sections.