PSA: My vertical foil trick for harsh highlight grow-out lines

Lately, clients keep showing up with obvious highlight lines. It looks choppy and unnatural. I tried just adding more highlights, but it didn't help. Then I recalled a tip about placing foils up and down, not side to side. Tested it on a client with dark regrowth. It blended the colors perfectly without a full redo. Now I use this for all my highlight touch-ups.

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king.wesley2mo ago

Try doing thinner vertical slices instead of chunky horizontal ones, it really helps blur that line. I used to struggle with this all the time, especially on darker bases. This method saves so much time and looks way more natural.

parker_hunt612mo ago

Imagine working with a really uneven texture under those vertical slices. Does the method still hide the line as well? I keep running into issues where the thin cuts just emphasize the bumps instead of blending them. What tool are you using to make such fine slices without tearing the base? If the base is dark, don't the vertical lines sometimes catch the light in a weird way? How do you avoid that striped effect when the slices are too perfect? I'm trying to see if this fixes my problem or just creates new ones.

hayden_rodriguez2mo ago

So you're doing vertical slices on every single touch-up now? Even with super short hair or tight curls?