Why a Toner Is Your Highlights’ Best Friend
If you’ve ever gotten highlights, you know the excitement of unveiling that fresh, bright, dimensional color. But keeping those highlights looking vibrant, fresh, and natural takes more than just the initial salon visit. Enter the hair toner—the unsung hero of hair color maintenance that can make all the difference.
At Venelle Salon & Spa in Park Slope, Brooklyn, we use toners as a key step to perfect and prolong the life of your highlights. Here’s why toner is truly your highlights’ best friend.
🎨 What Is Hair Toner?
Hair toner is a semi-permanent hair color product designed to:
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Neutralize unwanted brassiness or yellow tones
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Enhance or adjust the shade of your highlights
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Add shine and smoothness
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Refine the overall hair color for a polished, natural finish
Toners are typically applied after lightening or highlighting to fine-tune the color results and ensure your highlights look just right.
✨ Why Highlights Need Toner
When hair is lightened (especially with bleach or high-lift color), the underlying pigment can shift towards warm, brassy, or orange tones. This happens because the natural pigments left behind after lightening tend to be warmer.
A toner:
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Balances warm tones: For example, a purple or blue-based toner counteracts yellow or orange hues, leaving your hair cool and fresh.
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Defines your shade: Want ash blonde, creamy caramel, or golden honey highlights? Toner helps achieve those specific tones.
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Keeps highlights looking natural: Without toner, highlights can look patchy or uneven as they grow out.
🕒 How Often Should You Use Toner?
To keep your highlights flawless, a toner refresh is usually recommended every 4 to 6 weeks. This maintenance helps:
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Extend the life of your color
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Keep brassiness at bay
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Maintain the vibrancy and shine of your highlights
💆♀️ Toner Treatment at Venelle
Our stylists carefully select the perfect toner shade tailored to your highlights and skin tone. After application, your hair feels smoother, looks shinier, and your highlights pop just the way you want.
Plus, we offer gloss treatments that work hand-in-hand with toners to add extra shine and hydration.
🧴 At-Home Care Tips to Preserve Toner
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Use purple or blue shampoos/conditioners recommended for color-treated hair
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Wash hair with cool or lukewarm water to reduce color fading
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Avoid excessive heat styling or always use a heat protectant
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Schedule regular salon visits for toner refreshes and gloss treatments
Ready to Keep Your Highlights Looking Perfect?
Trust the experts at Venelle Salon & Spa in Park Slope to keep your color fresh, vibrant, and glowing all year round. Book your next toner appointment or highlight service today!
📞 Call us at 718.989.9800
🌐 Book online: venellespa.com
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