Partial vs Full Highlights in North Hills: Choosing the Right Option for Your Style

When you’re ready to add brightness or dimension to your color, one of the first questions your stylist will ask is whether you prefer partial or full highlights. At Craft Collective Salon Group, both services can transform your look, but they serve different purposes depending on how bold, blended, or low-maintenance you want your style to be.

Understanding the difference helps you make the right choice for your tone, texture, and desired level of upkeep.

What Are Partial Highlights?

Partial highlights focus on the top and sides of your head, the sections that naturally catch light. They’re ideal for subtle brightness or for clients maintaining a previous full highlight.

Partial highlights are perfect for:

– Adding soft dimension to your base color

– Blending regrowth lines

– Refreshing tone between full-color appointments

– Creating a natural “sunlight around the face” effect

They pair beautifully with face-framing highlights or balayage refresh sessions for a lived-in look.

What Are Full Highlights?

Full highlights involve lightening throughout the entire head, including the underneath layers that partial highlights leave untouched. This option gives the most contrast, brightness, and overall lift.

Full highlights are best for:

– Brunettes transitioning to lighter gradually

– Blondes maintaining consistent brightness all over

– Clients seeking full-spectrum contrast and volume

– Those planning to alternate tones with the seasons

For clients who want an effortless grow-out, our stylists often finish full highlights with a root smudge or shadow root for dimension and soft blending.

Choosing Between Partial and Full Highlights

When helping you choose, we consider:

– Your base color and level of natural contrast

– How you style and part your hair daily

– How often do you prefer to visit the salon

– Whether you’re adding lightness or maintaining tone

Partial highlights are ideal for subtle refinement and quicker appointments, while full highlights create the most transformation and brightness.

Your stylist may also recommend alternating between the two, starting with a full highlight, then scheduling a partial to refresh tone and maintain depth.

Glossing and Tone

Every highlight service at Craft Collective includes a Gloss & Shine Enhancement to refine hue, add radiance, and smooth the cuticle.

This gloss is key to ensuring your blonde, brunette, or caramel tones stay vibrant without brassiness. Pairing highlights with glossing extends color life and creates that expensive, polished finish our clients love.

At-Home Maintenance

To preserve tone and shine between appointments:

– Use sulfate-free products from our Product Education & Hair Care series.

– Wash hair with cool or lukewarm water.

– Schedule gloss refreshes every 6 to 8 weeks.

– Protect your strands with Hair Treatments & Health conditioning rituals.

– Avoid overusing purple shampoos that can dull warmth.

Sustainable Lightening

Both partial and full highlight services follow our Sustainable & Eco-Friendly Salon initiative. We use cruelty-free, low-tox color lines and recycle all foils and materials through Green Circle Salons.

Sustainability is part of every formula and every finish.

Book Your Highlight Consultation

Whether you’re ready for a subtle update or a complete transformation, our stylists at Craft Collective Salon Group in North Hills will customize your highlight placement, tone, and maintenance plan for your unique goals.

Book your highlight consultation today and discover how partial or full highlights can enhance your color, your style, and your confidence.