Catchword: balayage au coton

Filed Under: English, Apparel, Appearance, & Fashion

Part of Speech: n.

Quotation: The shop has imported a young man named Yvan from the Carita salon in Paris to do what he calls a “balayage au cotton.” Starting at the nape, Yvan lifted out fine strands and applied a lightening paste with a thin brush. Instead of the usual foil wrapping, he tucked pieces of cotton wadding to support the strands in process and keep them from the rest of the hair. When he was three-quarters through, he had used 1,000 feet of cotton stripping and Miss Weston looked as though she were wearing an enormous white wig. The idea of the balayage (the word means sweeping) is to lighten fine strands of hair, rather than add color.

Article or Document Title:
“Color Your Hair Simply, or Turn It Blue—Salons Can Do It All”

Author:
Angela Taylor

Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
New York Times

Date of Publication:
Apr. 1, 1974

Page Number:
36

This cite belongs to a full entry for balayage.