Ladies who get their hair highlighted!

After I get my hair highlighted and the foils are removed, my hair stylist usually puts something on my hair called “toner”. She squeezes it out of a bottle all over my head and puts cellophane on it and puts me under the dryer. I recently moved and had to go to a new salon and I had foil highlights but she never did the “toner” part because my new hairstylist didn’t know what it was (but I think I was calling it a “glaze” when I asked her about it). I found that my hair still looks dark where she did the highlights. I am wondering, what exactly is this “toner”? Is it a single process dye they are applying after the highlights? My natural hair is dirty blonde / light brown and my highlighted hair is light blonde. See below for a pic!

Thanks so much!!!!!!!!

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It just really "tones" down their hair. Sometimes I get it, sometimes not-depends on how bright my hair looks-

and i get really blonde-almost white highlites

Re: Ladies who get their hair highlighted!

A toner is thrown in to tone down the highlights and then gradually it washes it. Its exactly that, a toner that washes out until you get used to your highlights color. Basically it covers the real color of highlight.

I didnt get it last time i got my highlights done. Just got to see the real deal.

Message edited 9/18/2006 10:18:05 AM.

Re: Ladies who get their hair highlighted!

I never get a toner, I did once and It made my hair color look sooooo dull.

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it evens out the color to make the hilights more subtle

its not necessary.
my current lady does it my old lady did not

however i will say that since getting the toner and having the new girls do my hair, alot of people have said my hlights look more natural..

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I've also had it done a few times when my hair took on a yellow tone to the highlights or got 'brassy'

Re: Ladies who get their hair highlighted!

Thanks for all the responses! Although it doesn't really explain why my hair appears darker this time.... Hmmm - maybe I should just ask for "chunkier" highlights next time? Because at my roots, you can barely tell I had highlights put in!

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I always like the toner/glaze, because it seems to blend the colors together and look more silky

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She gives me a toner almost every time I get my hair highlighted and I don't know what it's for

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Re: Ladies who get their hair highlighted!

Posted by MrsNYPDsGirl

Thanks for all the responses! Although it doesn't really explain why my hair appears darker this time.... Hmmm - maybe I should just ask for "chunkier" highlights next time? Because at my roots, you can barely tell I had highlights put in!

Re: Ladies who get their hair highlighted!

I have to get toner when I get my highlights. I have very dark brown hair, and when I went to a new stylist, she did not put toner in. It looked horrible. Dark brown hair with white-ish/yellow-ish streaks....very unnatural.

I went back and asked her to put toner in to make it more subtle. She called it glaze. I'm not sure of the difference in terms though (toner vs. glaze).