Ask Megan

Balayage, highlights or lived-in color?

On my menu, custom balayage is foils placed to suit your skin tone and natural color. Lived-in color is low-maintenance color with custom placement. Highlights are full or partial blonding. Here is what each starts at, and how we choose together.

Golden balayage with soft dimension, from behind

By Megan Hudgin ·

What I love doing

“I like low maintenance, blending, grey blending, very lived in, like a lived in custom balayage.”Megan Hudgin

On my menu

ServiceWhat it isStarts at
Custom balayageFoils placed to suit your skin tone and natural color$400
Lived-in colorLow-maintenance color with custom placement$400
Full blondingA personalized full head of highlights or balayage$450
Partial blondingFewer, impactful foils around the face$350
GlossFreshen your tone or add shine$120

The part clients notice: the grow-out

“The outgrowth is a very smooth process and they like how you’re not seeing lines and noticeable differences as it grows out.”Megan Hudgin

Whatever we call it, the goal is color placed so it grows out softly, without a hard line at the root. It is built to go longer between appointments.

Grey blending

Grey blending with highlights is one of the color services I focus on. If you would rather keep it simple, a single color and grey touch-up starts at $130.

How we choose

Send me a recent photo of your current color and length, your inspiration photos and a little hair history through the consultation form. Color clients can usually do the whole consultation that way, then book online.

Questions

Quick answers.

Is lived-in color the same as balayage?

On Megan Hudgin’s menu they are separate services. Lived-in color is low-maintenance color with custom placement. Custom balayage is foils placed to suit your skin tone and natural color. Both start at $400.

Can I book color with Megan online?

Yes. After a consultation by message, color services can be booked online through her booking page.

4.7 stars from 15 Google reviews

From her clients.

“Whether it’s extensions or highlights, the results are always exactly what I wanted (and somehow even better).”
Caty K., Google
“The result is always a super blended, lived-in balayage which has always been my goal.”
Anna E., Google
“I asked for a lived in blonde and long layers and she delivered just that!”
Ashley D., Google

Next step

Color that grows out without a hard line.

Send it to Megan with what you want your hair to do. Extension consultations happen in person at her Gold Coast studio.