Serious question, why did nobody tell me I was overfilling foils for 8 years?

I was at a salon in Austin last month watching this older stylist work and she put a highlight in with like half the product I use. I asked her about it and she said my foils were probably bleeding onto the base because I was putting too much lightener in. I went back to my chair and tried it her way with less product. My next client came out with way cleaner sections and no banding at the root. Has anyone else had that moment where you realize you've been wasting product on every single foil?

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joseph_ellis8519d ago

Wait, how much lightener were you actually using per foil? I had the same exact wake-up call about three years ago at a class, and it honestly made me mad at myself for all the wasted tubes of lightener over the years. The trick I learned is that less is way more - you only need enough to coat the hair, not soak it, and the excess is what bleeds out and ruins your sections. I started doing a quick squeeze on my brush before applying, and my roots went from looking muddy to crisp and clean almost overnight. Also, check if your foils are folded tight enough at the scalp, that's where most of my bleeding was actually coming from. Once you get that dialed in, you notice how much cleaner your blends look and how much less product you go through every month.

rileyb6118d ago

12 grams per foil here @joseph_ellis85 and my blends have never been cleaner.

robertb4716d ago

Riley, I always wondered about that 12 grams per foil number until I actually weighed mine out one day and realized I was using closer to 20. @joseph_ellis85 is right about the squeeze trick, I do that now too and it saves me about a third of my lightener every month. The cleaner blends are just a bonus once you stop over saturating everything.