Highlights and Roots
My hairstylist does foil highlights on my hair right over top of my existing highlights, but within a couple of weeks my roots are already through. Is there anything I could do to keep my roots as light as my hair, or should I look for another hairdresser? Thanks
When your highlights are significantly lighter than your natural color, you are going to notice your new growth more readily. It's a matter of contrast. Now, your colorist may not be getting as close to the scalp as he/she possibly could, but depending on what he/she uses to create the highlighting it may be necessary to keep the chemicals off your scalp to avoid burning.
It's also possible that your hair grows faster than the average persons and therefore you need to have your highlights retouched more often.
As a means to prolong the time between retouches, you can try styling your hair with increased root lift, which would conceal the new growth for a longer period. You may also talk to your hairdresser about creating highlights that are concealed below the upper layers of the hair, which would allow you to keep them from showing quite so readily.
This may require that he/she colors some of the current highlights to blend away the obvious new growth, but it would make it so that you could wait a while longer between color services.
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See also:
Highlighting and highlights
Is it possible to retouch your roots and highlights at the same time?
How long do highlights last and how often do you need to touch them up?