
Highlights
Professional highlighting for natural dimension, depth, and sun-kissed color

About Highlights
Transform your look with professional hair highlighting at Manhattan Barbershop NYC's Chelsea location. Our expert colorists use advanced highlighting techniques to add dimension, depth, and a natural sun-kissed glow to your hair. Whether you're looking for subtle, natural-looking highlights that blend smoothly with your base color or bolder contrast for a more dramatic effect, we customize the placement, tone, and intensity to complement your skin tone, face shape, and personal style. Using premium professional color products, we carefully select strands throughout your hair, applying lightener with precision to create the perfect blend. The result is multi-dimensional color that adds movement, visual interest, and a youthful, refreshed appearance. Highlights can also help soften the appearance of gray hair, add warmth or coolness to your overall tone, and create the illusion of fuller, thicker hair. Our colorists will consult with you to understand your goals and recommend the best highlighting technique—from classic foil highlights to balayage or hand-painted techniques. This comprehensive service takes 2 hours and includes color application, processing, toning if needed, professional shampooing, and styling.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The complete highlighting service takes approximately 2 hours (120 minutes). This includes consultation, color application, processing time (30-45 minutes), rinsing, toning if needed, shampooing, and professional styling. The exact time may vary based on hair length, thickness, and the complexity of the highlighting technique.
We use premium professional color products and expert techniques to minimize damage. While any lightening process affects hair structure, our colorists apply highlights carefully, use bond-building treatments, and follow with nourishing conditioners. We'll also provide aftercare recommendations to keep your highlighted hair healthy, shiny, and strong.
Most clients return for highlight touchups every 8-12 weeks, depending on how quickly your hair grows and how noticeable you want the regrowth to be. Natural-looking, blended highlights can go longer between appointments, while high-contrast highlights may need more frequent maintenance.
Yes! Strategic highlighting is an excellent way to blend and camouflage gray hair while adding dimension. The lighter tones help gray hairs blend naturally with your overall color, creating a salt-and-pepper or sun-kissed effect that's more forgiving than solid color as grays continue to grow in.
Highlighting prices range from $120-$200 based on hair length, thickness, and technique complexity. Shorter hair or partial highlights start at $120, while longer, thicker hair requiring full-head coverage may be $200. Your colorist will provide an exact quote during consultation based on your specific needs.
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Walk-ins welcome based on availability
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Chelsea
(212) 367-2009Midtown
(212) 308-0362