What are face framing highlights or money piece hair?
Face framing highlights go hand in hand with a balayage because it’s a great way to add more brightness around the face while accentuating both the hair color and facial features, creating a beautiful dimensional effect.Money piece hair, or hair contouring, is an easy way to add some flair to any look, no matter the hair color, haircut or face shape. It’s also low maintenance, so your client can choose to either let the highlights grow into the hair or boost the color as time passes. Your client won’t have to break the bank to get this small but powerful look change.
How to create face framing highlights
As a rule, the money piece needs to follow the natural parting of the hair. Start by pulling the section apart and decide your subsections depending how thick you want the face framing highlights to be. Choose smaller weaves if you want to create a softer and more natural look, or take a bigger section if you want to achieve a stronger hair contouring effect.In order to achieve the money piece effect, working with back to back sections have been proven to do the trick. Paint freehand or weave and tease, it’s all up to what you want desired result to look like. Start your hair lightener from further down if you want the boldest effect around the face, or work with back to back babylights if you want effective but super natural result.