Consultation and color planning
Your appointment begins with a focused consultation to clarify desired color, how much lightening you want, and how the haircut will support the highlights. We discuss lifestyle, daily styling time, and maintenance trade-offs so you can choose placement and tone that fit your routine without unexpected commitments.
Because Geneva’s is in Portland’s Kerns neighborhood, we tailor timing around local commuter patterns—early mornings, lunches or evenings work well for many clients. We also consider Pacific Northwest climate: frequent fall-through-spring rain and humidity can affect daily styling and product choices discussed during planning.
Cut shaping and dimension
The haircut is not an afterthought: it creates the shape that makes highlights read as natural dimension rather than obvious streaks. Deciding on blunt ends, layering, or face-framing pieces affects how color blends at the ends and how much daily styling upkeep you’ll need.
Your stylist will balance contrast and softness so the finished look suits your face shape and lifestyle. Trade-offs include how often you’ll need to restyle and whether you prefer a polished finish for events or a softer, lived-in texture for low-maintenance days.
Highlight placement and maintenance
Full highlights mean broader, salon-applied lightening across the hair rather than isolated face-framing pieces; placement choices determine how the color grows out. During the appointment we discuss tone selection and how highlights will interact with your base color so regrowth and blending meet your expectations.
This combined service is scheduled as a single appointment to ensure cohesive results. The service price is $485 and the total appointment length is 210 MINUTES. Bring reference photos and any color history so we can plan realistic maintenance and timing during your consultation.
