The humble highlighting technique has undergone a myriad of distinct variations since its rise to commercial popularity in the 1980s.
Though hair highlighting has existed for centuries, with the ancient Egyptians known to lighten their hair through elixirs of olive oil, lemon, pollen and gold flakes – it was the decadence, pomp and puff of the ‘80s which saw a rise in obvious, rather un-natural looking highlights painted onto hair in kaleidoscopic colours as a fashion statement.
