1,000+
Google Reviews
Toner Included
With Every Lightening Service
12+
Years Downtown Raleigh
Hair Highlights · Raleigh NC
Highlights, Placed
With Intention.
From soft face-framing brightness to full highlights, we place light where it makes the most sense for your hair, your tone, and your maintenance goals.
Book a Highlights Consultation Looking for Balayage?Consultation recommended for new guests. Toner included with every highlighting service.
Controlled Brightness
Foils give us precision, brightness, and control.
Hair highlights in Raleigh are ideal when you want controlled lift, visible brightness, or a more classic dimensional blonde. Your stylist will look at your starting point, color history, hair condition, and maintenance goals before choosing the right placement.
Some guests need a small face-framing refresh. Others need a partial or full highlight service. We will help you choose the level of brightness that fits your hair and your routine.
Prefer softer, lived-in brightness with a more blended grow-out? Visit our Balayage page. New to the vocabulary? Every term we use is explained in The Edit.
Face-Framing Highlights
Brightness around the face for a softer, lower-commitment refresh.
Partial Highlights
Focused brightness through the face, crown, and part line for dimension and maintenance.
Full Highlights
A more complete highlight service for guests wanting brighter, all-over dimension.
Babylights
Fine, delicate highlights for soft blending, brightness, and a natural-looking finish.
Highlights + Root Retouch
For guests who want dimensional brightness and root or grey coverage in the same visit, planned together for a seamless result.
Gloss & Toner Refresh
A maintenance service to refine tone, add shine, and keep highlighted hair looking polished.
Services & Pricing
What highlights cost at The Junction
Highlights start at $135.
Consultation recommended for new guests or major brightness changes.
Final pricing depends on technique, placement, hair length, density, and desired result.
Partial Foil Highlights
Foils placed selectively around the face and through the top for everyday dimension. A quick, routine refresh between full foil or balayage appointments. Includes highlights, a toner or glaze, shampoo and condition, and a blowout style.
from $135
Partial Foil with Color Retouch
Root color to cover fresh regrowth, paired with highlights around the face and through the top for brightness in the same visit.
from $265
Full Foil Highlights
Our most requested highlight service. Full foil coverage gives your stylist room to build real dimension, from a classic blonde to bold contrast.
from $168
Full Foil with Color Retouch
Root color to cover fresh regrowth, combined with a full foil service for complete brightness and dimension in one appointment.
from $282
Toner is included with lightening services. Lift exposes warmth and can leave the hair looking unfinished. Toner helps refine the final shade, soften unevenness, and create a more polished, uniform finish. It is part of doing highlights properly, not an afterthought.
Why guests choose The Junction for highlights
- Consultation-first color planning
- Toner included with lightening services
- Hair health considered before every lift
- Professional color from Schwarzkopf, Davines, and Redken
- 1,000+ Google reviews from Raleigh guests
- Located at The Dillon in downtown Raleigh
Client reviews
Highlights guests notice the difference
★★★★★
"Loved The Junction! Sydnee did an amazing job with my highlights and trim. Great vibes, and the bar was a cool feature so you can have a drink while getting your hair done."
★★★★★
"Heather patiently listened to what I wanted, gave tips and suggestions, and I am so happy with how my hair came out. I love the color so much!"
★★★★★
"Came back for the wonderful stylist! This time I got a partial foil and a cut. It turned out even better than I expected and really fixed up my grown-out highlights in one go!"
Before You Book
Highlights, answered honestly.
Yes. Highlights usually use foils for more controlled brightness and placement. Balayage is often softer and more lived-in, with a more blended grow-out. Your stylist will help you choose the right approach for your hair and your goals. If you want softer grow-out and hand-painted dimension, visit our Balayage page.
Sometimes. It depends on your starting color, previous color history, and hair condition. We will be honest about what your hair can safely handle and whether a gradual approach is the better path. Our free consultation is where we work that out together.
Many guests return every 6–10 weeks, depending on placement, brightness, and how blended they want the grow-out to look. We will help you choose a placement that fits your maintenance schedule.
Ready for brighter, polished color?
Start with a consultation so we can choose the right highlight placement, tone, and maintenance plan for your hair.
Book a Highlights Consultation Book Now
The Junction Salon & Bar · The Dillon · 209 S West St · Downtown Raleigh, NC