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Not Sure Which Hair Color Service You Need?

Many guests arrive with inspiration photos but aren't sure exactly what to ask for.

That's completely normal.

We'll start with a mini consult to discuss your goals and determine which techniques will achieve the look safely and realistically.

You may be looking for:

Brighter Blonde Hair

Whether you want soft highlights or an icy platinum transformation, our blonding services can be customized to your desired level of brightness.

A Low-Maintenance Color

Balayage, lived-in color, root melts, and dimensional color techniques create beautiful grow-out and fewer salon visits.

Grey Coverage

From traditional root touch-ups to modern grey blending techniques, we offer multiple ways to manage grey hair.

Rich Brunette Color

Dimensional brunette hair can be glossy, rich, and full of depth without looking flat or overly dark.

Copper or Red Hair

From soft strawberry blonde to vibrant copper and deep cherry tones, we customize red hair color to complement your complexion.

Color Correction

If you've experienced a color mishap, uneven color, banding, brassiness, or box dye challenges, we can create a plan to get your hair back on track.

Blonde Hair Services

Blonde hair remains one of the most requested services at Monaco Salon.

Our colorists use a combination of modern blonding techniques to create everything from subtle brightness to dramatic transformations.

  • Traditional Highlights
  • Babylights
  • Teasylights
  • Face-Framing Highlights
  • Money Piece Highlights
  • Root Melts
  • Shadow Roots
  • Platinum Blonding

The right technique depends on your starting point, desired brightness, maintenance preferences, and the overall look you're trying to achieve.

Whether you want a bright California blonde, soft dimensional blonde, or a low-maintenance lived-in look, we'll create a custom plan for your hair.

Learn more about our blonde hair services.

Highlights, Balayage, & Dimensional Hair

Highlights remain one of the most popular hair color services at Monaco Salon. Whether you're looking to brighten your blonde, add dimension to brunette hair, soften grey hair, or create a sun-kissed look, highlights can be customized to achieve a wide range of results.

Modern highlighting techniques go far beyond traditional foil highlights. Depending on your goals, we may recommend:

  • Traditional Foil Highlights
  • Babylights
  • Teasylights
  • Face Framing Highlights
  • Money Piece Highlights
  • Dimensional Highlights with Lowlights

The right approach depends on your starting color, desired brightness, maintenance preferences, and overall hair goals.

What's the Difference Between Highlights and Balayage?

Traditional highlights use foils to create brightness from the root area through the ends. Balayage is hand-painted and typically creates a softer, more natural grow-out. Many of today's most beautiful color transformations actually combine both techniques, using foils for brightness and balayage for softness and dimension.

Learn more about our balayage services and root melt balayage.

Brunette Hair Color

Beautiful brunette hair is anything but one-dimensional.

Whether you prefer cool espresso tones, rich chocolate brown, soft caramel accents, or dimensional brunette balayage, our colorists create brunette hair that looks glossy, healthy, and full of depth.

Popular brunette services include:

  • Rich all-over brunette color
  • Dimensional brunette color
  • Caramel highlights
  • Brunette balayage
  • Espresso brunettes
  • Cool-toned brunettes
  • Chocolate brown hair color

Our goal is to create brunette hair that catches light naturally and never looks flat.

Learn more about brunette hair services.

Copper, Red & Fashion Hair Colors

Red hair is one of the most customized color categories.

The perfect copper or red shade depends on your skin tone, eye color, lifestyle, and maintenance preferences.

Popular options include:

  • Strawberry Blonde
  • Soft Copper
  • Ginger Hair
  • Auburn
  • Copper Balayage
  • Cherry Red
  • Burgundy
  • Mahogany

For guests looking for something more expressive, we also offer vivid and fantasy hair colors.

Whether you're looking for a subtle copper refresh or a bold fashion color transformation, our team can help create a custom shade that feels uniquely yours.

View Cowboy Copper hair color and more red shades.

Color Correction & Major Transformations

Not every hair color journey starts from a perfect foundation.

Color correction services are designed to address challenges such as:

  • Box dye
  • Uneven color and visible color banding
  • Brassiness on previously lightened hair
  • Over-processed blonde hair
  • Dark color removal
  • Major color changes

Every correction is unique. Because these services often require additional planning, a separate consultation is usually recommended before scheduling.

Our priority is always achieving the best possible result while maintaining the integrity of your hair.

Learn more about color correction services.

Hair Color for Extensions, Toppers & Hair Loss Solutions

One of Monaco Salon's unique strengths is our expertise in hair extensions. Matching and blending extensions require a different level of expertise than traditional salon hair coloring.

Our team regularly customizes color for:

  • Hair Extensions
  • Hair Toppers
  • Wigs

We frequently custom-tone, color, blend, and refine extensions and toppers to create a seamless match with your natural hair.

This specialized knowledge is one reason women throughout the Tampa area trust Monaco Salon for both hair color and hair replacement services.

Learn more about hair extensions

Learn more about hair loss solutions.

Grey Coverage & Grey Blending

Grey hair doesn't automatically mean you need a touch-up. Today's color techniques offer more options than ever.

Some guests prefer complete grey coverage for a youthful, polished appearance. Others choose grey blending techniques that soften regrowth and reduce maintenance.

Depending on your goals, we may recommend:

  • Color gloss
  • Single-process color
  • Root touch-ups
  • Highlights
  • Lowlights
  • Dimensional color
  • Lived-in color techniques

The best solution depends on your natural color, percentage of grey, and desired maintenance schedule.

Every color service begins with a conversation.

We'll discuss:

  • Your goals
  • Inspiration photos
  • Current color history
  • Hair condition
  • Maintenance preferences
  • Timing and budget
  • Long-term hair goals

Our goal isn't simply to provide a color service.

It's to help you create a color plan that looks beautiful today and continues to work for you long after you leave the salon.

Book a Separate Color Consultation

It's free. 

If you're planning a BIG color change, a totally new color and cut, or if you think you need a complex color correction, you can request a separate color consultation using this form. We'll schedule a separate appointment just to talk, so we have more time to look at your inspo pictures, walk through your options, and give you a good idea of the cost of the service.

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Ready to Book a Color Appointment?

The best way to reserve your color appointment is to call or text your preferred Monaco Salon location during business hours, or submit our online request form. This allows our team to ask a few quick questions and make sure we reserve the correct amount of time for your service.

Our goal is to set you up for the best possible experience, with no surprises and no rushed appointments.

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Booking a Hair Color Service: What We Need to Know

We want to make sure every appointment runs smoothly from start to finish. The key to a great experience is reserving enough time for the services you want. Color appointments can vary quite a bit depending on what’s being done, how much hair you have, and what you’re starting with. Here’s how you can help us plan your visit the right way, even if you’re a familiar face in our salon.

Learn more about booking your color appointment

Common Hair Color Questions

Do you have a blonde hair specialist?

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Damaris, Klodjana, Mabelle, Gabbi, Kristi, and Meg specialize in blonde and lightening services.

Can you remove box hair dye?

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Box color is one of the most common reasons clients seek color correction. Depending on the situation, we may remove the color, neutralize unwanted tones, or strategically layer new color to restore balance and dimension. Results and timelines vary based on what was used and how many layers are present.

Box dye is unpredictable and difficult to remove. If you are unhappy with at-home results, call us. Our Color Correction experts can gently remove the dye and restore your hair, but we advise against experimenting further at home to avoid permanent damage.

What's the difference between highlights or balayage?

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The difference is the technique and the maintenance.
• Highlights (Foils): Create precise, defined streaks of brightness.
• Balayage (Hand-Painted): Creates a soft, sun-kissed gradient. Highlights typically require maintenance every 6–8 weeks, while balayage grows out more gracefully, offering a lower-maintenance option.

Which one should I get?

The answer depends on the look you want and how often are you willing to maintain it. Ask yourself how obvious you want your highlights to be, and if you want highlights all the way to the root. Highlights will have to be maintained every 6-8 weeks, while balayage usually grows out more gracefully, making it a lower-maintenance option.

Come in for a free hair color consultation.

Learn more about the difference between highlights and balayage here on the Monaco Salon blog.

Looking for inspo for your next highlights appointment?  View examples of our work in our hair color gallery.

Can I go from brunette to blonde in one appointment?

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It depends on the health of your hair. Going significantly lighter is a chemical process that often requires multiple sessions to achieve the desired tone without causing damage. As blonding specialists, we will give you a safe, realistic plan to reach your goal.

How do I keep my hair color from fading?

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Use sulfate-free shampoo and conditioner, wash less frequently, protect your hair from heat with a thermal spray, and minimize sun and chlorine exposure.

Schedule a gloss or toner service to give your color a boost if you're not due for a full color service.

What is “lived-in color”?

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Lived-in color is a modern technique that blends multiple shades (often using a root melt) to create dimension that mimics how hair naturally grows out. It creates a graceful transition at the roots, allowing you more time between touch-ups while still looking polished.

How often will I need to touch up my hair color?

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It depends on the type of color service and your personal preferences.

  • Root Retouch: Every 4–6 weeks.
  • Highlights: Every 6–8 weeks.
  • Lived-In Color: Every 3–4 months (many guests visit sooner for a quick Gloss to refresh the shine).
  • Vivids/Reds: Every 4–8 weeks.

Should I wash my hair before my color appointment?

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Come with clean, dry hair if you're getting highlights, and avoid using heavy styling products the day of your appointment. It’s also helpful to bring inspiration photos and be ready to talk about your hair goals, maintenance preferences, and past color history so we can create the perfect plan for your hair.

Can you color my extensions or topper?

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Yes! This is a Monaco Salon specialty. Most salons struggle with this, but we are experts at custom-coloring extensions to blend seamlessly with your biological hair. Whether we are coloring your natural hair, the extensions, or both, we ensure a flawless match.

Will my color look as good as the photos on Instagram?

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The goal is always to give you beautiful, dimensional color that looks great in real life, not just in photos. Instagram images often have studio lighting or filters. Your color will look soft, blended, and natural in person. Your stylist will help you choose tones that work with your hair type and will photograph well without heavy filtering.

Can you tell me what hair color will look best on me?

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Yes. Your stylist will help you choose tones that flatter your complexion and enhance your features. Many clients come in unsure and leave with a color that finally feels right for them.

Is Monaco good for blonding or color corrections?

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Yes. Our stylists handle everything from heavy blonding to subtle tone shifts. We also fix common issues like brassiness, streaky highlights, and harsh lines. If your goal is dimensional, blended color, you are in the right place.

How do I know if my hair color goals are realistic?

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Bring photos or save inspiration from Instagram. Your stylist will walk through what is possible in one session, what may require multiple appointments, and how to keep your hair healthy along the way. We will also talk about a maintenance schedule based on your shade.

What is a Fusio Dose Treatment?

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Kérastase Fusio Dose is a customized in-salon treatment. Your stylist will mix a concentrated formula specifically for your hair needs (such as dryness, damage, or color protection) for an instant transformation that leaves your hair incredibly soft and shiny. Because it is customized cocktail just for you, it makes an ideal addition to your color service.

Does Monaco Salon offer financing?

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Yes. Our Dale Mabry location offers flexible payment options through Cherry, so you can move forward with your service now and pay over time.

You can check your eligibility in seconds using the links below. There is no impact on your credit score.

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  • Fast, simple application
  • No hard credit check
  • Use your debit or credit card at checkout
  • Initial payment due at the time of service