Hylo – Next Generation Highlights

Aluminium foil — the default tool for highlighting — falls short of meeting stylists’ exacting standards and creative needs. It’s inefficient, difficult to master, prone to slipping, and creates an inconsistent environment that makes it hard for even experienced stylists to consistently achieve results they desire. Its square shape doesn’t conform to the curve of the head, making regrowth application tricky and increasing the risk of lightener bleeding. Checking progress means opening foils, interrupting processing and disturbing adjacent sections. And it’s wasteful — salons use over 1km a month, yet less than 3% is recycled. Foiling was overdue for a smarter, stylist-led solution.

Hylo is not an evolution, it completely reimagines the highlighting process with a purposeful design and hi-tech material choices. A heat-locking film creates a stable, controlled environment that reduces processing time by up to 20% and delivers flawless, consistent results. A curved, flexible leading edge hugs the head for seamless regrowth application, while the integrated mini-comb protects the scalp and distributes lightener evenly. The micro-clip offers a secure, comfortable hold, and the ergonomic board mirrors the head’s contours for confident placement. Hylo is easy to rinse, dry, and reuse — a complete, end-to-end system that simplifies and enhances the highlighting process.

Hylo is a smarter, high performance, sustainable alternative that’s commercially savvy, socially empowering, and environmentally essential. It streamlines salon workflow by boosting efficiency, and helping stylists deliver consistent, superior results with less effort and fewer mistakes — creating value for stylists, clients, and salons. Socially, it builds confidence and trust as stylists can more easily deliver work that is precise and error-free, innovate confidently, and advance their skillset swiftly and with greater ease. Environmentally, it replaces single-use foil with a reusable system that drastically reduces waste. Hylo brings fresh thinking to an old problem — delivering measurable, lasting impact.

A few standout features take Hylo from a clever idea to a true game-changer. The micro-clip is a key innovation — designed to secure strands of hair without interfering with root-to-tip colour application. Its underside is a nano-corrugated, soft edge which holds hair, preventing slippage and reducing the risk of bleeds. As the lightener and developer expand, it expands into the cavity, saturating the hair under the clip. Unlike foil, Hylo’s secure grip gives stylists confidence to work on adjacent hair or check progress without disturbing surrounding Hylo’s. Once in place, clients are able to move freely without risk of slippage. The transparent film is another breakthrough. It lets stylists visually track colour development in real time, without opening the section — avoiding disruption to the chemical process. It also creates a consistent, insulated environment for even lift and smooth, predictable results. It is durable, resistant to lightener, and washes and dries with ease. The curved and deformable leading-edge comb conforms to the head’s shape and acts as a guard-rail de-risking overshooting, lifting and separating hair strands for precise and consistent application lightener. Its’ fine profile allows Hylo’s to stack closely together, while calibrated flexibility provides comfort and enough tension for control.