45 Best Balayage Hairstyles for Straight Hair

Looking for the best balayage hairstyle for your short, medium, or long, straight hair? Check out these styles, and you’re sure to find one you love. Since many Asians have straight black hair, you’ll find a lot of choices here for women seeking a balayage for Asian hair.

Balayage is a French hair coloring technique that has been a growing trend and is making a statement in 2019 as some celebrities like Selena Gomez and Jessica Alba are bringing it to the attention of the public. Traditionally, balayage is paired with curled or wavy hair, but it can also be applied to straight hair with fabulous results, as you’ll soon see.

Balayage is freehand color painted on hair without foil or caps, and in the hands of a talented hairstylist, can bring about amazing, natural, sun-kissed looks, and much, much more. The effect can be subtle, natural, or dramatic depending on the colors and contrast selected.

Some people confuse balayage with ombre, a shade effect, and so if you’re one of them, see balayage vs ombre to get up to speed. Then come back here to see the latest balayage trends. In some hairstyles, balayage is combined with ombre to give a person a unique look.

Check out the amazing balayage photos below, and let us know what you think in the comments.

Best Balayage Hairstyles for Straight Hair

Now that we are all up to speed on what is balayage, lets dive in to our top picks to inspire your next straight hair color ideas.

Blue Hair Balayage for Asian

Check this blue balayage on an angled bob for Asian hair. It’s mostly muted denim blue, gray, and violet under tones, with a and accent pop in bright blue color. It’s an amazing color combination for short, straight black hair.

Pewter and Silver Balayage for Straight Asian Hair

A bob for Asian hair can be dressed up with a pewter balayage. The subtle colors keep the look natural while adding style and elegance.

Show off a cool toned, muted pewter and silver balayage over long straight black hair at your next event. The color is blended with a hint of ash brown to keep the overall look subtle.

Ash Blonde and Lilac Balayage

A soft lilac hue presents a calm charm to a straight hair balayage with an ash blonde base. It’s no surprise that it’s a trending color these days.

Transforming fine Asian black hair to ash blonde is dramatic on its own. Adding lilac highlights softens the look while taking it to the next level. It’s pure elegance with a pop.

Blonde Balayage for Straight Hair

A blended honey blonde to platinum blonde balayage for straight hair transforms dark brown hair with a sun-kissed look. It’s a great look to welcome in the summer time fun.

This side part, medium length, straight hairstyle features a warm chestnut brown base infused with golden blonde and champagne blonde balayage highlights. It’s a gradual color change that anchors the face with darker tones while brightening the overall appearance.

Subtle Blend Balayage

Check out the super subtle transitions in this long straight hair balayage. The hair appears to reflect secondary color highlights under the lighting.

Apply a subtle balayage to give your hair a fabulous, gentle sun-kissed look. Sometimes the best balayage for the corporate professional is just a hint of color. Choose this for a super yet natural appearance.

Brown Bob Balayage for Asian Hair

Warm up your black, Asian hair with a chestnut brown balayage bob. It looks classy and elegant, perfect for giving you a little sparkle in conservative work environments.

Blonde Bob Balayage

You can balayage short straight hair, too. Choose a dramatic contrast for an immediate impact.

Silvery Blonde Balayage

For fine, light silvery hair, darken the roots to add contrast add weight. This blending of colors works best with fine, thin hair.

Asian Long Black Hair Balayage

For Asians with long straight dark brown or black hair, balayage can bring a lighter brown tone to accentuate brown eyes.

Medium Brown Hair Balayage

For medium length brown hair, bring a lighter color toward the face to frame, brighten, and lighten your look.

Long Brunette with Soft Highlights

Rejuvenate long dark brown hair with soft balayage highlights to bring out your inner glow. The many color lines bring out a fresh look.

Rose Gold Asian Balayage

For Asians with medium length straight hair, a rose gold balayage brings a warmer tone to black hair. Choose this if you want to go bold, but not outrageous.

For a more dramatic look, mix copper tones with your rose gold balayage.

Asian Medium Length Hair Balayage

Asians with medium length hair blend to a light blonde color for a lighter tone with easier maintenance.

Brunette Blonde Blend Balayage

Brunettes with long straight fine hair can try a dramatic and seamless blend from brown to blonde. Amazing transformation.

Long Fine Blonde Hair Balayage

For long, straight, fine hair, get this blonde balayage with strawberry highlights for a fabulously rich look. From the darkest blonde to the lightest, its an amazingly graceful mix and transition.

Asian Subtle Brown Balayage

Balayage Asian hair with gentle natural highlights to give a subtle and elegant look. Choose this look to keep a conservative appearance while showing off a natural sun-kissed look. This would work well in any professional office setting.

Asian Gray-Blonde Hair Balayage

To stand out from your friends, Asian balayage can incorporate gray and gray-blonde shades. Choose this for a stunning, complementary look to your natural color.

Balayage and Ombre Blend

Get the best of both worlds with a blend of blonde balayage and ombre hair colors. The balayage softens the transition to a complete light blonde ombre.

Balayage and ombre can be layered together to soften the typical ombre’s abrupt color change. Mix balayage and ombre to give a blended look with highlights.

Long Gray, Ash Blonde Balayage

This delicate balayage graceful transition to grey and ash blonde is positively striking.

Blonde Balayage on Long Straight Dark Brown Hair

Straight dark brown hair with blonde and caramel balayage.

Short Dark Brown with Blonde Balayage

Short dark brown hair with a dramatic flow to bright, light blonde. Choose this to pop out from the ordinary without going over the top.

Asian Short Pink Hair Balayage

Spice up your look with this pink balayage bob for straight Asian hair. If you want a dramatic look, pink is always a trendsetting color.

Asian sporting a soft pink and blond balayage with dark roots on medium straight hair, looking amazing. The pink exudes delicate femininity with definite style.

Long Brown with Soft Blonde Color Balayage

Looking for a soft and delicate blonde balayage for fine hair? Try this long brown and soft blonde balayage hair color to play up your feminine side.

Balayage on long straight brown hair.

Ash Blonde Balayage

Beautiful soft color, balayage Ash blonde with babylights. This is a beautiful look for those with fine, thin hair.

Light Caramel Balayage

Add streaks of light caramel to your hair with balayage to give your straight hair some pop. Choosing a shade that complements your natural brunette hair color ensures that the end results looks amazing and natural.

Jessica Alba shows off her balayage dark brown hair and light caramel brown highlights.

Asian Blonde Balayage

This Asian blonde balayage hairstyle shows the graceful transition that is possible with this technique. The seamless look appears natural yet striking.

Pastel Pink on Blonde Balayage

A soft pastel pink balayage adds a delicate flair to blonde hair. It’s a graceful look that will set you apart from the others.

Asian with Purple Balayage

For an Asian with straight hair seeking an amazing hair color. Multiple shades of purple and a touch of gray come together to add a vibrant highlight to a black background hair color.

Royal Blue Balayage

Royal blue is always in style when looking for a balayage for Asian hair. Blue shows a small rebellious streak screaming to let the artist out.

Denim Blue Balayage

Give your straight black Asian hair a silver-blue denim accent. Show off your fun, yet conservative side with this muted blue look.

Related: Blue Denim Hair Color Ideas

Straight Turquoise Balayage

Wear the richness of turquoise in this straight balayage bob for Asian hair. You’ll looked like a polished turquoise gem stone complete with all the beautiful colors.

For a beautiful trendy color that works well with long straight black hair, check out turquoise. This color works even better when paired with a complementary eye shadow.

Long Red Balayage

You’re sure to turn heads when you walk by with this long red balayage for straight, black Asian hair. While the color is well blended and toned down, the effect is much more dramatic due to the long hair length. A super trendy style.

Adding a fiery red balayage to your straight brown hair is a sure fire way to attract attention. This color is not for the faint of heart. But if you have the personality to match, this red color take you to the next level.

Caramel Balayage Bob

Dress up your dark brown bob with caramel colored highlights. A delicate caramel balayage adds grace and elegance to her already gorgeous look.

Selena Gomez is also a fan of the caramel balayage.

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Ash Blonde Blunt Lob Balayage

This blunt lob haircut paired with an ash blonde balayage in an ombre style looks amazing. Super delicate highlights make for a soft, feminine look.

Asymmetrical Short Blonde Bob Balayage

For this asymmetrical blonde bob, balayage creates depth and dimension throughout the hairstyle. It’s one more example of how balayage can take any haircut to the next level.

You’ve made it!

Thank you for staying with us to the end. We hope you enjoyed the photos and have been inspired to tryout balayage on your own straight hair. Let us know which one you like best, or if you have your own ideas about balayage hair colors that you can share with us. Share your thoughts in the comment section below.