balliage
n.— « Balliage: A technique in which color is painted freehand onto sections of hair.» —“Tackling a lust for red head-on” by Elizabeth Lenhard Atlanta Constitution (Georgia) Apr. 23, 1995. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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