ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,698, issued on July 29.
"System, method, and device for foiling hair" was invented by Kessie Emmaline Noel (Tulsa, Okla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, method, and device for foiling hair while using a technique similar to balayage. The system uses hair foils with at least one jagged edge, essentially functioning as a stencil for the balayage design technique. As such, the foil may not leave a straight demarcation when color is brushed off the ends of the foil onto the hair underneath from the previous foil layer, allowing the hair artist to employ a foiling process that is a combination of a paneled layering technique and ...