Makin Waves by Adonica in Santee delivers custom color services from a chair inside Stevie The Salon at 9910 Mission Gorge Road, specializing in balayage, full highlights, and babylight techniques. Babylight appointments use ultra-fine foil sections — roughly double the foil count of a standard highlight — to replicate the subtle multi-tonal dimension of naturally sun-lightened hair, adding to a Mission Gorge Road beauty corridor that runs from Forever Barber through the Santee Town Center. Full custom color sessions handle everything from root-to-ends single-process applications to multi-technique jobs that combine balayage with foiled highlights for added depth. Each color session includes a toner application calibrated to the client's underlying pigment, neutralizing brass or orange tones left behind by the lightening process. Toner formulations are adjusted per-session based on the underlying lift level and desired final shade, with glossing and deep-conditioning add-ons rounding out a color-care menu that mirrors the multi-service approach at Davree's Salon & Day Spa on Cuyamaca Street. Balayage applications use clay-based lightener on open-air sections to control heat and processing speed, producing a gradual transition from natural root tone to lightened ends without banding.