It’s Spring Hair Transformation time!

Ready for your hair color and haircut Spring makeover?

Look at this transformation from our very own stylist, Zach, from Indulge Salon on East Market Street York, Pa. He has been doing these amazing Spring hair transformations with our clients that come in with brassy, same color tones without contrast or interest.

Brassy hair color BEFORE

He livened up her haircut with a french haircutting technique that complements her face shape and lifestyle.

One of our newest client additions to our Indulge family is Daria Kostyleff. He felt honored that she came to him asking to get rid of her brassy gold hair. She is newly in love and wanted to have a “revamping” of her hair. Zach was on it in a second by offering up some changes with the following:

1. change in hair color tone to give her skin a glow
2. offered the balayage hair painting highlight technique to customize color contrast and dimension
3. created interest in her haircut with the French haircutting technique. Read more about it here

As you can see from the AFTER photos of Daria, that her stylist did it. the style is soft, romantic and touchable. He gave her a movable haircut that can be worn straight or curly and looks easy to style. Daria’s hair color has lighter tones with contrast and dimension plus I love how it doesn’t show the lines from the regular foil highlights. Just gorgeous! Thanks Zach for doing a great job.

Daria after – back view

It takes a lot of advanced skill to create these types of hair transformations. Zach has done advanced training in balayage highlights, hair color correction, and hair color formulations. Even with all of this knowledge, it is important to note that taking care of a new hair color is similar to buying a silk dress that is an investment and you want to keep in good condition as long as possible. We always will recommend shampooing with our non sulfate shampoo and conditioner that helps maintain the color pigments preventing them from leaving the hair. You wouldn’t want to wash that silk expensive dress in generic washing solution. It would make the dress fade and become dull just like hair becomes after repeatedly washing with generic over the counter drug store products that tend to make the the hair color fade.

Daria After

We want you to take care of your new hair color and haircut. All of our stylists will recommend the best styling products to help keep hair color from fading. Your stylist will show you how to style your hair too! If you don’t know how, we have BYOB (bring your own blowdryer) workshops that allow you to bring in your own tools, products (we try not to judge) and show you how to use them to achieve your look. Runs $25 for 30 minutes of undivided guidance plus you get a FREE bonus product.

To really finish off her Spring transformation, I would recommend eyelash extensions done at our South George location. Eyelash extensions would really open up her eyes making this look more dramatic. Read more here

If you are interested in having a Spring haircut and hair color makeover, Call 717.718.4465 for an appointment today.

Quilting isn’t for just old ladies!

When I was a little girl, we used to drive to the farm my grandmother lived for years. This farm and spending time with her was one of my favorite things to do. We would go for walks in the woods, explore in the gardens and sit on the back porch and talk.

During those times, she would teach me how to knit, sew, and quilt. Since she was president of the Farm Women’s Group in Dover, Pa, they would have meetings at her house. One of the activities was quilting. I never had a specific interest in it but spending time with my grandmother was one of my favorite things to do. She would take the time to teach me about stitches and how to do them. These quilts that the ladies would create out of fabrics that were laying around or new patters we had to cut out to prepare, the frames set up to set the quilt onto it was a system. These special ladies would sit for hours talking, eating, sharing stores and best of just sharing time and the art of quilting. I was pretty lucky. I still have one of the quilts my grandmother Pauline Oberlander had made and handed down over the years.

We had blue quilts, red quilts, mish mash quilts of all different colors. Amish quilts were so defined and artistic. I respect quilters for their passion of detail and artistry.

If you want to see some amazing quilts head over to York College of Pennsylvania Grumbacher Sport and Fitness Center May 20 and 21, 2106. Starts at 9:00 a.m. till 6 p.m. and Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Over 200 quilts will be judged along with workshops or enter your quilt.

Admission: $10 one day; $12/2 days

Treating mixed textured hair

I’ve been perplexed by the conversations around mixed hair, african american hair, spanish hair and caucasion hair. To me and my fellow stylists, it’s all textured hair. With the mixtures of texture from different ethnic backgrounds these amazing new textures have evolved.

I love the diversity of the smooth with some curl to it. Others may have more tighter curl influence that needs babying. Frizzy rebellious hair is not fun for any texture and needs to be managed appropriately. We see straight hair on the top of the head while a frizzy tight curl at the nape of the hair. I’m sure this is frustrating. It can be equally frustrating having baby fine hair that lays tight to the head. All of us have hair challenges. We all want something different. I’d love to have more hair personally that doesn’t break off as soon as it grows out an inch but that’s a separate topic for another blog.

Others could have wavier hair with normal texture but the point is how is this type of hair handled when you need a haircut or haircolor? I’ve had clients that finally made the decision to come into the salon after a year of being afraid of having a stylist cut their hair. they are afraid to have it cut to short because even if you take 1/2″ off it looks like 4″ taken off. It can be a scary feeling walking into a salon that you don’t know anyone. If you feel this way, go here to learn about the stylists that work for Indulge.

Let the games begin….

For clients that invest in a color service, keeping color fresh and vibrant is a top priority. Textured hair treated with perms, relaxers, bleaching products are more prone to damage because of the frequency of the chemical maintenance with this type of hair. The tighter the curl it seems that color moisturizes the hair giving it more flexibility.  We suggest more frequent color maintenance with ammonia free to prevent the color from fading and IMPROVE the health and texture of the hair. Every 3 – 6 weeks schedule is best vs a 4 week schedule. This keeps the hair moisturized and mixed with a healthy dose of protein will allow the hair to heal from the inside out. The color products we carry have amazing new technology with molecules that work from the inside of the cortex.  (inner part of the hair) The outside of the hair that has been shredded exposes the inside of the hair which turns the hair to a gelly like substance causes the hair to be tangled and stretchy. Not a good scene. On a positive note the ions of the hair will turn into a more positive molecular situation allowing the cuticles (think of the outside of the tree bark that feels rough but a smooth youngling tree has a smooth surface similar to hair) to become smoother and tighter giving the appearance of a shiny surface which is healthier.

Treating mixed textures is exciting with daily opportunity for the hair to become healthy over time using the right products and the right color. What do I mean by right color? Hair color has is created with a base in the tube before its mixed with ammonia such as coconut cream, wheat protein, avocada and soy proteins. When you are using the right weight of product on the hair it can appear lighter not so physicallyweighted down.

Historically, textured hair has been treated with oils such as Argan, Moroccan, Coconut oil and other refined oils like Kendi oil that are designed to moisturize. Yet, the concepts are exceptional but are not applied or used correctly. I see the hair is matted down to much with oils which is not attractive and can smell. Not the good smell. We can show you how to use the oils properly without the weight and without the look of being greasy.

Having the right stylist that has the knowledge is important to you for all of the explainations above to give you the results over time that you are looking for. We appreciate the education that we are exposed to monthly. We always have advanced educators from all over the world to teach us how to take best care of your hair.