Spring Trends for hair 2016!

I’m so ready to be rid of the hats, gloves, winter coats and layers of clothes. Secretly, I still love my turtlenecks. They make me feel skinny even if I’m not. Fine hair goes flat as soon as I flick off my hat from snow shoeing. It’s good nobody is looking for a fashion show material when I pull that off! I digress.

Spring is starting to emerge with 1970’s bellbottoms, sequined tops, and ooh baby the iconic 70’s hair styles are booming. Peek-a-boo bangs, pretty pastels and cool curves add instant girlie appeal according to Hairshow Magazine. I agree. Let’s keep our looks customized to our individuality though. Never lose sight of YOU.

Let’s prepare with getting your hair in shape with hair masks to moisturize, hydrate to keep your hair looking shiny. If its dull, try one of our facials for the scalp and hair. Truly, your hair and scalp will feel refreshed. We follow it with an amazing massage then neutrualize the scalp leaving your hair feeling lighter and cleaner without the weight of heavy oils.

Split ends beware! Those little nasty bits on the ends of your hair that get tangled in the coat, frizzed up from the pillow case need attention if you still want to keep your long hair without having 2″ taken off the ends. Try the Brazilian Blowout Acai Masque! Its the best in the industry giving the ends strength. If you need something to last longer, set up a split end treatment at the salon. Only 45.00 to save your ends. They are sealed and you are good to go in 10 minutes with happy hair to go.

Bang Bangs are in. Let’s see you can choose from CURTAIN BANGS that Michelle Willimans is sporting. You need to have a wide enough forehead for that. The fringe is long and taperd adn styled to either side of the center part. If you can’t swing a center part like most of us, then just shift it slightly to a side. Partner this with a mid length style just at the shoulders and you are all set for spring. I highly recommend a beautiful dimensional blonde on blonde tones to set yourself apart from your dormant winter friends. 

Not ready for super change or transformation? Ok, let’s tweak your LOB, or BOB by curling with curling iron or soft beach waves. We recommend some of our favorite thickners or texturizers such as EIMI BODY CRAFTER SPRAY that gives you the feeling you are at the beach with some thickness. Spray on wet or dry and scrunch. No need to be neat and tidy. Let loose! The other fave of mine is the EIMI RUGGED TEXTURE GRIP. Oh my gosh, this unique product is thick, comes out of a tube, applied directly to the scalp only in the areas that you need serious volume. Feels grippy weird but when you start to dry it feels like nothing is in your hair. I know, call me crazy but this stuff works like a champion for fine thin hair. Curl iron 1/2 way let cool then add some twists to it. Baby you are ready for your day.

Feeling asymetrical? Ok, if you are going to do this then you better have a longer face to offset the uneven sides with some volume to the sides of your head. I must say if you are going to go bold, you need to make sure this cropped cut with the volume sitting perfectly at the top with bold highlights or lowlights that sit in the right place bringing those big eyes out. Either you go soft with the makeup or step up the lips with the most gorgeous red you can find. Anything less says you are a coward with your look. Go bold or go home we say. If you feel you are ready to sport your new look with confidence and you know you deserve the best cut for your faceshape and lifestyle, you need to call us at Indulge Salon. Check out the locations here.

Let’s not leave out our super eyelash extensions. It’s time if you haven’t done it, what are you waiting for? No more mascara, no more feeling insecure how small your eyes may look. A little bit of lash on the corners and boom mesmerizing eyes! Call 717.846.4424 today to grab your appointment. I know we have a few appointments left this week  because they are so popular since our celebs are wearing them every day.

Getting the results you want from your salon depend on the skilled experience of the professional hairstylist and how well they actually “listen” to what you want.

Time and time again, I hear from clients that come to Indulge Salon, York, Pa that “my stylist” didn’t listen to what I wanted and they gave me what they wanted. Look I know we as professionals aren’t perfect but since this is our career, it might be a great idea to really listen to what our clients want from their hair.

As a client, one thing that can create havoc in a consultation can be the variables that occur at a consultation. Here a few:

1. the client used Feria (yikes, loaded with metallic dyes) box color that can cause havoc for professionals to remove. Learn more about color correction here 
2. letting hair grow out a few inches along with patchy ends that are uneven expected a fix for $20
3. not allowing enough time in their personal schedule to have it fixed
4. bringing enough money for maybe a few highlights vs a hair color correction
5. choices between double processing (lifting with bleach and then toning), highlight blonding (1 step blonding), and removing aritifical hair color then having to safely deposit color on top of it.

This is some of the challenges we face every day on trying to give you our clients the best and most safe options available on the market. Facts still remain, as a professional, we have gone to a professional school, attended advanced education or specialized education for years in order to give you what you want. Other things to consider when you come in for a consultation is to wear the colors that you normally wear to work. This is super important because we take a look at your skin tone, your lifestyle and your face shape. If you wear makeup light or heavy, then wear your makeup how you normally wear it on any given day. Bring photos from pinterest, or magazines or favorite pics you may love when you look at yourself. These factors are so important.

Lastly, think about your beauty budget. How much can you spend to fix your hair today? How much have you allocated for four weeks from now? If you cannot afford the original estimate, then you will be given options to work with your beauty budget to gradually goal set to hit your end result in a few works or months. When color correcting, we will give you a time parameter based on the facts that we have to work with. Could take 20 minutes to hours depending on what we are working with on your hair.

However; you feel about your hair, our professionals at Indulge Salon will take the best care of your hair, skin and nails and ensure you feel comfortable with your new look and its maintenance. Call 717.846.4424 or check out one of our locations here.

Natural Curly Hair experts

Natural curly hair, Indulge Salon York Pa

Indulge Salon, South York was a full house with our team, clients and our educator from Wella Professional came in to give us specialized education on balayage techniques for natural curly hair, conditioning treatments for dry itchy scalp for clients that do not wash their hair every day.

We forged a new relationship with a powerhouse educator named Diane Stevens,. a 30 year veteran in the salon industry. She has two locations in the Washington, DC area specializing in natural curly hair for African American women. Although she does cater to all women and their multi-textured hair, she has a passion for naturally curly hair. We were awe struck by what she was sharing with us that is from behind the scenes that basic salons do vs what should be done to really take better care with the right products and the right hair textue. Woman today are desiring to let their natural curly hair dry naturally with products that enhance their natural self. Corporate professional woman are enjoying letting the curl be wavy, soft and moisturized without seeing frizz. She shared some beautiful balayage techniques that were so pretty that anyone can have them in their hair regardless of the tightness of the natural curl. She shared some hair color techniques with glazes that are going to give more shine to the hair while protecting the curl and preventing breakage which is so prevalent in the curly world. Diane inspired us by talking about women and the fearlessness of stepping out of our comfort zones, eliminating myths on caring for naturally tight curls and multi – textured hair and treatments that we can do to:

1. help stimulate hair growth
2. moisturize with weightless products that penetrate the scalp
3. normalizing a dry itchy scalp with some of oil light weight oils
4. introducing a new facial treatement for the scalp (New Indulge Secret)
5. natural curly hair  styling tricks for curly, wavy hair (even I was stunned at what she used, now I’m a fan)
6. educated on what not to use to keep the scalp from getting so tight feeling

The list goes on and on with what we learned in our 4 hour class. She is so superior in her education platform that I closed both salons for the amount of time to train our staff on these new ideas that we will be implementing immediately for our women of color, super curly, wavy, and coarse hair clients. I’m so excited to share these new eatments with you curly girls! Stay tuned on new developments with natural curls.

f you are reading this and want to keep your natural curly hair, ask for one of these secret treatments! Call 717.846.4424 to set up your appointment or check for the location here