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

BRIDES TO BE!

We are gearing up for the spring wedding season at Indulge Salon. Introducing,  new bridal packages for hair, skin and nails to create your special look for your special day. We will have your big day covered for all of your bridal party and of course mother of the bride.

Being a bride to be can be daunting choosing the perfect dress that fits just right and makes you feel beautiful. It doesn’t stop there, the shoes before the wedding and after the wedding, the clothes for the getaway, the cake, the photographer, the decorations, the linens, the church and the list goes on and on for you. We make it easy at Indulge Salon because we are really into making you beautiful for your day. It is your day!  I know what it was like being a mother of the bride. I was worried about her being nervous, her makeup, her hair and then I was so worried about her that I forgot to get myself ready at the last minute. I think I changed my clothese at least three times. The air conditioner broke in the house the day of her wedding and it was a blistering 99 degrees. Successfully, we made it to the wedding to watch my sweet baby married to man of her dreams. We can make your day easier because we know how it feels.

Alex Acworth – Crawford on her wedding day

If you need help putting your look togehter, our expert technicians will consult with you on hair extensions to give you the length you’ve always dreamed of on your special day. A new hair color with sunkissed highlights, makeup to compliment your skin tone and really bring out your best features goes along way for photos when done right.

When it comes to preparing your skin, seek the our professional skin care experts. With the amount of stressful decisions that are made and the last minute breakout that happened to show up on your special day we can help you prepare the perfect complexion possible by giving yourself advance treatment prior to the “big day”. Our skin care professionals also perform magic on your eyelashes if you haven’t been blessed with the flutteries like you see in the magazines. Frankly, they haven’t been either that is why they use eyelash extensions to enhance their eyes on screen. You can have them too! Our team will work with you and your vision to create the perfect look that is simply stunning from every angle. If you can’t make it to the salon, our mobile salon can come to you.

e can also lend our same magic for your Bachelorette Party or Bridal Shower. The bigger the party the more the errier. Call our Bridal Concierge, Deborah Olde at 717.846.4424 for assistance and to inquire which packages are right for you.