What Makes Fabulous Hair?

Who doesn’t want fabulous hair? It is something we strive for, covet, dream of and for many chase after as you hop from one salon to another.
For some of the lucky people out there they have been blessed with great hair, texture and density (which is the quality of the hair fabric and the amount of hair per sq. inch) and many of these people maintain this great hair by doing less.
Others obsessively seek things far from what they possess naturally, thus pushing the limits of what their hair can do.
They perm or straighten to damaging degrees, they over flat iron, over color and or over bleach. In these cases both the hairdresser and client are to blame. Many hairdressers have no care or emotional integrity in their work and will simply over process over chemical a client’s hair at their request in search of something they simply are not.
These clients do not have a realistic expectation, nor do they care or consider the long term quality of their hair. If it gets damaged they cut it, and seek another salon.
In the salon industry, the person who touches your hair last is responsible. This is not a fair or true statement.
The true professional cares dearly for your hair. The true professional makes recommendations every time you come to the salon. They will offer treatments, products, color options, color glazes and glosses, and advice not only on the best cut but how to style it.
They will not compromise the integrity of your hair under any circumstance. With such integrity comes the risk of losing those clients who cannot understand or appreciate the impact and meaning of this.
For example, the “BLONDOREXIC” clients want unrealistic results; they push their lightening ability of their hair in order to be far from what nature created them to be. The end results are always “BLORANGE” color or overly damaged nearly white cotton fried hair.
The holds true to changing the texture from straight to curly or curly to straight.
When the limits are pushed the hair suffers and so does the reputation of the salon and salon professional.
So what makes fabulous hair and how do you get it?
It starts with a very realistic, honest, consultation about your hair. The salon professional will analyze your hair’s texture, density, existing color, natural color, percentage of gray (if any), and study its length and your facial features, skin tone and eye tone.
From this point several options will be offered about they length, type of cut, color and home care.
The true key to fabulous hair also lies in the credentials of the person doing your hair. Make sure they are involved with hair shows and education. Ask them about what they believe in.
You must first care about your hair before they can. All too often the true salon professional cares more about the client’s hair and its quality more than the client.
I have personally heard many people point blank ask for either unrealistic results, expect a miracle, tell me they don’t maintain their hair often, or don’t care about the condition so long as they get light enough.
How can a professional deal with hearing such things?
Some salons are like bars where the hairdresser is the bartender and will serve whatever you want no questions asked. Some salons are like those unscrupulous plastic surgeons that take the money and could care less.
Other, such as Samantha and I, truly care deeply for the wellbeing of your hair, is condition, quality and overall finish.
The other side of selling homecare is not just about a salon making a buck but truly caring about your hair’s integrity and having you be able to recreate your look at home. Things like shadow lighting and glosses along with proper treatments will only serve to create healthy color longevity.
Let’s face it, there are those that walk into a salon and their haircolor and condition and style look great. They save money by listening to the suggestions on how to maintain the look and care for it. They use professional product recommended by their professional, not jumping to drug stores and QVC for the latest “whatever” sounds good to them.
They trust the salon professional in all things hair related!
So their key to fabulous hair seeking out the top professional and following their advice. They are not there to create something outdated, unhealthy, inappropriate or damaging.
It is their ability and your trust that allows hair to showcase its finest attributes. These attributes are using what Mother Nature gives. Harnessing the hair’s natural undertones, warmth and texture qualities without veering too far from what is naturally given is essential.
Remember, pushing the hair’s limits leaves you limited, compromised and the further you push it the less shine and luster it will have.
Staying within 2-3 steps lighter or darker is vital and it’s what the top top professionals will always advise.
Your stylist will enhance your eyes, and facial features including your bone structure with the right cut. The right cut will accentuate everything. Trust what they say in terms of length, layers, bangs and texture.
Follow carefully what they use in your hair. When you leave looking and feeling awesome it’s because of what and how they used it to create it.
A salon chooses its products carefully, it’s what they believe in and what performs best for the type of work they do.
The colors, shampoos, treatments, style aids; all have not only a performance quality but also have an ingredient quality that all balances out properly with your hair type and the type of work they are committed to.
Using any product that you think works or can save you money is not the case.
One of our professional friend’s and colleague wrote this great article that will also help in your having fabulous hair. http://haircoloradvisor.blogspot.com/2011/11/choosing-new-salon-how-to-avoid-top-7.html?spref=fb
Fact, the majority of salons are under qualified, have no education past beauty school, do not care about the integrity of your hair, want your money, and will ruin it for those salons that are the exact opposite because the trust has been broken for the client.
So when you see someone with fabulous hair, stop and ask them where they got it done. Don’t be afraid to travel and spend a few extra dollars on yourself and your hair.
When was the last time someone complimented your hair?

Merry New Hair

This season color is all over the place. From Punk colors, to dipped ends, to Rooty effects to classic color; we have it all.
As chaotic and unpredictable as our world, haircolor is whatever your mood wants it to be at any given time.
We are in such a creative pot of whim these days that clients can experience all varieties of looks.
So how can you achieve all this excitement without breaking the bank and without completely changing everything about your color and cut?
Simple: add a few highlights to frame your look and go for an exciting tone, or if you already have an existing base color with highlights just try glossing those dimensional strands with a new shade. This will completely shift and change your appearance with no extra cost or time.
The famed Ombre is getting a new twist. The once extreme look has shifted into a beautiful oozing, glowing feel on the mid shaft and ends of the hair. Think of a cascade effect from your darker root area growing into a lighter sun-kissed version of your own color. Ombre can be seen as hair dipping.
Brunettes are rising to new heights of sexiness. It is a mature responsible color that never goes out of style, its classic and can be so fun and sensual. Just add new tones of golden brown and chocolate to you current brown by infusing light browns with dark browns to create the shadow effect. It is no longer about specific highlights and lines or contrasts of lightness but about creating the illusion of reflection and space. Imagine accenting your brown with veils and valances of similar hues of brown ever so slightly twinkling in 2 part counterpoint.
Blondes are rich and tonal, not washed out, faded or over processed. The modern blonde is hot and smoking with gold, butterscotch, caramel, sand, bamboo, maple, and almond with touches of cinnamon, curry, or cayenne. These are multi tonal, thicker in richness blondes like never before. Blondes are not supposed to just go lighter and lighter without reason but rather to show how empty or negative space can create the perfect interior shadow to background your haircut lines with those brighter tones.
Cuts are ranging from long and tossy to short and asymmetrical depending on who you are. Don’t be afraid to lose some length, it could be the exact mood enhancement you need. More waves and curls are expected so it’s time to grab some curling irons and give the flat iron a vacation this holiday season. Texture creates interest, this could be the interest needed to be noticed in 2012.

Conditioning Treatments – Don’t Get Fooled Again

Salons advertise conditioning treatments. How do you know what you are getting and what you are paying for?
As a consumer you must ask questions about their so-called “conditioning treatments”
A great tip off to see if you are being ripped off is when salons advertise “deep conditioning treatment”
What does that exactly mean?
What is the point and purpose of a conditioning treatment?
Many salons take advantage of this by buying the largest, cheapest, horrible quality, junk they can find and dispense it in a cup of some type and an assistant applies it and places you under a dryer.
These “deep conditioning treatments” are nothing more than water (aqua), cetyl alcohol, cetrimonium chloride, fragrance (parfum), potassium chloride, distearyldimonium chloride, disodium edta, dmdm hydantoin, silk powder, tocopheryl acetate (vitmain e acetate), methylchloroisothiazolinone, methylisothiazolinone,

In other words just a bunch of heavy laden products filled with junk that fools you into a false sense of hair manageability.

Consumers typically over use hair conditioners for the purpose of being able to comb through their hair on a daily basis.

In fact many of these products immediately promote hair color fading and weigh the hair down. That slick quick fix you get coats the outside of the hair allowing you to comb it but beyond that causes more harm than good and yes you can over use and abuse conditioners.

For this purpose people need a good quality detangler which closes the outer layer of the hair making combing the way it should be. These are weightless and color safe.

As far as haircolor goes, the typical conditioner out there is a larger molecule than haircolor and cause what I refer to as the Pac Man effect. The conditioning molecule eats up that beautiful color you just spent all that money on. Therefore you must be using color safe, color retaining product that is balanced with the color you are paying for. Similar ingredients vs. some other brand not formulated for your haircolor.

So when a salon offers a conditioning treatment ask what is in it, what will it do for me, will it fade color, is it designed for my hair type and texture.

Be careful what you end up paying for these bogus salon rip off services.

A reputable salon will have an array of “Treatment” options on their menu and will be called so. These honest salons will have products designed for different and specific needs to improve the health and quality of your hair and can back up their claims with fact and proof in the performance and the ingredients.

A Hair Studio Artists we are proud of our many quality treatment options that are performance and ingredient driven.

We work with Malibu C, Inspired by a long held commitment to health-based beauty, Malibu Wellness is a leader in the salon natural treatment category and home to Malibu C®, a groundbreaking brand of patented formulas blended with freshly activated vitamin crystals. Malibu C powerfully and effectively draws and removes damaging hard water deposits and environmental impurities that can diminish the health and appearance of both hair and skin - leaving each with renewed clarity and vitality. This first of its kind revolutionary technology uses a potent L-Ascorbic Acid form of Vitamins C.

We are proud to inform you of your options. Currently we carry treatments for swimmers, blondes, hard water, repair and special in-salon treatments that can correct or adjust color, as well as our most potent hair detox that removes impurities, product buildup, toxins and helps restore hair to a place of color clarity and condition.
Each one is specifically designed for that specific purpose and we also use Patrice products for our shampoo and styling line. Patrice is all natural, simply one ingredient away from organic while our Malibu line is 100% vegan.
In addition we carry power dose treatments designed for color treated clients who want long lasting luscious shine, contrast clarity and repair for damaged blondes and over bleach hair.
Because we care so much about the canvas of hair being the most important venue for creating our highly skilled work we have chosen to keep our price points affordable with little to no mark up.
Once you pass the $30 mark on a treatment you have to start questioning integrity. We base treatment pricing on the time and knowledge we need in order to make the properly informed decisions about your hair as well as on the quality of the company and their ingredients.
We will drop any line that veers from this or that takes their business to the supermarket or drug store level.
It is important to us to offer this knowledge to you so that you understand the mutual commitment we share to you, your hair, and to having you remain loyal and raving fans of our salon.
So next time you see QVC, or are in the supermarket, or happen to talk to someone from another salon or friend who goes to another salon think really hard about what we have shared.

Are you Brave Enough to be Red?

The latest science shows that natural redheads are slowly fading into extinction.
But in the world of beauty this highly admired and exciting color is very much alive and in demand.
The red trend started in 2010 and has been growing stronger and stronger.
There are warm red and cool reds, bold red and sensual reds, romantic reds and spicy reds.
Reds can be red or orange in nature. When we refer to Auburn we refer to red reds while speaking of strawberry blonde we are referring to copper based reds.
Warm reds belong on people with pink, yellow or neutral skin tone.
The most amazing strawberry blondes belong to those with very fair skin, those with freckles, pale skin with either blue or green eyes.
When I think of red I think of Julianne Moore, Ginger from Gilligan’s Island, Lucille Ball, Maureen O’Hara and Rita Hayworth.
Who is your favorite red?
Reds are some of my favorite creations and to make them even more unbelievable I like to create them dimensionally with hidden hues of light and dark complimentary tones and reflections. Creating the illusion of something happening but not quite sure what is the goal. You want to see elements of the red spectrum. Study any natural redhead up close and you’ll see a tonal variation party subtly oozing through the strands.
Here is our latest and soon to be famous redhead Emily Thompson, notice the stunning impact of the color on her and her on the color. Emily is on her way to NY for her audition for NYC Broadway Evita.

MALIBU MAKEOVER TIME

Transform ho-hum hair to beautiful, radiant, healthy hair with the Malibu MakeOver!

Your hair is like the sticky side of tape, it is attracted to everything out there. On a daily basis your hair harbors all kinds of toxins and impurities. It fills up with pollutants, chemicals, second hand smoke, product buildup, water supply minerals and much much more.
Swimmers report:
• Severe chlorine damage
• Crunchy, fiberglass, gummy-feel to hair
• Clumpy, tangled hair
• Discoloration
• Split ends

Highlighted people say:
• Brassy
• Hidden highlights
• Dull discoloration

Color-treated hair can be:
• Brassy color
• Fades quickly
• Straggly, undefined curl
• Hair feels dry & brittle

Relaxed Hair Before:
• Dry & Damaged
• Dull & Drab
• Breakage
• Scalp irritation

This can all be fixed and repaired with the Malibu Makeover

This two-step 100% vegan salon treatment begins with the Crystal Gel Normalizer, a patented packet of pure antioxidant vitamin crystals which naturally and gently lift away malicious mineral deposits and other environmental toxins hiding in your hair, preventing it from performing at its peak. The second step, Miracle Repair Power Protein Builder, is a rice and flax protein-rich reconstructing treatment which infuses protein deep into the hair structure only where damage exists, strengthening strands from within, resulting in a dramatic difference! You’ll be wonderfully wowed with strands at their swingy, shiny best and your hair will be crystal-clear prepared for color or texturizing services.

Transform ho-hum hair to beautiful, radiant, healthy hair with the Malibu MakeOver!

What the High of Hair Shows Means for You

Just coming off the high of hair shows is what inspires Samantha and I. The last 2 weeks were spent traveling, learning and filming as well as working with some of the industry’s best talent.
I am sure all of you are asking what’s in?
First off Hair Studio Artists sees your hair as a composition in which we compose a 3 dimensional piece of artwork on a living canvas.
Imagine adding sheer curtains, drapes and veils to your already beautifully created haircolor and cut.
Highlights and haircolor are evolving to new heights. Think molten haircolor with see through colors, translucent colors oozing together. High contrast and separation are a thing of the past.
Blondes are warmer, amber coppers and reds are favorable and wood browns dominate the spectrum.
Haircolor lives at the bottom not the top. By this we mean that highlights are not spewing from your scalp but rather cascading and feathering down; leaving the hairline natural and the scalp area not so busy. This negative space creates the perfect background to make our creative elements standout. Remember, too many foils is just a single process color done with foil.
You will see the evolution of the Ombre become more subtle and friendly as we melt similar colors on the ends.
Balayage will see a makeover in how it is executed where traditional Balayage will remain for those that can truly appreciate why a foil is not needed.
The top rule of haircolor is that there is no light without darkness. The days of 400 foils are gone unless you’d like your single process color in a foil. (LOL)
For cut and style, bangs are back and they are strong. Extensions are affordable and available as a clip on accessory. Just book a consultation, we’ll order exactly what you need and custom color them for you to match that perfect look when you want to special occasion or party hair.
Curls are back but not with perms but rather some awesome use of our new collection of irons. Waves, open curl, and a simple pin up is all that’s needed to look refreshed and sophisticated as we approach fall.
Cuts are long, sleek and full of multidimensional color; short styles are strong classic and exaggerated.
Hair Studio Artists will be adding a new line of treatments for swimmers, well water, color, and more.
Big News Coming for all of us, stay tuned.

The Fine Art of Hair

Art has been defined as "the use of skill and imagination in the creation of aesthetic objects, environments, or experiences that can be shared with others.”
I have always defined art as the expression of ones’ creativity, thoughts, desires, experiences, hopes and dreams.
Fine art is defined as "a visual art considered to have been created primarily for aesthetic purposes and judged for its beauty and meaningfulness, specifically, painting, sculpture, drawing, watercolor, graphics, and architecture."
Historically, the five greater fine arts were painting, sculpture, architecture, music and poetry, with minor arts including drama and dancing.
Hair, when properly studied and performed is an art. The living canvas is the medium. We see at hair shows the no boundary visions of what people can do with the hairs’ form, shape, color, texture, and length.
To achieve this level of artistry requires years of continued study, discipline, apprenticing and eventually mentoring others as well as becoming involved in shows, photo shoots, seminars, lectures, and certifications.
Statistically very few professional hairdressers undertake such involved continued studies. The vast majority don’t do much past their initial schooling, making their skills as many years out of date as the years since they graduated.
For those that take the fine art path, it is the equivalent of the musician who wakes up and practices his scales every day before practicing his repertoire. The fine artists go to see other artists teach and perform, they attend master class series.
For salon professionals or hair artists, it is the same. We live the fine artist’s lifestyle. We constantly strive to learn, reinvent, and become better in addition to collaborating our creativity with others.
These types of artists will always offer new things and speak passionately about their travels and experiences.
All too often we see hairdressers look at swatches, use the same handed down formulas for color without understanding their basis, and repeat mindlessly and complacently their daily tasks. Where is the passion, desire, inspiration and lust for creativity? This is why so many consumers are unhappy, bored, uninspired about their visit to the salon. This is why the trust has been broken and so many salon hop in search of better only to find tons of the same. Consumers need to visit, call, and ask questions and read blogs and reviews before shelling out top dollar for mediocre work. Salons don’t have to cost a fortune either just to find the right quality. In today’s market even the least experienced salons look like palaces and charge top dollar.
Top chefs don’t have to look up recipes or figure out what the spices will produce, they know. They create and whip up their next best dish.
At our salon, Hair Studio Artists live the fine art lifestyle. We strive to be those musicians and chefs. This is why we are trusted by our guest list to create freely what they know will look best on them.
This is how salons should be. Consumers don’t go to restaurants and tell the chefs how to cook or what to cook. They trust the menu and sit back and relax into scrumptious delight just as our guest sit back, relaxed and excited to see what we will whip up for them and to experience the fruits of our travels.
For us, fabulous hair is your birthright and should be affordable, reachable and forever fashion forward.
Remember, you get what you pay for and if it sounds too good to be true, chances are it is. Art is like life, often imitated. Hair is art also often imitated but for many less often artistically duplicated. Not everyone can reproduce your living canvas masterpiece.

Why Does'nt My Hair Look Like Hers? Making Your Best Image

Why Doesn’t My Hair Look Like Hers? Image Makers

Its’ not just limited to the people we see on TV, in movies and in magazines but all too often in our profession we hear women saying, “why can’t my hair look like hers?’ or Why doesn’t my hair look like hers?”
The answer is simple. You are not that person, just as that person is not you.
When it comes to hair there are variables such as hair texture, density and the natural haircolor you were born with. Add to that the impact on one’s hair due to environment, stress, products, chemicals, haircolor history, blow-drying, flat ironing, genetics and medications. All of these affect the hair in different ways on different people.
And let’s not forget age. Age will change the texture, density, and the color of your hair. A woman’s hair changes several times in her life: Puberty, childbirth, menopause, and any great stress or illness.
Now let’s place in skin tone, and eye color to the mix. These too affect the result of your hair and overall image and look.
Here are some facts:
• Lighter haired people lighten more easily. Their hair simply has less to travel to get that luscious blonde we all see.
• Darker haired people have higher concentrations of red and orange in their hair. This is why they “pull” red tones when coloring or why they seem to brick-wall in what we call “BLORANGE” It is very difficult for a dark haired person to be blonde successfully without causing conditional stress on the hair.
• Finer haired people also lighten faster than coarser haired people.
• Finer haired people with less density will have less volume
• Coarse straight haired people with lots of density will have a harder time holding a curl.
With such a rise in relaxers, straighteners, perms, color, highlights, and keratin treatments we are altering the hairs structure and texture in pursuit of our own ultimate looks.
So rather than say: “What makes one say Why Doesn’t My Hair Look Like Hers?”
Let us make other people say “Why Doesn’t My Hair Look Like Hers?” about your hair.
What makes this possible is having the right professional create your most beautiful, best, fashion forward look.
Hair Studio Artists are professional image makers, image consultants, and color specialists. We are experts in the power to alter the way you see and feel about yourself. We do not just slap color on or arbitrarily cut hair. We use our hands and hearts to transform you in to the best you. We do this by continually being active in the salon industry and living our craft with dedication and passion.

The wrong style can add years to your look.

On many women past 40, long hair that is all one length can drag the face down. Hair thins are we age. Look for a mid-length bob no longer than your collarbone. Make sure it has some long layers hitting that jawline; give it texture and strong color with some subtle highlights to accent the lines of the cut.

To open up your face and highlight your cheeks bones look for a cut that is short in length but with longer top layers that you can tuck behind your ear. This will give a softer look with swing which is key to a more youthful look. Stay away from too short, too cropped; it’ll make you look dated and enhance the lines and sagging skin. Your stylist needs to produce soft lines not sharped barbered edges. Sweeping color or balayage works great to outline those top layers for your haircolor.

Go for bangs, not Botox. Bangs had youth, hide finer lines on your forehead and paly up your eyes and draw attention to your cheeks bones. It gives and old look a new look. Go for the point cut bangs just below the brow to create texture. Avoid heavy straight bangs.

If your color is too dark you’ll look pale, if it’s too light you’ll look washed out.
Color Rules: Brunettes should lighten no more than 1 shade. If you’re a blonde you should darken 1 shade. Golden highlights bring youthful complexions to your face. Brunettes should be more caramel and blondes look great golden. When it comes to highlighting, less is more. Full head highlighting can make you look older and dramatic colors and contrast will clash with your skin. Despite regrowth gray haired people look better staying darker or going their natural level. IF you wish to go lighter consider shadow lights to add dimension.

The Skills That Make Your Hair

Have you ever given any thought to the skills and training your hairdresser possesses? The fact is that the majority of the salon industry does not have any training past that of beauty school. What that means is every year a hairdresser is out of school without continuing education is that many years they have with out of date skills. You the consumer may not even know this. To all intended purposes you love this hairdresser, they work in a swanky upscale salon and you are paying for a skill level that has remained unchanged for “X” amount of years.
Meanwhile there are those salon professionals that have devoted everything to ongoing education. They attend shows, seminars, read all the latest ins and outs and pretty much live their craft.
So how do you tell the difference?
For starters, ask yourself when was the last time you were offered something new or different? Have you ever heard your hairdresser talk about new looks, or boast about a show they went to? Even if you never choose to change your look, they should at least offer it.
Imagine your doctor or dentist not having done anything new in the past 5 years, 10 years and so on. We buy new clothes, shoes, makeup yet do we have a fashion forward haircolor and style?
Today’s salon industry has so much available to those starting out, for those who want to grow tier careers and for those who want to upgrade their skills. The internet is full of education, blogs, DVD’s, youtube videos, and professional social networks with message boards to discuss every topic of the salon industry.
So ask your hairdresser what they are involved in. Don’t let their 10 or 20 years of experience cloud you. Ask them and yourself what they have done with those 10 or 20 years. Do they have 20 years of now experience or 20 years of doing what they did 20 years ago? Never let a hairdresser tell you “oh, a cut is a cut, or they were doing that back when Sassoon invented it. Technology of product has changed, terminology has changed, looks and techniques have changed, how business is conducted has changed even how we style hair and the tools we use have all changed.
Tips: See when your stylist last told you about a new haircut, or scissors they bought. Listen for when they last offered a new color shade or technique. Look for new haircare product or shampoo. Ask if they heard of the latest technique in color or cut, and ask for it by name.
If they place the foils or cut the hair exactly the same every time chances are they are just doing the same old thing.
For those of you that know us at Hair Studio Artists you know how involved we are. For all you newcomers to our blog and newsletter we can proudly say that both owners are both educators within the salon industry. We go to the major shows, we travel learning and teaching. We read the trade magazines, we watch videos, and attend symposiums.
This year alone Samantha began educating for Patrice Beaute’ and has already attended 4 educational events and will be attending many more. Eric has been invited to LA as a guest for the American Board of Certified Haircolorists and will begin filming his new DVD collection this summer. Eric is also an author and active writer in the salon industry and its only March.
We want you the consumer to be educated in what we do and we will always be committed to you on that level, sharing with you all that we have learned to benefit your hair and to constantly offer fashion forward looks.
Thanks everyone.

Weddings, Events, Your Hair & Photography
Hair Studio Artists is proud to announce our partner relationship with Katie Smith owner and photographer of Katie Smith Photography.
Why have we teamed up?
Being in the salon industry your look; and looking your total best at life’s most important events are our priority. Hair Studio Artists wants you to experience the best and most reliable in your wedding and life event. Together our salon and Katie Smith Photography can offer you the highest quality of services at the best and most affordable pricing. Just ask about our package deals.
We can accommodate you and your guests for all your haircolor, style, up-style, makeup and photographic needs.
Why us? Hair Studio Artists is committed to creating the most up to date, fashion forward looks affordably and Katie Smith Photography offers beautiful wedding and portrait photography. If you are looking for stunning photos on the beach, in your home, at your favorite park, then contact Katie Smith Photography today to schedule your FREE in home consultation.
Together we know you’ll cherish your special event forever when you see yourself and loved ones looking their best forever in the image of artists. Over and over we see out of date or inappropriate styles locked into a photo album forever. Eliminate any regret and cherish forever your appearance and your image.
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Keratin & Hair Painting

Go Straight

Keratin Treatments

If your hair is on the curly/frizzy side then your mood swings along with the weather and humidity changes.

Keratin Treatments can change the game and make you frizz-proof.

How Keratin Works: We seal a conditioning treatment containing the protein Keratin in to each strand of your hair. This weightless wonder blocks the moisture that triggers the reaction that produces frizz. The process includes a special shampoo, the Kerstin Solution, blow drying the hair straight and then flat ironing it to lock it all in.

How Much: For the next 60 days we are offering it at $125.00 for all hair types and lengths.

Results: 8-12 weeks provided you follow our home care suggestions and shampoo frequency schedule. Stay away from shampoos with sodium chloride which is salt. Salt breaks the keratin bonds. Swimming and beach going will also affect the results, so while it’s not summer yet-now is the time.

Hair Studio Artists features the highest quality of Keratin Protein and will not use any product that won’t benefit you and your hair; therefore no formaldehyde is present.

Paint it

Balayage is Natural

If you know us or have been following our blog and facebook then you’ve heard the term. Balayage means to sweep and that’s just what we do. The color is swept into strategically chosen strands of hair according to how we want to create the effect.

It produces a more natural highlight without the lines of foil. The overall effect creates the illusion of highlights to seem to just grow out of the head like what Mother Nature would create. They are supposed to be slightly darker at the base and progressively get lighter on the middle and ends. All of this produces a much more graceful less noticeable outgrowth. Balayage is softer, more natural and leaves beautiful contrast from your roots to ends. The fact that it is painted makes this highly sought after skill only produced by top industry professionals. It has always been imitated but rarely duplicated properly.  A great deal of Hollywood’s “A” list has their hair Balayaged.

Hair Studio Artists Current Specials

Valid Until April 16, 2011

Keratin Treatment $125

Clear Color Gloss w/Power Dose Treatment $25

$100 Gift Cards for $80


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True Color Correction

True Color Correction

There are so many salons and hairdressers advertising “color Correction” Experts in Color Correction” or “Color Master”

Sure we all want to be known for such great skills, but who do you know and trust to perform such delicate processes both emotionally and physically?

In my nearly 20 yrs. of being a colorist and educator in the salon industry, and having worked and studied with some of the best, I can assure you that a vast majority of these “so-called specialists” make me cringe.

The last thing a true artist and professional want to do is correct someone’s hair. In reality it means fixing either another hairdressers screw-up or the unfortunate results of home hair color.

In my career it has sadly meant fixing some very inexperienced hairdresser’s work.

Color re-direction, as I prefer to call it means just that. Re-directing the haircolor to a better place without any more damage than what they are coming to you with. Remember, we’re supposed to fix, correct, make better, re-direct the color not fry it or make it break.

The horror stories are endless and my portfolio shows some of these examples and how they got resolved.

A true professional will give you options, and price, a game plan of various steps and visits. Also a release form is needed to outline the simple fact that you came to us in this state, that we will show you how we can make it better and that it may not be possible to do in one visit.

It’s your birthright to have beautiful healthy haircolor. Shame on those that over-process, fry it and break it.

Not everyone is cut out to be blonde; there are rules to follow as well as facial features, skin tone, eye tone, and cost of up keep. No one wants a one shot client or salon hopper all in the name of some unrealistic result.

At Hair Studio Artists level or experience we want to create nice looks, seasonal looks, emotionally easy looks without busting up your hair.

The darker you are and the lighter you go the more your hair will suffer not only in condition but it may become trapped in the dreaded BLORANGE.

Light skin and light eyes are precursors for successful lightening. Dark skin, dark eyes and of course dark hair are precursors for lots of warm red and copper contributions.

It is preferred to be known as a great artist with the hairs interest and integrity as the main feature than to be coined a color correction master.

Sure we have a huge success rate in color re-direction but it’s because of how we choose to approach the hair. Aggressive action leads to aggressive result.

A very common example is the person who wants to re-direct from blonde to brown. It requires –pre-coloring and frequent upkeep for the hair to acquire the ability of color retention. Fadeage is prevalent in those first few weeks. Depending on the hair’s condition starting out, even the most skilled colorists know and tell their clients that you will experience fading anywhere from a couple of days to a week. Why? If the hair is extremely light, porous and damaged; no amount of pre-coloring and re-coloring will be a miracle cure. The hair requires treatments, observation and evaluation 7-10 day after and may require additional paid services.

There are plenty of quick fix salons out there, but few will stand on true integrity. Our rule is simple; if we can’t have you leave in better condition than when you arrived we won’t do your hair.

The cost of color re-direction can start at $50/hr. up to $200/hr. depending on where and who you see.

We try very hard to re-direct your hair for less money than it cost you to get it screwed up.

If you are serious and committed then we have treatment plans and actions plans designed for you. Our consultations are always complimentary.

How Should Hair Color Fade?

Hair color fades. It’s a fact of life for people who indulge in haircolor. But how fast should the color fade and to what degree?

Let’s start with frequency of visit and homecare. How often you get your color done plays a huge role in how long the color will last. People who come every 4-6 weeks typically can gloss, glaze or color their ends as needed pretty much every other visit, unless they are among the gloss, glaze loving crowd who loves to do it every visit and can afford to.

What you use at home plays a role as well. Your shampoo and conditioner must be high quality professional product purchased from a salon not a drug store. The product must be color safe and/or color retaining. Conditioners must be the same but must also work to penetrate the hair not just coat it for a quick fix. Heavily silicone conditioners feel great going on and have that slippery comb-ability but tend to be heavy and eat the color. Conditioners that feel a little drier, less lathery tend to penetrate and help the hair better. The more natural the better, the more synthetic the more apt the color is for fading. With that said it is important to understand that a conditioning molecule is larger than a color molecule and can act like Pac-man eating up your color. Product choice is key and it’s ok to not condition every day!

SO, with all that said, your color should normally fade in some tone and up to 1 step lighter in a 4-6 week span but it is also dependent on what color you are.

Are you red, brown, or blonde? Reds are high maintenance colors and they fade more. They require frequent visits and attention in order to retain them. Reds fade towards copper or orange tones.

Copper or Strawberry based colors fade to gold. These too require upkeep however many copper based colors like to flip flop into the golden world as the two colors complement each other whereas the red world doesn’t like the copper orange tones that the color fades to.

Blondes on the other hand, well they always want to be lighter so in most cases fadeage is good, unless you are a darker haired person lightening to blonde. This type of color maintenance requires frequent visits due to the dark nature of the root area and the fact that when these tones break down they get what is called “brassy” and no blonde likes that.

Color itself breaks down due to time, environment, water supply, products, blow drying, flat ironing and frequency of maintenance. It’s important to listen to your salon professional as they know best what will maintain your color and budget.

Many consumers think coming in less often buys them time and money. To their surprise the longer the length between visits the more work it takes to create or recreate the look and that costs. Also there are many who just want the root area done and for the sake of money forsake the ends. They end up with mis-matched color; darker at the root and too light through the rest of the head. Subtle depth at the root in comparison to the rest is fashionable and normal but when there is an obvious line of darker color colliding with a lighter color it creates and unfashionable and unprofessional looking band.

If money is an issue talk to them, work out a plan, options, referral rewards, packages deals etc.

Spring Haircolor

So what is in style for Spring Haircolor? We all want to stay up to date and fashion forward. This Spring we bring you looks straight from the runways. Soon hair show season will here. Samantha and Eric are gearing up to not only attend education but to also educate this season.

If you don't like basking in warmth you won't be in style this spring. Gold is the tone for brunettes this spring. Golden Browns, Golden Chestnut, Gold/Carmel Highlights, Mink Velvet Accents, Almond, Walnut, Pecan.

If you're a spicy daring redhead then raise a glass of Burgundy and add hidden panels or accents of Burgundy to your vibrant red.

And for you blonde's; golden sunny is where its at.

Remember, Mother Nature creates in warm tone, she doesn't create drab dull color. Embrace warmth, its your friend.

Hair Studio Artists is ready for Spring.

Take advantage of free online booking at www.hairstudioartists.com and stay tuned for Valentine's Day Specials and Spring Specials. 561 504 2272

New Year New You Makeover Sweepstakes

join us on facebook for a chance to win a new you makeover

post your photo to the Hair Studio Artists facebook page with a note on why you want a makeover. (1) grand prize winner will get a complimentary cut and color at Hair Studio Artists salon in delray beach. (10) second prize winners will each receive their choice of a treatment or color gloss with a value of $30.

for complete contest rules, go to the promotions tab on our facebook page or at our website at www.hairstudioartists.com

Enter Now Deadline is February 10, 2011