Category: Hair Care

The New Chop Bob

9/1/2018

This summer every celebrity from actors to singers to bloggers and influencers were chopping off their locks in favor of a clean edged bob.

September, 2018 Blog

Blogger Cammie Scott flipped a coin to decide
whether or not to chop!

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This Sophisticated look can be sleek and smooth or textured and curled. The versatility makes it the look of the season as we travel into Fall and opt for big comfy sweaters and turtle necks.

How do you know if you are ready to lose precious inches off your long hair? Blogger Cammie Scott flipped a coin. Other celebs decided after too much lightening a change was in order to make hair healthy again.

Kim Kardashian is sporting her new bob with a sleek glass finish

Emma Stone is showing more texture.

A clean edged bob is a great way to get rid of summers dried balyaged edges that are straggly and ragged.

I think by now we’ve all got the wavy look bob down, So, how do you get a smooth glass finish? It’s all in the styling. To get that sleek look start with your styling products. Add a leave in conditioning primer, like Framesi Primer 11 or B&B Daytime Protective Repair Fluid. For Blondes we love Framesi Color Lover Dynamic Blonde Serum. Next use a blow dry styling cream like Framesi BY WIO Strait Balm or B&B All Style Blowdry. We like to pair it with an oil, like B&B Hairdressers Invisible Oil or Framesi Stop Frizz.

Next, it’s all in the BRUSH! Use a large paddle brush and blow dry from nape to front up and over your head. This will dry it straight and smooth.

If your hair is still unruly, tap it with a flat iron midshaft to end (steer clear of the roots if you want to maintain volume).

Finish by lightly topping a blend of your blow dry cream and a touch of oil to keep flyaways at bay and to maintain that sleek, smooth finish.

Any way you style it, wavy, smooth, tousled, this season's Classic Bob feels fresh no matter how you style it.

How to get that glass finish that makes this season's Bob perfection!

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Why does it matter which hair color your stylist uses?

4/10/2018

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by SANDIE SCOTT. A passion and flair for hair!

Why does it matter which hair color your stylist uses?

April 10, 2018

Most people don’t really consider what is in their hair color. Some don’t even know the brand their stylist uses. The right brand of haircoloring should be like “The Fountain of Youth” for your hair. It can make your hair shining, vibrant, and radiant!

At Salon U, I have always been extremely picky about my brands and especially the ingredients in them.

The other day as I was training a young stylist, I was explaining, what is in our color and why that is important.
Framesi color has:

Highly refined dye molecules
Less than 2% ammonia to open the cuticle
A base of creamy coconut oil

Because the dye molecules are so Nano small Framesi uses a lower percentage of ammonia than most colors. (Other brands can use as much as 30% pew!).

Ammonia is still the safest way to open the cuticle, but you don’t want to blast it open, the cuticle is after all the protective outer layer of the hair.

Some other brands have dye molecules that are so large they need that high of ammonia to get the color inside to the cortex, (that is the inside of the hair where color lives). Framesi also nestles their color in a creamy coconut oil base. Coconut reduces protein loss when you color hair. Hair is basically protein so this is huge!

So essentially, Framesi colors are gentler on the hair and they condition as they color. Framesi also has Framcolor Eclectic which contains no ammonia at all. It uses an encapsulation technology that helps get the color into the hair, not on top of it, so it last longer than most ammonia free colors.

What happened next, totally validated everything I just explained to my stylist.

My client, whom I was rinsing her colour at the time, piped up. She said, “You know That explains a lot to me, before I came to this salon, I remember my hair always felt tacky after colour. It also never really looked natural, it was dull too. Then it would always fade to a weird brassy colour. Since I have been coming here, my hair feels so good. It looks so shining and it never fades to a strange color. I also remember, that my Husband used to say, “EW your hair smells like you just got it colored!” He never says that now.” This client also told us she was sitting in the doctor’s office and a complete stranger complemented her hair. She said that had never happened to her before she started coming to SALONU, now it happens all the time. The best hair color definitely will make a difference in your hair. We choose Framesi, it is simply the best, so should you!

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Towel Truth. For Love of Microfiber!

3/1/2018

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As stylists, we are always prescribing the best products for our client’s hair. We want you to use what we use so that you can achieve the professional results that we get. We recommend the perfect shampoo and conditioner for your hair and scalp. The best styling products to get that perfect look. But there are more than products to help keep your hair in tip top shape. One thing we feel that is really important is the towel you use after shampooing. At SalonU, we only use microfiber towels on our client’s hair.

Why microfiber? Microfiber has a lot of benefits over a cotton or terry towel. Let’s look at what happens when you shampoo your hair in the shower. First, you are probably using hot water, I don’t know too many people who prefer a cold shower. Hot water swells the cuticle of the hair. Anytime the cuticle is open, damage can occur. Scrubbing your hair with a cotton towel roughs up the cuticle even more, I can imagine the ends splitting at the mere thought. NEVER scrub your wet hair with a towel, any towel.

Too much friction not only roughs up the cuticle, but can also cause frizziness. Gently squeeze the moisture from your hair and then wrap it up turban style. Give it 5-10 minutes for the moisture to be absorbed. A micro fiber towel is gentler on the hair and absorbs water quicker. This means less blow dry time and less damaged hair. You can do your make up while your hair is wrapped. A microfiber towel also stays in a turban better, a cotton towel can fall off, and that’s annoying. Curly hair? Micro fiber towels are a must have. Less moisture, less damage, less frizz, and curls stay nicer. We recommend that you comb your hair when wet, with a leave in conditioner or prep spray. We LOVE Framesi Primer 11 intense! Scrunch and squeeze curls with your microfiber towel, then wrap up your hair in your towel. Air dry or diffuse for perfect curls. Straight hair? Same routine, mist on a prep spray Framesi regular Primer 11 is our fav. (totally weightless, for even the finest hair). Comb and then wrap in your towel. Apply styling products before drying. So be kind to your mane, switch to micro fiber. You will notice a difference.

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