Aveda Full Spectrum Deep Hair Color Line

DEEP

Aveda hair color has been my passion pretty much since I started in Cosmetology school. I love having the ability to completely customize my client’s hair color formulas. No two heads are alike. Even when two clients have a similar hair color, their formulas can vary drastically. Hair color formulations are based not only off of what color their hair is starting at and what color you want them to be, but also their hair texture, density, and type. Aveda has 3 different hair color lines: Full Spectrum Permanent, Full Spectrum Demi+, and Full Spectrum Deep. I recently have been able to embark on the journey of teaching hair color classes with the Full Spectrum Deep line.

Full Spectrum Deep
All colors done with Aveda Full Spectrum Deep hair color.

What is Aveda Full Spectrum Deep?

Aveda Full Spectrum Deep is a fade-resistant formula that provides a balance of lift and deposit for a naturally cool result and infuses the hair with incredible, healthy looking shine. It is also extremely conditioning with a signature blend of plant oils—castor, certified organic sunflower and jojoba. It allows for a more pleasant processing with an aroma of certified organic lavender.

I tend to grab for Full Spectrum Deep when my clients have resistant greys or dark natural color and want to be lighter. However, more recently I have been playing with using Deep when I am blonding. I have been amazed with the results. I also love using Deep for lowlights in my blondes because it seems to have a little more lasting power on blonde porous hair.

In my personal opinion, there is nothing better than Aveda hair color! I truly believe it the best option for healthy colored hair. Call the salon today to book your appointment with one of our amazing stylists!

Until Next Time,

Josie 🙂

3 Favorite Hair Brightening Techniques

Hair Brightening

Spring break is approaching quickly and it’s that time of year that everyone is itching to go a little bit lighter with their hair color. I even just got a full head of babylights put in my hair by Jessie to make me feel sunkissed and push me through the last of our grey days here in Michigan. There are so many hair brightening techniques now a days. Keep reading to hear my top 3 favorites that I like to use on my guests!

My 3 Favorite Hair Brightening Techniques

  1. Babylights and Tipping Out:
    Hair Brightening
    Hair Brightening Technique: Babylights and Tipping Out

    Babylights are similar to traditional highlights in the way that that come all the way to the root. The difference is though that they are extremely “baby” fine weaves. This gives the hair an almost shimmery effect. I have been loving the way this changes peoples look subtly but enough to give them a pop of color. I often find myself pairing this technique with tipping out. This is when your stylist back combs the ends of your hair and applies the color just to the ends. This gives you a lived in look with brighter ends.

  2. Eclipting:
    Hair Brightening
    Hair Brightening Technique: Eclipting

    Eclipting is Aveda’s trademarked hair coloring technique that they created in 2016. It is a way of seamlessly blending a root color with lightened pieces for the ends. It requires two colors at least and is done by twisting the hair. When I do this techniques, I will often put foils on the ends of my twists to ensure there is a little more lift there.

  3. Balayage:
    Hair Brightening
    Hair Brightening Technique: Balayage

    I feel like I have talked about Balayage endlessly on this blog so I will keep this concise. Balayage is going to give you the softest, most natural brightening out of all of this techniques. I think balayage is perfect for people who have never colored their hair before because it is processed in open air without foils. Foils give guests additional levels of lift because it traps in the heat from the reaction.

Even though it is typical that people want hair brightening techniques for the spring and summer, remember it is your hair! There are no rules of what is right or wrong. If you like your hair black as night, keep it that way! However, if you’re looking for something to change it up a bit, I hope one of these techniques peak your interest!

Until Next Time,

Josie 🙂

Fifty Shades of (Artificial) Grey: Grey Hair Color

Grey Hair Color

If you have spent anytime on Pinterest or Instagram in the past year, I’m sure you have see the grey/silver hair trend that is going around. Some people find it funny that people are paying to get grey hair when if you wait long enough, you’ll inevitably get it. Other people find it absolutely stunning. No matter where you fall on that spectrum, people are definitely asking for grey hair color.

Getting Grey Hair Color – The Process

Grey Hair Color
Grey Hair Color

Unfortunately it is not as easy as simply squeezing grey out of a color tube and putting it on someones head. In order to achieve a true silver/grey hair color you have to get the hair to be essentially white blonde first. Either through highlights or bleaching the hair out, the hair has to be lifted as light as possible. After you have achieved that, your stylist then will have to apply a gloss over top of it to give it that “grey” hue.

I think the hardest part about artificial grey hair is that once you have lifted the hair light enough, it becomes porous and the “grey” doesn’t want to stay in the hair well. This is the same struggle that all fashion colors have. In order to keep that grey/silver hue, you have to be very diligent with your at home hair care. Even then, it sometimes will still just fade quick due to the nature of the color.

Blending Grey Hair with Artificial Grey Hair Color

I’ve had a few clients come in and ask me questions about growing out their grey hair. They want to know if we can just dye their hair grey so that it is easier to grow out. In this case, I suggest doing highlights of really light white, silvery blonde, and lowlights of a dark greyish tone. This over all will blend together to create a cool toned base that sometimes makes the growing out process easier. However at the end of the day, it is impossible to identically replicate someone’s natural grey hair. It helps to blend it, but you still have to go through the long process of growing it out.

If any of this peaks your interest, you should call the salon today! I know the girls on our team would LOVE to help you achieve your grey hair color dreams.

Until Next Time,

Josie 🙂

 

Tulasara Purification Treatment

tulasara purification Treatment

The older I get, the more I realize how important skin care truly is. I remember being in high school and being blessed with clear skin that I didn’t even wash daily. (Eeek, you live and you learn!) Now if I don’t wash my makeup off the night before, I will wake up with a blemish. As I have traveled down the path to find my perfect skin care routine, I have discovered how truly personal it is. Everyone’s skin in different and react differently to products, even if they have the same “skin type”. Ashka Salon Spa offers a service called Tulasara Purification Treatment. I believe that if you are wanting to dive into the world of skincare, but it seems a little too daunting on your own, you need this service.

tulasara purification Treatment

Tulasara Purification Treatment – What is it?

A Tulasara Purification Treatment is a basic purification, dry-brushing exfoliation, facial massage and treatment plan. This basic treatment is a professional skin cleaning. It does not include manual removal of congestion or intensive work on skin concerns.You get to receive an amazing, relaxing service with a licensed esthetician and you will also be able to ask questions specific to your skin. You will be able to see how Aveda products react with your skin and our amazing estheticians will be able to guide you in the right direction for a good at home skin care routine.

Right now, until March 4th 2018, we are running a special that if you come in for a hair appointment, you will receive a coupon for a FREE Tulasara Purification Treatment. Another added bonus is that when you come in for the treatment, you also receive 20% off AVEDA products. You must have the coupon with you to take advantage of this $50 steal!

Until Next Time,

Josie 🙂

Love Your Face – Valentine’s Day 2018

Valentine's Day 2018

Valentine’s Day 2018 is seriously coming up so fast. It doesn’t help that the grocery stores have had Valentine’s candy out since January 2nd, making it feel like it’s been right around the corner for a minutes now. This year for Valentine’s Day 2018 at Ashka Salon Spa, we are running a Love Your Face deal!

Valentine's Day 2018
Valentine’s Day 2018 – Love Your Face Deals

Valentine’s Day 2018 – Love Your Face

This Valentine’s Day it’s all about lashes. With eyelash extensions, tint, and lifts being all the rage lately, why not get yours done up for your big Valentine’s Day plans. We have 4 different deals that we are offering until February 17, 2018.

$50 OFF Full Glamour Lash Extensions

$35 OFF Lash Lifting & Semi Permanent Mascara

$40 OFF Airbrush Makeup Application & False Lashes

FREE AVEDA Trial Size w/ Eyebrow Wax

If I were you, I would take full advantage of these deals. When I had my eyelash extensions, I loved how my look felt complete even when I didn’t have a lot of makeup on. My lash lift and tint was a total game changer when I wore mascara. I still cannot believe the difference it made. If you are looking for a less permanent lash transformation, schedule an appointment for an Airbrush Makeup and False Lash Application. And finally, everyone can use an eyebrow wax. And who doesn’t love free product? I think a fresh eyebrow wax can completely change how your makeup appears.

Guys if you’re looking for a creative, but for sure loved, Valentine’s Day gift idea look no further. You can stop in today to pick up a gift card for your girl to recieve a little bit of pampering. She will be ecstatic to try out a new, fun, service and you’ll be able to see her flirty lashes when she’s done!

Until Next Time,

Josie 🙂

 

Fixing Hair Color at Ashka Salon Spa

Fixing Hair Color

We all know someone who has had a “hair color oops” at some point in their life. Hair color mistakes happen. However, hair color is always adjustable to a certain extent. When fixing hair color, you have to work smart in order to get the best results with the least amount of damage. It’s so important to see a professional hair stylist so that you can get as close to your original end result as possible.

Fixing Hair Color
Color Correction by Jordan

Fixing Hair Color – Going Darker

If you have ever looked in the mirror and thought, “Wow I am way too light” you know the feeling of needing some depth in your life. Being “too light” can mean a multitude of things. If you want to be all over darker, your stylist may have to “fill” your hair because it has become too porous to hold on to color. Sometimes, some foils with a lowlight formula may do the trick as well.

Fixing Hair Color – Going Lighter

Sometimes hair color can take too dark. If this is the case, sometimes you just need some highlights to break it up and make you feel over all lighter. Other times, you may need to completely lighten your hair. Unfortunately, color DOES NOT lighten previously colored hair. Because of this, stylists need to use a lightening product. At Ashka Salon Spa, we use Aveda’s Enlightener. With the help of Olaplex, we are able to help protect your hair better during the lightening process.

Now, it’s important to remember that every Color Correction is completely dependent on the situation. Sometimes it is a lot of time and steps, other times the problem could be easily fixed quickly. Another big thing to remember when fixing hair color is that you may not get the end result you are looking for right away in one session. At Ashka Salon Spa, we are committed to keeping your hair in good condition above all else. You can always add on an olaplex treatment while fixing your hair color. Your stylist will be able to give you a good timeline for how long it may take to achieve your #HairGoals.

Until Next Time,

Josie 🙂

Fifty Shades of Grey: 5 Things You Didn’t Know About Grey Hair

Grey Hair

Grey hair is something that everyone and every salon eventually has to deal with. And this is no different at Ashka Salon Spa. Some people remember finding their first grey hair at the yong age of 16. Other people are in their early 40s and barely have any at all. There really doesn’t seem to be a pattern to when you get grey or even how much. It isn’t dependent on specific thing as far as I can tell. Because it seemed to be such a mystery to me, I thought it would be fun to do some research on it. Here are 5 fun facts that you may not have known about grey hair.

Grey Hair

5 Things You Didn’t Know About Grey Hair

  1. Your ethnicity makes a difference in how quickly you go grey.
    Caucasians tend to go grey first. Scientists aren’t exactly sure why, but then Asians and finally African Americans.
  2. The 50-50-50 rule
    “Fifty percent of the population has about 50% gray hair at age 50,” says Dr. Anthony Oro, professor of dermatology at Stanford University. Normal aging is the primary cause of grey hair
  3. Diet is key To colored locks
    It has been proven than a diet filled with all of your vital vitamins and nutrients leads to stronger, healthier hair. It has also been found that having a healthy diet actually helps keep the grey hair at bay longer.
  4. Stress never helps
    While stress hasn’t been proven to be directly linked to grey hair growth, it has been seen they it cause you to lose hair faster. The more quickly you lose hair, the more of a chance you have that it could grow back grey.
  5. Pluck the greys away
    There is a myth going around that if you pluck a grey hair, 2 will come back. However this is completely inaccurate. A Hair follicle is only able to grow one hair strand. No matter how many times you pluck a stubborn grey, it will only grow back as one. However, I still don’t recommend plucking them for your scalps sake.

I hope you found my research as interesting as I did!

Until Next Time,

Josie 🙂

LA Blondes: Blonding at it’s Finest

LA Blondes

“Blondes have more fun” is a common phrase and with all of these beautiful sunkissed trends that are popular, it’s making me think that it might be true. Evelyn, Mona, Jessica, and I recently took the class LA Blondes. Blonding hair is always tricky because blonde means so many different things to so many different people and that is just talking about tone. Technique and effect are a complete different conversation, but it is just as important.

LA Blondes Overview

LA Blondes

This class was taught by Alberto Rossell-Davis. He is the Director of Hair Color Sales and Education at Aveda. Through Aveda Color Education, he has created customized technical classes and business classes. I was excited to hear that his LA Blondes class was coming to the Royal Oak Aveda Institute. As soon as our manager mentioned it to us, we jumped on the opportunity.

One of the biggest things that Alberto wanted us to understand is being able to choose the correct techniques to achieve the desired results. He put up four different images and asked up to identify the correct blonding technique. While all of them looked like they would fall under a “Balayage” category, they all were achieved in very different ways. This can be confusing for clients when they see a picture that has been described as “balayage” online but in reality they need to get traditional highlights to get achieve the look they want alongside a shadow root.

LA Blondes Trend Alert: Strobing

A new trend that we learned about was called Strobing. You may have heard of strobing when it comes to makeup, aka extreme highlighting. Strobing the hair is when you using a highlighting technique all over the head and then once the hair has been  rinsed and properly glossed, you go back over it to brighten certain pieces. This gives it that extra bit of highlight, just like the makeup technique. You can use strobing to accentuate certain features like a client’s eyes.

After this class, I know it really opened my eyes to all the different ways to achieve a similar result. It has definitely changed the way that I look at my blonde clients now.

Until Next Time,

Josie 🙂

 

Olaplex at Ashka Salon Spa

Olaplex

With social media platforms such as Instagram and Pinterest, it’s easier than ever to get sucked into wanting a dramatic hair change. While all big makeovers is always a process, with new products called “Bond-Builders”, you are able to make more progress with significantly less damage. There are multiple bond builders on the market nowadays. At Ashka Salon Spa, we have chosen to use Olaplex.

What is Olaplex?

Olaplex

There are two steps when it comes to Olaplex. No 1 is put into your color to begin to rebuild your bonds as your color is processing. This concentrated first salon step rebuilds broken disulfide bonds and begins the process of preventing damage and repairing hair. We can add this to highlights, all over colors, toners, anything you are getting done!

No 2 is put on at the shampoo bowl after we have rinsed your color. Our second salon step continues to rebuild and restore any remaining broken bonds ensuring the strongest, shiniest, and healthiest hair possible. And really, who doesn’t want strong, shiny, healthy hair?

Who is Using Olaplex?

It seems as though all I read in magazines now is how Olaplex is being used for all of these celebrity hair makeovers. A few celebrities who are known to have used it include, Kim Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian, Emily Blunt, and Jennifer Lopez. People are raving about this miracle product. If I could I would use it on every single one of my color clients.

When you pair Olaplex with some of Aveda’s Botanical Conditioning Treatments, I can guarantee healthy hair. Whether you have been going to Ashka Salon Spa for a long time, or it’s your first time with us, be sure to ask your stylist if Olaplex is right for you. Our stylists would love to give you the hair of your dreams.

Until Next Time,

Josie 🙂

 

Guest Appreciation Week Raffle Winners

Raffle Winners

I hope everyone had a chance to enjoy all of our festivities for Guest Appreciation Week! Keep reading to hear if you are one of our lucky raffle winners.

This year we did a raffle for many great prizes!

Raffle Winners

Here are the raffle winners:

Next Appointment Free – 355233
Fifty-Minute Dual Exfoliation Peel ($105 Value) – 355062
$100 Ashka Gift Card – 355061
Keratin Express Treatment ($85 Value) – 066001
Fifty-Minute Tulasara Facial Treatment ($85 Value) – 355001
Shellac Application 355103
$50 Ashka Gift Card 065969
Haircut 355348
Fifty-Minute Deluxe Spa Pedicure 355258
Botanical Hair & Scalp Therapy Treatment 355693
Next Appointment Free – 355239
Fifty-Minute Dual Exfoliation Peel ($105 Value) – 355551
$100 Ashka Gift Card – 355734
Keratin Express Treatment ($85 Value) – 355257
Fifty-Minute Tulasara Facial Treatment ($85 Value) – 065974
Shellac Application 355370
$50 Ashka Gift Card 065979
Haircut 355400
Fifty-Minute Deluxe Spa Pedicure 355067
Botanical Hair & Scalp Therapy Treatment 355604

**Raffle numbers will be posted on Ashka’s Facebook Page as they are chosen. They will be listed at the end of our contest in a blog entry on our website by November 17, 2017. They must be claimed by November 30, 2017 and redeemed by January 30, 2018. Offers will not be valid with any other offers, may not be given away and must be redeemed by someone 18 and over. All services are subject to availability and available only with certain service providers.

Until Next Time,

Josie 🙂