Aveda Hair Products in South Lyon and Canton

Aveda Hair Products

Unfortunately, there is only a select few people in this world who are lucky enough to be able to truly “wash and go” and still have a good hair day. Using good hair product is a game changer when it comes to successfully styling hair. For more than just the ethical reasons, I believe that Aveda Hair Products are the absolute best. Not only are they never tested on animals, they are also made with amazing ingredients to truly nourish your hair.

Aveda Hair Products
Aveda Hair Products

The Importance of Aveda Hair Products

Using hair products can completely change the outcome of your hair in the morning. It makes it possible for your curl to hold a little bit longer, or your volume to stay where you want it. It even saves me from having to wash my hair everyday. (Thank God for dry shampoo!)

My Favorite Aveda Hair Products

My top 3 go to hair styling products from Aveda are:

Speed of Light Blow Dry Accelerator Spray – this is one of the newest Aveda hair products to come out and I have been obsessed with it since day one. I really can tell how much it speeds up my blow drying time. Also, I love that it is also a heat protectant and a detangler. In my opinion, it’s the best “prep”” product you can get.

Volumizing Tonic – I have thick, long, heavy hair. Many people ask why I would using something for volume, but I love the body that my hair gets when I use this product. My hair typically wants to lay flat to my head, but with the volumizing tonic, I never have to worry about “deflating” throughout my day.

Smooth Infusion Nourishing Creme – When this came out a couple years ago, this product changed my life. I always wanted smoother hair, but all of the smooth infusion products were too heavy for me personally. The Nourishing Creme has just enough power to get the job done, without making my hair feel greasy.

Everyone is going to have a different go to product team. Stop in at either our South Lyon or Canton location to get products recommend for you.

Until Next Time,

Josie 🙂

Texture Tonic at Ashka Salon Spa

Texture Tonic

The epitome of my esthetic lately has to become to be as “beachy” as possible. I love having a warm summer glow to my skin, minimal makeup, and tousled hair.  I don’t know what it is about it, but I just can not get enough of that vibe. I have been craving for Aveda to come out with some sort of sea salt spray for the longest time and they finally did. Introducing Aveda’s Texture Tonic! I have been loving this product. And it is the perfect finishing touch to my beach babe style that I am constantly trying to achieve.

What is Aveda’s Texture Tonic?

Texture Tonic

Texture Tonic is Aveda’s version of a sea salt spray with a twist. Sea Salt spray is meant to give your hair more texture and add an addition wave or curl to your hair. Traditional sea salt sprays can be very drying to your hair. The salt tends to suck up any moisture it can. Aveda wanted to make a spray that gives you the effect of sea salt spray, without the harsh drying effect. That is when they decided to add sugar to their formula!

Cane sugar and salt work in harmony to help create naturally tousled texture and flexible hold, while leaving the hair touchable and infused with natural shine for an effortlessly “undone” look. The ingredient babassu helps create effortless texture.

Texture Tonic can be used on dry or wet hair. My personal favorite ways to apply it is after showering, I let my hair air dry about 50%. I then flip upside down and spray about 3-4 sprays of texture tonic. Scrunching it into my hair, I instantly see my waves begin to bounce up. Another way I like to use it is after my hair is dry and curled, I will spray in a couple spritz to make it “perfectly messy”.

If this sounds like the product for you, stop by Ashka Salon Spa today to pick yours up! One of the girls would be happy to demonstrate how it works for you.

Until Next Time,

Josie 🙂

How is Our Natural Hair Products Made?

Natural Hair Products

Something I take great pride in is the fact that I work Aveda products. Aveda’s core values and mission statement aligns with my personal beliefs. It makes me so happy that I am able to represent such amazing products. Aveda makes, in my opinion, the best natural hair products on the market. I was curious about exactly how they go about making them. I did some research and thought it would be fun to share what I found!

How It’s Made: Natural Hair Products

Natural Hair Products
Natural Hair Products

Aveda is the first beauty company to be manufacturing with 100% wind power. Aveda also only uses sustainable ingredients in their products. We source a lot of our ingredients from different countries with different plants. Because we do need certain plants to be able to create our products, if there is a natural disaster in the area that we source from, it can cause Aveda’s production to be put on hold. An example of an ingredient sourced from another country is Brazillian Uruku. It is used in a lot of Aveda’s makeup now.

Aveda finds it really important to celebrate the different cultures from which we source ingredients. You can find multiple “Aveda sourcing stories” on Youtube!

Finally, all of Aveda’s packaging is recyclable! This is just one of the many ways Aveda tries to minimize their carbon footprint. It is nice knowing that I can recycle all of my beauty products rather than it just piling up in our landfills.

Afte reading this, I hope you choose to join me in supporting a company whose main goal is to support our environment. Stop into Ashka Salon Spa today to get your hands on some of the next natural hair products on the market. I know you will love them as much as I do.

Until Next Time,

Josie 🙂

Dry Remedy Line

Dry Remedy Line

Dry Remedy is one Aveda’s many product lines. As the colder months approach, we all tend to notice the summer moisture disappearing. While we welcome boots and sweaters, we don’t want to sacrifice our soft, shiny hair! With Aveda’s Dry Remedy line, we might not have too.

What is Dry Hair?

I feel like I constantly hear people tell me about how dry their hair is. What really is dry hair though? Dry hair happens when your hair doesn’t get or maintain enough moisture. What most people tend to complain about is the fact that their hair doesn’t feel silky or that it is missing some of it’s shine.

Your hair is made of 3 layers: cuticle, medulla, and cortex.

When your hair is dry, the outermost layer actually starts to break down. This gives you the gritty texture that dry hair has. It also will dull the hair because the surface is no longer smooth so light doesn’t bounce off of it in the same way.

What is in the Dry Remedy Line?

Dry Remedy Line
Dry Remedy Line

dry remedy

Shampoo and Conditioner: Meant to nourish brittle hair using  Aveda’s patented deep-moisture complex featuring buriti oil leaving the hair soft and shiny.

Moisturizing Masque: This is a more intense version of the Dry Remedy Conditioner. You will use this once a week in place of your conditioner and let it sit on for about 5 minutes.

Daily Moisturizing Oil: This oil instantly moisturizes hair by 41%. It is 99.9% naturally derived and is the leave in treatment option for this line.

Sometimes it is hard to know if your hair is dry or damaged and what the real difference is between the two. Stop in for an appointment today so we can help figure out what is best for your hair!

Until Next Time,

Josie 🙂

Aveda’s New Thermal Dry Conditioner – Now In Canton!

Thermal Dry Conditioner

Dry Shampoo has been my absolute favorite product when it comes to saving my hair and my sleep schedule. The only thing that I don’t like to about dry shampoo is that after a day or two it really feels like it has dried out my hair. When Aveda said that they were coming out with a Thermal Dry Conditioner, I was ecstatic.

What is Thermal Dry Conditioner?

Thermal Dry Conditioner
Thermal Dry Conditioner

“Instantly conditions, detangles and softens hair in between washes while a calming aroma with 25 pure flower and plant essences naturally refreshes all hair types and textures.”

This product gets rid of that “dry shampoo feel” in my hair. I love the way my hair feels after I use it! I haven’t tried using heat tools after it yet. Others have curled their hair after using it and swear it makes a huge difference. It has a heat protectant in it so that you are safe from the added heat!

The Aveda website says that it contains “a blend of certified organic jojoba and sunflower oils” that “conditions and detangles hair in between washes”. Everyday I hear more and more people talking about how long it has been since they have washed their hair. It is important to adapt our products to these types of trends and that is exactly what Aveda is doing with the new Thermal Dry Conditioner.

Thermal Dry Conditioner on Extensions

Jessie, one of our Extension Specialists at Ashka Salon Spa, has found that she really likes using the Thermal Dry Conditioner on hair extensions. Since your natural oils aren’t going all the way down to your extensions, they can end up drying out a little. By adding this dry conditioner, it will keep your extensions feeling fresher, longer!

I promise you won’t be sorry if you invest in the new Thermal Dry Conditioner!

Until Next Time,

Josie 🙂