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Fall In Love with Your Hair

October 15, 2021 by admin

Is your hair looking for a refresh after a summer full of fun? Get ready to head into the cooler, cozy months with some of these fall 2021 hair trends!

Style Trends

Bangs made a comeback this year! Specifically, curtain bangs. These bangs are light, airy, and look effortless. They sweep across the forehead and frame the face like how curtains frame a window. The best part? Curtain bangs look good on everyone!

If you like layers, the shag haircut is for you. This cut is reminiscent of the 80s and defined by many choppy, textured layers that add depth to the hair. This style of cut looks great on short, medium, or long hair!

Dare to cut it short, try a bob! Although a bob cut can sometimes be looked at as being conservative, there are several styles of bob that can make you look confident and stylish including the French bob and the hairline bob. A bob works well with straight or curly hair!

Is your hair not quite short but not quite long? If your hair is caught somewhere in the middle, create texture and depth for your hair by adding airy layers!

Color Trends

Latte Blonde – Imagine watching the leaves fall as you grip a warm coffee mug on a crisp autumn morning. A latte blonde hair color reflects the warm tones in your cup, like coffee with creamer.

Chocolate and Chestnut – Start with a dark brown base and add light brown highlights on top to give your hair an elegant yet warm look.

Crisp Apple Cider – There’s nothing quite like the color orange in autumn. Auburn is a beautiful hair color that mimics the changing leaves. Vary the shades used to create a multidimensional hair color.

Burgundy – Just in time for Halloween, consider a deep, reddish-purple hair color for those that prefer a dark, sultry look.

Are you ready for a fresh, fall look? The Beauty Lounge can give you the hair of your dreams! Book your appointment today!

Treat Yourself

September 15, 2021 by admin

From heat damage and over-processing to brushing and elastic hair ties, your hair goes through a lot on a day-to-day basis. Not to mention other aspects of life that can cause hair damage such as stress, diet, and dehydration. At Beauty Lounge, we want all our clients to feel and look their best. If your hair is starting to feel worn out, consider hair conditioning & pre and post-treatment!

All-Natural Pre-Treatment Milk & Yogurt Mask

Milk protein is highly beneficial for your hair as it is nutrient-rich, offering anti-irritant and protective properties. It is proven to give hair more body, moisture, resilience, shine, length, and gloss! Our pre-treatment milk & yogurt mask will help to restructure and heal damaged hair while simultaneously improving the use of hair care products. This pre-treatment is a great option for those wishing to use color products. It will not only help to repair old damage but also lock in your new hair color!

Hair Repairing Treatment Vials

Is your hair in need of some TLC? Maybe you’re struggling with dry, brittle, frizzy hair, or perhaps your hair is damaged from over processing. If this sounds like you, then you should try our hair repairing treatment! It will repair and moisturize your hair, leaving you feeling beautiful and healthy. The vials contain 100% pure organic lead extracts with anti-aging properties that give your hair a new sense of life!

Murumuru Butter

Murumuru butter is collected from the fruit fat found in murumuru nuts that fall from palm trees. This treatment is exceptionally helpful for those with damaged hairs. Murumuru butter is well known for being extremely moisturizing, helping to keep hair shiny and healthy. It is rich in fatty acids and Vitamin A which provides nourishment and strength to your hair. If you struggle with dry, frizzy hair, then murumuru butter is for you!

Aromatherapy Hair Conditioning Treatment

This treatment is the perfect way to end your experience at Beauty Lounge. The conditioning mask is infused with essential oils that provide a myriad of benefits. Essential oils can do anything from promoting hair growth to moisturizing, helping with dry ends to soothing the scalp. The aromatherapy hair conditioning treatment will reinvigorate your hair, leaving it silky smooth and looking polished.

Are you ready to treat your hair to the care it needs? Come see us at Beauty Lounge! Schedule your appointment today!

Wedding Hairstyles 2021

August 12, 2021 by admin

Even though we are near the end of summer, wedding season is still well underway! Make a statement with any one of these trending wedding hairstyles!

Wear It Up

Updos are known for being both functional and sophisticated. There are myriad of ways that you can style your hair in an elegant updo for your special day!

Textured updos are particularly good if you’re looking to give your hair extra volume. Creating texture in your hair helps to give it an extra boost. One of 2021’s popular wedding hairstyle trends is a textured French twist!

Other updos to consider include a low bun, ballet bun, chignon, or high ponytail. All these hairstyles are growing in popularity this year! Whether you choose a sleek finish for your chignon or a loose, textured look for your high ponytail, you’re sure to be in fashion!

Wear It Down

Wearing your hair down on your wedding day gives your hair a sense of life! A classic look, many women choose to wear their hair down and in flowing curls that bounce and sway with every movement. Classic curls are a relaxed yet refined look!

One of the more common wedding hairstyles that continues to be seen throughout the years is half up, half down with loose curls. In 2021, this hairstyle is utilizing loose curls, meaning that small, delicate curls are being left out of the pinned section to frame the face and create a romantic look.

In 2021, Hollywood glamour waves are once again on the rise! This hairstyle is known for being smooth, sleek, and, well, glamourous! Set in a deep side part with smoothed roots, the hair then cascades over the shoulders in large waves in a soft, seductive way.

Add Some Flair

Are you intrigued by some of the more complex wedding hairstyles? You’re in luck! One of the biggest 2021 wedding hairstyle trends is braids. There are several different types of braids and you can use them in any number of hairstyles! Choose from a halo braid, French braid, waterfall braid, fishtail braid, milkmaid braid, side braid, and more. Perhaps you want to consider incorporating a fishtail braid into your chignon or a halo braid as part of your half up, half down hairstyle. The options are endless!

No matter what wedding hairstyle you’ve chosen, you can always dress it up with some accessories! Common accessory trends for 2021 include florals, crowns, and clips or pins with jewels and pearls.

Do you have a wedding coming up this season? The talented stylists at the Beauty Lounge can help you look your best! Schedule your appointment today!

Highlights 101

July 15, 2021 by admin

The act of adding highlights to the hair has been traced back as far as Ancient Greece. In the 6^th century BC, Ancient Greeks would add lighter tones to their hair by applying a concoction of olive oil, gold flakes, lemon juice, and pollen before letting their hair bake in the sunlight. Thousands of years later, although the process has developed, the trend continues to thrive. If you are looking for a way to create the illusion of depth in your hair, highlights are the way to go!

Traditional Highlights

Traditional highlights are applied using foil. The hairstylist will section off the hair, apply coloring product, and wrap the hair in foil. Wrapping the hair in foil allows for the coloring product to completely saturate the hair and ultimately produce a more developed result. The foil method was revolutionary to the history of highlighting hair. It was originally introduced in the mid-1970s and continues to be the most popular method today.

Babylights

Babylights are very similar to traditional highlights. In fact, they are accomplished by using the same foil method as traditional highlights. The main difference is the size of the highlights. Babylights are compromised of smaller, thinner sections of the hair that are closer together. This allows the highlight color to blend more naturally with the base color.

Balayage

“Balayage” is a French word that means “to sweep.” Often misunderstood as a style of highlights, balayage is actually a technique that was introduced in France in the 1970s. It is done by freehand painting the coloring product onto the hair in a sweeping motion. Balayage is used when a natural transition is desired from the roots to the ends of the hair.

Foilyage

As the name implies, foilyage is a method that combines foiling and balayage techniques. The coloring product is applied to the hair using the balayage’s freehand painting but is then placed inside of foils to help the color process fully. This method maintains the subtle sweeping look produced by the balayage method but with more dramatic coloration caused by using foils.

Ombré

“Ombré” is another French word meaning “shaded.” Unlike balayage, ombré is a style of highlights, not a method of applying highlights. While traditional highlights focus on applying a lighter color to the roots of the hair, ombré highlights appear as a quick transition from a darker color at the roots of the hair to a lighter tone at the roots. Ombré is usually better for those who wish to make more of a statement rather than achieve a natural look.

Sombré

Sombré is a similar style to ombré, the main difference is the duration of the color transition. While the ombré transition is quick, the sombré transition occurs more gradually. This results in a more natural look as the hair slowly changes from a darker color at the roots to a lighter color as it progresses towards the ends of the hair.

No matter which highlights you choose, the Beauty Lounge can help you achieve the look you’ve always wanted! Schedule an appointment today!

Summer Hair Color Trends

June 10, 2021 by admin

The past year provided many people with the opportunity to embrace their natural hair colors. As people head back into the hair salon, we are seeing more and more choose to maintain natural hair colors. Take a look at these hair color trends for the summer of 2021!

Bright Blonde Is Back

No matter what you choose to call it – honey blonde, sunshine blonde, buttery blonde, yellow blonde – there’s no denying that this vibrant version of blonde hair is making a comeback this summer. If you’re looking for something a bit more subtle, platinum blonde is another popular shade that remains a consistent trend.

50 Shades of Red

There is no doubt that red will be one of the dominant hair colors in the summer of 2021. From strawberry blonde to brick red, natural auburn to deep wine, any shade of red can be found in the top picks for hair colors this summer!

The Best of Brown

One of the more natural hair colors that people are choosing to stick with this summer is brunette. Now, obviously brunette comes in a wide variety of shades. Some of the more popular shades people are going with this summer include chestnut, caramel, hazelnut, and dark chocolate. These classic colors can be touched up in any number of ways with highlights, babylights, Balayage, foilayage, ombre, and more!

Multidimensional Jet Black

Again, going along with the natural hair colors, jet black is a striking hair color trend that will take the summer by storm! Multidimensional highlights are achieved by combining 2-3 shades of a similar color, creating illusions of volume and depth.

Dare to Be Different

While the natural hair colors are calling to some, others are feeling the desire to express themselves more vibrantly after a difficult year. Some of the new hair color trends we will be seeing this summer include peach, amethyst, and pastel pink.

Highlighting a New Trend

Face-framing highlights are the perfect way to add a touch of fun to your hair this summer. You can choose to use a natural color like blonde or a more eye-catching color like blue. No matter what you choose, face-framing highlights, also referred to as a “money piece highlight”, will create a great sense of depth and contrast in anyone’s hair.

No matter which color you choose to go with this summer, the Beauty Lounge is here to help you get the perfect summer look! Start the summer off right and schedule your appointment today!

Update Your Skincare Routine for Autumn

October 8, 2019 by admin

Are you “fall-ing” in love with everything autumn? Long gone are the hot days of summer, and now it’s time for sweaters, booties, and steaming lattes.

Sadly, you can’t carry over your summer skincare routine into autumn and expect the same results. The cool temperature of autumn can dry out your skin, leaving it flaky and dull. Our beauty experts here at the Beauty Lounge have some tips to keep your skin glowing long after summer has ended!

Slather on That Moisturizer

Your skin deserves extra care when the weather gets cooler. Thicker moisturizers are best for autumn, because cool air sucks moisture from your skin. Consider adding eye cream to your routine to give the delicate areas of your face some extra hydration.

The sudden change of temperature as we transition from summer to fall can cause your skin to be extra-sensitive. If you experience any burning sensation when applying your moisturizer, switch to a sensitive skin brand to calm that irritation.

Your face isn’t the only thing that needs moisture; give your body some love, too! Shea butter body lotions are great for skin that’s over-exfoliated and dry, because the fatty acids and vitamins in this product will soften your skin to perfection. Try applying body lotion once a day after showering, because your skin will better lock in moisture after all that steam.

Less Exfoliation, Please!

Exfoliating your skin is a great way to remove dead skin cells and get your glow on. But over-exfoliating, especially during the colder months, can dry out your skin and cause damage. Stick to gently exfoliating just once a week, and consider oil-based scrubs that exfoliate and moisturize your skin all at once!

Consider a Humidifier

With cold weather comes dry air, and sometimes, even moisturizers and body lotions aren’t enough to keep your skin healthy. We recommend investing in a humidifier and placing it by your bed. Humidifiers release moisture into the air, so your skin will continue to hydrate overnight.

Treat Yo’ Face

You deserve to pamper yourself once in a while – or as often as you like! The Beauty Lounge team has facial treatment options for all your skincare needs. We offer in-house consultations, so contact us today to schedule yours!

End of Summer Hair Care

September 3, 2019 by admin

As summer comes to an end, the weather gets cooler and tan lines start to fade. Those sunny days at the beach are becoming a distant memory, but your hair might not forget so easily.

We all love summer — but summer doesn’t always love our hair. Too much time spent in the sun can discolor your highlights or natural color. And because summer is so hot, you probably wore your hair up most of the time, putting a strain on your roots from high ponytails and top knots. Finally, all that chlorine, saltwater, and even air conditioning suck the moisture out of your hair, leaving your strands frizzy and dry.

That was a lot of scary information, but don’t worry — the damage isn’t permanent. There are treatments that can breathe life back into your sun-scorched and dried-out hair.

The Style Team at the Beauty Lounge wants your hair to be just as healthy today as it was back in May. We’ve got some tricks up our sleeves that can revitalize your locks and have them ready for fall!

TRIM THOSE DEAD ENDS

Those days out in the sun and in the water cause dryness that can wreak havoc on the ends of your hair. Split ends and frizz aren’t a great look, and if ignored, will only get worse.

Get a fresh start by trimming your dead ends. The sooner you do this, the less your stylist will have to take off. Chopping those dead ends will result in healthier hair, with shiny volume and minimal frizz.

GO AU-NATURALE

It’s best to keep things natural for a while so your hair can recover from the summer heat. Too many days at the beach has dried out your hair, so don’t add more fuel to the fire with excessive styling. Give your hair a break by staying away from blow drying, straightening, or curling.

We also recommend leaving your hair down rather than tying it back. Hair elastics rip out strands, and tight ponytails or buns pull on your roots – which can even result in hair loss. C’mon, let your hair down!

PAMPER YOUR HAIR

It’s possible that even a trim and break from styling won’t completely bring your hair back to life after summer. That’s where we come in!

Hair masks are affordable and effective. Our Hair Repairing Treatment Vials contain 100% organic leaf extracts that will moisturize and reconstruct your brittle strands. To further strengthen your hair, try Muru Muru Butter with its restorative fatty acids and Vitamin A. We also offer Milkshake hair products that contain milk proteins and fruit extracts to keep your hair silky and strong.

Really looking to revitalize your dried-out hair? A keratin treatment is the perfect way to smooth out all your frizz and kinks. This treatment basically puts armor on your strands, protecting them from future heat. Your hair won’t be dull and poofy anymore, so you’ll leave the salon with sleek and shiny locks.

You don’t have to regret those beach days! Our end-of-summer hair care tips will have your hair back to its luscious and shiny state in no time. Book an appointment with us today!

Check Out the Brazilian Bond Builder!

June 27, 2019 by admin

What’s not to love about switching up your hair color? It’s exciting to go from a light chocolate brown to a glowing summer blonde, and it can be a fun change to add a bright pop of color with balayage or ombré!

But sadly, coloring hair isn’t all sunshine and rainbows. Repeated color treatments can take a toll on your locks. In order to color or lighten your hair, chemicals break the bonds in your hair to deposit color into your strands. These bonds don’t completely fuse back together after treatment, often leading to dry and brittle hair.

Not all is lost: there’s a way to not only prevent color treatment damage but also strengthen hair with every color treatment. This is the Brazilian Bond Builder!

The Brazilian Bond Builder, also known as b³, is a professional product line that strengthens color-treated hair. Working at a molecular level, b³ repairs the broken bonds in your hair and prevents your strands from breaking.

b³ mixes into our color formulas directly, so there’s no extra step in your regular color treatment appointment. Every time you color your hair with the Beauty Lounge, your hair gets stronger, not weaker!

But wait: there’s more. This bond builder also makes your color last longer and appear more vibrant. Best of all, b³ is perfect for dry and damaged hair of all types. With this product, your hair will look and feel noticeably healthier after a color treatment.

b³ can be used at home in your aftercare routine, too. The product line offers a Color Care Shampoo and Conditioner, which will continue to strengthen and boost the vibrancy of your color. You can also try their Instant Restore & Protect Reconstructor, a weekly hair treatment that does just what the name says.

With your next color treatment, you don’t have to worry about further damaging your hair. We’ve added the Brazilian Bond Builder to our color formulas, so your color-treated hair can stay happy and healthy. Book an appointment and see the results for yourself!