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Brazilian Blowout Vs. Keratin Treatment

June 17, 2022 by admin

Summer right around the corner means warm weather and higher levels of humidity, which can lead to frizzy hair. During this season some popular treatments can be done to help eliminate frizz. Treatments such as Brazilian blowout and keratin treatments both have benefits depending on which treatment is most suitable for your hair.

The Difference Between Brazilian Blowout and Keratin Treatment

Brazilian blowouts and keratin treatments have the same effect on hair. Both eliminate frizz and smooth the hair. They are safe for all hair types including color-treated hair. The main difference between the Brazilian blowout and keratin treatment is that the Brazilian blowout is more customizable. With a Brazilian blowout, the hair stylist can tailor it to your natural hair texture meaning you don’t have to sacrifice your volume or waves.

Another way in which the Brazilian blowout and keratin treatment differ is the downtime. After a keratin treatment, you can’t get your hair wet for 72 hours. The Brazilian blowout does not require any downtime, you can go about your regular styling routine. Another difference to note is the intensity of both treatments. The Brazilian blowout is lighter and will leave hair with more of your natural texture. Keratin tends to be heavier which helps better tame fizz and takes away the additional volume of your hair.

Procedure

The method of application for these treatments does vary. For the Brazilian blowout, the process usually takes two hours, and the results are instant. As opposed to the keratin treatment which will take approximately 3 hours and you will leave the salon with your hair partially done. After the keratin treatment is done you have to wait 72 hours to allow for the keratin to crystalize.

Now that we’ve given you a rundown of both the Brazilian Blowout and keratin treatment and the process of each, now is your turn to determine which one is right for you! Beauty Lounge RI offers these services and more. Interested in booking? Contact us today to book an appointment!

Eyelash Extension Aftercare

May 16, 2022 by admin

Eyelash extensions make a great addition for those wanting to accentuate an eye look. Here at Beauty Lounge RI, we value the importance of eyelash extension care. While eyelash extensions are a simple way to amplify your look, they do require care and maintenance to ensure that they last between fillings.

Why is Eyelash Extension Care Important?

To prevent possible eye irritation or infections – if you do not take care of your eyelash extensions properly it can lead to possible irritation and eye infections.
Lash health – If you do not take care of your eyelash extensions properly this can hinder the growth of new eyelashes.
They will look better longer – taking care of your eyelash extensions will increase their overall longevity.

Steps and Tips for Eyelash Extension Care

It’s crucial to keep your set dry for the first 48 hours. After the 48-hour mark, wash your eyelash extensions. If you don’t wash your eyelash extensions after 48 hours residue will build upon your lash line potentially leading to an eye infection.

When washing your eyelash extensions make sure to use a special eyelash extension solution or distilled water. Wash them with a soft bristle brush. Let the water from your shower run down over your face and eyes.

Eyelash Extension Fills

When should you get your eyelash extensions filled? We recommend that you get your lashes filled every 2-4 weeks. The timing may be different depending on factors such as:

The amount of lashes applied
The maintenance of your lashes
Your lash cycle and how fast your eyelashes grow

Inform us if anything has changed for example, if you’d like to upgrade to a thicker set etc.
Avoid coming in with heavy makeup so we can apply extensions to a clean face

Interested in booking an appointment? Contact us today!

Healthy Hair Habits

March 11, 2022 by admin

As professional stylists, we love to see clients experiment with their looks. Although we strive to accommodate our client’s hair goals, it’s our responsibility to prioritize the health of their hair. To get the most out of your hair-styling journey, your hair must begin with a strong foundation that can handle coloring, cuts, and styling!

A healthy hair regimen is essential to maintain the integrity of your strands and open options for any styling goals. No two heads are alike, and each comes with a genetic predisposition that can affect the behavior of the hair follicles. As you pick up on healthy hair habits, find ways to make these hair care tips your own!

Cleansing

Our scalp is one of the most important systems in the life cycle of a hair follicle. This is where the roots sit and what continues to feed brand new hair out of the head. Healthy hair comes from a healthy scalp and cleansing the scalp is important to promote strong hair growth.

When washing your hair concentrate your suds on the scalp where most of the buildup of dirt, oil, and dead skin is sitting. Due to shampoos’ strong stripping power, it’s important to refrain from over washing. Washing more than needed strips the hair of its natural oils that the roots need to thrive. When it comes to washing, go for a shampoo that is free from harmful chemicals like sulfates, parabens, or the many other chemicals commonly found in popular shampoo brands.

Moisturizing

Like a growing plant, hair needs moisture to thrive. Conditioner can not only be used moisturize but it also doubles as a gentle cleanser. If you need a refresh but recently washed, you can use conditioner on the scalp to break down dirt and oil.

When using conditioner to moisturize, focus the product at the end of the hair. The ends of the hair are the most fragile as they are the oldest. This hair is the driest and needs the most attention when it comes to moisture. Use a quality conditioner with ingredients that support your hair type and let it sit for 2-3 minutes to ensure the product penetrates the hair shaft. Beauty Lounge RI offers various hair treatments to deep condition the hair leaving your hair feeling brand new.

Diet

You are what you eat, and this is true for hair health. Diet is a crucial part of maintaining strong, healthy hair. Fueling your body with the nutrients it needs will help retain and continue to produce healthy, shiny hair. Vitamins like iron, B6, Folic Acid, B12, and more help support hair growth and health.

Heat

Like skin, the hair also needs to be protected by heat damage and harmful UV rays. If you use heat tools to style your hair daily and wonder why your natural hair is not satisfying you, it is most likely because your strands are fried from the constant heat damage. This damage is often irreversible and will need to be cut off. Using less heat on your hair will yield stronger smoother strands. If you do put heat on your hair, use a quality heat protectant to shield your hair.

Indirect heat can also be damaging to your hair. Harsh UV rays from the sun can cause heat damage to your hair and scalp. Getting a sunburn on your scalp affects the layer of skin that houses the roots of the hair follicles, which can cause damage to growing roots. To protect your hair and scalp, apply sunscreen to both areas or wear a hat to protect against the intense UV rays.

Preventing Breakage

If you are having trouble growing hair, it’s most likely not an issue of producing hair, but the issue of retaining it. Hair follicles come from the roots of the scalp, and with proper hair care and diet, hair grows about a ½ an inch on average each month. If your hair is always growing, then why don’t you see growth? This is because as your hair grows, it can be simultaneously breaking off at the ends. Being that our ends are the most fragile, they are prone to breakage from everyday styling tools.

Your brush can be breaking your hair if it’s not designed for your hair type. Most brushes are made from plastic, wood, or rubber, and all these mediums can be rough on the hair shaft. Getting a brush that goes with the grain of your hair is the best for preventing breakage. For a gentle detangling tool, use a wide took comb or finger detangling to support hair retention.

Other tools like elastic bands and towels for drying should be replaced with more gentle options. Invest in plastic and metal-free hair ties when styling your hair to ensure there is no excessive pulling or ripping of the hair. Instead of drying your hair with a towel, which is made with fibers that are rough on the hair, use a cotton tee shirt that does not pull on the hair and leaves your hair frizz-free.

Have you ever effortlessly combed through your hair and as you approach the ends it turns rough and tough to comb through? You need a trim! Trims are essential for all hair types. As your hair grows, it’s important to regularly trim your damaged ends. The ends of the hair are usually festered with dry and brittle split ends. Split ends can lead to huge amounts of breakage that travel up to the root. Trims are essential in getting rid of dead, damaged, and split ends to make room for new growth.

At Beauty Lounge RI we want to see you in the style of your dreams… but only under the circumstances that your hair is strong enough to uphold the change. A few simple changes in your hair care habits can yield hair that will make it through anything. Avoid DIY styling and chemical processing as that can be contributing to unhealthy hair. Find inspiration and let a professional execute the service and they will ensure your hair’s health is the top priority.

If you are at the beginning of your hair care journey, that’s okay too. Contact us for a consultation, where a hair care professional will discuss the needs of your hair and give you the tools you need to manage it. Visit our website for hours and contact information today!

Hair Contouring

January 18, 2022 by admin

Hairstylists around the world are using the hair contouring method to transform their customers’ look. This low maintenance color will leave your hair looking expensive without the high maintenance upkeep. With the use of highlights and shadows, you can achieve an upscale dimensional hairstyle that shapes your look.

Origin of Contouring

Contouring has been a pioneer in the makeup industry since the last decade. Using a bronzer and a highlighter, contouring is used to make subtle changes to the shape of the face. This revolutionary make-up hack has transformed faces around the world with support from celebrities like Kim Kardashian and A-list makeup artists.

This transformation has inspired a new hairstyle trend, hair contouring. This method uses dark and light shades in the hair to shape the face. This intentionally placed color works to uniquely shape the face giving an illusion of the desired face structure

Shadows and Highlights

The technical process behind this illusion is the intentional placement of shadows and highlights in the hair. This placement is reliant on the organic structure of the client’s face. Although there is no definitive number of face shapes, some facial structures we see are square, round, oval, long, diamond, heart, and rectangle. Identifying your face structure will help you decide if you want to contour to enhance your natural shape or use the shadows and light to change the structure into the shape of your liking.

Oval Face

Let’s use an oval face shape as an example. For the oval shape, the shadow, or the darkest shade in your hair, would be placed towards the roots of the hair by your stylist. The highlight would start at ear level, cascading toward the bottom where it meets at the brightest point tucked under the neck. The more prominent shade is the dark one with a blatant highlight towards the bottom of the hair. This illusion gives the impression there is a lot of blondes, but the placement and intensity of the blonde is what the captivates the human eye while most of the hair is various shades of brown.

Round Face

This method is done the opposite way for a round shape face. The stylist would process the outer layer of the hair from root to tip with the highlight shade. The shadow section would be under the highlight, placed in the inner part of the hair surrounding the neck. A small section of shadow will be placed directly under the front-most pieces of the hair which flows down into the dark hair surrounding the neck. In this style, the most prominent shade is the highlight where the dark shade is layered under.

It’s important to note that in between the shadow shade and highlight there is a blend of shades. This blend consists of browns and blondes that create dimension through the style while the darkest shades and brightest make up the contour.

Hues and Cuts

Although traditional shades in hair contouring are browns and blonde, this technique can be achieved with many colors creating a one-of-a-kind look. Hair contouring can be used with any color if you can identify the brightest and darkest hue of that shade. Hair contouring can be done on all hair lengths and textures. Experimenting with colors and cuts provides an array of unique possibilities.

Transform your look with this intentional hair color. Play with colors, cuts, and shapes to achieve the perfect hair contour for you. Contact a professional stylist a Beauty Lounge RI to achieve this beautiful style today!

Winter Hair Trends

December 20, 2021 by admin

It’s winter, the snow is falling, and winter hair trends are calling! If you’re looking to change up your look and keep the season on your side, then visit Beauty Lounge and try out some of these amazing winter trends that are sure to leave you feeling like an icy queen.

Winter Colors

Silver Fox

An iconic winter hue that has been popular over the last few years is silver! Silver hair can come in all shades and tones of silver or grey. We sometimes even see silver purple or silver-blue shades. To achieve this look it requires a very light start. For example, if you are going from brown to a sliver, it will take a few bleaching sessions to lighten it to the point that the silver will shine through. If you are aiming to complete this process quickly, your hair already must be lightened to a white blonde. All the beautiful brunettes who aim for this there’s nothing to fear. Going to a specialist, like the hairstylists at Beauty Lounge RI, you can absolutely achieve this look in due time. Going to a professional, especially for a look like this is crucial in maintaining healthy hair. Trying this process alone can risk a lot of damage that would take time to come back from.

Icy Blonde

A signature winter color is a blonde, but not any old blonde bombshell, an icy blonde. Using cool tones and bright white highlights produces the perfect icy blonde shade. This brilliant blonde can be achieved through a consistent hair lighting process. Much like the silver, your hair must be lightened in steps to achieve blonde while maintaining the health of your hair. The great thing about an icy blonde style is the vast color scheme that can come from the mix of cool and warm blondes. Not one icy blonde is like the next and the shades are always tailored to best-fit clients.

Ash-blonde is like Icy blonde but is less vibrant and a bit duller for blondies who want the light look but don’t want it to be too bright. Using cool tones of brown, grey, and blonde, are the main contenders when trying to achieve this look. A toner is utilized to strip any warm tones from the hair leaving it to be a cute cool subtle look.

Deep Red

There is something breathtaking about red hair in the wintertime. The contrast of a bold red and the white winter is such an eye-catching moment. If there is any time to try red it’s in the winter. Red is a strong shade that requires less lighting and preparation. There are unlimited options when working with red. If you want something richer in a color you can aim for a deep red, burgundy, or even dark auburn. You can rock a bright ruby red or incorporate red highlights and lowlights to achieve a dimensional red look. It’s important to note, like any of the other shades, red is a commitment. This shade is perfect if you plan on keeping it through the winter months and even into spring. Unlike the blonde, red doesn’t take much to achieve a beautiful shade, but it can take a longer time to completely get the warm tones out when you’re ready to go lighter. Regardless, this process is easily achievable with the right set of professionals behind you.

All these beautiful winter color trends take time to achieve and must be met with patience. With the proper maintenance at home and in the salon, these shades remain long-lasting and leave your hair healthy with a one-of-a-kind flare.

Styles

Our tried-and-true winter hairstyles are still trending this winter. When it comes to cold weather, long locks are favored over short low maintenance styles. Long layers are great for someone who wants to keep their length but wants to add volume or depth. This cut gives clients the length without the blunt, straight cut at the ends. These long layers can be paired with a curtain bang that helps shape the style around the face. Mullets are back in as well. Long mullets are trending right now and have a variety of lengths, layers, and shapes to match your style.

With all of this to your strands, one of the most underrated styles for the winter is protective styles. If you are dying your hair or regularly styling it with heat tools, it’s necessary for your hair to recover from damages. Even if you rarely change your hairstyle or hair routine, protective styles are a must in the winter. Our hair is stronger when it’s together versus in a loose state. The winter months can be very hard on hair, drying it out and leading to breaking and more damage. Using styles like updos, buns, and braids, paired with a leave-in conditioner is essential in the winter months.

Enjoy the winter with a new look and remember to maintain your hair health overall. Professional stylists at the Beauty Lounge will guide you every step of the way. Contact the professional stylist at Beauty Lounge RI to start your winter hair journey today!

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!