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Eco Chic Discovers Organic Hair Color

Eco Chic Discovers Organic Hair Color
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Lane Kennedy, San Francisco, eco Chic discovers organic hair color at the Fire Horse Salon with Rebeccah! She is instantly impressed by the complete absence of the foul order of ammonia and scalp irritation. After noting that the color has no ammonia, thioglycolates, sodium Lauryl sulfates, plastics, or parabens. She concludes that the fabulous color leaves her hair healthy and beautiful and that the color lasts much longer!  We support any media outlet that shines light on the dangers of chemical-based salon products.

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Advanced Hair Color Techniques

Advanced Hair Color Techniques
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Today’s hair colorist has to be more than just a stylist who also does color.  The specific creative demands from clients, coupled with the increasing concern over the toxins found in the ingredients of hair color products, has created a heightened demand for specialized skill and knowledge of advanced hair color techniques.  If you’re a salon professional specializing in color, you have already felt the pressure to constantly be improving your skill and training.  This pressure, as well as the opportunity for growth, will no doubt continue in the future.

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7 Steps to Salon Retail Success

7 Steps to Salon Retail Success
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1 – Find a range of products that you believe in. It’s essential that you choose products that you truly believe are the best for your clients. Having a line of products free from sulfates, plastics, and preservatives is a great place to start. Products such as the Organic Care Systems range that contain certified organic ingredients are even better.

2 – Location, Location, Location. Where you locate your retail products within the salon is essential and can make all the difference. Ideally, they should be at the front of the salon, near the reception and, if possible, on the right hand side. People are naturally inclined to go to the right. If you are limited for space, consider using your window area for retail with labels clearly visible from outside. You can also use point of sale material and special promotions to draw people through your door.

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2011 Salon Business Trends

2011 Salon Business Trends
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Any salon professional, stylist, colorist, or salon owner who has weathered the storm of the salon industry over the last couple of years can tell you one thing for certain; the industry has changed.  If you want to be a successful salon professional in 2011 you have to be intimately familiar and fully understand the top 5 trends that will have a profound impact on the salon industry in 2011.

Click Here to Read About the Hottest Salon Trends for upcoming 2012!

 

1. Big Beauty is a Big Liability for Salons
In 2011 salon owners are quickly learning about how important it is to maintain their independence. Click here to see what drastic changes companies like Este Lauder, L’Oreal, and Proctor & Gamble have in store for their salons in 2012! Restrictive policies by Big Beauty companies makes the independent creative hair colorist that more valuable.

In 2011, salon professionals will learn that only transparent niche boutique brands will serve to enhance their image and reputation.  Big beauty brands will only increase the skepticism of their already untrusting clientele.

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Trends in Hair Color for Fall

Trends in Hair Color for Fall
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This season the color trends are darker, cooler shades like charcoal, sultry chocolates and burnt woods. The look is very street, very New York City with a slightly masculine edge that maintains its sexiness.  Ashley Olsen and Jessica Biel have opted for this bold look for fall, leaving their blonde tresses behind.  Brunettes should be dark, and solid and for those redheads out there fiery, deep shades of red are what we’ll be seeing on the runways.

Complementing the color are hair cuts that are about creating space, shape on shape, we’re seeing a lot of undercutting and plays on texture. Shine and frizz, undone yet polished. The cuts are about movement, but instead of flow it’s about swing.

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Handling hair that is breaking down from bleach or chemical color

Handling hair that is breaking down from bleach or chemical color
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We always recommend that our clients use Organic Color Systems color or Naturlite Lightening Powder when treating their client’s hair.  However, we understand that our suggestions are not always followed and some of our salon clients may use other treatments.  Bleaching or harsh chemical treatments work by penetrating the cuticle and breaking down the melanin and can cause the hair to become porous, dry, brittle, and degrade or break down during treatment.  This can cause a salon disaster with your client’s hair but not all hope is lost.

If the hair is breaking down with these chemicals, do not rinse them off. Organic Color Systems Revamp is your solution. Revamp Treatment may be used with these products still on the hair. Just follow these easy steps:

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Treating Over Processed Hair

Treating Over Processed Hair
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Whether it was a bad chemical treatment from their previous colorist, heavy use of a curling iron, or too many products, you may find that many of your clients have over-processed hair. No matter how bad the damage is, don’t send them hat shopping just yet. Organic Color Systems has treatments that will revive, rejuvenate, and nourish your client’s overprocessed hair to provide luscious, rich, healthy results. Here’s how.

Over processed hair is often brittle, fragile, and dry almost like wool. This is primarily means two things: (1) the hair has been robbed of its natural essential oils and proteins; and (2) the cuticle of the hair has been damaged by either exposure to chemical treatment of severe lack of hydration. The key is to restore these elements and repair the cuticle thereby returning the stretch, body, and softness to the hair.

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New and Improved Status Quo

New and Improved Status Quo
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Following on from customer feedback and as part of our continual development process we have introduced a new and improved formulation for our Status Quo shampoo, to make it lighter for every day use.

Our new formula contains a 100% natural fragrance. Disodium EDTA has been replaced with Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate which is derived from sugar, molasses, corn and rice and it is more readily biodegradable than Disodium EDTA.

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New and Improved Naturlite Lightening Powder

New and Improved Naturlite Lightening Powder
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As part of our continual development process we have decided to introduce a new and improved Naturlite Lightening Powder.   This lightening powder has been quite well received and provides improvements that have been requested several times by our salon clients over the last couple of years.  The new product still provides all of the great qualities including the ability for salon professionals to do on-scalp lightening.

The key benefits to the product are:

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Brazilian Blowout has Dangerously High Levels of Formaldehyde According to Recent Government Report

Brazilian Blowout has Dangerously High Levels of Formaldehyde According to Recent Government Report
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Salons across the United States and Canada are now wondering what to do with the expensive product purchased from Brazilian Blowout which the government has issues a warning that salon may need to put proper hazardous chemical precautions in place which may be impractical for most salons. The Brazilian Blowout company has not publicly agreed to returns or refunds and its probably too early to accurately assess the legal liability salons may face by continuing to use this product on their clients. This incident has left salon professionals in a very bad situation as keratin treatments are often among the highest priced services they offer.

Government issues “cease” warning to salons.A couple of days ago, a state government agency report revealing that the popular Brazilian Blowout product, which advertises itself as being “formaldehyde Free”, actually contains potentially dangerously high concentration of formaldehyde and OSHA’s COERT has issued an official warning to salons on their website.

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