Hair Color
There are five main options when it comes to hair color:
- Tonal Change: This is a demi-permanent color that will last four to six weeks. This color is gentler on hair because it has no ammonia. It's a great was to try being a redhead or some other color you want to test. You can go darker than your natural color, but not lighter.What's the difference between a tonal change and a total change? "It's like pantyhose versus tights," Jim says.
- Highlights: Good highlights should look like your hair was kissed by the sun (Frosting, on the other hand, looks like your hair was "struck by lightning.") Jim says you can go for a chunky color or a fine weave, noting that a fine weave is best for more mature women. "Placement is key," he says. "You want lighter color around the face."
- Highlights and lowlights: This is great for clients who have thinner, finer hair or who are starting to go gray. It can help soften the gray so there's not as much of a contrast, and it adds a lot of dimension to all types of hair. It's also a good idea to get some lowlights if you've been highlighting your hair for a while.
- Gray blending: This is great if you have 25 to 35 percent scattered gray hair. Basically you can blend it in with demi-permanent hair color. (Once you're 50 percent gray you need to do something else.) "It can take five to seven years off your age," Jim says. "And the growout is softer." Often, the reaction to this treatment is, "Your hair looks great, but I can't tell what you've done."
- Gray coverage: This is 100 percent coverage. Basically you are coloring all of your hair, and there will be a distinct line of new growth. Other options include gray coverage with highlights or gray coverage with highlights and lowlights (the most expensive.)
Re-texturizing or straightening Hair
Japanese smoothing treatments and Brazilian Blowouts are the big buzz right now. "These are amazing if you have frizz or curl," Jim says. A little bit about the two main types:
- Brazilian Keratin Treatments: This is a topical treatment that lays on the outside of the hair shaft. It's flat ironed into the hair with a 450 degree flat iron. His salon offers three options: one that lasts four to six weeks for $95, one that lasts two to three months that starts at $300 and one that lasts four to five months that starts at $350. These don't last as long if you sweat a lot or swim in the ocean or pool frequently.
- Japanese treatments: These are treatments that change the internal structure of the hair (like a perm). They can either get rid of frizz or they can get rid of frizz and curl. His salon offers three different strengths. They often last six to eight months depending on regrowth. A smoothing treatment, which eliminates frizz only, starts at $350. A straightening treatment, which eliminates curl,starts at $550. These require a 72-hour down time of no shampooing.
Top tips from the evening
Here are a few of their tips on different topics:
- To prevent chlorine from messing up your color or turning your child's blonde hair green, GET YOUR HAIR WET BEFORE YOU GET IN THE WATER, even by spraying it with a water bottle. If you do that, it won't absorb as much chlorine. Also use a chelating or clarifying shampoo.
- Don't shampoo every day. Taylor and Jim say every other day is OK, or longer if your hair isn't oily. Taylor says her hair is very fine so she tries to shampoo only once or twice a week. Use dry shampoo on the off days.
- How to stop coloring their hair and "go gray: Silver white is hard to create, so Jim's best advice is to stand it as long as you can and then cut it off. Taylor notes that on some of her clients, she starts lightning up their amount of color in advance so the line is more gradual.
- Try a product for at least 4 to 6 weeks before using something new. It takes that long for your hair to acclimate and for it to start to work, Taylor says.
Escape Hair & Skin Studio is located at 1440 South Tryon Street in South End. You can read more about the salon at www.welcome2escape.com.
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