Although school bells begin calling students back to their classrooms early this month, summer is not yet over, and neither is the need to optimize your hair care regimen.
Renee Hadyka, owner of Salon 480, provides some great tips for keeping the sunlight and heat from damaging your tresses and discusses some new products and styling trends for the fall.
As we strive to get back into specific routines in the coming months, consider the following tips, tricks and trends to raise the way you care for your hair to a new level of optimum beauty and health.
H20 THERAPY
No matter what your hair type, there is a single common denominator for keeping your tresses happy and healthy this summer — water! Drink plenty of it!
I know, you’ve heard it a million times before, but the benefits of H20 reach far beyond quenching thirst and preventing dehydration during these scorching summer months. It is the absolute single most important ingredient to maintain your hair’s shine and good health.
And why wouldn’t we want to protect and care for our tresses? As part of our bodies’ integumentary system, our hair works behind the scenes to protect us from the elements of the environment — bacteria, pollution, and UV rays from the sun.
Too often, we wash, style, and color our hair, expecting it to provide that great-hair-day on everyday demand. But essential care (such as reducing stress levels, limiting the amount of heat you put on your hair and drinking enough water) is often overshadowed by the emphasis we place in other areas of our bodies, like nutrition and exercise.
SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT
Besides an incredible special Back-to-School offer of $5 off a haircut for students, parents and teachers, Salon 480 encourages your visit in order to look and feel your best as we continue to find ways to beat-the-heat.
“It is important to get haircuts/trims regularly to reduce the damage that cause split ends and helps hair grow healthier,” says Renee. “During the summer months especially, pool chlorine weakens and strips your hair of its natural oils. And being in the sunlight, for as little as eight minutes, can have detrimental impact, making hair weak, frizzy and brittle. Sunlight also makes your hair less shiny and dull looking, so it’s important to refresh your color.”
PUREOLOGY
Studio 480 has introduced a new line of product called Pureology, which they now use and sell at the salon. Along with Redken, a continued customer preference, the new line has proven dynamic in performance. The new product line is zero sulfate, 100 percent vegan, never tested on animals, and mineral oil and paraben free. These products are highly concentrated (so a little goes a long way), making them an instant favorite!
The color-care products have an incorporated antifade complex formulated to protect color vibrancy with a UV filter to help fight color-depleting environmental effects. Renee describes Pureology as a thoughtful company because of the care they place on the environment through sustainability and their use of post-recycle materials.
Looking for a way to spoil your summer-neglected hair? Studio 480 utilizes Keratin Smoothing Complex to eliminate frizz, increase manageability, repair damage from elements and leave hair noticeably softer and shinier. “It’s a perfect summer treatment,” Renee commented.
TWO TIPS FROM THE PROFESSIONALS
Wear a hat! Along with preventing damage to your hair, you’ll also be preventing damage to your skin — and your dermatologist will be happy.
Your stylist can see the detrimental effects of summer on your hair and head. “Every summer I see clients with sunburnt scalps and new discolorations or moles,” said Renee.
“Also, skip the hot tools whenever possible and use a good leave-in conditioner, like Redken’s One United, or Pureology’s Color Fanatic 21, two products great for helping keep hair healthy and manageable.”
HAIRSTYLE TRENDS FOR FALL 2021
Believe it or not, popular trends for this season are curtain bangs (the slightly overgrown bang style of the 90s teen band members), long layers, body wave perms for men and women (who could forget that identifiable smell), mullets (1980s comeback featuring a cut that is shorter in the front than the back), shags, and COVID cuts.
To attempt to erase all recollections of the 2020 pandemic, lots of people are visiting the salon to have six inches or more cut from their hair.
“I think people want to get rid of their COVID hair and start living life normally again. We have also been doing a lot of color corrections lately. People were using box color on their hair during the pandemic and now want to correct their color,” said Renee.
The stylists at Salon 480 have maintained the constant sanitization procedures associated with the pandemic and
respect the feelings and expectations of each client. Masks are optional, but not required.
You can find Studio 480 at 6655 E. McDowell Road, Suite 105, Mesa. Contact them at (480) 985-2369.