A number of years ago, I worked in a salon where we had product sales quotas. That is, of course, no longer the case, and there is a number of reasons as to why. I distinctly remember the turning point. I was selling shampoo to a client, when she turned over the bottle and looked [...]

The holiday season is in full swing, and that means you have likely been invited to a party or two. This is the perfect time to create a different for your hair! It is possible to have fun with your hair without it looking overdone. There are lots of advantages to having a hair professional [...]

True ombré color is done by lightening underneath or side parts of the hair and coloring anywhere from a subtle change to as dramatic you want it to be. The lighter hair is from the mid to ends of the hair and not the top near the part line. What it isn’t, is letting your [...]

PPD, OR Paraphenylenediamime, is most often found in darker permanent hair color – hair color that needs to be mixed with a developer. It is also found in temporary tattoos, dark colored cosmetics and many other household chemical products. You can and ought to do a patch test before you color your hair for the [...]

Damaged hair. Yuk. You don’t like the way it looks after the summer sun, wind, salt and chlorine, and you do want your hair to be healthy, pretty, well groomed, shiny, full of life and body and a beautiful color, right? Most of this has to do with correct moisture and protein levels in the [...]

So it’s summer. You have a party to go to, and they’re having it outside. Hair up, check. Cool fabric sundress, check. Open, comfortable sandals, check. Now, how what about my face? Makeup in the summer doesn’t have to melt off! Lighter application, sure, but no application? Not for me! Mineral powder to the rescue! [...]

So most of you know that I have a penchant for researching clean products and clean ingredients. I love to see what’s in a product and why it works. Several years ago people I worked with and myself started hearing about a group of products called keratin smoothing treatments that would smooth the hair, get [...]

The heat and humidity can be brutal for everyone… especially those who battle frizzy hair on a daily basis. If you fight frizzy hair, a Keratin treatment will change your life! This clean, healthy, no fume hair smoothing treatments by Your Grooming Guru is now 20% off, so don’t fight your hair… love it!

Well it’s been a while!! In thinking what to write about,I was going on to the blog page for DR. Jeremy Rutledge, our new seated pastor for Circular Church, coming to Charleston in April. He is a fabulous writer and was writing about a video clip from the old movie, Holiday, starring Cary Grant and [...]