Top Tips for Luscious Locks

It’s a rough time of year for you skin and hair. Let us give you some tips on how to keep your hair happy during these frigid temps!

1. don't wash too often - if you have to shower every day, try investing in a co-wash so you don't have to use a shampoo every day. Shampoo is harsher on your hair and strips  healthy oils that your hair needs. Our favourite? Try Restore by Kevin Murphy.

2. condition - did you know when using Kevin Murphy conditioners, you are recommended to leave about 70% of the conditioner in your hair? This allows it to act as a treatment as well!

3. Invest in a serum. - young again serum is liquid gold. We've seen it transform fried bleached hair. Use on wet and dry hair, fresh out of the shower to a touch on the ends to complete a styled look!

4. brush your hair. - using a wide tooth comb or a nice brush, comb through your hair. This will naturally disperse your oils to condition your hair. When you don't brush, the oils will build up at your root making it seem like you need to wash again! We carry all sorts of brushes and combs for your picking.

5. Get the occasional trim. - The point of our clean up service is to keep your ends looking fresh. $10 gets you a 15 minute dry trim to help you out with all your split end needs. Book a clean up today!

If you have any questions for your specific hair needs, do not hesitate to call us! 204-414-9023.

-freshair

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the fresh perspective...

Protect Yourself. Summer is officially here!  What are your plans to keep the sun from frying you up?  It's one thing to protect your skin, but what about your hair?  I recommend thing likes hats or scarves.  Anything to keep your hair from the sun's rays especially before 1 in the afternoon (the sun's heat is more damaging in the morning than in the afternoon).

Don't forget to protect your locks with products that contain SPF.  We have a variety of products that can protect your hair.  Kevin Murphy is stocked with young again, anti-gravity, damage manager, and hair resort spray.  One of these should be able to take care of your lovely locks.

So while you're out in the sun soaking it up, protect your skin AND your hair! That's the fresh perspective...

the fresh perspective...

DRY TIMES...

We have about 3 more months of the cold before we can look forward to the humidity, sweat, and mosquitoes!  How much more static can you take?!  With the on-and-off of toques and the constant friction of scarves, our hairs are suffering...

Cue the masques, and the treatments!  This time of year we could all benefit from extra conditioning.  Our skin, our hair, our lips, our hair, our bodies, our hair....  A deep treatment/masque might be all you need to cure your hair's thirst.  Weekly masques coupled with a treatment spray/oil can help moisturize your dry ends, and take care of the static.

Don't let the price of a treatment scare you off.  You don't need much, and if you use it properly you'll find that you'll use less of your other products as well.  You'll need less shampoo and conditioner, and probably less styling products.  Healthier hair tends to be easier and shinier and more cooperative.

For this cold season, we're offering masques as an add-on for $5 with any hair service.  And in my humble opinion, this is a great deal because treatments usually start at $15!  We want you to try one so you can see and FEEL the benefits.  Ask your stylist for any suggestions that they can give you for the dryness and static state your hair might be in.  If you come to our shop, remind your stylist that you would like to try the treatment special for this season.  Trust me, you won't regret it.  That's the fresh perspective...

Renée's Aesthetic

TOP SHELF

Here are my three favorite products of the moment.  I simply cannot live without them.

We all have our go-to hair and makeup products.  Finding those right ones can be a bit of a process.  You need products that aren't only high quality, but work for your skin and hair type specifically (everyone's are different.)

1. KEVIN MURPHY- Young Again (hair serum)

This serum is AMAZING.  I've been dying my hair for at least 13 years, so you can only imagine how dry and brittle it can get.  Ever since we've started carrying Kevin Murphy products at my salon, I've been addicted to this one.  I usually put about two pumps in my hair after I get out of the shower, and throw in an extra pump every other day when my hair is dry.  It's never felt so smooth without feeling greasy.

2. PURE ANADA- Black Mascara

We've recently just started carrying this mascara at work, but 90% of us are already hooked.  Our eyes are incredibly important, so we should treat them well.  Makeup can be quite harmful, but finding natural makeup, including mascara, that actually works can be difficult.  Pure Anada's mascara is naturally paraben-free, gluten-free, and mercury-free.  Not only that, but it does a fantastic job of adding the appearance of length and volume to your natural set of lashes.  What more could you ask for?

3. MAILIE- Koke'e Body Polish

This body scrub is the perfect balance of grit and oil.  The organic sugar makes it gentle enough to use over your entire body (minus your face) yet does the trick of sloughing off all those dead skin cells.  Meanwhile the combination of organic jojoba, sunflower, castor, and extra virgin coconut oil create the perfect amount of moisture that skin lacks, with a scent that is to die for.

Those are three products that I would recommend anyone giving a fair shot.  What are your top three??

-né xo

magic monday - bag lady

CHRISTIEManager / Display Master

Christie somehow manages to manage us unmanageables. She's the very picture of grace, and can often be found dancing about the salon.

Christie made this backpack! You can buy them (and much more) through For You, Me & Us

Here’s what we found inside:

01 vintage lipstick holder 02 MAC lipstick - impassioned 03 Herbacin Kamille hand cream 04 **Malie Koke'e perfume oil 05 35mm film 06 **Priti NYC polish - american beauty 07 lipstick print compact - gift 08 keys - handmade keychain 09 **bobby pins (30 pins for 3.50) 10 Fort Garry Hotel matchbook 11 for you, me & us business cards 12 GREAT IDEAS notebook 13 vintage scarf 14 Triple C portable speaker 15 **Kevin Murphy Powder Puff 16 **Cleopatra combs 17 True History of the Kelly Gang - Peter Carey 18 Essie Polish - maximillian strasse her 19 antique cigarette case 20 **anj couture rose bobby pin

Find any of the starred items above in our boutique! We have one final bag lady coming up soon, so come back next week for a peek inside Andrée's bag!

happy monday!! xxo pascale