Beauty Blog
A step by step walkthrough of a first color appointment at 3rd Coast Salon, written by color specialist Amarii. Covers the consultation, patch and strand tests, how long each service takes, why some goals need more than one session, what to bring, and aftercare timing.
A colorist breaks down single process color and how it handles grey, including the difference between full coverage and blending, when to color roots only, and where a gloss fits in. Single process starts at $100, with final pricing confirmed at consultation.
I get asked this more than anything else in my chair. A client sits down, pulls their ends forward, squints at them, and wants to know how long they can honestly stretch it. The six week rule they heard somewhere...
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Curly hair gets cut wrong more often than any other hair type I see at my chair in River North. Usually it is not a skill problem. Nobody agreed on what the cut was supposed to do before the first...
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Trim timing depends on your goal more than your hair type. Phillip Fowler breaks down intervals for growing length versus holding a shape, what split ends really need, and why a cut collapses as it grows.