Michael's Salon and Spa

Tuesday, November 08, 2011

In this week’s How-To- Video James from the Michael’s Salon and Spa Design Team will be demonstrating how to style the trendy faux hawk. The faux hawk is a short, popular hairstyle that can be worn by both males and females. This look has been seen on many celebrities and fashion icons such as David Beckham, Adam Lambert, Pink and Rihanna. Watch this video for tips and tricks on how to create the perfect faux hawk look!

Salon Tools Needed:

Aquage Sea Salt Texturizing Spray
Osis Grip Mousse
Hair Dryer
Flat Iron
Aquage Transforming Paste
Osis Freeze Hairspray

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11/8/2011 7:33 AM Eastern Standard Time

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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

How To Tuesday Video: Curling with a Flat Iron

How To Tuesday videos are back! Check Michael's Beauty Blog weekly for a new video featuring Michael's beauty team demonstrating the techniques they use everyday when getting ready in the morning. There's nothing more frustrating than not being able to recreate your salon look at home, so we're going to do our best to show you some secret tips and techniques so you can have a salon look everyday!

How to Curl Hair with a Flat Iron

In our last video, Sheena demonstrated how to crimp your hair with a flat iron. This week, Brooke's taking it a step further to show how to CURL with a straightening iron. Sound like an oxymoron? Watch the video to see how it's done:

Video: How To Curl Hair with a Flat Iron

To recap, here are some of Brooke's tips:

Brooke preps her hair with Michael's Styling Creme before blow drying to give her hair more texture and hold
This look is good for the day(s) between shampoos. The build up in your hair can help hold the curls, and prevent fly-aways
Always use a thermal protectant spray to protect your hair from heat damage
Brooke used a 1.5 inch wide flat iron - the size of your straightening iron determines the tightness/looseness of your curls
Section off your hair and start on the bottom layer and work your way up, one side at a time
In small sections, start the flat iron at your root, turn the flat iron, and pull it all the way to your ends
Brooke curls her hair toward her face, but you can alternate in and out for a different look
For the back, Brooke pulls the pieces toward the front to make it easier to control
Once your hair is curled, take a look to make sure you didn't miss any pieces
Use a dime-sized amount of Michael's Texture Taffy to give your curls separation and texture
Finish with a flexible-hold hairspray

What do you think? Is this a look you will try? If you have any styling tips or beauty techniques you would like to see, please let us know! You can leave a comment here on our blog, or on Facebook or Twitter !

3/29/2011 12:49 PM Eastern Standard Time

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Tuesday, March 08, 2011

How To Tuesday Video: Flat Iron Crimping

How To Tuesday videos are back! Check Michael's Beauty Blog weekly for a new video featuring Michael's beauty team demonstrating the techniques our they use everyday when getting ready in the morning. There's nothing more frustrating than not being able to recreate your salon look at home, so we're going to do our best to show you some secret tips and techniques so you can have a salon look everyday!

How to Crimp Your Hair with a Flat Iron

This week's video features Sheena demonstrating how to crimp your hair with a flat iron to create messy, beachy waves.

Video: How To Crimp Your Hair with a Flat Iron

To recap, here are some of Sheena's tips:

Sheena preps by blow drying her hair up-side-down to create as much volume as possible
Part your hair into one-inch sections
Starting at the root, slide your flat iron down the section, flipping it over and under to create a zig-zag wave
Always end "under" so you don't have harsh edges on your style
Squeeze your flat iron tight to get more definition in your waves
Sheena twists her bangs to the side and pins them with a stylish clip
You can vary the look by parting your hair in larger or smaller sections

If you have any styling tips or beauty techniques you would like to see, please let us know! You can leave a comment here on our blog, or on Facebook or Twitter !

3/8/2011 3:00 PM Eastern Standard Time

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Thursday, March 25, 2010

How To: Style Medium-length Hair

It's How To Tuesday again at Michael's! Do you have problems recreating your salon look at home? Michael's Salon is putting together a new how to video each week to teach you how to style your hair at home. But here's the difference: our designers are demonstrating the styles on themselves!

This week we have a how-to and a demonstration. Kristen received a Keratin Complex Smoothing Therapy treatment one week prior to taping this how to. Before she got the Keratin treatment, we taped her going through the same process of blow-drying and flat-ironing her hair, so we can show you how much time she saves after getting the Keratin treatment. If you want to learn more about Keratin Complex Smoothing Therapy, visit the Coppola website, and check out our previous blogs about this revolutionary treatment.

So here is Kristen, to tell you more about the Keratin treatment, and to show you how to blow dry and flat iron medium length hair for a sleek, smooth style:

This video is longer than most of our how to videos, but that's because we didn't want anyone to say that we just cut out part of the blow dry or flat iron process. Normally we cut out parts of the video that repeat themselves to shorten the time. Kristen still had 5 more minutes of styling left in the 'before' video, and that time includes explaining the process and products! If you compare JUST the styling times (not talking in between), before the Keratin, it took her 14 minutes from wet to set. After Keratin, Kristen only needs 5.5 minutes to blow dry AND flat iron. As a mother of two working full time, Kristen needs all the extra time she can get in the morning!

Kristen washed her hair with Sebastian Volupt shampoo and conditioner. Combined with the Volupt spray, Sebastian says it adds 75% more volume to the hair. While her hair was still wet, she also used the Silkening Oil Treatment by Aquage -follow the links for more info on each product. Kristen protects her hair from the flat iron with Sebastian's Trilliant Shine Spray and Thermal Protectant.

As always, please let us know what you think. If there is a technique you would like to see featured, give us some feedback! Leave a comment here on our blog, or on Facebook or Twitter.

3/25/2010 3:56 PM Eastern Standard Time

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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Keratin Complex Smoothing Therapy now available at Michael's Salon

Have you ever wished that your hair was more manageable? Softer? Smoother? Shinier? Keratin Complex Smoothing Therapy by COPPOLA is the answer - and it's available in Dayton, Ohio at Michael's Salon & Spa.

The above picture is of Michael's designer Brooke, who was frustrated with her frizzy, hard to manage hair. Here's what she had to say after receiving the Keratin Smoothing Treatment:

"I will get this done for the rest of my life! I love how smooth it makes my hair, and it takes me less than half the time to style my hair. I barely flat iron at all now - just to shape the ends."

This revolutionary smoothing system infuses Keratin deep into the hair cuticle, eliminating up to 95% of frizz and curl, leaving hair smooth, shiny and luxurious.

Keratin Complex Smoothing Therapy is gentle enough to use on all hair types: color treated, chemically processed, bleached or highlighted. It is available at Michael's Salon - Call 435-4701 to schedule your consultation today.

Here are more before and after photos taken by our designers at their Keratin training class:

Want a FREE Keratin Complex Smoothing Treatment? Send us your photo along with a paragraph about why you need the Keratin treatment, and we will select one lucky winner to receive a FREE smoothing treatment! Email your submissions to cindy@mediagrouponline.com.

We will take before and after photos of our lucky winner, and follow up here with his/her story. Entrants must be willing to participate in our follow up blogs. By submitting your materials, you agree that Michael's Salon can use the materials in online promotions. Please contact cindy@mediagrouponline.com with any questions about the contest. No purchase necessary.

Winner will be announced February 1, 2010.

1/13/2010 12:34 PM Eastern Standard Time

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Tuesday, January 05, 2010

How-To Tuesday: How to Style Short Hair

New in 2010 at Michael's Salon, we will feature How-To Tuesdays. Women in Dayton - heck women around the world - are frustrated when they can't reproduce their salon look at home. So to combat this problem, we will produce a weekly video starring one of our designers demonstrating how they style their OWN hair! Sure, it's easy to understand what your stylist is teaching you when you're in a chair in front of them and they have two free hands... but it gets a little more difficult when you're solo in front of the mirror.

Our first brave designer is Tonya Verhoff, who has been at Michael's for many years and is known for her cute and stylish short hair. In this video, Tonya will show you how she gets her short hair just right:

Ladies, don't be intimidated by the steps to achieve this look! If you pay attention to the clock behind her, you see that it took Tonya less than 20 minutes from wet to set.

To recap, here are some of Tonya's Tips:

Tonya uses Styling Creme by Michael's when her hair is wet, applying from root to tip.
When blow drying, begin by finger-drying your hair until it's 80% dry and then use a round brush to add body.
If you use good products and a good flat-iron, you should only have to pass it through your hair once. More than once and you will burn and damage your hair.
Tonya uses Beyond Shine by Aquage to protect her hair from heat damage.
To finish her look, Tonya uses Michael's Shine It paste to give her hair flexible hold that's not too sticky.

If you have any styling or beauty tips that you would like featured, please let us know! And let us know what you think about our new video series - comments are always welcome :)