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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 01, 2011

How To Tuesday Video: Round Brush Blow Out

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 stylists 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!

Round Brush Blow Out

This week's video features Katie demonstrating how she round brushes her angled bob haircut to get lots of volume.

Video: How To: Round Brush Blow Out

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

Finger-dry your hair until it's 80% dry, and then start round brushing
Clip your hair out of the way to start round brushing your bottom layer and work your way up
Round brush one section at a time, and hit the cool button on your dryer to allow your hair to cool before removing your brush
Work in small sections for the best results
At your crown, brush your hair back at about halfway up your part - if you follow the part all the way back it will look flat.
Use a good hairspray to hold your look

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!

3/1/2011 3:21 PM Eastern Standard Time

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Thursday, September 30, 2010

Dayton Young Professional Makeover at Michael's Salon

At last - the long-awaited makeover photos of Shana, our Young Professional makeover winner!

Before and After: Shana's Young Professional Makeover

With the help of Generation Dayton, the dynamic networking group for Young Professionals in the Dayton region, Michael's sought out young professionals who would be willing to put their trust in the hands of our talented beauty professionals for a beauty makeover. We had a great response, but one nomination really stood out.

By day Shana Douglas is Marketing Director at Sunbelt of Miami Valley, by night, she is a social media extraordinaire, volunteering her time and expertise to such organizations as the March of Dimes, Dayton AMA, Greater Dayton Advertising Association, and more. She is very active and involved in the Dayton community and online (she's @ShanaDouglas if you're on Twitter).

"I nominate myself... solely because I don't have time to take care of myself like I'd like to! Between a full-time job, consulting and numerous volunteer roles, there's little time left for beauty."

Hairstyle Info:
Tonya worked with Shana to find a hairstyle that suits Shana's professional-by-day/"rowdy chucks and heels wearing diva by night" personality.

Professional Day Look | Sassy Night Style

First, Tonya chose to darken Shana's hair with a rich chocolate color to bring out her blue eyes and skin tone. Shana wanted some red highlights to add some fun to her look so Tonya added some chunky red highlights around her face. For the cut, Shana needed to be able to cover up a tattoo on the back of her neck, so Tonya went with a shag hairstyle with lots of face framing layers. Tonya tapered Shana's hair at the crown to add volume and lift. Paula used neutral brown colors for Shana's makeup to compliment her eyes.

To mix it up for a night look, Tonya pulled Shana's hair into a trendy side ponytail - a messy look with lots of pieces around her face. Courtney then amped up Shana's makeup by giving her a smoky eye.

If you want to see more photos of Shana's makeover, there are more on Michael's Facebook page. What do you think of Shana's new look? Are you ready to make a change?

Credits:
Hair by Tonya Verhoff, Makeup by Paula Piersall & Courtney Collins
Photography by Cynthia DeVelvis, Media Group @ Michael's

Tonya | Paula | Courtney

9/30/2010 1:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time

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Friday, June 11, 2010

Michael's Salon and Spa, Dayton - Over 40 Makeover: Karin

Model: Karin Lauterbach
Hair: Dennis Milburn
Makeup: Paula Piersall
Photo: Cynthia Develvis, Media Group @ Michael's

Karin just turned 40 and was ready for a change. Dennis got to work first by giving Karin a Keratin Complex smoothing treatment. This treatment made Karin's hair smoother and took away the frizz. Karin was surprised that she "can still wear it curly," unlike many traditional relaxers.

Next, Dennis added permanent color to lighten Karin's natural tones and added subtle highlights. He cut her hair to shoulder length and softened her look with face-framing layers.

To style, Dennis used Fortifying Ultra Gel by Aquage, then blew it dry with a round brush to add lift and volume. He used Working Spray to hold Karin's style. Dennis warned Karin not to use a flat iron to straighten her hair - "you'll lose all of your volume."

Hair by Dennis Makeup by Paula

Back to all Real Women Over 40 Makeovers

6/11/2010 3:46 PM Eastern Daylight 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.