More Curls

We seem to have a lot of curly girls at the little salon, could be that Florida's hot, humid weather encourages those of us with curls to embrace it rather than try and fight it. The key to a head full of "happy hair" is a combination of the right cut, by a stylist with curly experience and the proper products, that help us to enjoy the curly hair that we were blessed with. It sure beats spending hours with various brushes, straightening/de-frizzing products and blazing hot flat irons, only to have a subtropical evening send us repeatedly to the ladies room to re access the damage.

This is Tomi, her curls are very strong in the back of her head and a bit straighter in the front. I cut the front shorter and took some of the bulk out to encourage the curl to form better in the less curly areas. She is on a quest to let her hair grow a bit longer so she can wear it up in the coming "dog days" of summer. Curly hair that is pulled up is especially soft and lovely!

Curly hair with lots of shine

Meena has been letting her hair grow, the longer it gets the more the curls form. She is one of the fortunate women that can blow dry her hair into a silky straight style or use a diffuser and have beautiful curls. The mahogany color that Kristin has created has been enhanced with a plum highlight, which gives her hair an incredible shine.

We are moving

The little salon is moving to a new location. Our new home will be 2 blocks west of our Central Ave. location at 430 North Tamiami Trail (see the map above). We will still be "little" with all of the talented stylists and colorists that make the little salon the best in the area. Our new location will have light galore, natural light streaming in from the outside along with energy efficient LED lighting to aid our colorist/stylists in giving you the truest color possible. A generous parking lot right in front of the salon, with easy access from Tamiami Trail and/or 5th Street. We will be sending a newsletter to all of our clients when we make our move. The planned date is the 24th and 25th of May or 6th and 7th of June. We are all very excited to finally be in our new home and are equally excited to share it with all of you!

Ammonia Free Hair Color

In the Thursday Styles section of the NYT's on March 11 there was an article about "ammonia free" hair color. This new innovation is rightly called Innovation No Ammonia hair color. INOA, is being introduced to 200 handpicked salons by L'Oreal Professional for it's initial roll out. The advantage to using INOA above conventional hair color with ammonia is the cliente leaves the salon with a vibrant hair color that has covered the gray and left the hair in a smooth and healthy condition. No damage with ammonia free hair color and the salon experience is without the caustic smell and sometimes scalp irritation. The L'Oreal product is not the first to hit the professional market, they have the name and the marketing budget to get the word out. Not to mention that salons have been reluctant to try the "ammonia free" product for fear of the color not lasting. Here at the little salon we have been offering one of these pioneer products for the past 6 years. Organic Systems hair color is ammonia free and leaves the hair in a soft damage free state when the client leaves the salon. The line offers 65 beautiful colors. To read about Organic Systems visit www.organiccolorsystems.com. To read the article look through the NYT's March 11th archives for the "Taking On Hair Color's Bad Guy".

We are open this Sunday, February 7th

The little salon will be open this Sunday, February 7th. Call for an appointment with Renee or Melvyn.

955.4691

Sundays!!

Starting next month will be open one Sunday every 4 weeks. Melyvn Ainger will be taking clients on the following dates.

Melvyn's 2010 schedule

February 7 & 8
March 7 & 8
April 4 & 5
May 2 & 3
May 30 & 31
June 27 & 28
July 25 & 26
August 22 & 23
September 19 & 20
October 17 & 18
November 14 & 15
December 12 & 13

Most of you know Melvyn Ainger, but if you don't we would like to introduce you. Melvyn has been an educator and creative director with Vidal Sassoon UK and Miami for much of his hair cutting career. He currently resides in New York and travels to salons throughout the country teaching cutting techniques and new trends. We are fortunate to have Melvyn as part of our team. He comes to the little salon once a month and we now have his schedule for 2010. Sunday and Mondays will be the days Melvyn will be taking clients this year. If you are looking for something new and different from what you are currently wearing, give us a call and schedule a cut with Melvyn, it's a treat.

Miranda's new cut and color

This must be the season of change. Seems we have had quite a few clients that are ready for either and new cut or color or both. Miranda went for both. Kristin gave her this strikingly brilliant red and I gave her the "Classic Bob".

Make up artist Meaghan Maureen

This is Meaghan Maureen. Meaghan is not only make up artist, she also specializes in brow contouring and tinting. She uses the tweezer method, as the arch is much more defined. Waxing can cause irritation to the eye area, and it also is not as precise as using the tweezer method.

A new cut for Vickie

Vickie's new look.

Vickie's former look.

This is Vickie's third "new look" in the past 2 years. It's fun for both Vickie and myself to change her style every now and then. Her "bob" had grown substantially which gave us lots more hair to work with. We kept the length and added layers. The layers gave Vickie's hair more volume and movement. With such a pretty face, she can most any style.

Stephanie and Locks of Love

The length of Stephanie's hair was to the middle of her back. She purposely grew her hair so she could donate it to Locks of Love. They require a minimum of 10 inches. We had 11. This is Stephanie's second cut which is slightly shorter this time. To learn more about Locks of Love, go to locksoflove.org.

Locks of Love is a public non-profit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children in the United States and Canada under age 21 suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis.