Photo Shoot at Ringling Photography Studio

This is how we have been spending our last few Sundays. Helping Dieter Tamson create wonderful photos for his portfolio. There are more to come!

LaTrynna is moving up

LaTrynna Brown, Jr. stylist at the little salon, has been honing her skills during the summer. This week she is taking it to the next level. LaTrynna is spending a week at the Vidal Sassoon Academy in Miami, attending an advanced cutting course. We are looking forward to her return. She will add another dimension to our team of excellent hair cutters and colorists.

New Shampoo and Conditioner

New for the season at the little salon is a sulfate free, sodium chloride free, paraben free and color safe shampoo and conditioner. The new shampoo has a wonderful light fragrance and the conditioner a refreshing peppermint fragrance. Bring the empties back and we will refill them. Good for your hair and the landfill!

Short and Sweet

This is Barabara....everyone would love to be able to wear short hair as well as she does. Barbara has the perfect hair and head shape for "pixie" short hair.

Roller Sets and Bigger Hair

We are forging ahead of the trend or possibly right along side of it. Roller sets are back, by our declaration! They give the hair tons of volume and stay longer than a minute. Barbara has lots of curly hair, with the roller set the hair brushes out smooth and full of volume. She looks great even with the rollers in her hair! Thanks Barbara!

Impeccable extensions

LaTrynna was recently certified in a new extension system. The small strands of hair are very precisely placed and attached with a keratin adhesive, which is easy to remove with no damage to the hair. This adhesive is not damaging to the hair and creates a very small bond that lies close to the head. They last from 4 to 6 months before needing to be replaced. These extensions look so real that even when the wind blows the hair, the "attached" strands can not be detected. This is by far the best system that I have seen, not to mention that LaTrynna is a master with the application.

This is Gretchen before and after. I must apologize for the lack of photography skills, the camera did not capture how wonderful her hair looked. Call for a complimentary consultation with LaTrynna. 941.955.4691.

Tocco Magico Hair Color Class

Today was an exciting day at the salon. We were the host salon for a Tocco Magico Hair Color clinic. Tocco Magico hair color is an herbal based line from Italy. The company is the oldest herbal line in existence and has been making hair color since 1938. It is far superior to any color line on the market. Since we have decided to discontinue all other lines that we have been using and concentrate on the Tocco line, it was to our great benefit to have a clinic. There are a few nuances to using this line, therefore a clinic lead by a Tocco educator helped to give us all the information we needed to get full benefit from the extraordinary color line.

Geri, one of our salon colorists, was our model for the day. Her hair color is stunning.

Victoria's Back to School Hair Cut

This is Victoria and her new "back to school" hair cut. Behind this cut is a very amazing story. The cut was done by Richard DeMaria who is a new stylist at the little salon. Richard has been working with us for 5 weeks. Victoria's mother, is Geri Bertolino who has been a colorist at the little salon for the past 8 years. Geri worked for Richard, 25 years ago at one of his salons in New Jersey. Since they haven't been working on the same day, they didn't realize that they were both working at the same salon in Sarasota until last week. It was a fun reunion. Small world.

Always Something New for Carrie

It is always fun to have Carrie in my chair. About every 3rd cut, she is interested in something new and fresh. Last visit she went from a short bob, to short layers. This time she wanted something more structured and even shorter. So.....we went very short with a very short, clean bang and small focal point at the edge. This cut is very versatile, she can push the entire front up and back to get it off of her face, and to create a more dramatic look. The cut is textured on top which will move in interesting ways when she uses a firm styling product. I wonder what we will do on Carrie's next visit?? Check back in about 6 weeks. If you look back through older posts there are pictures on some of Carrie's past styles.

A Shorter Summer Cut for Marge

Marge decided with all of the hot humid weather that we have been having, a short, wash and go cut was what she needed. After Kristin put in lowlights and highlights to enhance Marge's natural color, we gave her a new Summer Cut. She looks pretty pleased with the low maintenance cut and not to mention, it really looks great on her.