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Summer 2018 Hair & Beauty Trends

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When new seasons are upon us, it’s not just fashion trends that change, beauty trends do, too. It’s important to stay on top of what’s hot so you know what your clients are looking for when they ask. Not only will it keep you fresh, it’ll show how much you really care about what your clients need.

Here are the top beauty trends predicted to be huge (and heavily requested) this summer:

HAIR

It’s All About The Texture

Texture will be huge this summer. Think natural, loose waves and lots of movement. The “bedhead” look is back in a big way.

Give your client a wash-and-go style haircut along with a few simple products such as Davines This Is A Volume Boosting Mousse and Davines LOVE HAIR SMOOTHER to smooth down any flyaways and excess frizz.

Ponytails

Summer is hot and people want to pull their hair back and forget about it. Enter the ponytail.

The low ponytail is a sleek way to keep it all pulled back and still be work-friendly and stylish.

To stay on-trend, opt for a fancy accessory or nice ribbon to tie it back instead of a plain old elastic. Suggest Davines THIS IS AN INVISIBLE SERUM to keep it sleek but leave out a few hairs to keep it more casual.

Adding some volume to the crown before putting hair in a ponytail easily combines two popular styles into one cool, yet fairly easy, hairstyle.

Curls

Encourage your clients to embrace their natural curls this season. Curls can be another easy, wash-and-wear style with the right cut and products such as Davines THIS IS A CURL BUILDING SERUM for added elasticity and shine.

Short Cuts

When ponytails just won’t cut it, summer is a great time to chop it all off. Give your client a texturized style to show off their amazing facial shape and features.

Pixie short is in but so is a choppy bob if they’re not ready to say goodbye to so much hair.

BEAUTY

Glitter & Glow

This summer we’ll be seeing a lot more than the usual dewy skin, everyone will be seeking glow in excess. Show your client how to use a shimmery bronze highlighter all over the peaks of their face. For your more flamboyant clients, add some extra sparkle or glitter. Don’t overdo it, though. Remind them that a little goes a long way.

Nail Art

Funky, bold polishes and fun designs are going to be on everyone’s nails this summer. Get some experience creating dots, stripes and small pictures on nails. Focus on a single nail to make a statement or if you want to get really flashy, bling them all up.

Vivid Colours

A pop of electric blue eyeliner, a sweep of lime green eyeshadow, a cherry red lip stain or a bright mod pink lipstick are all great additions to your client’s makeup look this summer. Give them a few different ideas for that punch of colour but remind them not to go overboard. Only enhance one feature at a time.

Sustainable Beauty

Sustainable beauty is so popular now, there are so many body and earth-friendly beauty lines with incredible colours that keep up with seasonal trends.

We love suggesting Jusu Body products to our clients for their luxurious smelling skincare and Elate cosmetics for their beautiful, wide range of colours.

Join The Salon Movement

As with keeping up with trends, it’s important to keep up your skills, too. We’ve already given you a few simple ways to keep your skills fresh and new, now you’ll be ready to completely WOW your clients.

For more information on sustainable beauty as well as how to make your salon stand out from the rest, join The Salon Movement now.

Hurry up, Summer!

Sustainable Spring Trends

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We’ve said it before and we’ll be saying it again (and again and again…), 2018 is THE year of sustainable beauty and fashion. Since April is Earth Month and with spring in the air, what a great time to jump on the trend — if you haven’t already, of course.

If you’re not already, follow our Spring into Sustainability tips to green up your salon and life in general. However, there are some popular trends you can jump on right now which you can start utilizing in your shop and passing along to your clients.

Help Your Hair

Natural, individualistic styles are what’s in for hair this Spring. Beachy waves, a lot of texture, and short pixie crops are what we’re already seeing everywhere. These styles are easy to maintain if you have the correct styling products.

You know by now how much we love Davines, it’s a HUGE part of what The Movement is all about. There’s a Davines product for every type of hair along with fantastic face and body care, as well. If you’re still not sure where to start, read our top recommendations here.

Getting involved with Davines during the month of April helps support Sustainable Beauty Month and Davines has decided the Fruit Tree Planting Foundation is this year’s most deserving recipient. This foundation aims to plant 5,000 trees in Peru where about 357 local families will benefit. And be sure to support the event by following #SBMONTH2018 on your favourite social media platform.

Get Beautiful

Beauty trends this Spring are fresh, clean looks with a hint of glitter. Keep it natural, except for when you want to POP!

Clean beauty products are picking up steam and becoming more popular all the time. Choosing beauty products which aren’t filled with dangerous chemicals benefits your skin as well as the earth.

A lot of popular brands are dropping the more dangerous chemicals from their products which is a huge step in the right direction, but we still prefer to support original eco-friendly companies such as Jusu. This fabulous company was started as an organic juice bar in Victoria, BC in 2014. Using the vitamin and mineral rich pulp from the juice resulted in them creating clean, organic products to nourish the skin and body. What a great way to be healthy AND eco-friendly.

Be Fashionable

Sustainable fashion is a whole lot more than just plain, flowing hemp dresses. Most designers are becoming more mindful of the fabrics they’re using, incorporating more sustainable materials while still producing on-trend garments.

Fur (mostly faux, luckily) has been spotted on boots, hats, purses, and everywhere else you can imagine for the past few seasons. Enter “denim fur” for us eco-conscious trend followers! Created by ISKO (the world’s largest producer of denim) along with “designer of nature” Fashion designer Tiziano Guardini, this “fur” is made from certified-organic cotton and pre-consumer recycled cotton. We’ve been seeing tons of reviews and praise for these sustainable cotton creations on social media. This means you can be in style while still being eco-conscious.

Join Us

The Salon Movement is devoted to filling the world full of stylists who care about the planet, culture and craft. There’s no better time to join us than now.

ECOHEADS – Making Your Salon Efficient with Sustainable Products

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The Salon Movement has a passion for bringing you sustainable beauty ideas, and we love that the world is listening. We’re proud that The Movement is gaining popularity among salons and individuals, and we’re excited to see this continue into 2018. It’s our pleasure partnering with several sustainable beauty companies and brands to bring awareness to protecting our planet. And by doing that, it offers us a huge step towards making our salons more efficient.
 
We’d love to take this opportunity to introduce one of our awesome partners – ECOHEADS!
 
ECOHEADS is a fabulous company that truly cares about the environment and works to make the life of both clients and hairstylists easier. What a fabulous combination!
ECOHEADS is a relatively new company but with a LOT of thought and love behind it! Established in 2012 in Sydney, Australia, this company has taken the sustainable beauty world by storm. They’re changing things for the better with their amazing philosophy and products.
 
Some of the products we LOVE and highly recommend from ECOHEADS are:
 
Showerheads
 
We must start with the ECOHEADS showerhead – a truly innovative product! These amazing showerheads are a necessary addition to your sustainable spa as they reduce water usage by an amazing 65%, keeping both your finances and carbon footprint low. Water pressure is doubled, helping save water and a time by cutting your rinse time in half. Also, the added pressure allows your clients to experience an amazing massage type experience with their rinse. That’s a triple win in our books! As an added bonus the nozzle cradles nicely in the stylist’s hand to give a pleasant washing experience for everyone.
 
These showerheads are easy to install and will adapt to most sinks. If they don’t, not to worry, they only need an inexpensive hose instead.
Bang Face Shields
 
Another exciting must-have product for your salon is the ECOHEADS Bang Face Shields.
 
Use bang shields to protect your clients face against irritation from hair, product and colour. These inexpensive face shields are one of your best and easiest investments if you want to make everyone’s experience better.
 
And don’t worry about waste – these are 100% recyclable!
The Ping
 
Even sustainable dyes can be a bit on the smelly side so ECOHEADS offers The Ping to offer fume-free mixing of colour products!
 
Mixing hair colour perfectly every single time is The Ping’s speciality and will reduce colour waste in your salon. The colour mix comes out noticeably creamier and smoother than with traditional hand mixing methods. With The Ping, your stylist saves both time and energy. A detachable blade and smooth bowl offers cleaning that’s just as easy as cleaning the traditional bowl and spatula mixer.
 
We thank you ECOHEADS for thinking outside the box and offering us amazing earth-friendly products. Salons all across Canada and the U.S. are experiencing and loving the ease and sustainability of these products. Check them out today!

Top Sustainably Beautiful Trends for 2018!

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Over the past few years, Sustainably beautiful trends have made leaps and bounds within our industry. This news is amazing and even more amazing is — wait for it! — it’s predicted that 2018 will be the BEST year yet for beauty done sustainable!

More and more consumers are turning to green beauty products because of special skin and health concerns but that isn’t the only reason. Care for the environment also ranks high among reasons for why people opt to go green. This has resulted in more green brands coming out and some established brands changing their products and practices. Win-win!

Here are a few beauty trends to look forward to this year:

More Variety

Most people think that sustainably beautiful and green products only offer “natural” colours and poorly made formulas but not anymore! Going into 2018, we’ll see a HUGE variety of colours, formulas, and finishes. Almost anything you look for, from makeup to hair care to bath products, will soon be found quite easily.

Cleansing Less

It may seem a bit backwards to some but the trend towards cleansing less is gaining popularity. From the “no ‘poo” hair method to using special sea sponges to cleanse your body instead of soap, product and water use has gone down.

Don’t get us wrong, you don’t need to go to extremes! There’s no need to stop washing your hair altogether or ditching the soap just yet. However, there’s no doubt your hair and skin WILL look better when not over-washed so give it a go.

Environmentally-Happy Packaging

Packaging has become a problem that can’t be ignored. Many companies realize this and are dispensing their products in bulk, or using special recyclable and biodegradable packaging.

DAVINES is a great example of a green hair products company that cares about sustainability. They package their products with the environment in mind.

Unisex Beauty

Often big-name companies repackage their regular formulas with a more “manly” scent and market that towards men. With more natural scents and often scentless products gaining popularity, there is no need for the distinction.

Unisex beauty products allow people to choose the right formula for their skin and/or hair, not their gender.

Green Salons & Spas

The average salon runs through a lot of water in a day and their electrical appliances run at high speed for all their clients. This is NOT good for the environment! Luckily (as you know), we’ve seen quite a few sustainable salons and spas open up over the years and 2018 should be no different.

As green sustainably beautiful products grow in number so will the salons that carry those options. After all, there’s clearly a market for it! Salons can look for more information on going green at Greencircle Salons.

Ayurvedic & Other Alternative Beauty Treatments

Ayurvedic treatments aren’t new but we’re seeing a resurgence this year. Ayurveda treats your individual dosha and other lines of energy while giving you a customizable organic beauty and hair treatment. Products and treatments are not “one size fits all” any longer, the bespoke movement is here!

Watch out world, sustainable beauty now has a HUGE market and ALL salons need to be doing their part!

Winter Hair Care Tips Everyone Should Know

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You want to do your best for your clients – after all, they are a walking advertisement for your hair studio!

So, with this cold, dry winter weather wreaking havoc on everyone’s tresses, you want to make sure you’re giving ALL your clients some advice to keep their hair in tip-top shape.

Cut Down On The Hot Tools

When your clients are in your chair, you’re likely using hot tools to blow dry and straighten or curl their hair. But it’s important to remind them that they shouldn’t be re-creating your style every day at home.

For special occasions, absolutely, but hot tools used on a daily basis, no! You see the damage that causes hair! Have a conversation about what tools they’re using at home, and make sure they’re not maxing out the heat. And of course, if they’re not using a heat protecting spray, make sure they don’t leave your salon without one!

Review Their Daily Hair Care

They’re receiving luxury hair treatment while in your hands, but probably not at home. Ask what products they’re using and upgrade them to a more moisturizing shampoo and deep conditioner if necessary. A leave-in conditioner to add extra moisture and control some static is a lifesaver for most people in the winter. Customize an eco-friendly DAVINES hair system for their hair needs.

Take a few minutes to show them how to properly shampoo and condition as well. Many people are unaware how to correctly cleanse their scalp, or apply conditioner concentrating on the ends and lengths.

Remind Them To Do A Cool Rinse

Since you’re already giving them tips on their hair washing routine, make sure they’re turning the temperature waaay down for their final rinse. Cool water seals the cuticle and prevents frizz and damage. Tell them it’s worth the 30 seconds of “brrrr” in the shower for the sake of their hair.

Dry Hair Thoroughly To Prevent Breakage

Although it’s a contradiction to tell them not to use heat tools often, remind them that hair must still be completely dried before going outside. We’ve all seen the damage that styling wet hair can do and how easily wet hair can freeze (and break!) in winter.

It may be worth discussing some second-day hairstyles so they keep washing at a minimum. Or have them wash their hair the night before so they have time to let it air dry.

Suggest A Cool Air Humidifier

What if your client is deep conditioning and cutting down on heating tools yet still has difficulty managing their dry, dehydrated, frizzy hair? It may be worth suggesting they invest in a cool-air humidifier for their home and/or office. Adding moisture back into air that’s been affected by cranking up the indoor heat will greatly help their skin and hair.

Taking a few extra minutes to help your client with their hair needs and giving a few fun tips will enhance their trust and dedication to you and will, in turn, be your best model and fan.