New Lashes with NeuLash
By Rosie, Adored Salon, 630-613-9500

• NeuLash’s formula delivers more benefits than just conditioning.  NeuLash can dramatically improve the weak appearance of eyelashes in just 30 days.
• NeuLash delivers moisture which gives boosting softness, elasticity, and shine.
• This product is created with amino acids and bioengineered peptides to help promote the look of strong lashes.  Vitamin B is added to protect lashes against further damage.
• Panthenol (derived from vitamin B-5) moisturizes to improve flexibility and durability.  Pumpkin seed extract is added to nourish lashes and help lashes look luxurious.

Mitch Stone Hair Care
By Rosie At Adored Salon, Lombard, 630-613-9500
This product line is easy to get “addicted to!”  Even the name is addicting to say . . . “Mitch Stone.”  Mitch Stone is an easy and essential line of 4 products.  It consists of shampoo and conditioner, texturizing spray, two aerosol sprays, and oil drops.
What makes Mitch Stone stand out to us is their shampoo and conditioner.  The shampoo and conditioner have a proprietary formula that is loaded with fruit enzymes that moisturizes the hair; and it has tons of vitamin B, C, and E for their energizing and antioxidant properties.  The shampoo is free of parabens and sulfates, so it nourishes your hair and helps heal and protect it. 
Get the essentials with a healthy addiction. . . Mitch Stone!!
By Rosie, Adored Salon, Lombard 630-613-9500
 

The Natural Look is Trending in 2015
Here are tips to achieve the natural look:

• Less is more!  Less makeup that is!!
• A simple look with “cat eye” eyeliner and eyelashes.
•  Easily achieve a natural look with Novalash eyelash extensions.  Wake up looking like a natural beauty ready to go!!
• A simple, dewy or athletic glow is all you need.  Dancing with The Stars sunless tanning collection offers an easy solution with a simple spray tan at home!
•  Accessorize your look with stoned headbands and/or jewelry to easily glam up your look.
• Hair knots or simple braids are great for those casual days or days when you are in a rush.  A simple “snake” braid or hair knot can give your natural look some fun.

By Rosie, Adored Salon 630-613-9500

Haircare … Delivered by Santa
By Andrea At Adored Salon
Treat a teacher, friend, or a loved one this Christmas with a professional brand of shampoo and conditioner.  When my children were in elementary school, I decided to gift their teachers with a duo of luxury shampoo and conditioner.  I was completely surprised at the wonderful response I received.  Their teachers couldn’t stop talking about how great their hair felt!  Several of the teachers had never purchased a luxury shampoo and conditioner for themselves and really noticed how much better their hair responded.  They even asked me to continue getting them the products throughout the year!!
It is also an awesome stocking stuffer for those college students!  Typically college dorms and locker rooms have very hard water, which really can dry out the hair.  A luxury shampoo and conditioner can protect their hair from these elements.  Stop in at Adored Salon, Lombard, and we can help you choose the perfect combo for your friends, family, and others that you need to purchase gifts for this holiday season!

Fall means a time for change.  Why not change your hair texture.  Ever think of adding a little curl?  Body waves are coming back to add fullness and movement to your current hair style.  Permanent Waves these days are gentle and work on almost all types of hair that needs a little more body.  (Not recommended on highlighted hair.)  Contrary to adding curl, there are many people who want to relax their natural curl.  Curly hair can be very inconsistant.  So in order to loosen some curl that may be unruly or extremely frizzy, a gentle relaxer can be a great help.  There are some people who just want poker straight hair.  This person would be a great candidate for a permanent straightening.  The Yuko System is the original Japanese hair straightening that can transform your curly or wavy hair to perfectly straight and silky hair.  So for whatever change you may be looking for, call us for a consultation to see what option may be best for you.  By Andrea, Adored Salon, Lombard 630-613-9500

Why use a Styling Prime
 One of my favorite products is Ouidad’s Whipped Curls Daily Conditioner and Styling Primer.
Styling primers are great for clients who have color/chemically treated hair or curly textures that are extremely dry.  These conditions create gaps in the hair strand, and styling primers fill these gaps allowing the hair to accept gel evenly.  This allows for easy styling of your hair!
This product also works well as a daily conditioner in the shower or as a leave in conditioner.  Curly hair’s cuticle strand is always open, therefore leaving hair dry.  It is important to replace this moisture.  It also nourishes and strengthens curls leaving them shiny and moisturized.
Whipped Curls should be applied at the ponytail and brought down through the ends, not focusing on the scalp.
By Marcia

My Curly Hair Routine
 
Day 1.  My hair type is wavy and my sides tend to be looser than the back.  I use Ouidad Tress Effects and Climate Control mixed together and rake and shake my hair in small sections to ensure my waves don’t become weighed down.  I spritz the sea spray on the top and sides of my hair to encourage curl where it lacks, then scrunch and diffuse until 90% dry.  Adding clips on the top of my head promotes height, and I air dry the rest of the way.  Pomade and shine glaze combined is the final step to get my soft wavy locks.
 

Day2:  When I wake up in the morning on my second day, the sides of my hair have flattened out.  (My hair is too short to wear in a bun when I sleep.)   I start with the sea spray as my refresher, and if it is still looking a little too limp in some spots before I walk out the door I will hit a few pieces with a 1” curling wand to perk it up a bit.


Day 3:  at this point a refresher spray won’t do much for my looser curls so I just bring out the wand again and pick up any flat pieces until my curls come to life.  I then use the styling mist and scrunch to hold my desired volume (clips for extra height).  This doesn’t take more than 10 minutes.

 
By Jackie

Ouidad's Salon Series Treatments
 The foundation of Ouidad is to use products that are restorative from the scalp to ends. All of Ouidad's products have replenishing ingredients with little to no alcohol, silicones, waxes, parabens and sulfates. These ingredients can be drying and have no beneficial value to your gorgeous locks.
 Ouidad has come out with a luxury line of 4 treatments that a lot of people know nothing about. A hidden secret that we are trying to voice to the world! They are fabulous for curly and straight hair depending on your needs. Read our blogs about Biotin, Mediterranean Bay Leaf, Omega-3 and Mongongo Oil Treatments. 
 At Adored Salon we carry all of the great treatments and are more than happy to share our knowledge and talent with you.
                              Written by Jackie Valle

Omega-3 replenishing hair treatment is for extremely dry and damaged tresses. This treatment is a blend of omega 3,6 &9. This combination of potent omegas will help restore the lipid barrier of the hair strand and fortifies it's protective surface layer.
 The Lipid barrier is made up of hydro (water) and lipids (fats). Together they form an emulsion that coats the hair and skin to keep both hydrated and in optimum condition.  If the hydro-lipid layer is damaged or completely removed, the hair loses a vital source of consistent moisture, the rigid cuticle scales are left exposed to mechanical damage and other insults.  Which leads to porus, rough, absent of gloss or elasticity and vulnerable to breakage.
 That is where Omega-3 Replenishing hair treatment comes to the rescue. A deeply hydrating, washout treatment that re-hydrates the hair shaft, restores and replenishes lost moisture and breathes new life into hair.
•Made with Ouidad's proprietary amino acid cocktail – including Flax Seed Oil, Passion Fruit Seed Oil and Acai Pulp Oil – the formula recreates the protective lipid barrier and re-hydrates the hair shaft, restoring and replenishing lost moisture.
 This product also offers mega hydration and leaves your hair soft and bouncy with superior  shine. Omega-3 should be applied to wet hair liberally, combed through and it can be used with or without heat. When used with heat it intensifies it's benefits. Gently wash out and then apply your daily conditioner. Use up to three times a week for intense repair. 
                     Written by Jennifer Janisch

Stylist How-To Of Rake and Shake Styling:

• After I had cut Lindsay’s hair using the Ouidad technique of Carving and Slicing®, I taught her how to Rake and Shake her hair to achieve a defined style that would show her curls off and that would last for several days.
• The first thing I did was treat her hair with the 12 Minute Deep Treatment.  This helped restore the moisture of her hair, control the frizz, and leave her with a shine she had never seen before!
•  Next I applied about a quarter size of Curl Recovery™ Whipped Curls Daily Conditioner & Styling Primer, starting at the ends and working it through the rest of the hair. This is a great primer for the hair prior to adding gel or styling aid.
•  I then separated her hair into five sections and applied Climate Control® Heat & Humidity Gel  generously to each section from scalp to ends. This step is essential for the curls to last and be defined. Next, starting at the nape, I took about 1 inch wide sections, “raked” them smooth with my fingers, and “shaked” them. This technique created by Ouidad actually creates a “set” for the hair to dry naturally in very defined sections.
• At this time I used a diffuser to dry the hair. This also helps set the curls into a stronger curl pattern for longevity of the style.
• Once Lindsay’s hair was completely dry, I used Clear Control Pomade to open up her curls. I did this by using about the size of a small marble, and rubbing it in between my hands. I took her hair into my hands as if to put it into a ponytail, being somewhat gentle. Then, she bent upside down, and I used my hands to loosen up the gel around the scalp area, and scrunched the rest of the product into her ends. Once she flipped up, her hair looked full and bouncy.
• I finished it up with some Styling Mist to keep it in place.