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

Why Use a Shower Cap
Shower caps are a great investment for anyone with curly hair or if you are someone that doesn’t want to wash your hair every time you shower.
The benefits of a shower cap are to protect your locks from the moisture and steam in the shower.  By locking the moisture out you will avoid frizz and the effects of humidity to your hair, in turn your style will last for days.
 
By Jackie Adored Salon 630-613-9500

How I survive without washing my hair (straight edition)
By Rosie, Adored Salon, Lombard, IL 630-613-9500
I know this may sound odd but when I wear my hair straight I typically don’t wash it for a week to a week and a half.  I do this by changing styles, or trying to achieve more volume.
I change my styles by wearing my hair in various braids.  I either wear my bangs in a braid to create the illusion of volume on my crown or I wear a side pony braid.  When I wear my side pony, it isn’t a perfect braid but slightly messy.  I do the messy braid for the added volume.
To achieve more volume I tease the top of my crown.  Shiny, oily roots are hidden when I tease the top of my crown.  Dry shampoo will help the tease last by only focusing at the crown and massaging the product in.  For the following days I will wear a medium pony tail, my hair naturally down, or with my face framing layers bobby pinned back to give the crown a fuller look.
These looks help me make the most of my time while wearing my hair straight.

The following products are necessities to keeping a set of lashes fabulous between eyelash fills!!

1. Mascara by Novalash. NovaLash’s mascara is hypoallergenic, water soluble, and carbonate free. This mascara is specifically formulated for use with NovaLash eyelash extensions. It visibly blends in any natural lashes that appear when you are due for a touchup. This mascara is rich in vitamin E, A, and C to nourish your natural lashes.
2. LashLiner by NovaLash. LashLiner is known as “goes anywhere eyeliner cannot go.” It has a microthin pencil point that can be sharpened and reaches deep between the lashes. Once applied, it multiplies the look of each row of lashes for a great lash line.

Great products to go along with your great Lashes!!!

By Rosie at Adored Salon 630-613-9500

How to Take Care of your Eyelash Extensions
To have the maximum wear time of your lashes it is important maintain them.  Depending on the look you want to achieve, touchups are necessary every 3 to 4 weeks.  If your look is more dramatic, more “fashionable,” you need to come in for a fill every 2 to 3 weeks.  After each fill you leave with a full set again.  3-4 week fills are 0 and 1-2 week fills are .
It is very important to keep up with the “at home” care.  First of all, after you leave your appointment you can shower, swim, go to a sauna, or do hot yoga!!!  Yay, yay.  To remove makeup (such as eyeliner and eye shadow) use the clean lash by Novalash.  It is a 3 in 1 makeup remover, cleanser, and conditioner system to cleanse lashes free of make-up and other debris at night.  The oil moisturizes synthetic extensions for lasting radiance and flexibility.   After using the pads morning and night, it is important to brush your lashes to prevent tangles. 
It is recommended not to wear mascara.  It is best to avoid products that have carbonates, glycols, and parabens.  The reason why is because those chemicals will dissolve the Novalash platinum band.



By Rosie Adored Salon

Ouidad Ultra Nourishing Oil Shampoo
By Rosie
I have found my new favorite shampoo.  A shampoo that is good and repairing for my long locks.  My new favorite is Ouidad’s Curl Recovery Ultra Nourishing Cleansing Oil.  Now, I know the word oil is weird to say when it comes to shampoo, but it just means it has an oil base and the best part is that IT LATHERS!  It has a foaming water-activated cleanser with an oil base that gently removes dirt and build up while restoring essential moisture.  Ingredients in this shampoo are Mafura Butter and Kalahari Melon Seed Oil, which goes into the hair shaft with a cushion-like coating of concentrated fatty acids that are vital to rebuilding, nourishing and protecting hair that needs repair).  Silk proteins and coconut oils bind the cuticle to sustain hydration and resist damage while enhancing body and shine.
I absolutely love this shampoo!  It leaves my hair with shine, health, and (my favorite word) BODY!!  If you are looking for a new shampoo, this is the product you want to try.

Say Goodbye To Tangles and Tears!!
The Wet Brush is our newest solution to your tangle troubles. The flexibility of the Intelliflex bristles along with the gentle soft tips are gentle enough to prevent split ends and hair loss while eliminating tugging, pulling, and ripping.  It is a very healthy brushing and detangling method for your gorgeous locks.
The Wet Brush is meant for children, men, and women of all ages.  Whether your hair is fine and thin or thick and curly, its soft bristles will detangle with ease in half the time!  It is definitely a must have for wet or dry brushing.
By Jackie

Great Reasons To get Eyelash Extensions!!
 
Eyelash extensions are for any person who has limited time – always on the go, but needs to look put together at all times.  Yes, it is possible!  Eyelash extensions are an easy solution to not having to worry about putting on a whole face of makeup.  Eyelash extensions can be designed to fit your lifestyle.  From just “flaunt what you have,” to “yes, these babies are brand new.”
Extensions are an easy way to get a fabulous look.  Eyelash extensions can vary from being low maintenance to high maintenance.
“Low maintenance” extensions provide “natural” looking lashes that allow clients to come in every 3-4 week for a fill.  These lashes enhance the client’s lashes and adds more length and thickness.
“High Maintenance” eyelash extensions are for a client who likes a glamourous look.  These lashes provide a fashionable, stand-out look!!  The lashes applied would be thicker and longer in length.  The recommended touchup timeframe is every 2-3 weeks. 
By Rosie

      

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

Refreshing Curly Styles using Ouidad Botanical Boost
One of the benefits of the Ouidad Rake and Shake Styling technique is keeping the style set for about 3 days.  Sleeping with your hair in a loose poly tail on the top of your head keeps curls from getting limp.  In the morning I take out my ponytail and let my hair rest for 10 minutes or so.  Then I spritz my hair with Botanical Boost Moisture Infusing and Refresher Spray.  I like to scrunch my ends lightly with my fingers and my hair is set to go.


 
By Marcia

Revive Your Summer Hair for Fall
 
Does your hair feel dry or tired?  Does your hair color look a bit faded from the summer sun?  Now is the time to revive your hair and get it ready for Fall!  A deep conditioning treatment at this time of year is essential to nourish your hair and prepare it for your next color service.  Naturally, our hair becomes a bit dry from the summer sun and activities like swimming, boating, etc.  We must put back the moisture and protein that can be lost during summertime.  
 
I recommend scheduling your color appointment for one week after your deep treatment for the best results!  Whether you are staying with the same color or trying something new for Fall, your hair will benefit from a salon service deep treatment.  It will act as a primer so that your color will have more shine and longevity.

By Andrea

Something I have noticed throughout all the years I have been doing hair is the fact that as women get older, their eyebrows seem to thin, which is the exact opposite of what happens with men.  Here at Adored Salon we have discovered a product called NeuBrow that actually grows the eyebrows back.  It is truly amazing to see the transformation from having very thin, or barely-there brows, to full brows within weeks.  The frame that the eyebrows create for the eyes is incredible!  I love this product!!  It is now available at Adored Salon and is so easy to use.
Andrea Kelly

The best product for school age children!!  Original Sprout Miracle Detangler and Lice Repellant
With back to school season here already, I am sure many of you are concerned with germs and all the contagious viruses that float around the classroom.  Lice is one of those concerns for parents of young children.   Well, guess what?   We have the perfect product that can be used on a daily basis just like vitamin C, hand sanitizer, and all those other precautionary must-haves.  Let me introduce the Original Sprout Miracle Detangler to you.  This product contains rosemary leaf and organic calendula, which are both natural lice and insect repellants.  Not to mention it is 100% vegan and free of parabens, gluten soy, and dairy!  No more tears trying to comb through those tangles and it is very conditioning at the same time!
Jackie Valle

True eyelash extensions are single fiber artificial eyelashes with a tapered tip and a blunt base.  When eyelash extensions are applied properly they grow, rest, and shed right along with your natural eyelash, so there is no damage the neighboring eyelashes.
The NovaLash technique was developed in 2005 by advanced trainer, Sophia Navarro.  NovaLash developed adhesives that are a bit stronger, more flexible, and more concentrated.  The NovaLash technique uses a three-length bonding technique that works with the growth cycle of eyelashes.  This technique ensures short natural lashes will be bonded with shorter in length extensions, resting natural lashes are bonded with medium length extensions, and shedding natural lashes are bonded to longer extensions.
The Nova Lash technique results in a more attractive, thicker lash line and also will grow out beautifully and stay natural looking, guaranteeing desirable immediate results. 
By Rosie Rojas

How many of you love your hot tools?  Whether it’s your blow dryer, flat iron, or hot rollers, these tools can be our best friends and our enemies at the same time!
I love my hot tools too, but what needs to come along with the use of these tools is protection to keep your hair healthy as you continue to put high amounts of heat on your fragile locks.  A thermal protectant is anything that puts a barrier between the hair strand and the heat of your styling tool.  This can be a leave in conditioner or mousse before you blow dry, and a thermal spray for dry hair before you use your irons.
By investing in these essential products and committing to making them your new best friends, you will ensure that your hair stays healthy and free of dry, brittle ends.  Let’s face it, we all want luscious shiny, healthy hair!