Self-care Sunday, hair color edition! While I will do a few things at home, like my own nails, but I will always trust the experts, when it comes to my hair. My hair has often been a conversation starter so I love chronicling my hair journey. For my hair care needs, I trust the best -
Amanda Pogue of Studio A Salon, KC. Amanda has been taking care of my hair for over a decade, and also of my husband and daughter. The best part of a session with Amanda is how she gives life to a vision you had, for your hair. It is very important to have a good consultation session with your stylist so that both of you are on the same page. What you want, and what can be achieved, while preserving the integrity of your hair. I have been getting my hair colored since I was 16, and I will be 40 in a couple of years. But the fact that I have been blessed to meet fabulous hairstylist as Amanda, who have not only created the cut and color I wanted but also helped me preserve the health of my hair.
Amanda is taking every precaution possible to keep ensure her clients stay safe in this new reality created by COVID. When you arrive at the salon, you text her and stay in your car to wait. Once she has the station/salon ready and sanitized in between appointments, she lets you in. We wear masks all the time, during the appointment. We just took off the mask, to get a few photos for this post. As a client, I couldn't have felt safer, for all that Amanda has done for us, in these crazy times. I, my husband(who is immune-compromised), and daughter have been to Amanda for appointments since March, and I wouldn't have done that if I didn't have ultimate faith in Amanda and her safety standards.
I get my roots covered every 8-10 weeks, and we touch up my balayage every other appointment. I am obsessed with balayage if you didn't know that already. We have been doing different types of balayage on my hair for the past few years, I think. And every time, we try switching it up a bit, to make it more exciting.
Balayage is a French word that means to sweep. The color is painted upon certain sections of the hair to create the desired effect.
Summer will soon be over, so I wanted to preserve summer with my own hair. That was the inspiration I had for this recent appointment. Amanda did a root touch to cover my grays. She created caramel balayage which added that much-needed summer warmth, and dimension, that I was looking for. Amanda toned the color with a silver/blue + a blue/violet toner to help counteract orange and yellow. Amanda has always complimented me that warm tones look better on me, so she chose to only tone out some of the warmth!
The products used for the color and toning were:
Color:
Pravana Chromasilk
Lightener:
Pravana Pure Light Ultra Lightener
Toner:
Redken Shades EQ
Since I am more of an air-dry person every day, the sessions in Amanda's chair are my super-pamper days. She styled my hair in beach vibes. For styling wet hair, she applied
Its a 10 Leave-in Conditioner and
Amika Perfect Body Mousse. Then she blowdried with a square brush for smoothness and volume.
Prior to curling hair, she sprayed
L'ANZA Keratin Healing Oil Lustrous Finishing Spray section by section then she curled my hair opposite ways leaving ends out with 1.25 inch
Bio Ionic Stylewinder Curling Iron.
After curling hair, she let the curls cool down, and then separated them with her fingers, She used
Amika Texture Spray for extra beachy hair.
I am in love with my new summer hair. For reference, the only makeup I have on, for these photos, are my eyeliner, mascara, and lipstick.
If you wanted to treat yourself to a pampering hair appointment or get a new hair makeover, make sure you get in touch with
Amanda Pogue, of
Studio A Salon, in Overland Park, Kansas.
Photograph courtesy: Amanda Pogue and Debashish Dasgupta
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