Kimberly’s grown hair 2.5 years after hair loss. All natural hair growth

2.5 years ago, my hair was thinning to the point I was

Kimberly’s actual hair brush with daily shedding in the begging of hair loss

concerned that my hair wouldn’t grow back.

Due to the amount of stress I was undergoing from personal setbacks, my hair was taking the brunt of it. It was fine, thin and just hung on my neck looking stringy. Of course I was using Biotin but it wasn’t enough. I was getting more stressed by seeing the hair collect in the drain and my brush. I had a bald spot right in the front of my hairline. Worst area to cover up with root spray.

We lose 80-100 hairs a day naturally. New hairs replace the lost hairs.

You may not know this but the hair goes through the shedding phase daily.  Unfortunately, the hair that is thinning can be from other ways that start to compound to baldness. As you see in the picture below, the hair around the hairline was very thin from 8 months ago. The 2″-3″ of new growth that has stayed is a high achievement for her. When our bodies were younger, the hair growth spurts seemed faster but as we age, the process is slower.

Have you ever heard someone say, “my hair never seems to grow beyond a certain point.”

Small changes in hair habits can change your hair life.

hair loss around the hairline, feathery fine thin hair

Kimberly removing her ponytail – causes breakage to fine thin hair

I am a hairstylist that has been transforming hair for over 30 years correcting brassy hair, creating life changing color for my clients. When my hair started to thin out I was baffled. My client consultative skills had to be turned on me to just to figure it out how to grow my hair back. After examining what I do as a routine or “hair habit” then set out to adjust those damaging habits. There are many hair habits that were damaging beyond just the stress. Stress in the body can last up to 1 – 3 years.

Sleeping with my hair up in a pony tail is one of the worst habits to do. How do I know this? Because my hair broke off in the middle of my head in the back. Once day, the stylist was trimming my hair said, “Kimberly, you don’t have any hair in the middle of your head in the back.”  She turned me around for me to see the back of my head, she was right, no hair! All of the hair that was in the pony tail day after day was from the front sides of my head. Embarrassment mixed with the “what am I going to do?” became a priority. Strands cannot be deemed as long hair.

I started noticing my clients fine thin hair. We talked about what they were doing on a daily basis and figured that I was doing the same thing.

This one little change can stop breaking your hair immediately!

Permanent hair loss from ponytails as a young child (actual client)

3 Questions to ask yourself

Did you find that you style your hair the same way every day?

Do you comb your hair the same way from the top of your head to the bottom of your hair?

Have you taken your products to the salon to see if you are using the right products for your hair?

Those three questions are one of many that we have to talk about in discovering the solutions to your hair habits. Solution One of the surest way to stop breaking your hair is to start brushing your hair from the bottom to the top. This allows the pesky hairs that knot up quickly to separate then move to the top of the head as a smooth transition. Solution two will be to use an excellent conditioner that helps detangle your hair before the brush or comb touches your hair. Solution three is to use one of our hair growing shampoo’s that is designed to grow hair. Solution four is a sure best to not break your hair is to use an elastic type of hair band that doesn’t break the hair when pulled up. Try to move your pony tail around the head to prevent the stress on the same areas day after day. (this was the biggest culprit of my breakage)

Our experienced stylists can suggest hair color ideas that will appear to make your hair thicker. A full consultation on the right haircut that gives more bulk to the hair giving the appearance of it looking thicker and fuller. When you come into the salon we will talk about home maintenance products to nourish, thicken and give volume to your hair.

Tiny changes to hair habits will establish big results quickly

With these small changes in hair habits, your hair will start to grow in conjunction with the right habits to give you the desire of hair goals. I know of many woman that have used the same brush that they had in high school. Why? Because nobody thought to ask or talk about which tools are the right ones to give them the correct result. The brush can wear out over time. The old hair that has shredded or broken off probably is still in the brush.

I had to change up the comb I used to start combing from bottom of the ends of the hair to the top of the head. That was an adjustment. I had to clean out my brush. My hair was fragile at that point. When I started using a hair growing shampoo, my scalp started itching and thought I had another problem. There wasn’t another problem it was the shampoo doing its job. My hair was growing in the follicles where hair was gone. Only lasted about a week then the itchy part stopped.

Are you eyeglasses causing hair breakage?

Pulling glasses off can cause breakage

Yes!! Have you noticed that when you pull them off your face, some hair comes with them. Keep pulling the hair out of the eyeglasses will give you breakage that looks like frizzy hair. I’ve seen this time and again over years but it didn’t dawn on me until I had grabbed some hair along with my glasses. Be mindful of removing your glasses from your face. This immediate change will give you instant relief in your hair. It still takes 1/2″ a month to grow the hair but at least it’s not breaking off anymore.

After 30 days my hair felt thicker and fuller. I was getting compliments on how shiny my hair was. I started to gain some self confidence back from the changes that my hair was going through. People were coming up to me to compliment my hair. It was growing in to the point that the hair was thicker nearest the scalp and still fine and thin on the ends.

Jaw clips for pony tails stress fine thin hair. They break your hair every single time they are clasped. 

Fusion/Resin type of adhesive for baby fine hair attachment of hair extensions to natural hair.

I stopped putting my hair up in pony tails because the hair was fragile. Once I stopped that, big improvements came faster and faster plus the added benefit of hair staying on my head. Many clients asked if I had hair extensions. I said no, that I wasn’t interested in them for myself. Another solution to fine thin hair is hair extensions. As you can see in the picture below, we added hair extensions to another client to make it look fuller and thicker.

Adding hair extensions in a slightly lighter color will give the concept of fuller thicker hair depending on the technique. This is especially effective for fine thin hair that shows through the scalp. This can be done with highlights two shades lighter than your natural color. See more at www.indulgesalon.com – click on hair extensions

Stress, diet, surgery, medical conditions can be related to loss of hair

Hairline thinning from not enough protein

After treating the hair for months.

Using hair growing shampoo that works. We have a strategy that has been used on hundreds of our clients in the right order to get the quickest and fastest results. Within two weeks, you will stop shedding hair. I thought it was a miracle when it happened to me. I was starting to love my hair for the first time in my entire life. I always have had fine hair but had no idea how much my hair was breaking off in addition to the stress shedding, lack of sleep not eating the right foods, lack of working out to get the blood flowing and who knows what else I wasn’t doing right for my own self care. For those of us that take care of another family member that takes all of our attention, you know what I’m talking about.

Stress can cause all kinds of negative effects long term. Most times you aren’t aware till the hair starts falling out. Then it becomes a top priority. Solutions as mentioned above are just some of them. You can call about a solution customized for you. Comes down to a few tiny changes that will give you a super big result in the quickest amount of time.

Schedule your private consultation

with Kimberly or any of our senior stylists that have authority on hair loss, hair breakage and the solutions for you to bring your hair back to life. Call 717.846.4424 (York) 706.999.9911 (Lake Oconee, Ga)Our team will discuss what is going on with your health, some of your habits, we will read your hair because your hair tells us a story then go from there. We will discuss hair color, condition of the hair, texture of the hair, what we recommend to get you on the road to recovery for your hair.

Positive reinforcement with tiny hair habit tweaks makes you feel happy

Here is my hair after 2 years of using the same solution I would recommend for you. Can you see how thick the hair is nearest the scalp? The ends that are longer and see through is what was at my scalp about 1 year prior. All of the hair is healthy.

hair extensions for fine thin hair, She has always wanted thicker hair. By installing hair extensions on one side, she was able to experience the hairstyle she has always wanted

Hair dreams hair extensions last 5 months

installed hair dreams hair extensions to thicken the bottom of her hair

hair thick and thin

1 year of new growth. You can see Kimberlys hair is fuller and thicker

Sr Stylist Conrad Heller joins Indulge Salon, York, Pa

Sr Stylist re-joins Indulge Salon, York Pa

He started at Indulge Salon in 2006 as a fresh stylist just learning to highlight and cut hair. Since then, he has bloomed into a well known, well traveled and advanced educated hair stylist. He has been featured in Fashion magazines in Lake Oconee, Georgia for his bridal work, hair color and long hair styling trends.

Since working for Indulge Salon in the early part of his career, the road less traveled led him to work for J Beverly Hills product line, providing in salon education to other salon owners.

In 2008, we opened our 3rd location at Reynolds Plantation, Lake Oconee, Greensboro, Ga and Conrad helped develop the team in that location. His specialties are Lace front wig application, coloring and cutting of wigs. Hair color correction involving in box color removal,, over depositing of color, over processed hair, too dark and too light. He loves the challenge of fixing someone’s hair.

Many of his talents lay with long hair styling for brides and bridal parties. He loves  creating looks that have walked out of a magazine. By adding tape-in hair extensions to provide length and volume that give more support to some of the luxurious bridal updo’s.

platinum hair by Conrad

When it comes to blonding, Conrad loves looking at his client’s face shape to enhance her best features. Not all blonding hair color is created equal. A full analyzation of the hair texture, the density of the hair and visualizing the outcome first will give ideas on the journey to the end result.

Foil Highlighting is done to create a heavier blonding foiled effect. The results are beautiful with this technique creating a blended but overall “lighter” look.

Balayage highlighting gives a natural grow out look that can last for months. It’s a french technique that means painted. All of the colors like this are customized to the persons natural look giving a sun kissed look.

Ombre’ highlighting is a heavier highlight done around the bottom perimeter of the hair. Balayage or foil highlighting can be done in conjunction with the types of highlghting giving a gorgeous affect.

The newest highlighting technique called Illuminage gives a blended look that illuminates the nuances of the base color with natural highlights.

He’s studied with the best – haircolor with Wella Professionals and celebrity stylist Nick Arrojo in New York City, J Beverly Hills (in Beverly Hills CA), plus advanced color training with master stylist Kimberly Acworth at Indulge! He’s also studied French and Japanese haircutting techniques with Jamison Shaw in Atlanta GA. When you book with Conrad you know you’re in good hands for multi-dimensional haircolor including balayage, ombre and illuminage, creative haircutting and hair extensions, Brazilian Blowouts and blow-dry styling, plus he’s equally adept in barbering for our male clientele. He especially loves working with blondes and pastels, and creating a custom look for special events like the exquisite color accents and hair extensions shown right.

Conrad will split his time between Pennsylvania and Georgia. The picture of us shown on the right was a few years ago when we got to catch up. We were at one of our favorite local eateries called Gatsby’s.

If you would like to book a hair cut or color service with Conrad, click the link here.  

He works at our S. George Street location along side our full staff of stylists and Greensboro, Ga. Please schedule your color first or your haircut or blow dry styling service.

Kimberly and Conrad

Natural looking eyelash Lift

BEFORE  the eyelash lift

AFTER eyelash lift

Eyelash lift and tint for natural looking eyelashes

is the process of lifting the lashes around a rod then perming them to the perfect curve then tinting them with a safe color giving the result of a beautiful natural looking lash.

Its a great alternative to Eyelash Extensions for a natural healthy approach to growing your lashes. Eyelash extensions are great for the person that can maintain a 2 week schedule to having them refilled.

The eyelash lift and tint and provide many benefits:

1. lifting the lashes making them look longer
2. separates the lashes spreading them out. We find that shorter lashes can be swaying towards one direction or another giving the appearance of a shorter lash but in reality if they are lifted and spread out, they will be longer.
3. no need for mascara unless you want to use it lengthen and thicken
4. no need more eyelash curler. After many uses the eyelash curler rubber piece may break off, breaking lashes at the same stress point time after time of repeated use
5. healthier lashes
6. lasts from 4 – 6 weeks.

Very relaxing procedure. Chemicals are not in the eye, they are on the lashes brushed up with a thicker product that doesn’t move. Eyelash lifts can be done on different size rods to accommodate the actual lash texture.

Cristy’s eyelashes

Short, brittle, and sparse eyelashes

can be caused by physical rubbing the eyelashes then they eyelashes break off. Brittle eyelashes could be a result of medications and expose to the sun. Biological stresses including application of makeup improperly, aging, sickness, poor nutrition (big one) always dieting and eating less nutrient foods without supplements or over supplementing, hormonal shifts from menopause or just hormonal imbalances.

Cristy from York, Pa says:

“my lashes were see through and disliked that I had to always put mascara on before I went to the pool. I didn’t realize how long my lashes looked after I had the Eyelash Lift and Tint” People used to ask if I felt ok, I did, but since my eyelashes were transparent I looked like I was ill”. I have had eyelash extensions before the Eyelash Lift and Tint but I like the ease of not worrying about a two week appointment. I love them.”

How do we help our natural lashes grow?

Glo Lash Thickener for eyelashes

We utilize lash conditioners such as Glow Skin Beauty Lash Conditioner, they help provide support of nutrients to the lashes with the result of appearing healthier within weeks. “Lash conditioners help stimulate lashes and brows at a cellular level, enhancing follicle penetration of key ingredients and improve the health of the lash follicles,” stated by Samuel Alioto, president and CEO at MediNiche, featured in American Spa magazine. One ingredient that is used to strengthen lashes is Peony. Who knew?

With regular use of lash conditioners they can protect eyelashes and brows from damage by providing moisturizing hydration. “When you moisturize the lashes, you protect their health,” says Melissa Jansma, vice president of sales and marketing at Blink. “At the same time you are growing new lashes, leading to stronger thicker-healthier looking lashes.”

The eyelash cycle has 3 phases:

1. anagen stage is the active growth phase
2. catagen is the transitional phase
3. telogen is the resting phase

Eyelashes cycle through every 30  – 60 days losing a minimum of 3 eyelashes per day.

Eyelash conditioners are designed to extend the life of the anagen (growth) phase therefore keeping your lashes longer. At some point they will be replaced with a new lash.During this phase, keeping the lashes longer, fuller and moisturized will slow down the fall out stage.

What if you are using Latisse? It’s prescription only, contains prostaglandins, which mimic hormones to stimulate growth in eyelashes and increase the duration of the anagen (growth) phase. While these are effective, these ingredients may produce some side effects including the eyelid or iris discoloration.

Due to the potential side affects manufacturers have developed formulas that are alternatives that seem to be safer and just as effective. Some of the ingredients such as amino acids, peptides, fatty acids, vitamins and minerals nourish, condition, strengthen (those are the peptides) and improve the overall health and appearance of the eyelashes throughout the entire duration of the eyelash phases.

These phases are important especially if you are constantly wearing eyelash extensions.

                                                  Lash Conditioners-do they work?

Things to look for in eyelash conditioners are peptides to help up regulate the androgen receptor and stimulate the follicle to grow, hydrating ingredients keeping the eyelashes movable and healthy so that they don’t break, mild exfoliants to clear buildup of dead skin cells at the base of the lash around the follicle. This allows the thicker hair to evolve and giving the lash conditioner a better absorption environment to live and breath in. In many cases, we have discussed the fact that lash mites (little bugs) live off the skin cells on the actual eyelashes. This is important with your lash maintenance.

                                                                   Ingredients to look for in Lash Growth Conditioners

Growth factors are found in eyelash conditioners and in many skin care products to turn over cells. This ingredient helps increase the keratin genes that promote hair growth and biotin, a B vitamin that promotes healthy hair growth, protects against dryness and thickens the cuticle for fuller looking eyelashes and brows.

                                                                                      Nutrients for hair skin and nails

Improving Collagen and elastin in the skin also helps encourage eyelash growth, which i why hexapeptide-11 is the key ingredient in Lash Advance. It is a bio-fermented peptide derived from yeast that improves collagen and elastin production, enhances elasticity. At Indulge Salons, we are a firm believing in Collagen because of the fantastic results that we have seen with overall improvement in skin elasticity, hair growth plus general health improvement. We carry CollagenBlu which is a natural marine collagen that promotes and restores hair growth over a period of time. It comes in 30, 60, 90 supplies. Enhancing the energy in the body to turnover cells, helps improve the hair bulb (in the skin) promoting hair growth and the ability of the eyelash hair to function during the the anagen (growth)  cycle of the hair fiber.

Collagenblu marine cooagen

Natural ingredients such as soybean oil rich in vitamin E and phytosterols. Provides a protective barrier against harmful free radicals and provides a level of resistance against the appearance of aging. It also imparts a sheen and luster to eyelashes making them appear lush. Amino acids help replenish the building blocks of eyelashes by boosting the protein structure and helping them appear fuller and healthier. Pumpkin seed extract which contains a high level of zinc as well as amino acids and fatty acids and vitamins will enhance the appearance of eyelashes. Our product Pumpkin E from Rhonda Allison is an exceptional smooth vitamin product to apply to skin and lashes when doing your regular skin care regime in the morning or evening.

Panthenol is a natural humectant (means it attracts water and retains it) It helps coat the eyelashes  and seal in moisture. Peony extract helps strengthen the lashes for durability and Castor seed oil and glycoaminoglycans to soften brittle eyelashes and green tea to protect eyelashes and brows from oxidative stress and UV radiation damage provides soothing properties to the lashes. Hyluronic acid is a beneficial ingredient that helps strengthen and hydrate eyelashes.

We also carry Hyluronic Serum within our Rhonda Allison skin care line. We have seen the powerful results Hyluronic does to the crepey skin. In our research for the best Lash conditioners available, one of the ingredients that popped in our search was extracts from apple, lemon, and sugarcane which offered a natural mild alpha-hydroxy fruit acid exofoliation that clears the follicle which we spoke about earlier. A copper complex for anti-hair loss and natural plant and herb extracts to nourish and counteract breakage.

We found at Indulge Salon that the hair companies and manufactures such as Wella have copper inside their hair color formulas to protect the actual hair while processing. The results are healthy shiny hair. These companies expect their ingredients to perform for the consumer and are always looking for the best most trending ingredients towards a natural approach to healthy hair, eyelashes, skin and nails.

Application points to consider:

1. apply directly from the bottle to CLEAN lashes.
2. replace the applicator directly back into the bottle to prevent contaminants to infiltrate from the outside
3. replace your lash conditioner every 3 months
4. do not share with anyone else – yes its all yours!

Choose your lash conditioners and fortifiers to use for your benefit. Is it to strengthen, rejuvenate, grow and moisturize. We are here to help you. If you don’t want to do any of these, just come in for your Lash Lift and Tint to see immediate results. Great for last minute parties, school reunions, family reunions, weddings, bridal parties and prepping for your wedding! No worries no more mascara.

To make your 1.5 appointment for Lash Lift and Tint, BOOK HERE

CAll: 717.846.4424 S George St, York, PA 17403

Stonebridge location: 717.227.2566

Lake Oconee, GA: 706.999.9911

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