Blonde on blonde color conditioner 

Try a gluten free color conditioner that will prevent your color from fading.

Part of the process of maintaining your hair color can be stress free and fun with Fabuloso conditioning color. We customize your hair color conditioner to match your permanent or semi-permanent color. Use at least 2 – 3 x per week for best results. This is a direct molecule formula added into the conditioner that is gluten free. Safe for your hair, good for your health.

One of the hardest situations is to see that color you paid for wash down the drain over 2 -3 weeks. With Fabuloso color conditioner, it can be used daily or couple of times a  week. Inside bottles of evo fabuloso that are bursting with personality, you’ll find luxurious products that are sulphate, paraben, dea, tea and propylene glycol free; products that give professional results while respecting the environment.

Especially, highlights that are taken to such a light level then toned to a platinum which could be violet, blue, pink or any other light pale shade that can be washed out within a day or to. Instead of losing your investment along with your color, we apply this Fabuloso customized color to prevent the color from fading a few days. Keeps the hair healthy and shiny. runs $35 US dollars.

We can match your permanent and semi-permanent color with the color conditioner. If you have pink hair, it will save the condition of the pink hair.

Blonde on Blonde highlights are maintained by a Platinum color conditioner that keeps the hair shiny and healthy. At Indulge Salon, York, Pa and Lake Oconee, Greensboro, GA, we will determine the level of lighteness and the amount of violet or blue that needs to be added into the conditioner to make it stay the tone you like.

What if the hair turns blue or purple? Well, the person that mixed it up might have not mixed the right ratio. We have never had this happen we are just surmising the situation. If you have caramel colored hair, we would mix up a caramel color that has more gold in it to keep it shiny and healthy for the color conditioner to do it’s job.

If you have black espresso hair, we will mix up a customized color conditioner to match your color while adding blue and black to your conditioner to make sure it doesn’t lose the pigments that are needed to give you the lustre that you are expecting. When the sun shines on your hair it will reflect the shine that looks like you walked out of a magazine.

These pigmented color conditioners are superb for filling in the hair without the commitment. The fun part of using this color conditioner is that you can be party girl over the weekend, wash your hair a few times and out comes the party girl and in comes the business professional for the week. Versatile product. We love working with it.

When it comes to education, Evo hair is the parent company based out of Australia. Evo hair is a family owned company that takes care of business ethically on their end and does such a great job of keeping all of their distributors accountable for excellent education. I have attended 4 of these training myself and have been pleased with the results for our staff and clients.

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AFTER going from brown to gray

Meet Maggie K from Greensboro, Ga. She is a professional that was tired of coloring her roots every 8 days. She has been toying with the idea to take her hair from brown-to-gray to live more freely. Read more…..

Maggie is a professional that is speaking on stage and has always been aware of how she appears as a professional in front of her peer groups. She travels around the world delivering high performing information to help teachers be able to communicate effectively with their students.

Maggie and her many shades of gray

Other lighting from highlighted brown hair to gray hair

When Maggie and I first entertained the idea of her taking her brown hair to gray, we had some considerations to think of such as:

1. the pros and cons of gray hair
2. what if her hair wouldn’t lift as light as we needed it to? Back up color was necessary.
3. maintenance of gray hair as it naturally grows in
4. the initial cost to remove the brown highlighted colors

Is platinum right for you?

Maggie wanted to achieve a pretty platinum color that was nice and icy looking to match with her skin tone. Know that when you are working with so many different tones of brown that has highlights and low lights in it, the “what lies beneath” emerges. This becomes a discovery process. I had to use many types of bleaching with an additive that re-bonds the insides of the hair to protect it from breaking.

Lightening hair is time consuming. It is a slow going process that has to be watched. Some areas of the hair or head that might be light enough have to be rinsed or removed early, other areas may be darker and need to be left on longer.  In some cases a strand of hair could be 3 colors from brown to gray on a single strand!! . This where having a professional that has been trained on advanced bleaching is going to give you the best results.

the process of going from brown to gray with foils

Makeup colors matter with gray hair

Glo skin makeup

FYI as you decide on the right color goals to go with your skin tone and a back up plan if the hair won’t lighten as much as you would like it to, then the back up plan would be to come in a few weeks to have more lightener applied to keep the integrity of the hair. This is normal procedure when you are trying to lighten as much as you are in one appointment. We recommend 2 – 3 appointments to achieve the level of lightness. We did have to change out Maggie’s makeup with a beige to enhance her skin tone. She looked even younger after the makeup changes to beige foundation, pink lip colors and we even tried colors that we discovered didn’t work for her.

Patience is a key factor in the waiting game to process. Bring a phone, a book, something to do because hair color removal/bleaching when going from brown to gray can take hours. Hours meaning 7 hours sometimes more. Slow as you go is the way to think about hair color removal.

After the initial removal, we were looking for the hair staying healthy while processing especially the ends of the hair. One of the considerations in hair color removal is the ends because of them being lighter, the opportunity for breakage would be higher than normal if we hadn’t taken any precautions. We did use a re-bonding product to help keep the integrity of the hair. Once we were able to rinse the hair out and found we were happy with the raw underlying  color, then we were able to pursue the right tone.

Choose the tone of gray wisely

When choosing a tone of gray when going from brown to gray, this is a visual adjustment for the person wearing these new colors. You might look at Pinterest or Instagram and think you will like the color but if the color you want is not held up against your skin tone, you might have the adverse affect with your skin tone and have to rethink or redo the color to make it work for you. This is a time consuming process but an important process all the same.

Try a wig on to get an idea if you like yourself in gray

I recommend trying on wigs BEFORE you make a big comittment to changing your hair color from brown to gray or red to gray to make sure you will be happy with the transition. Going from blonde to gray is easier because of the lighter shades.

Transitioning from brown to gray can be an adjustment visually  with your eyes, skin tone, and getting used to looking at yourself in the mirror can take about two weeks.  The maintenance on gray hair will still be a comittment by using Fabuloso color conditioner that keeps the direct dye pigments in the lightened hair. Keeping the hair toned every two to 4 weeks in the beginning will help your gray hair have longevity  is  essential to maintaining the gray tones because the underlying yellow in naturally dark hair can start to surface within a week or longer depending on how often you wash your hair, which shampoo and conditioning products are used all have affects on the hair. Those Fabuloso color tones can help keep the yellow at bay.

Do your research by having a color consultation done with Indulge Salon York Pa. You could even go to a paint store pick out some gray paint swatches that you like, hold them to your skin or take them home in the lighting that you are in the most to see if you like yourself in those colors. Color tones do matter. Some gray hair color tones have blue, beige, yellow or violet which all those tones can make a difference in your skin tone.

If you are interested in going from brown to gray, call us at 717.846.4424 or 706.999.9911 for a consultation prior to having the service done. We feel it is a privilege to provide good information for you to make a good decision on your color choices.

BEFORE going from brown to gray

BEFORE brown

BEFORE brown with highlights

BEFORE changing her hair color from brown to gray picture taken under lights

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Broken off hair replenished

over processing?

Call Indulge Salon immediately, schedule an appointment for a hair and scalp evaluation to make sure we can provide options for you.  Over processed  bleaching can burn hair off but can cause damage at the scalp causing open wounds that “weep”. We will suggest options such as appropriate conditioning treatments, a new haircut to trim off the burnt ends, consider shampoo for hair growth, supplements, and natural hair extensions to fill in the gaps for fuller looking hair if necessary.

Hair breakage can be devastating to the person that has experienced this situation. Emotionally this can be self deflating if you have been growing your hair out for years then all of a sudden the hair is short with uneven spots or worse dried out like a broom. Self confidence  can be diminished thinking that other’s are looking at you even when they may not be. Growing your hair out can take many months up to years to grow out along with using the right products as your hair grows out. Working with a salon professional that will be able to handle this level of damage is important to choose the right products and services for you while keeping your hair in good shape is important.

This past month has been full of incoming challenges to fix from other salons:

• hair burnt off from chemicals being left on to long
• hair broken and bristly from highlights being left on to long
• hair looks like a broom that was splayed out with burnt ends
• parts of the hair were missing 1/2″ from the scalp in parts of the head
• hairline broken off from pony tail damage
• strands of hair were left hanging on the head.

BEFORE broken off hair from over processing

Listen to me folks, if you think or get the thought that you might be sitting under the dryer to long then you might want to ask the stylist to check you. IF you get that gut feeling that something isn’t quite right then maybe it isn’t and you ask the stylist to check your color again . If the color or bleach is on your highlighted hair to long than it most likely will break off when the cooler water hits it in the shampoo bowl. We carry the newest technology at our Indulge Salon, York, Pa locations that re-bond the hair inside while the hair lightens or darkens. The innovations in hair color treatments is spectacular especially when it comes to fragile hair. We are lucky to be partnered up with good companies that provide us with the right techniques to take best care of our clients.

Lighteners or bleaches have ingredients in them that when mixed with a developer  can cause damage if not handled properly. Hair salons are suppose to be professional by not leaving you alone. Cosmetologists go to classes to be updated with education to prevent damage to your hair and scalp and with the newest technology these days, it’s advisable that you ask when the stylist has been to the latest educational event or ask what type of new products do they have when it comes to lightening hair.

Salon professionals have a license for a reason. We are suppose to have advanced knowledge about products before we use them on a client. I am confronted with teary streaked faces that had just come from a a salon needing an emergency session! I feel bad for the client. I feel angry with the stylist that doesn’t have the education or skill certification to be doing the services.

You ask, “what can be done about my broken off hair Kimberly?”

First of all when it comes to hair that has broken off from chemical damage, we need to make sure the scalp is not damaged beyond the epidermis. If it is blistering or puss is coming out of wounds on the scalp, you will need to see a dermatologist and potentially a plastic surgeon. Yes, sessions like this can be this serious. Blisters can be developed in less than 3 seconds with strong metals in the well water or more alkaline water in the area. For example, if you live in an area that has well water, the ph level can be equivalent to a 14 which is like bleach water that you scrub your floors  to clean them. As a stylist, we need to be informed of medications that you take because whatever goes into your  body comes out through the hair, nails and skin. All ph levels for the hair should be around 4.5 – 5.5. There is much to know when working with the hair and the results of products such as shampoo and conditioners. I could go on and on but for the sake of this article today, I will leave it to the broken off hair due to chemical damage from over highlighting, bleaching incorrectly from other salons or from people trying to bleach their own hair which is disastrous.

We can do hair extensions to fill in IF you have enough hair to cover those installed. See our page on bridal hair extensions that I could into depth about the installation, maintenance and hair coloring extensions. If you have at least an inch at the scalp perhaps single strand extensions for a natural look. Still you will need about 6″ of natural hair to lay over the extensions. My suggestions are not an easy fix however immediately getting yourself to Indulge salon to evaluate your hair is a good idea!

Feel free to read our reviews, watch our videos on how to shampoo with the hair growing shampoo and more at FB:Indulgecolorsalon.

I know what it’s like to have lost hair from stress, thinning, shedding hair and breaking off at the back of my head from pony tails! I speak from experience. It took a year for my hair to grow back. It is still fine but fuller and thicker from using the right products.

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Indulge Salon, York Pa provides the highest level of hair color with Organic Colour Systems. If you want happy, healthy hair we are the salon for you. Every effort is taken to provide a thorough consultation to achieve the results that you are looking for. Organic hair color is necessary for consumers that have allergic reactions to traditional hair color. I have had clients recently that require non wheat hair color, organic.

Organic Colour Systems is made in New Hampshire, Britain. It’s the first ever range of permanent hair colours made from the maximum amount of certified organic ingredients and the minimum amount of chemicals to colour and care for your hair as natural as possible.

Organic Color Systems can be used on fine, medium and long hair

Organic colour systems have designed effective Colour, Care (products) and Control (products) that work together as a perfect system to create naturally healthier hair with longer lasting colour. Organic Colour Systems is scientific and completely different process.

Benefits of using Organic hair color:

• gentle and non damaging
• believe in recycling and protecting the environment
• never use ammonia to develope the color
• never tested on animals
• source the ingredients ethically and use them carefully

The best texture of hair that benefits is coarser texture of hair. Organic colour systems will overcome curly, frizzy hair that can be tempermental with its variety of porosities. The organic colour systems care products will penetrate the hair more deeply therefore allowing the color to go in deeper  along with the customized protein and/or moisturizer. Some areas of the hair may be thicker than others. For example, the ends may be much thinner because it’s older hair that has been on the head longer plus exposed to the environmental damage. Enjoy a smoother texture immediately after the service.

Organic hair color has specialized formulations that can be make multi-dimensional, highlights that stay brighter, softer hair, moveable hair, faster drying experience.

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Red hair color done by hairstylist, Kimberly Acworth at Indulge Salon, York Pa

Red hair color is hard to keep around like that new date that you met and want to keep calling but they avoid your calls. Red hair color is  a little more maintenance than the usual root touch up.

Think of your red hair color as friends that are coming to a party that you are excited to spend time with. In fact, you want those red hair color friends to spend the night! Our red hair color friends meet someone else at the party, they start leaving one by one until there are only a few friends left.

Those few red hair color friends left at your party are what leave your color looking orange and brassy. Some new words for you to learn would be color retouch means coloring the hair that has grown out of the scalp. Color balance is a term that we created to associate with the hair that has faded. Red color tones have to be re-established for depth and vibrancy to the mid length and ends of the hair.

The depositing color used as a color balance is a gentle deposit of color vs the stronger color used at the scalp to cover grey, going darker or  lifting to a lighter color that requires a stronger developer ONLY.

Indulge Salon’s are an authority on all red hair color, we have many red hair color manufacturers to choose from to help your red hair color stay longer.

1. We consult with our clients to see which product is suitable for their hair. We look at the hair texture. Fine limp that needs more treatment. We choose professional products based on what will be good for your hair plus get the best results to keep your red hair color friends staying longer at the party.

2. Choosing the right color has a lot to do with your hair texture, the porosity (ability to hold color), and your skin tone. Managing your red hair color will depend on your willingness to use the correct products. We have choices such as red brown, red auburn, red copper, golden copper, strawberry blonde, blush and apricot are some of the beautiful tones that can compliment skin tones. I love that we have the ability to make some colors more vibrant just by adding other red tones that lay next to each other.

3. During the consultation, we will establish your faceshape, your lifestyle and the right coloring technique for the best result for you. We may  do a base color along with a contouring color, balayage for a natural sun kissed look, a foil highlight for stronger highlights for a power statement. No matter who you are or who you want to be, we can help bring out the best in you. For ideas, go here.

4. Price to keep our red head friends at the party longer is not cheap. We are the best at what we do however; maintaining the red hair color may take a few sessions at first to create a base color for the pigments to stay longer. Once we have them at the party, we need to close the door to lock the red pigment in. In some instances we will use a permanent hair color, glazes to fill in, or semipermanent color to push pigment into the hair. In some instances the hair is to fragile to hold color then we use a non ammonia based hair color.

5. Home Maintenance regime recommendations will be essential to keeping your hair maintained at home.

We always recommend that you bring photos of what you like about what you desire your hair to look like and pictures that you have of yourself that you love. This helps us do our job. Pinterest, Instagram and any social media is always helpful.

For a free consultation for your red hair color contact us at 717-846-4424 for our York, Pa. Book online here.

Book for a color appointment 30 minutes and for a haircut or blow dry styling about an hour later. Call if you need help scheduling.

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We pride ourselves on providing the best possible color lines that help us create beautiful color for your hair. Proudly, we introduce to you Organic Colour Systems.

We absolutely fell in love with Organic  Colour Systems’

5 Key Promises:

1. We use the maximum amount of certified organic ingredients and the minimum amount of chemicals.

2. We source our ingredients ethically and use them carefully. We only use Non-GMO ingredients.

3. We have never tested our products on animals.

4. We believe in recycling and protecting the environment

5. We have never used ammonia

How cool is that?!

To top it off, we love the range of color we are able to customize just for you with their line. We have the ability to do Bright & Funky or Natural Shades. For our clients with skin sensitivities, medication concerns, or just those who are wishing to have as minimal chemical contact as possible, this line is for you.

Call 717-846-4424 to schedule your free consultation!

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low commitment hair color

Indulge Salon now has hair color that is rich in depth and shine that blends out lines of demarcation from gray grow out. The first demi-permanent solution to cover 70% of grays with low commitment.

Call Indulge Salon today to try our Wella Color Touch PLUS is formulated for a more intense result for shine!

Finally, a solution to not have to worry about running into the salon every 3-4 weeks to cover the unwanted gray coverage that stares “I’m getting old” in the mirror. This low commitment hair color requires every 5-6 weeks to blend a color into your natural gray hair that will eventually blend out without leaving unwanted tones in the hair.

No more lines of demarcation! Blend those lines away.

matte hair color removing unwanted yellow hair color

BEFORE yellow brassy hair

Wella and Indulge Salon, York, Pa has discovered what women want from their hair color?

• 40% of women want multi-tone color. We can do this easily through a demi-permanent color that allows natural tones to shine through.
• 60% of women find the appearance of roots unacceptable and prefer less obvious regrowth.
• want high shine without being weighed down by product
• fun, creative shades, tone changes
• more variety with gray coverage ideas
• intensity of colors such as reds, rich deep browns
• fashion forward glosses with matte nuances
• changing tones more regularly without having to strip the previous color

Indulge Salon has 6 options for new color choice applications for low commitment hair color for you. Make an appointment here.

1. Matte shades for a diffused appearance. Imagine a filter on a camera giving a diffused look. Perfect for the pop of color on the weekend warrior look and back to business on Monday. We suggest the Smokey colors that are trending now for 2016 hair trends. Indulge Salon, York, Pa has all of them. Get rid of orange brassy tones in 20 minutes. Hair feels great. Can thicken the hair. Add pops of color such as blue, pale pink on blonde. Great for blending grays. See photo of Kimberly above.
2. Soft ombre shades that appear as a sun kissed look all year around. Try sunshine lights, natural lights on pre-lightened hair.
3. Tease him with the a hidden twist of color. This service allows clients to
   

   Wella matte red with blush

   enjoy the best of both worlds. Show him your sweet side then tease your true self with colors hidden beneath. These colors last about 24 washes. Try cool rose, tangerine dream, violet dawn, screaming pink, royal violet, orange snap.

4. Matte Red is the new red. It doesn’t shout or scream, it softly seduces. She will feel adored. Own this color for yourself. We can combine a variety of customized reds with your matte reds. Indulge Salon, York, Pa is known for being the best color salon in York Pa for creativity and customization. Go to www.indulgesalon.com for a $15 off your first visit to any of our locations.

5. Curb shine appeal with crystal glosses that are easily combined with our permanent and demi-permanent shades that create luxurious sparkle to existing hair color. Suitable for all clients and starting with previously colored hair or non hair colored natural color. Great after highlights for a low commitment hair color experience.

6. Perk up your highlights with our deposit only color that is demi-permanent that just adds TONE. This color does not lift. It has a patented technology composed of glimmer lights that fill the empty spaces that cause the hair to look dull and lifeless. This low commitment haircolor fills in those empty spaces in the hair creating more SHINE. Wella calls this The Smart Selective Formula because it only acts on the highlighted or pre-lightened hair and guarantees brilliant shading or refreshing of blonde tones and other fashion highlights while giving intense shine.

Now is the time to try the new Color Touch Plus at Indulge Salon, York, Pa. Low commitment to blend gray hair up to 70%. Hair color can be combined with freehand lowlights to customize your hair color. Personalize it, blend it, and shine it up for 2016.  Make an appointment here. 

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Ready for your hair color and haircut Spring makeover?

Look at this transformation from our very own stylist, Zach, from Indulge Salon on East Market Street York, Pa. He has been doing these amazing Spring hair transformations with our clients that come in with brassy, same color tones without contrast or interest.

Brassy hair color BEFORE

He livened up her haircut with a french haircutting technique that complements her face shape and lifestyle.

One of our newest client additions to our Indulge family is Daria Kostyleff. He felt honored that she came to him asking to get rid of her brassy gold hair. She is newly in love and wanted to have a “revamping” of her hair. Zach was on it in a second by offering up some changes with the following:

1. change in hair color tone to give her skin a glow
2. offered the balayage hair painting highlight technique to customize color contrast and dimension
3. created interest in her haircut with the French haircutting technique. Read more about it here

As you can see from the AFTER photos of Daria, that her stylist did it. the style is soft, romantic and touchable. He gave her a movable haircut that can be worn straight or curly and looks easy to style. Daria’s hair color has lighter tones with contrast and dimension plus I love how it doesn’t show the lines from the regular foil highlights. Just gorgeous! Thanks Zach for doing a great job.

Daria after – back view

It takes a lot of advanced skill to create these types of hair transformations. Zach has done advanced training in balayage highlights, hair color correction, and hair color formulations. Even with all of this knowledge, it is important to note that taking care of a new hair color is similar to buying a silk dress that is an investment and you want to keep in good condition as long as possible. We always will recommend shampooing with our non sulfate shampoo and conditioner that helps maintain the color pigments preventing them from leaving the hair. You wouldn’t want to wash that silk expensive dress in generic washing solution. It would make the dress fade and become dull just like hair becomes after repeatedly washing with generic over the counter drug store products that tend to make the the hair color fade.

Daria After

We want you to take care of your new hair color and haircut. All of our stylists will recommend the best styling products to help keep hair color from fading. Your stylist will show you how to style your hair too! If you don’t know how, we have BYOB (bring your own blowdryer) workshops that allow you to bring in your own tools, products (we try not to judge) and show you how to use them to achieve your look. Runs $25 for 30 minutes of undivided guidance plus you get a FREE bonus product.

To really finish off her Spring transformation, I would recommend eyelash extensions done at our South George location. Eyelash extensions would really open up her eyes making this look more dramatic. Read more here

If you are interested in having a Spring haircut and hair color makeover, Call 717.718.4465 for an appointment today.

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We have been experiencing many box hair color dye removal requests coming in for emergency help!

BEFORE brassy hair dye from box color

Call us immediately, we can help you find a solution to your box color  hair dye problems. The most popular has been clients that try to do their own blonde hair color dyes resulting in brassy orange or bright banana yellow. Balayage highlights from a box resulting in a digital type looking spotty look and going from blonde hair to brown reds that turn mostly reddishish if that is even a word. Some of our new clients have come in explaining they tried to remove the box color dye without success. It just got worse for them.

Hair color correction is not an easy fix always. May take 20 minutes, may take hours to have multiple applications of remover applied to sections of the hair that may not want to leave the hair. If that is the case, professionally speaking we have to make alternative decisions to give you close to what you want. Tracy Cunningham, Kardashians celebrity hairstylist said it takes an average of 3 months of many highlighting processes to get their dark hair to the prettiest blondes that compliment their skin tone. Pinterest is an awesome source for visuals and we love them but you need to understand that we must consider what you have on your head and try to get you closest to what you like from your pictures. Be realistic and optimistic.

First of all let us address the emotional turmoil that happens when you rinse out your hair and see brassy color that makes your stomach flip. Of course, it’s the morning you decided to have a hair color moment right before you have to go to work. You KNOW you can’t go to work like that but you have to do something. A quick fix….going back to the drug store or local food store scanning the box color aisle trying figure out how to go darker quickly before you punch the clock. You pick the most attractive brunette or look at the color remover depending on how much time you have. To top it off the question always comes up to the cashier, “have you used color remover before?”

After 5 hours hair color removal achieved desired hair color

And here we are another day, happily fixing the box color blunders to save another head of hair without tears. Read about Shannon story.

If you get a chance read more about hair color correction here.

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