Alex Emilio Salon

Why go to the salon to have my hair coloured?

Jenn — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:32:24 +0000

Beyonce, Gwen Stefani, and Eva Longoria are not using box colour! Don’t be roped into the marketing demise of this industry! It is only a trained professional that can give you the results that you want and desire! As professionals we pride ourselves in being highly educated in colour theory, and using the best colour line on the market! Only professional can make sure that the product on your hair is going to keep your health and hair integrity in mind. We can create a colour that is specific to your skin type, eye colour, and lifestyle.

Can I have my hair coloured when I am pregnant?

Jenn — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:30:38 +0000

At Alex Emilio we carry Tigi Colour, which is PPD free, the lowest ammoiniated colour line on the market, as well as gluten free, and a vegan based colour line. These factors insure that your colour experience has not only you in mind, but your health as well. When it comes to pregnancy we encourage you to take this information and share it with your doctor, only a medical professional can give you the advice that is right for you and your baby.

What are “Diverted Products”?

Jenn — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:29:39 +0000

Diversion is an on going issue in the salon industry. Walgreens, Target, even Kroger all have a shelf or two of your favorite products that you can purchase in the salon. Now it might seem like you are getting it cheaper, but you are fooled. Professional hair care companies are constantly are formulating and re-packaging products to keep new and current. The new products are retailed through the salon, while the old products literally get sold out the back door. It is the old products that you see in the drug and grocery stores, and they are sold by a third party with no ties to the beauty industry. Diversion costs our industry billions of dollars every year, and compromises billions of clients hair quality.

Why should I buy salon products instead of drug store products?

Jenn — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:28:31 +0000

At Alex Emilio we take our retail products very seriously! By offering you only the best in the professional industry, our retail products are guaranteed to keep the integrity of you hair and hair colour. We care about our clients needs and take pride in our education in our retail products. Every Alex Emilio stylist is educated in great depth to the ingredients, and technology behind every hair care line we carry at the salon. It’s this education that helps us choose the right product for every specific hair need. Drug store hair care lacks the technology and luxury ingredients! The pharmacists might be able to help you with cold medicine, but when it comes to your hair, we have the number one prescription!

How often should I wash my hair?

Jenn — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:26:16 +0000

The age old question! Is washing my hair everyday bad? Well depending on your hair type and how much of it is professionally coloured….YES! Technology has reached a level that far surpasses anything we have had before! Hair Shampoo and Conditioner is formulated with the chemically dependant client in mind, making it more conditioning and hydrating for every hair type. This technology helps you skip a wash or two between blowouts, keeping your hair cleaner longer, and colour from fading. Over washing can strip the hair strand of colour and eventually start to add deposit of soap scum on the hair…. that’s for all you Garnier Fructise users! Still a little worried about feeling “oily”, try some of our Catwalk Dry Shampoo, or Finley Powder! Both products can absorb oil and add texture to your hair, perfect for that “On the go” client!

How often should I cut and colour my hair?

Jenn — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:23:35 +0000

“A salon visit always, keeps the split ends away!!” Keeping maintenance on your hair cut and colour is key! Not only will it help you save time and money, a touch up and trim every 4-6 weeks helps keep your hair from fading and damage. The average hair grows 1/2 per month, and in that half inch you can do alot of damage at home! Styling heat, blow dyers, humidity, wind and sun can definitely add some stress to your tresses! Keeping up your beauty time with your Alex Emilio Stylist can help your hair stay healthy, hydrated, and glamorous all 24/7!

Tigi Academy – NY

Jenn — Thu, 19 May 2011 20:50:33 +0000

We had a great time at the Tigi Academy in NYC. We learned a lot and left smiling.

View our photos from the event below:

Redspiration: the right contrast

Jenn — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 22:32:24 +0000

Our publication’s editor, Tania Braukamper, recently ventured off to her hair stylist in order to live up to 2011′s hair trend adage of ‘just change it‘. Her blonde locks were to become red ones. Things didn’t quite go as planned and the strong red that Tania wanted, the kind you see captured in this street style snap, came out closer to strawberry blonde. A trip back to the salon ought to fix that and when it does black will clearly be a colour of strength for Tania as it is for all red heads.

Red hair, you see, remains something of a rarity in a sea of blondes and brunettes. It thus demands contrasting with colours that really make it pop; blacks, blues and greens.

Cut with a fringe and worn with all black and a pair of aviators, as it is above, red hair takes on another life of its own. It needn’t even have a hint of the punk to it for that hint is easily drowned out by the dominance of the hair. And after so many years of derision, now that it finally is a hair colour trend, that’s precisely what red hair needs to do.

This particular street style look was snapped in Paris by The Sartorialist.