The fall season brings many things to be joyful about such as beautiful colors, pumpkin spiced lattes, wonderful scents...but the downfall of the colder season is dry skin and dry hair!
Keeping your hair healthy for the fall and winter seasons is rather important to keeping hair shiny and soft. You may have to switch out products and drink more water. Some key reminders are, never go from cold temperatures to hot temperatures quickly, and vice versa.  Conditioners are so imporant, if it leaves your hair feeling greasy or flat, then you are not using the right one! When your hands are dry, you put lotion on them right? So why not do the same for your beautiful locks?
Leave in conditioners and creams are a great way to stay moist! Refrain from hot, hot water, causing your hair to dry out more! 

Besides from just an unpleasant feeling, another downside to dry hair, is the color fading out. Dry=damaged. Damaged hair means damaged cuticles. If the cuticle is too damaged, then the dye molecules will gradually (sometimes even quickly) wash out. Keep up on your hair cuts, moisturize, and keep your hair covered under a hat when going outside in the cold! 
Breakage is another unfortunate side effect of dry hair. It's like straw; when the straw gets to dry, it becomes very brittle and snaps in half. If you like your long hair, you need to keep up with the mainenance.

If you have any questions or concerns, come ask us here at Just Hair Styling Centre! We will be more than happy to help!

Be honest with your stylist

You may think this seems silly, but we have all been there when we don't want to tell our stylist, "yes I did cut my own hair, " or "I do my own color. "

The reason isn't because we are being nosy, but because this could affect the work of art you're paying for, and we want you to go home happy and feeling beautiful!

We don't question you to make you feel ashamed or because we want to grill you, we need to know, especially when we are dealing with chemicals such as a relaxer or color or perm. Let me give you an example: there was a client who wanted highlights. No big deal right? During the consultation she was asked if she swam. She said she did occasionally maybe a couple times in the last month. Once again no big deal.
Wrong.
The stylist doing the hair, applied the lightener in foils. Several minutes later, the stylist reached for a foil to check the process and burned her fingers on the foil.

What?!?!?
Yes burned her fingers. The client thankfully was ok.

How did that happen? The client was actually an avid swimmer, swimming 2-3 times a week in a chlorine pool, and she had gone on vacation and swam in salt water 2 weeks prior. The chlorine build up mixed with salt water build up on the hair caused a dangerous chemical reaction with the lightener, causing the foils to become literally blistering hot. The client was very fortunate to not be burned and lost a few pieces of hair.
The process could have all been prevented if the client said she was a weekly swimmer versus "been in the pool a couple times this month." All that simply would have happened is a clarifying shampoo would have been used to get rid of build up on the hair at the beginning.

It is so important to let your stylist know what you do that involves your hair. If you had cut your own hair prior your haircut at the salon, it's important to notify us, because maybe a haircut you want just won't go with some of those uneven pieces (yes, if you cut your own hair you're 99% likely to have alot of uneven pieces).

And boxed color is different from salon color. If you have boxed color, it is important to tell us so we can be aware of any action we need to take extra to give you the outcome you desire, rather than after the fact wondering why a color didn't turn out that way it should. This goes back to maybe even 2 years ago if you have long hair. It all stays in there even if it faded.
If you do like to cut your own bangs, ask your stylist for some tips to show you. We are more than willing to advise you if we can. After all we are the experts, and we want happy clients, with happy hair! ;)

Have you heard people talking about a GK Hair Taming System? It's not the same as a Brazilian Blow Out, or a Chi Straightening System. 

A GK Hair Taming System is designed to remove frizz from your hair, it does not remove all curl on extremely curly hair, however it can remove up to 80% of the curl, and make your hair much easier to do in the morning. If you want to keep your curl, there is a GK treatment that can be used just to remove the frizz.

If you spend over an hour on your hair just to straighten your hair or even just to make it manageable, a GK treatment is for you. You don't have to have curly hair to get a GK!!

If your hair keeps fading, you can get a GK to seal in your color to prevent it from looking drab.

The GK Taming System has made several peoples lives easier every day! It can last up to 5 months!! 

The GK Taming System is NOT a relaxer.  In fact if you are thinking about getting a relaxer, try a GK first! A relaxer damages the hair and gives the hair a rough brittle feeling, where as a GK does the opposite, making your hair feel so good!  

This service is higher in cost due to the cost of product, and the time it takes. If you want to have  GK done on your hair, you need to allow your self a couple of hours, depending on how long, and thick your hair is. The process requires the hair to be flat ironed to seal the hair shaft, but after 48 hours you can wash and style your hair how ever you want! 

Juvexin is the main ingredient that is a "special blend of proteins and peptides optimized specifically for hair." GK is the on;y company that uses Juvexin in its' products.

For more information visit our salon!! 

This question is asked alot. The answer is based solely on if you want to grow it out or if you like your length,and how fast your hair grows. The best answer is every 4-6 weeks if you like your length. Hair grows an average of 1/2" a month. Depending on medicine, diet, age, health, and the condition of your hair affect the growth.

If you are trying to grow out your hair, a trim every 2 to 3 months is healthy, if you don't do alot with your hair, meaning not coloring it alot, using a thermal protectant, and using the right products including shampoo and conditioner. If it's been over a year since your last haircut, your hair is crying out for it. Split ends are a hairs worse enemy. If you see white bulbs at the end of your hair, then you have them. These will cause your hair to break further and further up the hair shaft, backfiring your plan to grow out your hair. Eventually you hair ends up appearing to not grow, but really your hair is breaking off.
 
Talk to your stylist about how often you need a hair cut. Don't hesitate to ask for just a little bit off at a time if you do want to grow your hair out.

What is a filler??
I am sure many of you that change your color hear this word, and wonder what it means exactly! It is an extra cost, but only for your benefit. A filler replaces the missing pigment in your hair, in layman's terms, it puts red, blue, or yellow, sometimes other mixed colors such as ash, to make the dye molecules stay in your hair strand (hair shaft). THIS DOES NOT TURN YOUR HAIR BLUE, RED OR YELLOW as the final result.  When your hair has been altered you are adding more of one color than another, if not completely taking it out. For example, blonde has a lot of yellow (undertone). If you want to go a darker brown, you have to put red and a little bit of gold in it before the final color, depending on the actual tone of the color.. The process helps the hair color stay, instead of fading out quickly. Another kind of filler is a conditioning filler. This helps equalize the porosity of the hair for even color, in other words helps your hair be a solid color instead of different lines of demarcation on the hair. Before heading to your nearest drug store and picking out a box of color, head to your stylist. Yes, it does cost more than a box, but you are receiving an experienced colorist that will make your hair beautiful. Not to mention, hair color in a box is way more damaging than salon color.

 A thermal protectant is a product used to prevent heat from severely damaging hair. Heat can melt and cause the hair to break. If you flat iron, blow dry, and/or curl your hair everyday, you may notice your hair getting brittle ends and breaking off. This can also cause color to fade quickly. Invest in a good thermal protectant to keep your hair beautiful and healthy!