The road trip is a Summer staple, and the freedom from routine life is always welcome, but often hair and skin care suffer on the trip. Hotels, rest stops, limited packing space, and general travel time constraints can make it difficult to keep up usual beauty habits.

Here’s my quick list of 5 Road Trip Beauty Cheats:

1) Baby Wipes- great for in the car Cheetos finger clean up, and in a pinch good for using as makeup remover or if you don’t have time to shower.

2) Hair Ties- just believe me, you never want to be without one, even if your hair is short.

3) Tinted Moisturizer WITH SPF- yeah, you’re spending a lot of time in the car, which feels like you’re inside, except you’re not, always protect your skin, and using a tinted moisturizer with SPF will mean that you look great and all those road trip selfies too.

4) Body Oil- no matter how careful you are you probably going to get a sunburn, or a mild scrape while hiking, or dry skin from Beach water or pools, body oil will be your friend.

5) WATER- I can’t stress this one enough. Proper hydration is key to Beauty. If you are under hydrated then your body isn’t taking care of itself as well as it should. Soda, and milkshakes, and Margaritas by the pool all decrease your hydration level. Make sure you drink enough water. If you’re not sure if you drink enough, drink more.

First batch of #MindfullnessKits is done. Let me know if you want  your #MindfullnessKit!

Contains lots of good day making goodies including, but not limited to: healing crystals, bath salts, inspiration journal, organizational sheets, jewelry, stickers, and festival hair accessories.

Size One: $60 (+$10 if shipped)

Mega Size: $80 (+$10 if shipped).

I have 7 Size Ones and 4 Mega Sized.

First come, first serve.

Email ChristineDoesHair@gmail.com to order.

In the nearly 2 decades I’ve spent in the greater Cosmetology industry I’ve held a lot of different positions, each with varying types of stresses associated with them.

I’ve recently been going through several self imposed changes in my life and career and I’m choosing to share with others some of the best things I’ve found for me.

Keep a look out for my SquareSpace store relaunching soon. In addition to some hair extension kits, I’ve also created stylist and client #MindfullnessKits.

These #MindfullnessKits will include some of the organizational activities that have helped me, along with some great beauty products for living life minimally, lists of coping mechanisms for busy people, and even festival hair accessories to help bring forth your inner dirty hippie.

I look forward to being able to help share some inner calm with my fellow busy stylists, and our clients.

I went back and forth a lot about the content of this post before deciding I really do need to say this:

Hairstylists, we have more power than we know.
Traditionally we have been told that money, politics, and religion are off limit topics and we should just quietly nod agreement and change the subject with our clients.  This is wrong.
Our clients ask for our feedback and advice on everything from restaurants and vacation spots to relationships and raising their children, and right now some may need our guiding touch on some rather serious issues. I’m not advocating starting fights with clients, I’m just advocating to not support their ignorance.
So, this is for my client who is voting for Trump because they want to build a wall but she’s worried about how to keep her own illegal house cleaner. This is for the woman who is legitimately upset by #BlackLivesMatter because she thinks it should be #AllLivesMatter. This is for my clients who think Flint has clean water again. This is for everyone upset by the deaths of Dallas cops who didn’t bat an eye for Philandro or the Orlando gay club massacre.
NO, I will not nod my head along with you in agreement when I do not agree.
Clients trust their hair stylist with more than just their hair. Dig a little deeper if your client brings up a current event topic without understanding their privilege.

Check it out! Finally making the official announcement!

I have moved to Houston, Texas.

I have posted my Virginia schedule right here.

Click the lovely link and call for your next appointment.

xoxo

There’s not a lot of information out there about these methods of extensions so I’ve been looking at putting together a training kit and information on them to help get more stylists comfortable with them.

 

Some key benefit points about these two similar hair extension methods:

-can be done with ANY brand of wefted hair extensions

-can be done on clients with hair as short as 3 (three!) inches at crown

-can be tightened without full removal

-hair extension hair can be reused as long as the hair extensions are maintained in good condition

-clients natural hair can be colored around extensions easily

-large amounts of hair can be added very quickly

 

If you might be interested in more information, a kit, or a hands on customized class, please email me:

ChristineDoesHair@gmail.com

Let’s start with this idea: if they’re not getting any services done they don’t need to be in the salon. This goes for your sister, your friend, your boyfriend/girlfriend, spouse, and children. It especially goes for children though because they are not always capable of taking care of themselves.

We are not babysitters. We are hair stylists. We can’t watch your kid while we work on you. You can’t watch your kid while we work on you. Our front desk staff has things to do that do not need to be interrupted by your child running around them. Our shampoo technicians and salon assistants have work to do. We’ll be nice to your kid but we’ll all complain later because it makes our jobs harder. Salons are full of sharp objects, hot tools, and potentially harmful chemicals. You should not want your child unattended in this type of place.