A Visit To The Beauty Salon-Get Your Hair Colored

The day is progressing at Cuttin Up Salon, with the eight o’clock client calling back, asking if she can go ahead and come in to get her hair done. She is unable to go back to sleep, Sonja encourages her to come in as she has lined out her schedule for two hours to do this young girl’s hair.

“Oh, good,” I think to myself, “someone else has problems going back to sleep when they are woke up earlier than they wanted.” The day is beginning to look more prosperous for me as well as Sonja.

“This is your first time to come here,” Sonja greets her client, “how did you find out about us?”

“You do my grandmother’s hair and a friend of mine has come to you for a long time,” the new client explains. Sonja gets the name of the grandmother and the friend from the new client and discovers they are frequent visitors to her salon.

"Oh yes," Sonja tells her client, "Your grandmother was in just a few days a go. Your friend has been coming here for quite a while. I just love those two ladies. They are so chipper and it is a joy when they come into the salon for me to do their hair.

“What are we going to do with your hair today?” Sonja asks the client. The young girl has long hair that has been previously colored and had become frizzy on the top. She has an underlay of black she would like to keep but would like the roots touched up.

“No problem,” as she examines the client’s hair.

Sonja begins working on the client’s hair by separating the top layer that has become frizzy from the dark bottom layer.

“We will have to use two colors to bring your hair to the look you are wanting to achieve,” Sonja informs the client.

Using large clips to keep the hair out of the way while it is being colored, Sonja separates the top layer of hair and begins to apply color to the roots.

After touching up the roots of the first layer of hair, Sonja applies product to the roots of the bottom layer. This is the second color that will be used on the hair to bring it to the desired look the client is hoping for.

Sonja wraps the bottom layer of hair in a towel before she works on the rest of the top layer. The towel will keep the two colors she is using from bleeding together. She then uses foil at the top of the towel to keep the bottom layer of color from mixing in with the top layer that will be colored lighter than the bottom hair.

"If I don't cover the bottom hair layer, the colors bleed together," Sonja explains, "the bleeding would occur in the middle of the hair and there is always that chance it would show, depending on how she combed her hair.

Once the color has processed. Sonja rinses the client's hair and puts a deep conditioner on. She then sets the client under the dryer to heat up the hair. This process sets the color and processes the conditioner into the hair folicles. The deep conditioner lasts four to six weeks and keeps the hair healthy.

"Using conditioner helps the hair to stay healthy," explains Sonja, "when you color your hair, you actually damage the folicles, so it's necessary to apply a good conditioner when you shampoo your hair."

"Oh, I just love how my hair looks and feels!" the client responds to Sonja as she runs her fingers through her hair. "Now can I come back and have a few blond highlights put in?"

"Yes, I would wait for a couple of weeks and see how your hair responds to what we have done today," Sonja explains.

This was a lot of fun watching the transformation of this clients damaged hair to a look of health. Rather than the frizzy look when she came in, she is leaving with a shiny and manageable look.

The day progresses with other long time clients coming in to get their hair done.