Zonolite Hair Studio

is hosting hosted a

Hair Social & Drop-In

Friday, November 12th
6:00 — 9:00pm

Please join us and enjoy a glass of champagne
as we gab about hair or whatever we dare.

ZHS Hair Doctors will also be on call
to field questions about thorny hair issues
and consult on all things hair.

Feel free to rsvp or just drop in!

One of the things that make our job so special is moments like this, partaking in one of the most important days in a woman’s life. I’ve known Elizabeth for many years; so many that I recall putting phone books on the chair in order to cut her hair. Even way back then, she was always poised, resolute and knew exactly what she wanted. It was a pleasure and honor to be part of Elizabeth’s wedding. Patient and easy to work with, she was absolutely stunning. Becky, Elizabeth’s mother, took my breath away too. I know it’s all about the bride, but really, she was radiant. I know because I saw John’s face. The bride wore a vintage inspired off-white dress that caressed her body with gentle elegance. And the shoes… Louboutin! Ladies, do I need to say more? When she walked down the isle on the arm of her father, the groom was speechless. The bridesmaids wore simple black dresses adorned with beautiful necklaces designed and created by Elizabeth’s younger sister, Anna.

The young couple went off to honeymoon in Turkey and now Elizabeth and her husband Matt are busy enriching New York. Elizabeth is working on her masters at Columbia University and Matt joins the world of business finance. We wish them good luck from the bottom of out hearts!

Nothing will fade your beautiful hair color faster than the sun, salt and pool chemicals. During peak hours, it’s always a good idea to keep hair (and your scalp, for that matter) covered with a hat, scarf and, for committed swimmers, a swim cap. Wearing your hair in a braid, knot, bun or ponytail can be cute or chic and will also provide extra cover from harsh midday rays.

At the pool or beach, wet your hair with regular tap water + leave-in conditioner to keep it from absorbing excess chlorinated or salt water. Think of your hair as a sponge: the more it is filled with good liquid the less it will absorb the “bad” moisture.

After exposure to chlorine or salt water, be sure to rinse hair thoroughly and condition with leave-in conditioner. Good leave-ins are Kevin Murphy Staying Alive Leave-In Treatment for fine/normal hair and Leave-In Luxury Conditioner for normal/coarse hair.

Problem solvers & styling tips for holding your style in Georgia’s heat. A big part of getting your style to hold in the heat and humidity is using effective products. Here are several combinations that work well.

For fine/delicate hair, a typical issue tends to be hair going limp in the heat. Light gels and sprays can help encourage the hair to hold its style. Favorite products: Kevin Murphy Anti-Gravity Volumizer Gel and Heated Defence Heat Protecting Volumizing Spray; Sahag 3-D Special Effects Gel, Air Lift Volumizing Spray and Air Power Aerosol Spray; L’Oréal Volume Expand Root Lift Spray, Volume Élévation, and Infinium 2 or 3 Spray.

Medium thick /slightly wavy hair deals with issues associated with style hold and frizz control. Layering products helps with these multiple issues. Favorite product combos: Kevin Murphy Body Guard Leave-In Hydrating Lotion + Easy Rider Anti-Frizz Crème; Sahag No Frizz Spray Gel + Revitalizing Shine Drops; Moroccan Oil Hydrating Styling Cream + Intense Curl Cream.

Curly hair deals with frizz, dryness and control issues. Mixing and layering of products is advised. For fine textured hair, try Kevin Murphy Anti-Gravity Volumizer Gel + Motion Lotion Curl Enhancing Lotion or L’Oréal Sublime Twist (a texture enhancing spray gel) + No Frizz Shine Drops. For medium/coarse hair, try Kevin Murphy Motion Lotion Curl Enhancing Lotion paired with either Easy Rider Anti-Frizz Crème or Leave-In Luxury Conditioner. Moroccan Oil Hydrating Styling Cream + Intense Curl Cream should also work well.

To blow out curl, the following products should do the trick: Moroccan Oil Hydrating Styling Cream + Intense Curl Cream; Kevin Murphy Easy Rider Anti-Frizz Crème; L’Oréal Smooth Ultime.

Try skipping the heat appliances and let you hair air dry. For curly hair, remember to rinse with cool water as it closes the hair cuticle and helps smooth the hair. Work a small amount of de-frizz serum from roots to end, twirl sections of hair around your fingers and let air dry. For straight hair, brush into a high pony tail and leave it alone until it’s dry. When you take it out, violà – soft, smooth waves.

If you’re attached to your blow dryer and can’t give it up, use a leave-in conditioner designed to protect against dryer heat and blow dry on high; exposing your hair to heat for a shorter period of time is actually better.

While having great hair color is fabulous, the process of getting great hair color has not always been so pleasant, as Catherine Saint Louis reports: “Permanently dyeing hair goes hand in hand with damaging it. The process dries out hair and leaves it jagged. Ammonia — used to open the hair fiber so that dye molecules can nestle in — is as delicate as a can opener. It also smells horrid and sets delicate scalps afire.”

Well, not anymore! The INOA permanent color line uses an odorless, non-itchy oil delivery system (ODS) which leaves hair as smooth as before color was applied. L’Oréal did not invent ammonia-free permanent color, they merely perfected it. A number of ammonia-free demi-permanent and permanent hair colorants already exist, yet these fail to match the potential of ammonia-based color. INOA’s three-part system — made up of an oleo gel, a developer, and the actual hair color — at last provides the lift, the trueness of tone, the vibrancy, the coverage and the staying power that, until now, only ammonia could deliver.

Little about the chemistry of hair coloring has changed since 1907 when French chemist and L’Oréal founder, Eugène Schuller, developed the first safe, commercial hair-color formula. Just over a century later, L’Oréal again fulfills the aim of its guiding principles: research and innovation in the interest of beauty. Please ask your L’Oréal-trained diva if you would like to experience INOA on your next visit.