KIDS  CUTS

Even though my son has had a dozen haircuts, 

He always acts up 

when we go in for a trim. 

How can I get my child to 

behave better when he’s getting a haircut?  

He always just cries and tries to get out of the chair. 

We get asked this a lot!  

Were happy to help! 

Here’s something you might try next time: 

 When they call your child’s name, 

let him go with the stylist while you remain in the waiting area.  

Sometimes kids behave better when the parent turns them 

over to the care of another adult, similar to when you

 drop them off at  pre school.  

Your child will still be able to see you (and you can see them),

it will just change the dynamics of the experience. 

If the stylist needs you, he/she can call you over. 

Another thing you can do is to stop by the salon when 

you’re not planning to have your child’s hair cut. 

“Just to say hello”.  They can observe others having 

service and see how things should go with no pressure 

or anxiousness on their part.  

Good luck!  Hope to see you soon! 

Eyebrows

Eyebrows are so import ant to us... they do everything! Most importantly, they protect your eyes. The ridge if the brow and the brows themselves channel sweat, rain, and moisture away from the eyeballs so your vision stays clear. Did you know that  they’re essential for nonverbal communication. Scientists who study facial expressions say eyebrows are key to expressing happiness, surprise, and anger. 

Properly shaped Brows  Can do so much for your facial structure. Having a proportional eyebrow can accentuate the face and define your features. There is a science to creating the perfect brow, a different shape can change the look of your entire face. It all has to do with proportions, to find where your eyebrow should start, arch, and stop it’s best to check using the best tools. The front of your eyebrows should start at the inner corner of your eye. Taking an eyebrow pencil or angled brush, line up the arch of your brow with the edge of your nostril. The end of your eyebrow should line up with the outer corner of the eye.  We call this “mapping” the brow.  If everything is lined up, then you have perfectly proportionate brows for your face, but proportionate doesn’t always mean precision.

Even if you have all the angles right, ungroomed brows may result in an ungroomed look to the face. Here are some of the various ways to clean up your brows.

Tweezing is best for those who just want to clean up a few hairs.  Waxing can work to change your shape, but it isn’t going to be the best for making a precise line. This is optimal for cleaning up larger amounts of hair around the eyebrows. Threading uses a piece of thread to twist and pull out multiple hairs out at once, it is the most precise and works best to change your shape. If you opt for threading, make sure to have a high pain tolerance. It might be a good idea to have someone who is a professional do this because it requires two sets of hands.  Using one of these techniques will help you to achieve the desired look.  

Styling your eyebrows can help achieve the ideal look through many techniques. For many, eyebrow pencils are the best option because of how easy it is to use. For others, using powder matched to your eyebrow color and an angled brush can help fill in the brows making them appear fuller, but still remain natural. A new craze has been filling in brows with a colored pomade, slightly drawing above and below in some places to achieve smooth lines and a clean finish. For some, neither of these work for them because of the lack of hair to begin with. Tinting can help to make the hairs and skin underneath darker with the use of a vegetable dye, it remains a very natural look while changing the color, thickness, or shape of the brows without permanent results, lasting two to three months.

While most people think eyebrow care is suited specifically to girls, a perfected brow can be the only thing a guy does and it will still help frame the face. Eyebrow tips and tricks apply to everyone.

All that being said, another amazing thing about grooming Eyebrows is there a can make your appearance seem much more youthful. Clean, well shaped arches Gives the eye a more open, wider, bigger, brighter  appearance, balances the shape of your nose, and draws attention away from sagging skin or puffiness and gives you a much more well-rested, awake, alert, younger appearance! That’s the best reason for shaping eyebrows.

So, to get started on your new brows, if you feel like your brows may be over tweezed or misshapen, here’s what you can do: start by letting your brows grow in completely. You’ve probably forgotten
What’s the real shape of your brows looks like. Keep them clean by tweezing a few hairs to be well groomed while leading the majority of hairs grow in. Once your brows are fully grown now you can start to measure the angles and reshape using one of the methods described above.

At FANTASTIC SAMS we wax brows and we tweeze. Waxing is for establishing a shape, and tweezing is to give the really clean defined look to the brows. We offer the services at an affordable price nine dollars for one facial area like the upper lip brow or chin or three areas for $25. Were waiting for you now! 

The difference between hair care salon products and over the counter hair products

For as long as I’ve been in the hair  business, I and all the other hairstylist that I’ve worked with are constantly being asked about the difference between salon products and those hair care products that you can buy over the counter. The general population is very skeptical about the product lines that hairstylist use and recommend in the salon. Much of their skepticism is influenced by what they hear  about hair care products from time to time and from different sources. They hear reports and discussions on the TV and radio stations and many times by people that don’t work in the industry.
I’ve been in the hair business for about 38 years now.  During my career as a hairstylist and educator I’ve had the opportunity to work with many manufacturers representatives and in some cases been in training with the chemist that make hair styling products. From all of the discussions and classes and materials that I’ve read and products that I’ve worked with,  it really all boils down to a few main,  it very important) differences  between salon products and those that you purchase over the counter; THE QUALITY OF INGREDIENTS, and packaging. You might liken the difference between salon products and over the counter to the difference between grades of steak, i.e., prime versus regular cuts of meat. Perhaps the difference between finely woven silk fabric and cotton, or the difference between fine china and everyday dishes.
When formulating the products, the chemist have many choices for ingredients. Those ingredients,  like anything else that we purchase, have levels of quality. The more expensive products are so because of what goes into making them. they use the higher grade (highly concentrated)  quality of ingredients and also add more of everything, including vitamins and conditioners to those products. Those higher quality ingredients are also added in more concentration then the less expensive products that you find over the counter. The same manufacturers that manufacture salon products also make the over-the-counter products (lesser grade) that are found in many retail outlets. As I said, like everything that’s manufactured there’s a difference between what is manufactured for the high end salon and those that are manufactured for more consumer-based outlets.
You may or may not have noticed that the products you find in salons usually have a more unique and glamorous type packaging. Those types of packaging cost more money. That cost is passed on to consumers. Because of the expense of the product are often times manufactured in smaller bottles to make it more appealing to the salon goers.
Because of these differences, the higher concentration of ingredients and the higher quality, it enables you to use less of the products to get better results. In many cases it boils down to preference, and economics-What do you want and what you can afford.
No it wouldn’t be fair if I didn’t tell you that these over-the-counter products will clean your hair, condition your hair, and style your hair. But the way that they leave your hair, and the degree to which they dry or damage your hair are of more importance to some people than others. Similarly there’s a difference between the product with which you clean your oven or the one with which you clean your fine delicate laundry. One is more harsh than the other. They are not designed to do  the same job.
Here’s an example: someone shampoos her hair with XYZ shampoo it says lather rinse repeat. The same day that product gives the hair lots of body and shine. The next day the hair is limp and fly away. The reason for this is that the Product may have been too harsh for that particular texture or condition of hair and removed too much moisture from the hair. So logic says shampoo again to get back to body and shine. So it’s necessary to shampoo more to get the desired results. The reason for that is that the more you repeat the process the more porous you make the hair, which in turn allows the hair to lose moisture more readily and so the only solution is to shampoo again (with that porosity in mind) To get more of the conditioning that gave the hair the body! It can be a vicious cycle leaving the person to think that there’s no solution for her hair. So people try shampoo after shampoo after shampoo looking for different results when really they should go to the salon.
We could go on and analyze each and every product but suffice it to say that in essence it is the quality of ingredients that allows a product to deliver the promised results.