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Why it May Take Multiple Visits to Achieve Your Hair Goal

8/1/2023

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Achieving the perfect hair goal is a great feeling. But if you’ve ever been through the process, you know that it normally doesn't happen overnight. It often takes multiple visits to a hair salon before achieving your desired style.
Let's take a look at why this can be the case and how you can make sure you get the most out of your visit.

Salon visits are an investment in yourself and should be treated as such. When visiting a hair salon, your stylist will likely want to fully understand your expectations before beginning any work.
This means they may ask you questions about what kind of hair style or colour you're looking for and what type of lifestyle you live or event it is for.
They will also assess the current and previous colours, the texture, and condition of your hair and determine the best way to achieve your goal photo while maintaining its health.

When cutting or colouring your hair, there will always be some level of guesswork involved and a whole lot of trust on behalf of both you and your stylist especially if this is your first visit.

This is because everyone's natural texture and curl pattern are unique, as is your colour history if you are a new client. What looks good on one person may not have the same results for someone else with different characteristics.
This means that a few adjustments may need to be made during each visit until the desired look is achieved—and this might take multiple visits for more ambitious styles!

You also need to tell the truth about everything on your hair. For example if you are naturally brown but you were having intensive foiling done to a platinum blonde. Then, 6 months ago, you coloured it back to a natural brown, that does not mean that your hair is back to its natural state or that all the blonde is gone because you can't see it.
This is the sort of thing that can create a disaster. So be completely honest.

Your stylist will also select and recommend products specifically tailored to meet your needs based on their knowledge, and your expertise in hairstyling and your home care needs. These products help enhance the overall look of any style while protecting your hair from damage in order to ensure healthy growth over time.

By using high-quality products like those offered at our salon, you can rest assured that even if it takes multiple visits to reach your goal, every step along the way will benefit both its long-term health and appearance!

Achieving an amazing colour and style takes patience and commitment on both sides - guests should come prepared with an open mind while understanding that their stylists are doing everything they can with their expertise to create something beautiful!

While reaching a goal photo may require extra trips back to the salon for adjustments or product changes, it pays off in the end when guests leave feeling confident with their new look!
With professional expertise combined with quality products from our salon, we guarantee that we can assist in making sure guests feel as beautiful as possible!




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Your hair straightener is ruining your colour.

12/9/2022

 
A video says 1000 words...

Lockdown gave you a gift.... Here's what it is.

11/9/2021

 
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​I just want to talk to our clients who have tints on your regrowth to cover your grey.
Especially those ones that have been getting sick and tired of doing it and maintaining your colour had become more of a chore than a fun experience.

We know we are at least another 6 weeks away from reopening so we wanted to take the opportunity to say that growing out your grey is a great option and never again will you get this chance again.

You’re locked up at home.
You’re not socialising.
And take note of this….
Jane Fonda grew out her colour WHILE FILMING the newest series of one of the best shows on Netflix, Grace and Frankie.
She looks saucier, sexier and surprise surprise YOUNGER.
She now has a relatively stress free relationship with her hair.
How absolutely empowering.

If she can do it with tens of millions of eyes on her, you can do it.

So while you may be freaking out about your greys, remember, YOU WILL NEVER HAVE A 4 MONTH HEAD START TO DO THIS LIKE YOU HAVE NOW.

We have so many options for people who have been thinking of doing this and now more than ever is the best possible time.
So please, be like Jane.

Don’t touch it. Wait for us and we can help you get the rest of the way….

How to make friends with grey hair.

2/6/2020

 
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Greys.
They can be a woman’s worst enemy...
But do they have to be?
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Why do we fear them so passionately?
Why are they deemed so evil and why must we fight to eliminate them completely..?
😈 🧨 ⚔️
I mean the stressssss!!!!!

You try to cover them but they’re going to come back. And they’ll bring their pals!
You’re pushing shit uphill!
😐

Sorry but it’s true. 🤷🏼‍♀️

It’s a battle you’re never going to win!

If you’ve read this far, sometime soon you’re going to get to a point in that war when you either need to come in every 3 weeks to get sufficient, continual coverage OR you can hear us out.
Like it or not!

You need to embrace these little bastards because they are not going away.
And, you trying to cover them is you, living in a world of fantasy and total denial.

That time may be not too far off for you... or you may be there now.
What’s the answer❓❓❓
Well. You should EMBRACE THEM!
Work with them.
Learn to co exist side by side.

Grey hair CAN be worked with.

We like to spend the time blending it in by doing teeny, tiny, micro foils which work by bridging the gap between the grey and your original natural hair.

After all... your hair IS trying to go lighter. Why not take the control back and take it there by choice.
Beat it! 👊🏼

The “before” regrowth in this picture is 12 weeks old.
You might call it an ISO regrowth.

Lucky we had started this process before isolation began as the pain was so much less during lockdown for this client than A LOT of you out there!

A lot of you have recently come walking back in, hanging that massive regrowth in shame shouting “THANK god I’ve been working from home!!!”

Putting a tint, on the scalp, to the roots to cover the grey means that as the new growth comes through, there is a solid line from the artificial colour, which is unnatural.
It alerts everyone that you are hiding grey hair, which is actually worse than those pain in the arse greys in the first place.

The process for the change from a solid tint to foils, can take anything from 2 visits to 6 visits.
But in the long run, the benefits far outweigh the time frame.

For one, you are no longer shoving shit uphill!

Your regrowth will blend better meaning that it’s fewer visits to the salon (saving money) and more time looking like a hottie!
💁🏼‍♀️

If the world decides to end again due to covid, you only have to stress about your nails looking like shit and having hairy legs! 💅🏻

Your hair will be on point! 👌🏼

Now be prepared. We may choose to start this conversation before you are ready to and that’s ok.
We are just planting a seed for future conversations.
Don’t stab us!
Because at some point, we will push it because we don’t believe in covering greys forever.

So please trust our very well meaning and extremely experienced opinion.

We only want you looking your best. ✌🏼

What the hell is KUPA?

13/2/2020

 

Kupa is quite possibly the best, ultra conditioning product available. 

We’ve all seen pictures of a strand of hair close up. It’s like a teeny tiny piece of rope with fish scales. 
These scales are called cuticles and in healthy hair they lay flat and smooth. ​

In hair that is dry and damaged, the cuticle may be broken or crinkly and unable to close completely. 
This is what creates knots and tangles. 

KUPA, fills the hair with keratin proteins and soothes and smooths it with ultra conditioning moisturisers, slamming the cuticle shut instantly and creating super fast detangling. ​

KUPA has MANY benefits including;
- Ultra repairing for damaged hair
- Heat protection
- Incredible detangling
- Prevents split ends
- Adds moisture instantly
- Frizzy hair control 

It is a favourite product for all our clients and if you’ve tried it, you can never live without it again. 

For best results, after shampooing and conditioning, towel dry well.

Apply KUPA (from a pea sized amount for fine hair through to a 20 cent piece sized for longer, thicker or more damaged hair) on the mid lengths and ends and comb through. 
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For EXTREMELY damaged hair that is brittle as you dry, you can apply a pea sized amount to each section to stop further breakage.


Enjoy instantly moisturised and detangled hair in the blink of an eye.

KUPA is a miracle product that will solve most of your hair problems instantly.
We guarantee you'll love it.

Shop now.


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I have NEVER had my hair feeling this good. I am loving myself sick! I have always felt my hair was dry and in bad condition. KUPA makes my hair feel 100% perfect INSTANTLY! I rave to my friends about it and they are all converted. I actually give it to friends as gifts and I am now the friend everyone loves! Who doesn't want hair that is tangle free, moisturised, healthy looking and shiny. My hair is no longer breaking and split ends are a thing of the past.
​I FREAKING LOVE KUPA!!!!!!

Balayage or Foils? Which works best for you?

5/6/2019

 
PictureA mix of foils and balayage.
Clients mainly come in asking for foils or balayage and they always have a sexy goal picture in their hand.
Quite often, what you think you want or need is not the answer.
Firstly, the first thing we like to explain is that Foils and balayage are both techniques, not results. Balayage means shading or blending and more often in the hair industry, this can mean what we call "free hand painting."

​Foiling is a technique that we use by taking sections in the hair and weaving pieces out (or not) and applying colour and then wrapping in foil. But, confusingly enough, the same can be done with applications of balayage too. 

This is why, at The Cutting Room, we go off your goal pictures that you show us, more than the words you use. New clients can be "triggered" by certain names of techniques as they have suffered a terrible experience at the hands of an inexperienced hairdresser.

Picture The results from freehand painting, also known as "Balayage"
This is when consultations are important.

You may have booked in for a full head of foils, thinking this is what you want and need but quite often, once we get into the nitty gritty of you, your hair habits, lifestyle and goals, what you need may be something altogether different.
Or it could be a mix of both.
The best idea is don't get too caught up in the names of things and allow your stylist to ask the questions that are necessary to work out what you need.

We will always book packages based on these names as people just like you find it easier to understand when booking online or over the phone.
It's ok. We will get you to your goals, regardless of how we get there.

Thinking of heading pastel or silver? Here's what it will cost you.

9/1/2016

 
We get between 10 and 15 people a week asking for quotes to go grey/silver or pastel colours like lavender.
We do a lot of this kind of thing and have a great reputation doing it well.

I do however spend a lot of time answering questions, quoting and replying to messages so I just thought a post like this may help you if you are thinking about having this service done.

Firstly, going these types of colours is not cheap and despite what you may think, the length of your hair has little to no impact on the price. It's the time that it takes.

* Also please note, these types of colours can not be done on hair that is in poor condition.
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The first step is to get you as close to white as possible.
We use #olaplex and #cureplex so the condition of your hair is nurtured but this process is the longest part.

Depending on how dark your hair is, how much colour build up you have and how good or bad the condition of your hair is, you may need to do this part in up to 3 visits.

This process (including Olaplex)
(http://www.thecuttingroom.net.au/whats-olaplex.html)
is around $200 per application and can take 1 - 2 hours per application.
Remember you may need 3 of these.

Once your hair is as pale as possible, we rinse then dry off the hair. Then we need to tone/gloss you to eliminate any yellow in the hair.

This step of the process can cost between $40 and $110 depending on the amount of colour required and the amount of processing time.
Once this step is complete, we need to rinse and totally dry off your hair.
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The next step is adding the pastel purple/silver/grey.
We have around 5 different brands to achieve these colours and the correct one for you will be selected during your visit.

This step will take about an hour including mixing, application and processing and will cost between $42 and $100 depending on the colour brand and how much we need.

Then we need to apply the step 2 of your Olaplex/Cureplex treatment which can take another 30 minutes.
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Add a cut and a blowdry (we do not do these types of services WITHOUT a cut and blowdry as we need to thoroughly check the condition and the colour results), and that's another 45 minutes.

So there you have it!
In total, you will be looking at around 4 - 8 hours work, rounding off at about $125 per hour including Olaplex take home hair rebuilder, which includes 6 - 12 treatments.
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Also, the maintenance needs to be discussed. Just because you've now had this done, does not mean it stays looking like this!
And to keep it looking amazing, you have to keep on top of it.

These pastels/silvers fade and fast.
I shampoo everyday (I wear a lot of product in my hair and I'm very oily) with professional products and do all the right treatments etc and I need my pastel purple or silver topped up every 3 weeks.
This will cost between $42 and $100 depending on how much product is used.
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Then, if you have had an on scalp bleach, you will need your regrowth done.
So we'll need to relighted it, $60 - $80, tone/gloss it to remove yellow, $42 - $60, then add the purple/silver $42 - $100.
Add a trim and a blow dry and you are looking at between $200 and $300.

We do between 2 and 5 of these per week and the results are SPECTACULAR!

I guess I just really wanted to explain the steps, the pricing and most importantly, the maintenance.

I have been wearing these colours myself for nearly 18 months and have been completing services like this in a professional salon environment for 23 years.

I am a colour technician as is Lee.
We UNDERSTAND hair and we KNOW colour.

We wanted you to understand the level of work and commitment that goes into these colours. It is not a one step process and it is not cheap.

However, some people can spend $400 - $800 on a weekend away or even a night out!

So spending this type of money on a service that will make you feel fashionable, sexy and the envy of your friends for weeks, has far more value, than spending that kind of money on a night out or a weekend away.
You get much more bang for your buck. 😉
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You do what???

2/2/2014

 

We thought we'd tell you exactly what else we do at The Cutting Room, and I don't mean extra services.

It's the behind the scenes stuff that we think is pretty cool.

You see, it started nearly 2 years ago when we were sourcing a new colour range to use in our salons.

Every colour range we tried was a real disappointment. Either it just wasn't good or there was no creative freedom ie that it was 1 step up from a box colour!!! NO THANKS!

We love mixing cocktails for our clients and creating colours that are tailored for you.

There just wasn't anything so we started creating!

Wind forward 18 months and we are now using a range of hair colours that we have created with some of the best people in the world! Isn't that crazy????

Even better, so are 4 other salons around Australia!

We have also started developing a Home Care line.

It started with a treatment (the "green" one) which people raved about so much that we found ourselves selling and posting them all over the country to clients friends and family!

Then we created our Argan line which is a delicious Gluten Free, Sulfate Free shampoo, conditioner, hair masque and oil that has blown our clients away! So much so that we get testimonials weekly, without encouragement!

Now we have created something so spectacular, that there is nothing like it in the world! It's called Coloured Bleach.

For those that love a flash of pink or purple in the hair, you know how many steps there are involved in the process and that those lovely vibrant colours fade so quickly!

Coloured Bleach is a 1 step process and it's basically permanent!

Well, the hair industry are going crazy for it!

We can't keep enough of it in supply!

We started with 30 tubs. SOLD OUT!

Then 170 tubs! SOLD OUT!

Then 300 tubs! SOLD OUT!

And I'm talking in days!

So now we have 5000 tubs on their way and we are going to be at Hair EXPO 2014 in Sydney!

It is the biggest thing for the hairdressing industry in Australia!

We will be having an official launch there and it will be mental!!!!

It's crazy how far we've come and the waves we are creating.

And to think..... It all started in a little salon called The Cutting Room @ Riverstone....

it's our 7th birthday!

2/8/2013

 

.... And we know how to celebrate!

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So on the 14th of August, we have been in Riverstone 7 years. We've seen team members come and go. We've met amazing people. We've laughed so much and we have fallen in love with Riverstone.
It's an amazing little town. It's people are full of such characters. We love Riverstone so much and so we are celebrating with a massive sale that put us on the map!

it's 1/2 price colour sale time.

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Riverstone is a town unlike any other. It has an extremely passionate community with quite a few vocal individuals.

Everyone here "wants the best" for Rivo but it's the "what's best" that varies from person to person.

Let me tell you... We know what's best and what's best is, even without an overpass or a new shopping centre, everyone needs to look and feel fabulous and hair is where it starts.

Get an appointment! Get amazing hair!

And enjoy our Birthday!

Dust. Hair dust that is.

27/6/2013

 
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Dust?
Let me guess. When you hear the word dust you think of this?
Or the nasty stuff under your cupboards.
Well we are obsessed with putting dust in our hair!
Why? It creates super light texture and hold but is dry, unlike a wax or gel.
Think of that first day you shampoo and your hair is flippy, floppy AWFUL. You feel flat and you look flat.
We have found that THE best one is Osis Dust It.
How do you use it?
After shampooing, conditioning and blast drying to bone dry, sprinkle as much dust it in your hair as you need to create a dirty, lived in, rock and roll do. 

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Texture. Movement. Awesome.
You DO need to do 2 shampoos to get it out but it's totally worth it.
Think Beachy waves.
Rock and Roll messiness.
Boho Hair.
Scrunchy crunchy hair needs to stay in the 80's. Move with us into 2013.
Rock on.

You can buy this online for 40% off now.




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