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Showing posts with label Hair by Elaine of London. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hair by Elaine of London. Show all posts

Sunday, January 6, 2013

Hair by Elaine of London ~ My Appointment

My appointment at Hair by Elaine of London went amazingly. I ended up arriving half an hour early for my treatment due to my meeting with the bank going pear-shaped (when does it not?). However this was no hassle for the ladies that assisted me. They sat me down and tipped my head back to begin with the wash  and let me just point out here that I am an absolute sucker for scalp massages! Little did I know that I had been seated in an actual massage chair that massaged my whole back throughout the whole wash. What a pleasant surprise!
Thereafter, I was taken to the big scary black chair facing the mirrors of the salon and I squeaked out that I really didn't want them to take too much of my length off as I've been trying to grow it for years! I have tried everything from supplements to sceptical home mix treatments - but the process of getting my hair longer has been painfully slow!
I also showed them photographs of Jessica Biel's fringe and that's when they set to work. When it came to combing my hair forward and snipping the length away to form the fringe I was already completely relaxed about it, I knew that I was in good hands.
The end result looks better than I could have imagined. I am super impressed with the outcome, the service and the price!
My total was R300.00 (incl. wash and blow, trim, fringe and flat iron)
Their whole price list was actually incredibly reasonable! Perhaps it is because working at the spa I am at, connected to a famous 5 star hotel and a luxury location makes our prices crazy expensive for locals but I was really blown away.
Massages for as little as R100.00 (now I can't vouch for their other treatments just yet but what I have experienced, it may as well have been 5 star!)
Top points Elaine. Be proud of your company and staff and keep up the excellent service.





Thursday, January 3, 2013

Long Hair with Fringe

I have decided to do a Jessica Biel on everyone:





Everyone that knows me is well aware that I get bored far too easily. I'm in constant need of change and exploration, all things new. 
In 2012 alone I must have been at least six different hair colours, (some of which were not my catastrophe I might add!)
My hair is pretty damaged at this point and so I made an appointment at a local hair salon in town, one I have not yet been to (eek!) called Hair by Elaine of London. At first I just wanted to get a trim, as my hair has finally started to become a reasonable length again after making the decision to chop it all off a few years ago; but then I got the urge for a more drastic change.

She was my main inspiration for this latest decision but after a bit of research I discovered the following celebs were too:

Mischa Barton Hair Inspiration

Mischa Barton Fringe

Kate Moss Hair Inspiration
Kate Moss Fringe

Random Pinspiration 



Last time I had a fringe was probably back in 2008 and this is what it looked like:



It appears to be the season for change.
Have you guys done anything new?

My appointment is at 11h30 tomorrow morning - wish me luck! 

New year - New start.