offers specific BEAUTY SOLUTIONS

Words by Alicia Underlee Nelson | Photography by Dennis Krull, 5foot20 Design Lounge

Inaddition to offering an upscale experience for guests looking to indulge and treat themselves to a little luxury, the highly trained experts at Blush Salon in Fargo also offer a menu of services designed to meet very specific client needs. Treatments and techniques like microblading, eyelash and hair extensions, scalp treatments and Brazilian Blowouts are more than just trends: they also provide targeted, customized beauty solutions for clients. “It’s not one size fits all for all clients,” says Blush Salon owner and master esthetician Lacey Spaulding. “We have several different options for what they need.”

Team members at Blush Salon complete an extensive skill certification process every six months and attend conventions, trade shows and educational events around the country to learn about what’s new. Education events are one of the salon’s biggest expenses. And it’s an important one, because the industry is always changing.

Despite the ever-changing nature of trends, there are several customer favorites at Blush Salon. “Eyelash extensions are super hot,” says Spaulding. “It is still one of our most popular services, by far.” Blush Salon is the only salon in North Dakota certified by the National Eyelash Education and Safety Association.

Another trend with big growth potential is equally precise and also requires significant training. Microblading — the process of depositing tiny strokes of pigment to fill in eye- brows that have been over-tweezed, over-waxed or lost to illness — is quickly replacing tattooing as for a more subtle, nuanced brow look. “It gives a very, very natural look as compared to tattooing,” says Spaulding. Microblading requires no maintenance, but because the pigment isn’t deposited into the deepest layers of the skin, like it is with tattoos, the results are semi-permanent, lasting between one and two years before fading. or asymmetrical look try natural looking balayage highlights and lowlights.

The extensions are laser bonded to the client’s own hair, which makes them especially durable and natural looking. “People can actually wear these extensions in their hair for four to six months, just depending on how fast their hair grows,” says Spaulding. The normal range for extensions is four weeks to three months.”

The technicians at Blush Salon aim to save their clients time and energy on their hair, too. Nourishing scalp treatments featuring clay, minerals and essential oils can treat everything from excess oil to thinning hair to a dry, itchy scalp. Addressing the problem at its source can cut down on the need for additional styling products and make caring for hair easier.

Making styling easier is one of the benefits of a Brazilian Blowout. It gained popularity as a way to straighten very curly hair, but it works for a variety of hair types. “It’s a very healthy treatment for the hair,” says Spaulding. “It adds a lot of shine and eliminates frizz. It can soften curl a little bit. Everybody wants their hair to look shiny and healthy and that’s one thing that Brazilian blowout does.

Hair extensions offer even more styling solutions.

“People aren’t just doing it for length anymore,” says Spaulding. Technicians can add all natural, 100 percent human hair extensions to subtly combat thinning hair at the front of the head or the temples, to add layers or bangs and increase overall fullness. Clients with a flair for the dramatic might add a pop of color, longer sections for an instant inverted bob

As an added bonus, most clients getting hair extensions at Blush Salon will be in and out in about an hour. Hair extensions usually take much longer (some clients spend hours a salon chair) but the bonding process Spaulding and her technicians use gets clients on their way in minutes.

Blush Salon clients want both beauty and efficiency, with targeted beauty solutions that work for their busy lives. And the highly trained technicians at Blush Salon are happy to oblige. [ aw ]