Over Processed Hair

 CARING FOR OVER-PROCESSED HAIR

Caring for over-processed hair is important, especially if you want to get those lovely locks back into shape. It takes time and effort, but it can be done.  Here's how to care for over-processed hair and making it look healthy, shiny, and vibrant again.

STOP WHAT YOU’RE DOING

When you’re first caring for over-processed hair, you have to ditch some of your hair habits. If you spend a lot of time coloring or bleaching your hair yourself, you’ll just keep damaging your already over-processed tresses. Make sure you have a professional working with you to make those strands healthy again. Try to step away from your blow dryer and your flat iron as well. If you simply have to use your tools, be smart about it: cool settings on the dryer and keep the straightening to a minimum.

DITCH THE SULFATES

Make sure none of your hair care products have sulfates in them. Your shampoo definitely shouldn't  but check your conditioner and your styling products as well. Sulfates dry out your hair horribly, so if you keep using sulfate-based products, you’ll also keep doing damage.

CONDITION X 3

Conditioning is the key to treating your over-processed hair. You have to condition with a rinse-out conditioner when you bathe or shower, but that’s just the beginning. Use a leave-in conditioner a few times a week, and give your hair deep conditioning treatments once a week. It seems like a lot of work but you’ll quickly see and feel improvements.

ADD EXTRA PROTEIN

Dry, damaged, over-processed hair needs protein. During your weekly hair care regimen, make sure you add a protein treatment into the mix. Check out our Joico K-Pak line. When you apply it, you have to make sure you get full coverage and then leave it in for 15 minutes or so. If your hair has gotten really weak, this should strengthen it.

BEAT THE HEAT

Stay away from the heat! At the very least, stop blow drying your hair for a while. Even if you can only manage to do it a few times a week, towel dry your hair, then let it air dry the rest of the way. Change up your routine if it helps, and start showering at night instead of in the morning. If you have to straighten your hair, either look for no heat methodsm or keep your flat iron on a much lower setting.

TRIM YOUR SPLITS

Make sure you go get your split ends trimmed on a regular basis, every 6-8 weeks. You might have to do it more than once in a relatively short amount of time, but you’ll be glad to get rid of the damage. Don't wait month's at a time, especially if you're trying to grow your hair out.  Remember keeping up with your trims helps you grow your hair out faster. If you have ton's of split ends they will just keep splitting and it will take forever to see good results for length.

PROTECTION AND PREVENTION

When your hair is over-processed, you have to be vigilant. If you’re out and about, even on a cloudy day, protect your hair from the sun in any way you can. You should also use protective products, just make sure they’re incredibly gentle. We have a great variety of heat protective styling products. Ask your hair professional when at your next salon visit.

CHI Irons: Real or Steal?

Counterfeit Warning 

Don’t Get Burned by FAKES

Everybody wants a good thing when they see it                                                                                      but NOT everyone is honest about what they are selling. 

Farouk Beauty Systems Sues Target for knockoff CHI Labels 

                        *Take Warning From the Official Farouk Website* 

Farouk Systems, Inc. does not tolerate counterfeit sales of its products and shall seek legal action against those involved.

CHI products are held to the highest industry standards for quality and safety. Counterfeit products may be poorly made, damage your hair, and electrically short.

Authentic CHI products, purchased from an authorized distributor, carry either a 1 or 2 year warranty. CHI products purchased from unauthorized distributors stores and online                                                                     are not covered under our warranty, even if they include a                                                  counterfeit warranty card.

Farouk Systems, Inc. is doing its part to combat this industry wide problem. We work with US Customs, International, State, and Local Authorities to stop the sale of counterfeit CHI products.

We need your help! Tell your friends and family to buy CHI products only from authorized distributors.

Nicole Jeffrey's is a certified distributor of CHI and all hair stations are stocked with CHI Blow Dryers, Flat Irons, and Curling Irons as of mid June. Experience the difference you deserve! 

CHI is also made in the USA company. Come to Nicole Jeffrey's to have a full selection of styling products, irons and services centered around the Farouk / CHI experience. 

"Her hair has never been that smooth and had that much shine with NO STYLING PRODUCTS" Claims Tricia, our stylist, about her client hair after using a CHI straightener! 

Feel the difference for yourself! 

*Buy one CHI hair product, get one FREE*

*20% OFF ALL CHI Hot Tools!!!*

*FREE Shampoo & Conditioner 

when you receive a CHI Smoothing Treatment 

(more natural than the Keratin Treatment)*

MORE SPECIALS

Call 330-733-0700 to set up your next appointment!

Easter Me Beautiful Basket Stuffers

The Easter bunny is thinking out side of the chocolates this year. 

Nicole Jeffrey's has lots of goodies to fill those Easter baskets! 

Nicki Minaj's OPI nail polish line is filled with cute spring pastels that make great partners for the Shatter polish as well. WHAT A DEAL! Buy any regular polish and get a Shatter polish Half OFF! 

Bling String adds flair to any girls hair limited colors available so stop in fast. 

Bed heads Sugar Fixations adds a new dimension to the regular Easter basket sweets while adding dimension to your hair. This great new styling line is one of our top sellers for good reason! 

Salon's # 1 seller! This small bottle packs a huge punch working great to smooth heat damaged hair! 

If you want a golden egg, this is it! 

Spring break here we come! The gift of great skin is always welcome even for yourself. What a great way to kill two birds with one stone getting a free travel sized product with the purchase of the regular size. 

Look and feel like a Superstar with our TIGI cosmetic lip gloss selection.

 A great way to sweeten up your lips in a differently. 

You will not be able to keep your hands off this moisturizer or this moisturizer off your hands. This small container of Mango Mend lasts forever when a little bit goes a long way you there is no worry of it losing it's moisturizing power even after washing your hands. 

All the curly girls will love Deva Curl product that boost hair body and accentuate that natural va-voom!  

Shampoo and conditioner combo packs are hotter than Easter egg hunts this time of year but stop in fast before the other bargain hunters find the deal before you.

Stop in for any of these great Easter Basket gifts today through Saturday! 

Schedule any service for this Saturday April 7th to receive a FREE makeup application that day! 

PLUS, the first 60 $30 TIGI Cosmetic purchases will get a FREE Makeup bag filled with lip gloss, lotions, facial treatments and coupons! ($30 value) while supplies last!

Call 330-733-0700 for more info 

or to set up an appointment for Saturday April 7th! 

This Valentine's Day has you Falling for Hair Candy

Valentine's Day is over but your hair is craving CANDY

TIGI's  BED HEAD  Candy Fixations hit the Nicole Jeffrey's shelves

 and have been a huge success! 

The stylists love these 5 styling products and can not help 

but share them with our clientele. 

See what these products can do!

                     Get: Mega Whipped- 

                             *Sculpting Hair Cream* 

                                    Sugar Shocked

                                    *Texturizing Spray*

                                             Totally Baked 

                                              *Volumizing Hair Meringue* 

                                                     Glaze Hazed

                                                     *Smoothing Serum*

                                                             & Sugar Dusted

                                                                *Root Lift Powder*

These sweet treats for your hair not only hold true to their descriptions but they smell as sweet as candy too! 

Stop in and relieve your Candy Fixation!

2215 E. Waterloo Rd 

Akron, OH 44312

330-733-0700

Love your Hair this Month with Savings!

We want you to Love your hair this month 
(and for the next 3-4 months)

with great savings of our special offer! 

Are you:
 Sick of frizzy hair?
Tired of spending so much time flat ironing every day?
Ready to cut your hair drying time?


February ONLY $50 OFF the Keratin Treatment 
Includes cut and style! 


Call 330-733-0700 to set up your appointment 
with your preferred stylist while times are still available!

Check in next week for flirty Valentine's Day Nail Art Ideas!

Joico's Super Hero Powers, Rescuing One Strand at a Time!

Joico is our leading salon brand from our shampoos to our color formulas. I never understood the significance of my hair products ingredients until our Joico educator, Gina, explained how important it is to be informed.

Joico's slogan is "The Art of Healthy Hair". They exercise their slogan very literally. Not only is it an art, but it's a science of healthy hair they have perfected through their continuous research and dedication to quality. Nicole Jeffrey's stands strongly behind Joico is because they go above and beyond when constructing their product's ability to restore moisture, add body, and maintain a lasting hair color. Joico can confidently offer those perks because of their practice of "The Art (and science) of Healthy Hair". They break down the correct molecules and measure accurate protein balances that will not just restore but it will actually reconstruct the hair from the inside out.

Currently Joico's K-Pak line offers the most reconstruction to the hair.

Shampoo & Conditioner Products Include:

   K-Pak Color Therapy- Ensures lasting color and treatment of damaged hair
   K-Pak Reconstruct- Implements deep penetration and reconstruction of the hair
   K-Pak Clarifying- Assisting damaged hair
   Moisture Recovery- Moisturizes dry hair
   Color Endure- Secures long lasting color
   Silk results- Encourages smoothing of frazzled hair
   Body Luxe- Boosts body and thickens hair

All are fortified with the proper complex of ingredients to treat and restore your hair to your hairs needs.

Joico is launching a couple NEW products this month that we are very excited about!

K-Pak Revitaluxe Restorative Treatment instantly revitalizes, nourishes, and repair's damaged hair! It delivers complete restoration and hydration to damaged. Not only does it correct years of damage, but it prevents future damage as well as it reconstructs the hair to protect it's self.

Look for this liquid gold at Nicole Jeffrey's very soon!

Cure your Frizz with Smooth Cure. Smooth hair for any type of wear, straight, defused, or curly. This product is sulfate free and contains the new  KeraShield Complex, a unique blend that nourishes, hydrates, strengthens and protects. KeraShield Complex contains:

• Tucuma Butter: for moisture

• Brazilian Nut Oil: antioxidants, to restore the appearance of damaged dehydrated hair

• Hydrolyzed Keratin: to repel humidity and protect against color fading.

• Quadramine Complex, Joico’s proprietary blend of  proteins that protect and reconstruct hair from the inside out.

Joico offers a large selection of styling products for all hair styles so be sure to ask your stylist what products will help transform your hair to it's healthiest.


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Check back next week for our post on Fall Trends. Introducing the cool fall colors and sleek styles to look for. Change your hair with the seasons.

Spirals of a Curly Girl

Have you ever seen straight hair cut curly? No, because that does not make sense. So, why do so many stylists find cutting curly hair straight acceptable? We have no idea but that is exactly why we have made the switch to adopt the Deva hair cutting technique. The owner of Devachan salon in NY has shared all of her secrets to cutting curly girls. We love it! (and so do our clients!)

Deva hair cutting involves reacting to the curls natural placement. Each curl is cut individually just how it fits together in the big picture. The bounce, body and texture of every curl is carefully considered.

Our own Tricia and Gina made the trip to New York specifically to train on this cutting edge technique and they have brought all the Deva skills back to Nicole Jeffrey's salon.

Take a peak at this quick clip on the technique it's self. 

Deva cutting would not be complete without it's Deva Curl product line. Starting the routine in the shower is a necessity in order to achieving the healthy, hydrated, maximum curl desired everyday in between cuts. We offer an array of the line's most popular products at Nicole Jeffrey's.

Ask Tricia or Gina which products are best for you and why it is so important to try this line.

Fun Fact: This No-Poo conditioner is absent of sulfur which is a very common ingredient in all detergents that is only good for creating a lather and drying out hair, Yikes! Sulfur free shampoos are offered for all hair types at Nicole Jeffrey's salon to eliminate the harmful effects of sulfur. Getting used to no lather is the hardest part, but worth the change. Straight hair girls, try our Thermafuse product line for smoother, softer hair.

As we mentioned, the method to the curly madness starts at home. The routine involved is quite simple and very important to receiving the ultimate curl for your hair type. The video below includes the steps needed for each hair type so that you can see just how easy it is to care for your curls.

 The beautiful results of this technique and product line capture just how excited we are to share it with you. If you are a curly girl, please mention your interest in the Deva cut when scheduling your next appointment. Tell all your curly friends their hair frustrations will vanish and to give it a try.

Call 330-733-0700 to book the difference you deserve today and spiral your way to a new beautiful you.

Be on the look out for next weeks "Face the Facts: Facial Truths" post. Our poor pores need our help!

Fro No! Frizz-tastic Taming Tricks

It has been one hot, rainy, humid summer to say the least and we wanted to share a treatment that will make your beauty life easier and explore some of the best products on the market that will keep that frizz controlled.

Fun Fact: Hair can be thought of as dry skin. It needs constant moisture! When it is damp or rainy out, we experience frizzy hair because the hair it's self is attempting to grab the moisture out of the hair. Similar to a flower reaching for sun light. If we treat to hair and moisturize it, the hair will not need to search for the moisture from the air therefore reducing frizz.

Quick Tip: Gina, our Joico educator, suggests leave in conditioners of the Deva Curl line for curly haired girls. It doesn't make sense to put lotion on your skin before getting in the shower, so why condition your hair and proceed to wash it out?

Latest and Greatest

There has been a lot of talk in the beauty industry about the new Keratin Straightening Treatments. We are proud to offer a treatment that has been very successful in decreasing the amount of time needed in the mirror wrestling with a straighter. Lasting an average of 4 months holding straighter softer hair. Talk about getting rid of frizz! This treatment is safe and approved by happy clients. One client raved after her visit with Beth for her Keratin..."GREAT JOB BETH! Love my hair- I was so skeptical but you made a believer out of me!!" 

This treatment is most suited for naturally wavy, of frizzy hair. If you are burdened by a straightener every day or get headaches trying to figure out how to tame you mane, this option is for you.  The treatment includes a hair cut and bottle of shampoo! Be sure to talk to your stylist to learn more!

It's time to get your strands on some great products to help your hair beat the heat!

Four of our best shared secrets available at Nicole Jeffrey's:

Best Seller! Thermafuse Heat Serum: Use before drying with an option to reapply at ends sparingly after dry. It may come in a small bottle but it is a mighty product.

Kenra Styling Creme: Versatile styling product, apply to damp hair and style normally.

Tigi Bed Head After Party: Apply to dry hair and use sparingly from end to root.

Deva Curl Angel Gel: For naturally curly girls, apply to wet hair before defusing or air drying.

Tip of the week: Always blow out hair down the hair shaft to avoid influencing frizz from the drying process. *Recommended by Valerie

Be sure to take a peak next week when we dive into the new Deva Curl cutting technique in our "Spirals of a Curly Girl" post!