Meridian Salon

220 W G Street, San Diego, CA 92101

Before Booking Your Next Appointment

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Our  experienced hair stylists and colorists talk about about things you should know (or do!) before booking your next salon appointment:
 The team last holiday season
“ Communication is most important- but once we know client likes and dislikes, I’d like clients to feel comfortable enough to give us some creative control, relax and enjoy the appointment!  “
– Collette Welch, hair stylist, color specialist, extension artist – Relax, she’s in control.
“ I want clients to know that many of the hair photos they bring us from magazines and websites have been Photoshopped! So we have to work with reality.  But once we establish want a client wants, correct color choices are very important to complement eye color and skin tone. Also, we can make style adjustments for face shapes. ”
– JB Bergeron, hair stylist, color specialist – Photoshop radar set to high!
“I’d tell a new client to come prepared for one of my famous shampoos! You’ll still get a proper head massage from me at the shampoo bowl. That’s what we were taught in school and a client should expect that level of service when visiting a high end salon.”
-Irina Bartman, hair stylist, color specialist- Client head massage devotee
“We don’t have a magic wand. Its important to have realistic expectations. Some color services can’t be achieved in one visit and sometimes shouldn’t be attempted at all if the hair’s health is compromised from years of other chemical or color services. ”
– Caitlin De Garmo, hair stylist, color specialist, salon educator -Not a fairy godmother
“Hair color requires maintenance due to regrowth at the roots. When clients commit to a dramatic color change or are covering gray, they should be prepared for regular touch-up visits. Every client is different and hair growth can vary. Some of my clients do okay with six or more weeks between appointments while others prefer re-touches at three weeks.”
– Brad Morse, hair stylist, color specialist- Protector of your hair color secrets
“Please don’t get impatient before your next booked appointment and cut your own bangs. Pop by the salon and if I’m available, I’ll trim them between appointments. No more butchered bangs, please!”
-Brandy Antunez, hair stylist, color specialist- Ending bad bang behavior in her lifetime

5 Tricks To Reduce, Reuse & Recycle in your Beauty Routine

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Earth Laughs in Flowers- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Happy Earth Day from Meridian Salon

This Earth Day celebrate the beautiful Mother Earth by allowing less waste in your beauty routine.

  1. Washing your hair less is a good idea: You’ve heard your hair stylist say it, but you may have been resistant. Not only does washing less protect your color and salon style longer, this choice saves water too. A little oily at the roots? Consider a dry shampoo product like Bumble and bumble’s pret-a-powder or Moroccanoil’s new Dry Shampoo. These products help make styling easier as well.
  2. Recycle those empty hair product containers: Place your empty plastic bottles in your recycling pick-up to keep them out of the landfill.  Empty steel aerosol cans can be recycled too.
  3. Make-up containers can be recycled too: Origins stores take your make-up tubes, compacts, and caps of any brand. MAC will give you a free lipstick when you bring in 6 empty MAC lip sticks. That’s better than a cookie or a gold star for being good!
  4. Buy liter sizes:  Many Bumble and bumble shampoos and conditioners come in a liter size and Moroccanoil comes in a half-liter sizes too. The larger size keeps you from running out for more between salon visits and often saves a little money too. Use this liter to fill your smaller bottles for vacations and the spare bathroom shower. Reusing is recycling’s cousin you know.
  5. Tube squeezers for those who can’t agree on where to squeeze the tube: You may have seen your hair stylist use a special gadget to squeeze every drop of color from those steel color tubes. Reducing waste is important to a hair salon and our Earth too. You can find tube squeezers for home use and squeeze every bit of toothpaste, ointment and even household products like paint.

 

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