The Aveda Institute
Salon and Spa is one of my favourite salons in London. It is
large, yet warm and welcoming. You are made to feel special from the moment you
arrive rather than feeling as if you are another person to be put on a conveyor
belt. There are some occasions when you want your hair to
look particularly good. No matter how hard you try yourself, you can never
manage to get your tresses as smooth as a hairdresser can.
Aveda now has a dressing hair specialist, Joon Barratt, so I
decided to put my locks in her hands. After a long consultation, in which Joon
examined my hair’s texture and talked about how she was going to style it, she
whisked me over to the basin, where there was practically every Aveda product
on offer. She chose the Color Conserve Shampoo (£15.50) and matching
conditioner (£17.50).
Before starting the blow-dry, she applied Damage Remedy
Daily Hair Repair (£19.50)
to the ends to help the condition and, Joon told me, as it contains protein, it
will help stop my hair from frizzing up. She mixed it with some Smooth Infusion style-prep smoother
(£19.50).
“Your hair has a bend in it,” said Joon. “If that is what it
wants to do, let it.” Joon’s advice was to keep things simple. She smoothed my hair out and flicked it out,
blasting it with a shot of cold air to set it. She also spritzed my hair with the new Be Curly curl enhancing hair
spray (£17.50) to help it last.
“What you want is for people to say you look well, then
notice what is different about you, whether it is having your hair styled, cut
or coloured,” she added.
I was actually meeting somebody for dinner whom I hadn’t see
for a while. “You look really well,” he said.
By Daralyn Danns
Blow-dry from £30, Aveda Institute Salon and Spa
(www.avedainstitute.co.uk)
