April's Hairography
Sunburn on Your Scalp Is Real. Let’s Talk About It.
Every July it's the same conversation. A guy sits down in my chair, leans his head forward, and I see it before he says a word. Red scalp. Flaky in spots. He tells me his head's been itching and he figures it's dandruff or dry skin or something he ought to buy a special shampoo for.
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New to the Valley? Here’s Your Sign to Stop Driving to Northern Virginia
I've been doing hair for forty years, and I'll tell you what I've noticed lately. A lot of new faces moving into the valley. Folks coming down from Northern Virginia, from the DC and Baltimore side of things — retirees, people working from home now, couples who finally got tired of the traffic and bought a place out here.
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Sun, Chlorine, and Your Hair: What Nobody Tells You
Every July it's the same story. Somebody sits down in my chair, the color we worked so hard on back in spring has gone flat and a little orange, and they swear they didn't do anything different. And they didn't, really. They just went outside. They went swimming. They lived their summer.
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Your Summer Reset: New Season, New Chair, New You
She sat down in my chair the first week of June and said, “April, I'm just tired of looking at it.”
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