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Hickox Products

My family has had salons as long as I can remember. My father made sure to hold his salons up to the highest standards and in doing so was able to pioneer a lot of things that made salon life what it is today. It was these high standards that allowed his salon to be accepted into the most elite hair organization in the world. Becoming a part of Intercoiffure put us around the “best of the best” and allowed us to learn from them. We learned what product lines these salons were using, which ones were the most successful and which ones worked the best. Ultimately this lead us to create our own product line about 12 years ago.

We have used and sold all of the best lines in our salon and after using them for some time we focused on the best products from each and enhanced them to do more of what we wanted them to do. In some cases we would combine the aspects of a couple of great products to create a “super” product. We then use the products exclusively in our salon, on our clients over and over to fine tune them until they are perfect in our minds. Finally after 12 years of sampling, creating and testing we have a line that lives up to the high standards that my father instilled in our salons so many years ago.

It is a line that isn’t full of wild sales pitches, isn’t huge, but rather a line that is ruthlessly efficient and just large enough to not be confusing. It has recently been getting some national attention and we have been receiving inquiries from other salons about selling our line. We are pleased to announce that as of last month you can now find Hickox products in southwest Washington at Nico Bella Salon. We are diligently evaluating other opportunities and will be expanding soon. So look for us at your favorite salon in the near future!

Hair Color Trends

I was contacted recently by Marie Claire Magazine for an article that they are writing about current hair color trends. The question was what Celebrity hair colors are most popular right now? I would say that right now we aren’t seeing an overwhelming demand for any one color in particular. However there are a couple of things that we have noticed, which I believe are a result of a larger trend.

We are noticing color trending towards a much more natural appearance. To support that theory, we’ve seen a transition from white or platinum blonds to honey or warm tones. These tones have a tendency to look more natural, even when coupled with platinum or white tones on the same head. The other transition, and probably my favorite is what we like to refer to as “tone on tone” color. This is when you add highlights or lowlights to hair that is only a shade or so lighter or darker than the base color. For instance, imagine that you have brown hair that has never been colored. If we were to add highlights to your hair that were just one shade lighter than your natural color, we would call that “tone on tone”.

There are a few advantages. First off it looks natural while still giving the hair dimension, which is an important way to complement haircuts involving layers. Another advantage is that because the base color and the highlights/lowlights are so close in color there is almost no grow out line, which dramatically cuts down on maintenance. This kind of color can be made more or less dramatic by how thick or fine you make the highlights.

Below is a great example of “tone on tone” color. Give this a try next time you need a change!

Eva Longoria tone-on-tone colorlor.