On our last post, we gave you our predictions for the new year, and we’re now here to expand on one of those. It’s something that we’ve all had at one point in our lives. Some of us had professionals do it for us, others experimented by ourselves with safety scissors behind our mothers’ backs the night before school pictures.

… Bangs!

Bangs provide a great service for our faces. It completes a haircut and complements features that we like on our faces. If you have a tall forehead, it’s great to balance out your face shape. If you want to accent your eyes or cheekbones, the right length of bangs will bring those out. So here is our conclusion of the three most popular bangs.

1. Side Swept

The side swept bangs is most popular and versatile style by far. It brings out the eyes and/or cheekbones depending on the length you want. It makes the face look slimmer and looks great on all face shapes. The versatility comes in because it can be cut to be swept both ways.

Here we have Pearl with side swept bangs:

2. Wispy-Asymmetrical

The wispy asymmetrical is the trendy sibling of the side swept bangs. It is tapered at the ends to create a textured look, and looks light and stylish. It is shorter than the side-swept and can only be worn in one direction. However, it is a great finish for those with square faces and tall foreheads.

Here is what it would look like:

3. Full bangs

The full bangs is the most traditional of bangs. It is a full bang in the front with blunt ends, perfect for long faces and long foreheads.

And last but not least, Julie with her full bangs!

It’s a new year! Here are our stylists’ hair and clothing trend predictions for the year 2012!

Hair Trends

Clothing Trends

What are yours? Let us know on facebook .

Winter brings the nice cool weather, holiday treats, and the anticipation of a new year. But also it brings dryness to the hair, scalp, and skin. Dry scalp leads to flakes, itchiness, and tightness of the scalp. Dry hair leads to split ends, loss of color and shine, and makes hair brittle and impossible to style. So it’s important to start some simple upkeep which will have long-term effects. Because after all, you’ve already spent a certain amount to get your hair to look good, a little extra upkeep will make sure that hair style keep as long as possible.

For dry scalp, the Complexe5 from Rene Furterer deep-cleanses and prepares the scalp by activating micro-circulation. A once a week treatment, Complexe5 is applied to an unwashed scalp by sections and massaged into the scalp before shampooing. The active ingredients, essential oils from Orange and Lavender work together to tone the scalp and strengthen the hair from the root.

For dry hair, the Liquid Gold from Wakin provides the perfect protection again the dryness of the winter. It works as a leave-in conditioner, and the protein and amino acids in the Argan oil repairs the hair. Also, the 7 Seconds leave-in conditioner by Unite is a great way to ward off dryness while also acting as an excellent detangler.

Of course, even with the best products, the hair and scalp wouldn’t get better without effort. In the winter, our stylists suggest lowering the frequency of shampooing during the week. If you are a frequent shampooer, try to shampoo every other day instead of every day. Also, always make sure that your shampoos are alcohol and sulfate free.

You would never step outside in the cold without your coat, so its time to give the same consideration to your hair in these winter months! If you have any questions about these and other products to protect your hair come on in or be sure to ask your stylist on your next visit.

We hope that everyone enjoyed the much needed rain over the weekend. For those of us with lawns and trees, it was a much needed rain, and for those without lawns and trees, it was much needed break in the temperature.

Over the weekend, we received great news from the University of North Texas’s College of Business. They have highlighted us in one of their classes as a business case for excellence in customer service, and the professor has asked his students to visit Jovie Salon in person to experience such exceptional experience as part of their understanding for business.

Jovie Salon has always supported and promoted the arts and education in the community, and to be recognized by the College of Business has been a great honor for us. For those of you who are curious about the next step in your professional career, we strongly encourage you to check out the College of Business at UNT.

And to the students who will be coming in to visit us, we look forward to seeing you!

West Side Story just opened this Tuesday, and we want to congratulate all those who won tickets either through the salon or through the radio contests. And for those who did win the gift certificates from radio contests, we look forward to seeing you!

This is the last show of the year for Dallas Summer Musicals, so if you are planning to see just one show this year, make sure you get your tickets from . Otherwise, be sure to check out their schedule for next year.

Also, if you are one of those energetic fun-loving people and want to make a whole day trip out of the State Fair and the show, the results are in for this year’s Most Creative Fried Food and the Best Taste, Fried Bubblegum and Fried Buffalo Chicken in a Flapjack. We here at Jovie is still trying to determine whether both of them would taste as they sound… hmm!

Whether you are sporting a sophisticated updo or just a casual curl for running errands around town, luxurious, wavy locks are all the rage right now. Believe it or not, with the right tools, adding a bit of wave to your hair can be quick and easy. First and foremost you must have a really great curling iron and know how to use it.

Beginning in August, Jovie Salons will bring professional-grade irons straight to our clients. Previously only available to stylists, these revolutionary Enzo curling irons are clipless and come with a state-of-the art ceramic core and heat sink technology that distributes the heat evenly giving you long-lasting, even curls with every use.

What’s more, with every purchase of an Enzo curling iron at one of our locations, a Jovie stylist will provide a step-by-step demonstration on how to use the iron on your hair to get those wavy locks you’ve been dying to achieve. On your next visit be sure to ask your stylist about our Enzo irons, or feel free to contact your local Jovie salon for further information!

In fact, we did Pam’s hair on the spot.

We added Myrrhea Fluid from Rene Furterer to act as a heat protect-ant and Working Spray from Wakin to hold the curls.

~Sadie