The First Ward

The salon now has a “Masks Optional” policy for all clients and staff.

Over the last year, we have been following CDC guidelines, as well as following local, national and global health experts. We took a cautious approach, following the science and fortunately our staff made it through the year without getting sick and there were zero cases of Covid-19 being spread amongst clients in the salon.

Now the CDC says vaccinated people can stop wearing masks indoors. While this might feel abrupt and scary to some of you, we know our salon is a safe place to put these new guidelines into practice. Each of our staff has been fully vaccinated for over a month. We have intimate conversations with most of our guests and can assuredly say that the overwhelming majority of our clientele is fully vaccinated, as well.

We now have an opportunity to offer a moment of healing to our community. We offer a small space to help you relax and settle into an old, familiar routine. One where we don’t so obviously see a political or moral divide, but one where we see each other as we see ourselves. We hope that’s with love and compassion.

We encourage those of you who want to wear masks to your appointment to do so. And if the thought of sitting in our space with unmasked people makes you uncomfortable, we are still offering private appointments on Mondays (for a modified price).

We will continue to make the wellness of our community our highest priority. If we learn of any future transmission of Covid-19 within the salon, we will immediately revert back to a masks required policy. And as always, please reschedule your appointment if you are showing any signs of illness.

Thank you for trusting us all these years.
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Let’s just keep it simple here... For the time being, we are still requiring staff and clients to wear a mask at all times while inside the salon. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
We’ll update you again when we decide to switch to a “mask optional” policy. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Until then, we’ll be daydreaming about how good your sweet faces look with that fabulous new ‘do we gave you. 😍

On this episode of James World 🌎 :⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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James came from a background in bars and restaurants before discovering the hair industry. He realized he wanted to change fields when he found himself cutting friends’ hair for fun (and for free). When he met Jessica, he saw how cool and fun her clients were and wanted to spend his days like that. So without any formal hair experience but tons in hospitality, he dove into his newfound career. He found the overlapping skills from previous work very helpful, especially In the beginning.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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James has always been in love with styling a big curly ‘do. He even rocks one himself 😎. Lately he has been into the shaggy layers and bangs that everyone is asking for. We asked James what aspect of hair doing he enjoys the most and of course it is the connections he makes with clients. When they communicate and create a look that makes them feel good, and is repeatable in their daily life, he knows he has a winner. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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You might be wondering how James likes to spend his free time. When he’s not working, he’s happiest cooking for friends. He had a few backyard barbecues last summer and it really reminded him how much he missed people during the shutdown (comment if you want an invite to this summer’s cookout). Right now he’s finally getting around to reading White Fragility by Robin Diangelo. As for screen-time, he’s always watching some how-to video on YouTube. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Now for some rapid-fire insight:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Go-to drink: “Daiquiri”⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Hidden talents: “I juggle? Oh, and I can take really big bites of food, it’s disturbing.”⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
You get to hop on a plane and go anywhere in the world tomorrow, where you going? “Bali. I’m in need of some serious post pandemic beach time.”⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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James, we love the energy you bring to the studio and your clients each and everyday. You are one of a kind and we’re happy you’re here. 😊

What a city day.

Taking you to another dimension 🪐

On this fine Tuesday we’re going to leave you the tip 😉. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Do you ever wonder how many days you should go before your next wash? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
We wish we could give you a one-size-fits-all answer, but our hair is a little more complicated than that. What we like to do is get a good feel for each of our client’s texture/activity patterns to come up with a formula that best suits their strands. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Our most common recommendation is to shampoo around 2/3 times per week, unless you are big into sweaty workouts, then we might recommend a few more. Our goal is to educate you enough on your unique texture so that you know exactly when to make that call. If you have coarse or damaged hair, you can wait as long as 7-8 days! Like we said, no short answer, but we love figuring it out along the way with you 🙌.