Fresh Facials

It can be assumed that most people have heard of a facial, and that most women have received one. If you don’t know what it is, or even think  that you do already, the extent of how much a facial can benefit you goes deeper than the common known.  Facials include a variety of steps and procedures. Basics steps to a facial include: cleansing based on your skin type, exfoliation, extraction, facial massage, mask, and then an application of toners/protective cream. Even after hearing all the steps, and perhaps getting the gist of a facial, one could still wonder why this needs to be done, or what are the benefits? Knowing whether your skin is sensitive, dry, normal, oily, or a combination is crucial to knowing and showing how you take care of your skin.  Cleansing helps take of top layer of make-up, dirt, oil, and some dead skin. Exfoliating goes a bit deeper into cleansing your skin, getting even more dirt and dead skin out of your pores, preventing break outs. Extraction can be chemically or mechanically done, both getting out the deepest dirt, dead skin, and blockage out of the deepest pores, ridding your face of such blemishes as blackheads. Massaging stimulates your skin and facial muscles, which in return gives your face a not so stressed look.  Facial mask necessity changes based on your skin type: it dries up oily skin, moisturizes dry skin, and can be used in anti-aging treatments. Toner or protective creams help your face have a natural glow, protects you from the sun, and moisturizes your skin. 

After reading all of this, it is no surprise people have mixed feeling on what to decision to make in regards to facials. Knowing that this is good for your skin in combination with it sounding like a long, daunting procedure using several chemicals and devices on your face can cause confusion. Decleor has come up with a different kind of facial. Their company explains it best, "Inspired by a rare combination of the energy of essential oils and the concentrate of natural active ingredients in Decleor treatments and masks, their rituals provide effectiveness that heightens an exquisite sensation of well-being. You are getting all the benefits listed in the aforementioned paragraph without all the harsh chemicals, and machines." If anyone has spent any time looking at the price range not only for facials, but natural products for the skin, the prices are outrageous. Salons and companies know if a product or procedure is in high demand that a price spike can occur. Pucci Salon has put together a special offer of great proportions. A 100% natural, highly relaxing and rejuvenating customized European facial using only Decleor products for only 45$! It is one hour of pure bliss. While Pucci wishes they could extend this to their clients on a daily basis, this will only be offered for a limited time. Call us at 480.443.3030, or stop in to our North Scottsdale location.

Street Savvy

The up-to-the-minute trends and future forecasts are vital to the fashion and beauty world. It can be said, that fashion designers, magazines, and salons decide on a systematic basis what is hot and what is not. Lately we have seen a shift in this normal process and the industry is seeing more people flaunting their own creativity and originality.  Because of this shift, the magazines, fashion designers, and salons are taking notice about what is stylish on the streets.

Not everyone is a celebrity; most people don’t have hours on end or a dedicated staff to produce their look, which is why at the very least you should find a great salon! Achieving a look you might have seen or want to try might not be the best idea to do on your own. There has been a spike in people coloring and cutting their hair on their own time, followed by a spike of horror stories following the at home tries that flood the internet.

Things as simple as a hair style are also best done by a stylist. Short cuts are tremendously contagious right now. A short cut allows for a variety of looks including: short and sexy, sassy and spikey, funky and punky, glam and gorgeous or cute and care- free. It is great for most face shapes, all ages, and is extremely low in maintenance.

Another titanic trend right now is braids and pony tails. Braids can be tight and slicked back, used as a head band, over the shoulder and messy, wrapped into bun, added in smaller version to sections of the hair, and a great way to throw back your bangs. Some of the styles we are seeing on celebs aren’t as easy as one would think! Certain sections and special pinning must be done to achieve these looks, and most importantly the right products must be used. If you try these at home you could end up spending hours only to result in disaster. Taking a trip to the salon for a simple style can be easy on your coin purse and will teach you how to properly put together your pony.

 

 

Girls love curls, it’s a known fact, but getting what you want is sometimes unattainable. Curling irons, flat irons, perms, rollers, all can give you a different type of curl; tight tendrils, wavy and whimsical, round and romantic, or crazy and courageous. Knowing how to get each, which products to use, and which tool is best can be confusing and overwhelming. New tools are coming out constantly claiming at home results as seen on celebrities, but the truth is more than one stylist probably worked on that celebrity’s hair. Unless you’re Ursula from the Little Mermaid and have six arms, your look you want can’t be done alone. There are tools you can use at home that do give you some curled looks you love like, Twiddle Stics, but they are best demonstrated by a stylist to show the proper usage and technique.

 

Pucci has stylists with the knowledge and know-how to complete and teach any look you like. Everything from products from Oribe, Bumble and Bumble, and Twiddle Stics are used and available at the salon. Other avenues of beauty are also conducted every day such as: nails, make-up, and skin care procedures.  Street is what savvy, but copying the looks could become a complete mess. Learn the looks before you leap in, and remember a stylist always shows you how to be a show-stopper.