Our Top 2 Haircuts for Fall

About the Long Bob

If you're deathly afraid of cutting your hair too short, but have tried the long hair for years and are looking for something new... the Lob or Long Bob might be your answer. 

Celebs who are wearing it: Jessica Alba, Emma Stone, Keira Knightly, Taylor Swift, Lily Collins, Beyonce, super model Karlie Kloss, Kate Mara, fashion star Olivia Palermo, Jennifer Lawrence, Gwenyth Paltrow. 

Why we love it: 

• Gives a modern look without having to spend hours flat ironing and styling. Most times when we go for a short hair look, we end up worrying about the extra time and heat you'll need to add everyday. With the long bob you can get away with wearing it in loose waves that are easy to create with just product.
• Color and highlights show up really well on this style.
• Elegant look 

The "Long Bob"

About Full Bangs

Full bang look gives you a youthful and sexy look. It's never a bad time to get this look, but with the Florida weather, we usually advise clients to try this look in the Fall/Winter seasons. 

Celebs who wear it: Katie holmes, Taylor Swift, Camille Bell, Victoria Secret Model Behari Prinsloo, Alexa Chung, Zoey Deschanel, Sienna Miller. 

Why we love it:

• Sexy yet elegant. 
• Frames the face and makes any outfit look stylish and modern. 
• Looks great with wavy or straight hair.
• Timeless look

Tip: When getting this look ask your stylist if a small keratin treatment would benefit your bangs. We can generally apply it to your bangs only making it easier to style and avoid humidity and frizz. 

Full Bangs

Beautiful Halloween Make Up

Follow our Instagram account for more ideas and tips: @Applewoods_Spa

Halloween make up and hair by Applewoods Make Up Artists: Ana and Damaris.

"Day of the Dead" Costume. 

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Halloween Make Up 

20 min. Stress relief at Home

Sometimes meditation can seem difficult but, guided meditations serve as a great tool to help us begin this essential routine. It only takes 20 min. of your day and it is proven to give you the ability to deal with stressful situations better. 

This meditation can be done at any time during the day. You can be seated in a chair and still receive the benefits. Allow your back to be straight yet comfortable. In a guided meditation all you need to do is listen and allow your self 20 min. of relaxing. A moment to yourself which you likely deserve.  

Pick a quiet and clutter free space in your home. If this is not available, you can put on headphones to help block out outer noise. Using headphones also allow you to hear the meditation in your office. You can also sit outside in a cool area free from distractions. 

One of our favorite guided meditations hand picked for you. 

Beachy Waves Tutorial

How to Use Aveda products to create effortless waves. 

ENGLISH You don't need the salty breeze of the ocean to create beachy waves. Aveda Institute Minneapolis student Emily demonstrates how to get the look at home without using heat. You'll need damp hair for this look, so if your hair is dry, spritz it down. Separate your hair into sections.

SPANISH Aprenda como soltar y acondicionar sus rizos en casa con los products y técnicas de Aveda. En este video Allen Ruiz muestra como hacerlo.

How to Fix Dry Hair (1 prodcut)

Daily Hair Repair

 We love the look the blower and straightener give us but, then we are left with dry brittler hair. It can be daunting to deal with dry hair. Even when we don't use heat on our hair too often, we can still find these problems emerge. That's why when you come in to Applewoods, there's a good chance your stylist will recommend one product above all else Damage Remedy Daily Hair Repair. 

Powered by 97% naturally derived* ingredients, the leave-in treatment delivers 6 remedies in 1 step—smooth it on to instantly repair, strengthen, protect, detangle, soften and boost shine.

• Instantly repairs. For stronger, longer hair.**
• Quinoa protein fills in damaged cuticles to instantly repair.
• Wheat protein helps protect against heat styling.
• Soy oil detangles to help prevent breaking.
• Certified organic essential oils including bergamot, mandarin and ylang ylang provide an uplifting aroma.

*From plants, non-petroleum minerals or water.
**Less breakage in a clinical repeat combing test vs. untreated hair.

Perfect Thick Brow Look

Janell Geason, Global Educator of Aveda Makeup illustrates how to achieve a refined brow with Aveda's Petal Essence Eye Color Trio Gobi Sands.

Thick brows are trending. Most celebrities and models are working this look. It gives you a more natural look than the thin brow that has been used in the 90's and earlier 2000's. 

For those of us with naturally thin brows this look is still achievable and easy to make. Follow this step by step tutorial from make up guru Janell Geason for your next night out. 

Modern Make Up Tutorial

Janell Geason, Global Educator of Aveda Makeup, illustrates how to achieve the modern nude eye. Follow the simple steps in this tutorial for a long-lasting and gorgeously defined eye makeup look. To begin, create a clean, smooth base for your eyeshadow with Aveda Color Options Eye Shadow Transformer.

First Step to Clear Skin

TIP 4 is CRUCIAL. 
Clean makeup brushes to get rid of ALL of the dirt, dead skin cells, & bacteria that accumulate on them after regular use. Especially important for those of you who have oily skin or acne. -Rule of thumb: if it's a brush used for liquid substances such as foundation, clean after every use. 
All other brushes should be cleaned at the very least ONCE a WEEK. Especially if you are trying to get rid of pimples.

▶️Clean your brushes one at a time, using the same water temperature that you would use to wash our hair. Try to use something as natural as possible (like Baby Shampoo) without fragrance or dye.

▶️After cleaning your brushes you can put a paper towel and set them on a clean surface to dry OR out in the SUN. The sun is a natural disinfectant.

▶️VERY important. Once you are done cleaning you should find a SEPARATE bag to put ONLY your brushes. If you don't feel like buying one, use a new zip loc bag everytime. 

The Simplest Health Remedy

BREATHE • Our 3rd tip to you is probably the simplest yet the hardest to remember to do. WHY? You may ask..
*Because the average person only breathes JUST ENOUGH to stay alive.

We rarely take full inhalations and deep mindful exhales.  A regular deep breathing practice can:
lower blood pressure and heart rate, improve digestion, and lower stress ( which is tied to skin issues and hair loss )

Lack of deep breathing is also the cause of minor HEADACHES and FATIGUE. -Here is one of our FAVORITE breath exercises: Close the index finger and the middle finger of your right hand. Now, close your right nostril with your thumb and slowly exhale from the left nostril. After exhaling, slowly inhale through the same nostril. Withhold your breath for 2 seconds. Then close your left nostril with your ring finger and exhale through the right nostril. Now, inhale from the right one, hold it for 2 seconds and exhale from the left one closing your right nostril with the right thumb.

How to: New Dry Shampoo

Aveda Global Educator of Hair Styling, Bea Watson, shows how easy it is to use the new Aveda Shampure Dry Shampoo. Follow these steps to achieve a freshly shampooed head of hair at night or when freshening up during the day.

Lemon Water Remedy

Today's tip is one you should make part of your DAILY routine. Warm Water and Lemon
Every morning BEFORE you eat breakfast warm up a cup of water squeezing drops of lemon ( natural lemon works best ) Benefits
- Balance your ph.
- Purges toxins from your blood and keeps the skin clear and radiant. Vitamin C of lemon plays a key role in rejuvenating the facial skin internally so that you do not ever develop age spots.
- Helps you get rid of fine lines, blemishes, wrinkles, deep furrows.
- Helps digestion

Pillow Care

This tip may be something you've been told before but, with a TWIST.

SLEEP• The skin undergoes repairing and rebalancing while you are sleeping. Dead skin cells give away to newer cells and the face gets an instant lift. All the hormonal/metabolic changes occur in the body while you are sleeping. So lack of sleep disrupts the body processes. 7 to 8 hours of sleep is absolutely needed if you want a healthy skin.

HERE IS THE TWIST
HOW you sleep is just as important.
- Sleeping on the side of your face causes WRINKLES, DRYNESS & even PIMPLES.
- Try to sleep with your face facing up or slightly tilted without squishing against the pillow. - Sleeping with a light or TV on doesn't allow your body to fully rest.