Hair Color + Style

The ever-popular question today is where does the hair come from and whether is it ethically sourced? There is no governing body for human hair, therefore, the best we can do is work with factories that are part of "Fair Trade," which only purchase human hair from mass collection sites where men and women are paid a fair value for their hair. Mass collection sites exist worldwide, and working with a large factory helps to ensure the hair is not collected in a nefarious fashion. A large factory relies on dependability and consistent quantities which a collection site can ensure. Still, the industry is...

Noelle Salon has opened a new hair extension supply store in the Boston area featuring virgin hair of all methods and Brazilian curly hair.

As the number of my guests arrive in my salon chair, I noticed the amount of damage on my guest's hair. It is often a guessing game as to why their hair and hair extensions have split ends and overall damage, but after questioning them the consensus is the "blow dry brush!" It is not that the blow dry brush is necessarily bad to use, they do have their advantage especially to smooth, cutting down blow dry time, and adding volume, but the problem is using the brush at its highest temperature and leaving it on a section of the hair...

Hair loss due to chemotherapy is devastating, growing back healthy hair is key.

My salon clients often ask me what is the best way to treat your scalp, i.e. washing, conditioning, and leave-in products.  My best answer is to treat your scalp like the skin on your face!  If your scalp is oily, normal, or dry, most often your facial skin is too, therefore, washing your hair will vary based on sebum production.  If your scalp is dry, it is important to moisturize your scalp and this is especially important for curly hair types.  How often you wash your hair is important since an oily prone scalp can lead to oily skin and...

Many trans women have undergone FFS (Facial Feminization Surgery), and now have scarring at their front hair line, coupled with that may also be a receding hair line. As this surgery is gaining in popularity, our clients are concerned about not only covering their scars but adding more hair. Hair transplantation is not a very good option, since the surgery will not work to add hair to the scarred area.   Our solution is to use custom-designed hair toppers that are threaded in place without shaving or gluing! This works particularly well since our clients can wear the topper and enjoy an active lifestyle. The...