Our Staff’s Favorite Products

If you’re anything like our team here at The Salon Professional Academy (TSPA), Shorewood, then you’re probably a beauty product fanatic. While we’re all in love with a whole lot of products, there are a few that stand out. We surveyed our staff and came up with this list of our favorite tried and true hair products!

Redken One United All In One Multi‑Benefit Treatment

Who doesn’t love a good multitasking product? This hair treatment has 25 benefits for the hair all in one bottle! It detangles, helps prevent damage, adds smoothness and shine, and on top of all that, smells amazing. It’s also extremely easy to use. Just spray it on damp hair and enjoy the benefits. This is a multi-benefit product for everyone!

Redken One United All In One Multi‑Benefit Treatment

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Redken Color Extend Shampoo and Conditioner

If you’re investing in your hair color, you want to protect it. The Redken Color Extend range of shampoos and conditioners keeps colored hair radiant and shiny. It also contains UVA and UVB filters. This is a great way to cleanse and condition your hair while making sure the color stays salon fresh.

Redken Color Extend Shampoo and Conditioner

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Redken Extreme Shampoo and Conditioner

From heat treatments and bleaching, to swimming in chlorine or salt water, it’s pretty easy to damage your hair. That’s why we love Redken’s Extreme Shampoo and Conditioner. It works to fully repair damaged hair by restoring protein to the entire strand from root to tip! We recommend this product to anyone with damaged hair to restore strength and prevent breakage and split ends. In our experience, the results of this line do the talking. We’ve found that guests who use the products from the Extreme line have seen a 75% reduction in hair breakage.

Redken Extreme Shampoo and Conditioner

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Redken Color Extend Blondage Shampoo and Conditioner

This is the perfect shampoo for blondes who want to beat the brassy look. Redken’s violet Blondage products help maintain colored blonde tones. It can be used at home to maintain a beautiful salon blonde all the way until your next blow-dry. We even use it to immediately correct unwanted warm tones at the shampoo bowl in our salon!

Redken color extend blondage purple shampoo

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Redken Pillow Proof Blow Dry Express Primer Spray

The Pillow Proof spray is the perfect first step for a blowdry. It’s a lightweight spray that protects your hair from damage during blow drying. It also can dramatically reduce your blow drying time both at home and in the salon. It’s as simple as shaking up the bottle and spraying on damp hair before turning the dryer on!

Redken Pillow Proof Blow Dry Express Primer Spray

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Suggestions from Our Staff

If you want to do a healthy, easy, beautiful blowout at home, here are some tips on using the products:

  • Shampoo your hair with the Extreme Shampoo and Conditioner.
  • Towel dry your hair and spray One United all over it.
  • Comb or use a detangling brush and then spray the Pillow Proof product all over hair.
  • Dry your hair from the roots toward the ends with a blow dryer.
  • When your hair is dry, use a round brush to add bounce and volume starting at the crown and surrounding your face!

Looking for these products at a great price? We are a full-line retailer of Redken products at TSPA Shorewood. Come pick up a few! Your hair will thank you.

Want to Join The TSPA Shorewood Family?

If you want to work with our awesome staff here at TSPA Shorewood, enroll in our cosmetology program! You can contact us to learn about scheduling a tour, financial aid options, and applying to the program today. We’d love to welcome you to the team!

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Why You Should Choose Cosmetology if You’re Creative

Creative people see the beauty in everything, whether it’s a tree, a flower, or a person. Studying cosmetology can be a great choice for creative people because it allows you to create beauty every single day. Whether you’re applying makeup to a client’s bare face or designing an elaborate braid, this is an industry made for creative individuals. You may be wondering what creative careers are available for cosmetologists outside of styling hair in a salon. Don’t worry– there are plenty of options! We’ve chosen five of our favorites to give you a taste of what a future in cosmetology could look like.

Makeup Artist

A job in makeup artistry can be ideal for anyone who loved art class. Brushes and products are your tools and your client’s face serves as the blank canvas. As a makeup artist, you can work at a beauty counter, in a salon, or privately for specific clients. Makeup artists are highly sought out in the wedding industry, as most brides and bridal party members want professionally done makeup for the big day. This career could provide you with a diverse clientele and various opportunities to use your creativity to try out new styles and trends!

Dark haired makeup artist applies eye makeup to dark haired woman.

Editorial Stylist

If you’ve got a love for magazines, blogs, and photo advertisements, you might love being an editorial stylist. In this position, you would be in charge of creating the makeup and/or hair looks that the models will wear in the shoot. It’s your responsibility to create looks that match the decided theme of the shoot, or pair well with the clothing the models will wear. People all over the world could potentially see your work in magazines and advertisements.

Model shooting photo with flowers gets her makeup touched up.

Theatrical/Film Stylist

Love show business and the arts? Working as a stylist for films and theater could give you the chance to work behind the scenes. From creating period-accurate hairstyles for a movie to designing dramatic makeup looks for a stage play, there is no limit to what you could create in this job. As a stylist for a production, you would likely work one-on-one with the director, costume designer, and other crew members to make sure the looks are cohesive and fit in with the production’s theme. While you’ll have a concept to work from, it’s up to you to take your creativity and run with it!

Makeup artist applies powder to actor before cameras roll.

Beauty Blogger

For the creatives who also love writing or creating videos, this could be a great option. Beauty bloggers, vloggers, and online influencers are more popular now than ever right now. Tutorials and reviews on YouTube and Instagram have become go-to resources for people who are curious about beauty. With an education in cosmetology, you could use these platforms to answer questions with authority. All you need is a camera, computer, and passion to create.

Two girls show makeup products in front of a camera.

Platform Artist

Want a job that’s part-artist, part-performer, and part-public speaker? Become a platform artist! This career could give you the chance to use your people skills and show off your creative beauty skills to a live audience. It’s a platform artist’s job to demonstrate hair, makeup, and skin care techniques to help others learn. This career choice is great for friendly, creative people who want to teach others about the latest collections, tools, techniques, trends, and methods in the beauty industry.

Demonstrating red lipstick on back of hand.

Kickstart Your Creative Future!

Do any of the above careers sound exciting to you? The first step is getting your cosmetology education! We’d love to welcome you to the family at The Salon Professional Academy (TSPA), Shorewood. Contact us today to learn about enrolling in our cosmetology program!

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