Summer is finally here! With summer comes longer days, lighter hair, beach days, pool days, and unfortunately dry crispy or stiff hair. We want to tell you the good and the bad, and offer you some wonderful tips to avoid your hair going crispy or stiff.   Let’s cover all of the bad things that…

In April our stylist Nicolette was interviewed by Celebrate Gettysburg.  In the interview she discussed the hottest fashion trends for 2018 weddings.  Her interview can be found in the May/June issue. If you missed that article no worries we have added it below. 8. “Natural” Is Always in Style “Romantic” is the most frequently-mentioned description…

  Within the past couple of years Pennsylvania has changed the testing portion of their cosmetology exams. It used to be that one had to take both a written, and a practical part, passing both in order to receive their license and be allowed to work in a salon in the state of Pennsylvania. What…

Ever wonder why your salon is stocked with so many hair products?  Well I am here to break down the numerous reasons why a salon has so many retail products and why it is best to purchase directly from your stylist.   Quality of the product.  For instance Redken only sells to authorized salons or…

DO NOT USE PANTENE EVER!!!!!!!!!!   Recently we had a first hand scare because of Pantene hair products.  We were performing a normal routine full foil on Virgin hair. Virgin hair has no chemical services on it and can be the best hair to work on.  Well not the case when the daily at home…

One of our clients’ biggest complaints is “My hair always turns brassy”.   Blonde hair is notoriously tricky. You spend hours in your stylist’s chair having your hair lifted, toned, massaged with the best nourishing treatments to achieve that perfect healthy blonde. Your stylist waves their magic wands says a little prayer hoping to get…

After much consideration we have recently decided to no longer offer lash extensions. We have gotten a lot of feedback from our clientele and additional research on our own and found that extended use of lash extensions are causing damage to the natural lashes.  Lashes are being broken our pulled out. We now only offer…

With warmer weather come vacations, longer days outside, day trips, and of course, humidity. Most of us can agree that we love the warmer days, but could do without the mugginess, or sticky feeling that humidity gives us…especially with what it does to our hair! Ever wonder why our perfect hair days take a turn…

Why Gel polish is better than Acrylic, and why we use Gel Here at Grace Kelly Salon our nail technicians take great pride in promoting nail strength and health. To ensure our clients leave with great looking nails that are also healthy, we only work with natural nails. We do not offer acrylics or an…

For the month of March, our local business that we will be highlighting is The Gettysburg Community Theatre. The theatre, founded by Chad-Alan Carr, opened its doors for their grand opening in February 2009, at 49 York St. Gettysburg, PA. Their mission is to inspire creativity and confidence, provide cultural enrichment, and instill a love…