HAIR BLOG

What Shampoo Should You Use on Hair Extensions in Bend?

Use a sulfate-free shampoo on your extensions, and add a clarifying wash once a month to clear mineral buildup from the water. That one swap does more to keep your install soft and blended until yo...

What Should You Do If You Don't Love Your Extensions?

If you don't love your extensions, give them a few days to settle, then call us. At Kinsley + Mane in Bend, a real miss gets fixed in the chair with a gloss, a reblend, or a trim. We'd rather hear ...

Can You Dye Artificial Hair Extensions? The Honest Answer

Yes, you can dye real hair extensions. You can't dye artificial ones, no matter where you bought them or what the label promised. The fiber decides that, not the price tag. No exceptions. At Kinsle...

Custom Hair Color Formulas in Bend, OR: How We Build Yours

Two minutes at your wrist and one honest look at your hair's last year tell us more than any inspiration photo. Before we mix anything, we test your undertone. We also set a lift limit, the most yo...

Dimensional Hair Color in Alamo: What It Really Means

Dimensional hair color isn't a formula you can order. It's a category, and the version that suits you depends on your natural base, what you want it to look like, and how much upkeep you'll keep up...

What Are Partial Highlights? How They Work at Our Bend Chair

Partial highlights lighten only the hair people see first: the crown, your part line, and the pieces around your face. Everything underneath stays your natural color. If you've wondered what partia...

How Long Do Hair Extensions Last? What Changes the Timeline

How long will these last me? At Kinsley + Mane in Alamo, one set of our extensions usually lasts nine months to a year. What decides it is the install and the move-up schedule, more than the hair i...

Will Hair Extensions Ruin Your Hair? What We Check First

Will hair extensions ruin your hair? It's one of the first questions guests ask us at Kinsley + Mane in Bend. Fair question. Nobody wants to lose their own hair chasing length. The short answer is ...

Is Balayage Right for Your Hair? What We Look For First

Balayage is the service guests ask about most at Kinsley + Mane's chair in Bend. It's also the one we say no to most often, at least in the exact form it arrives as a screenshot. That's not us bein...

How to Choose the Right Haircut for Your Hair in Alamo

The right haircut is the one built for your texture, density, and growth pattern, not the one in the photo you saved. A saved picture shows a cut on someone else's hair and head shape. That is the ...

Can a Bad Color Job Be Fixed? Color Correction in Bend, OR

A bad color job feels permanent. It usually isn't. Box dye gone orange. A balayage that grew in patchy. Blonde that faded to an odd shade of gray. Most of it responds to the right color correction....

Hair Extensions Near Redmond: Planning Your Bend Appointment

If you live in Redmond and want hair extensions, plan on a short drive to Bend. Kinsley + Mane's Central Oregon chair sits inside Tangerine Hair Salon in downtown Bend. Most Redmond clients get fro...