Body Polish Massage: Best of Both Worlds!

Angie, CW Star, paid a visit to The Grand Salon in Dublin for one of our favorite summer services!  To prep her skin for summer and to experience a little relaxation before her finals, Angie met Beth (Master Massage Therapist & Massage Creative Team Member) for a Body Polish Massage!  After a gentle exfoliation, hot shower AND massage, Angie was ready to tackle the summer and her finals.  And, as she said, she had "skin like butter!"

Body Polish Massage

A gentle exfoliating lotion is applied to resurface the skin. After a refreshing shower, a soothing oil massage is performed to hydrate and restore the luster of your skin. 1-1/2 hrs. | Massage: $88 Master: $96

For a listing of all massage services offered at The Charles Penzone Grand Salons or to schedule your own STAR TREATMENT, visit charlespenzone.com.

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Posted: 6/21/2011 2:03:00 PM by Jena, Marketing Team Leader
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Charles Penzone Fashion Show Challenge

Another year, another highly anticipated Charles Penzone Awards Celebration and Fashion Show Challenge!  This past March we celebrated our 42nd Annual Awards Celebration at the Hilton Easton.

Since last year’s Fashion Show Challenge, Project Penzone, was such a success we decided why not give our talented professionals another fashion challenge, but with more challenges!  This year each model was provided with a black or white t-shirt, an additional assigned color (yes, that’s right they were only allowed to use 3 colors!), and $100.  The challenge – to create a cohesive runway collection while using 5 categories from some of the salon industry’s greatest competitions.  The five categories were Contemporary Classic, Fashion Forward, Haircolor, Texture, and Avant Garde.

Each Salon did a fantastic job while creating their cohesive runway collection, but as always, there can only be one winner!  We selected winners in each category as well as the grand winner for the most cohesive runway collection!

Check out our great video tribute below:

 

The winners were:
Contemporary Classic – The Grand Salon at Polaris Parkway
Fashion Forward – The Grand Salon in Gahanna/New Albany
Haircolor – The Grand Salon at Polaris Parkway
Texture – Max The Salon and Q Salon
Avant Garde – Max The Salon and Q Salon

Our Grand Salon at Polaris Parkway walked away with the grand win for the most cohesive runway collection!  Here is a snip-it from a blog written by the winning team!

Black and Yellow, Black and Yellow!  Our assigned additional color is what inspired us.  If you haven’t guessed it yet, it was YELLOW!  From the minute we were assigned our color, we knew the team from The Grand Salon at Polaris Parkway was going to bring home the gold! (or should we say yellow?)



For our Contemporary Classic model, the inspiration was to make a bold, edgy, yet timeless statement.  We wanted the hair to be the focal point.  Which it certainly was with a 3 foot high mohawk made out of the model’s real hair!








Innovative and trendsetting is what we wanted for our Fashion Forward model.  When we were brainstorming for this look we looked at household items and came across an umbrella.  We took the umbrella apart leaving only the frame and morphed it into a spider-web shape.  This is when our Fashion Forward look came together.  Who would have thought an umbrella would have created such an amazing look while our model crept her way down the runway!





Haircolor was inspired by our color, yellow.  The first thing that came to our mind when we thought yellow is caution!  And caution is certainly what you need for this look and the whole runway collection.  These looks were HOT!









Snake scales!  Who doesn’t love this texture?  Exactly why we decided to surround our Texture model with the snake scale look.  For the model’s hair we decided to incorporate curls to give the wild and crazy textured look.  We even wanted to bring in a real snake for our model to hold but, we didn’t think that would fly on the runway.
 







Lastly  we have Avant Garde.  We knew for our final look we had to be over the top and very edgy!  The primary focus on this look is the hair made out of Styrofoam balls which hung with a grape like drop effect.  We made this look truly artistic and visionary with a chain dress which consisted of over 10 feet of different types and sizes of chains.


This year’s Fashion Show Challenge proved to be exceptional by seeing what all the salons brought to the runway.  Brainstorming ideas is just part of the fun, but seeing what all the salons create on the actual runway  is an entirely different experience – priceless! Everyone from The Grand Salon at Polaris Parkway proved to be such tremendous help and it’s always neat to see what creativity all of our professionals have!
    -Team Polaris

We celebrated the victory for The Grand Salon at Polaris Parkway with a catered lunch in the salon for the entire team.  We also awarded a trip to Vegas to attend the NAHA in July to our two team captains, Jolee Doster (Director) and Ricci Burkett (Stylist).

Thank you to all of our talented professionals that contributed their time and creativity to make the Fashion Show Challenge so successful!


Check out our great slideshow below:

Posted: 6/14/2011 10:32:54 AM by Alyssa, Pricing & Compliance Analyst (+ Event Coordinator Extraordinaire)
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Summer’s HOTTEST Trends in Hair, Makeup & Nails

It’s summer (technically) and the temps are hot, Hot, HOT!  Your hair, makeup and nails should follow suit.  Thankfully, our Creative Teams have been hard at work to give you the cliffs-notes version of the hot trends this summer.  If you want to be a hottie this Summer, keep on reading.  (And…we know you do!)

1.    The 70’s are roaring in – in style! 
Loose, romantic curls and waves are making a scene for summer.  With this trend, the curls are moving away from the face rather than toward it.  This look can be worn with a center or side part.  For extra 70s style, talk to your hair professional about getting a “color break” look with highlights – this is where your roots are darker and your ends are sunkissed.  
 
Coral makeup shades are perfect for this season to add a soft summer glow!  Try Youngblood’s Sherbet Crushed Mineral Blush to glow your cheeks and Youngblood’s Parfait Lipshine to keep your lips soft and shimmering!  

Add a dab of color to your nails with our favorite 70’s style OPI shades!  Try Teal The Cows Come Home, Suzi Says Feng Shui, or Y’all Come Back Ya Hear?

  
         
                                                          
2.    Effortless Bohemian
Braids are all the rave this season!  Many celebrities are doing a simple effortless summer updo by incorporating a braid into the hair. 

To give yourself that Bohemian glow by accenting your makeup with gold!  To get a 24 karat finish, highlight your cheekbones, brow, and nose with Youngblood’s Lunar Dust in Sunset. Doing a stay-cation this year?  Don’t worry!  You can brush on a faux tan with Youngblood’s Mineral Radiance in Sunshine. 

Now that your hair and makeup are rockin’, it’s time to complete the Bohemian look with your nails!  Try OPI’s Pamplona Purple or Miami Beet.


 
3.    Sleek and Stylish

Sleek and stylish can be achieved with hair of any length.  If you’re wearing your hair in a pixie, start with Alterna Bamboo Shine shampoo and conditioner and finish with the Luminous Shine Mist for a polished look.

Bold black liner on the upper eyelids is a fresh way to bring drama to your eyes without doing the whole smokey eye.  Line the lids with Youngblood’s Blackest Black Eyeliner Pencil and pump up the volume with Youngblood’s Outrageous Lash Mineral Len gthening Mascara in Blackout.

To create edgy nails try OPI’s You Don’t Know Jacques with Black Shatter or Black Onyx with Silver Shatter.

  

4.   Color

From Lady Gaga to Rihanna, vibrant haircolor is making a big splash in fashion and beauty.  And don’t you worry – you can hop on the trend very soon!  Our professionals are getting trained on this very thing as we blog!  So, if you want to rock the red or be beautiful in blue…go for it, you little color diva, you!

Bright eyes or lips are the perfect way to add color to your summer makeup look (maybe NOT in addition to your bold hair…but, you get the point.)  Lips in hot pink or orange burst are all the trend.  Youngblood’s Vivid will do the trick for your lips.

The Texas Collection by OPI is perfect for the courageous color gals.  Austin-tatious Turquoise is a fabulous blue-green, Too Hot Pink to Hold 'Em is a red hot pink-red and Houston We Have a Purple is a red-violet shade perfect for all rocker girls!  Is it faux-pas for your nails to match your hair?  No way!



All products mentioned in this blog can be purchased at any of The Charles Penzone
Salon locations.  To find out how you can be sensational this summer, be sure schedule your online or by calling 614.418.5350.


*Photos taken from Intercoiffure Shadows & Shapes Collection, 2011.

Posted: 6/6/2011 12:13:56 PM by Jordan, Jolee, Ricci, and Priscilla, Marnie, Zeta, Sacha, Theresa, and Bianca
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Join us. Help end cancer.


It's that time of the year again -- time to join together to support Pelotonia's one goal: to END CANCER.  For the third year in a row, we have formed a Charles Penzone Peloton (team).  Several Charles Penzone team members and even one guest joined us for last year's ride!  We're hoping that our 2011 peloton is even bigger than last year! 


If you're thinking of riding (whether a veteran or first-timer), we definitely encourage you to do so!  To help foster a sense of camaraderie, join the Charles Penzone Peloton!  We're going to help each other train and raise funds. Find us on Facebook for updates on our training rides.  That way, you can join us and we can build up the miles together!


Or, if you're more of the spectating type who still wants to get involved, consider making a contribution to the Charles Penzone Peloton.  (This can be done online.)  We've added perks to make it extra appealing for you!  If you make a $25 contribution, you'll get entered for a chance to win a $50 Charles Penzone gift card.  If you make a $10 contribution, you'll get entered for a chance to win a gift basket of salon professional products!  A winner will be selected each month from now until August!  (Winners will be contacted directly.)  Your contribution is definitely a WIN for Pelotonia and could also be an extra-special win for YOU!

(click on the image above to make your donation to The Charles Penzone Peloton, online!)

We encourage our entire team and network of guests to join together to support this cause.  We dream about the day when cancer is defeated.  With organizations like Pelotonia, that goal is even closer.  Every little bit helps.  Thank you for opening your hearts.


Pelotoniais a grassroots bike tour with one goal: to end cancer. Pelotonia raises money for innovative and life saving cancer research at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute. Driven by the passion of its cyclists and volunteers, and their family and friends, Pelotonia's annual cycling experience will be a place of hope, energy and determination. Pelotonia proudly directs 100% of every dollar raised to research. It is a community of people coming together to chase down cancer and defeat it.


Posted: 6/2/2011 9:16:36 AM by Jena, Marketing Team Leader
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