OYA color class: August 1 at D'Roc Spa!

Hello! We are proudly hosting an OYA color class at our spa this Thursday, August 1 at 11:30 am! The class is free and will apply towards continuing education credits!

Please see the above graphic for details as to what will be taught at the class.

D'Roc Spa is located within The Factory in Wake Forest, NC. Enter through the CLEARLY marked SOUTH entrance to The Factory, go straight through the entryway and veer to the left. Our Spa will be on your left!

Please call with any questions: 919.263.8393

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Easy and affordable hair care tips...

Did you know that living an unhealthy lifestyle, such as smoking, lack of sleep and eating foods that lack nutrition can affect the health of your hair? 

• Hair products that contain alcohol can also wreak havoc on the health of your hair.
• Excessive heat when styling and frequent exposure to chlorine may also dry it out.
• Brushing your hair in a rough manor can break it off 
• Using cheap shampoo and conditioner may also dry out your hair.

Healthy Hair Care Tips:

1. Eat a healthy diet

2. Get enough solid sleep

3. De-stress as much a possible (often easier said than done)

Try a long walk outside, yoga or meditation. 

4. Use hair products that contain minimal or no alcohol

5. Keep hair away from chlorine

Add a weekly clarifying shampoo treatment

6. Keep heat styling to a minimum

7. Brush hair gently

Try a wet/dry brush

8. Use shampoo and conditioner with a good PH (hair has a PH of 4.5 to 5.5, so aim to get a shampoo and conditioner with a PH balance as close to hair as possible)

There are many hair care products sold that can help bring life back to dry, brittle hair. I however, have a remedy that has helped me for years!

First of all, do not shampoo your hair every day, this does remove the natural oils from your scalp and hair and will dry out your hair over time.

Second, consider not using heat on your hair each day. When I say heat, I am referring to a blow drier, curling iron and/or straight iron.

But I do have a secret to share with you...

The next time you have a day off or you have a day when you know you will be hanging around the house for several hours, douse your hair with shine spray or hair oil and then pull it up into a bun. If you do not have long hair, douse it with the spray or oil and just let it sit in there (or put a plastic cap over your head)...just be careful not to get it on your furniture.

After several hours of allowing the shine spray or hair oil to penetrate into your hair, shampoo and condition as usual.

Whenever I notice my hair starting to look dry, I do this and it does help restore shine and moisture into my hair.

Make those curls stay put!

Does your hair refuse to take a curl or will the curls stay put for 30 minutes and then fall out? If you have a problem with your hair keeping a curl, or even if you don't, this technique I used in the picture above works wonders!




First, you curl your hair in a spiral curl with a curling iron. Immediately, clip the curl up tight to your scalp. Allow it to stay clipped up until it is cool...about 1 minute.  By all means do more than one at a time, it is ideal to have several going at a time.





After you go through curling, clipping and releasing all of your curls, flip your head upside down and rake through them with your fingers.

The finished look is like this...

This was achieved with no hairspray! I simply added some curling spray gel while it was wet and then some Argon oil after it dried and before I began curling.

Easy how to video: 

Balayage / Ombre hair color....check out what it is!

I love hair color! I love looking at pictures of it, watching videos of people doing it, applying it to my own hair and most of all, applying it to my clients hair! The right hair color can easily make us feel so much better about the way we look! And we all know when we like the way we look, we feel better in every way.

My husband says I get just as excited as my clients when I transform them with a new color and style! It is definitely true. I. Love. Hair. Color!

Here are a couple of pictures I took of a Balayage / Ombre color I recently did. Balayage and Ombre are color techniques that are applied by taking a different color than the hair and painting it onto the ends and depending on what technique you are using, down the hair shaft, staying clear of within a couple / few inches of the roots.

Check out this before and after...

If you like the curls in the photo's, take a look at this video! See how to achieve them for yourself...

Make those curls stay put (scroll down post for the video).

Welcome to Hairstyles, Hair Color and More!

I have been in the hair industry for many years! I have always enjoyed doing various types of color...from single process to highlights to all the modern shades and colors.

In addition to being a cosmetologist, I also enjoy writing about hair. I have a channel entitled: Raleigh Hair Care. You can take a look at one of the articles I have written: Remedy to help dry hair

In addition to this blog, I have recently started a Facebook fan page: Hairstyles, Hair Color and More

If you are a tweetaholic, you can find me on Twitter too! Cookrunwrite

And of course, for the Pinterest addicts, you can find me there too: Deanna Martinez-Bey: Cookrunwrite

You can expect to see posts here about all things hair and beauty related. For example...check out this neat little hairdo I tried out on myself today: