Jerry

I have watched hundreds of women sit in my salon chair and say the exact same sentence: “I want to go gray, but I refuse to cut my hair short.” That fear of losing long hair is one of the biggest barriers to embracing your natural color. After years of helping clients navigate this exact … Read more

That familiar stripe of silver peeking through at week three is a frustration nearly every color client knows. You paid good money for that rich, even color, and within weeks the gray is back along your part line, your temples, and your hairline. Learning how to blend gray roots between salon color appointments gives you … Read more

Brassy hair is the unwanted yellow, orange, or red warmth that appears in color-treated hair as your toner fades and underlying warm pigments get exposed. If you have noticed your once-cool blonde turning yellow or your brunette highlights pulling orange, you are dealing with brassiness, and you are not alone in wanting it gone. The … Read more

If you are standing over a shower drain full of hair wondering whether something is seriously wrong, take a breath. Seeing your hair fall out in clumps a few months after having a baby is one of the most unsettling parts of the postpartum period, and almost every new mother goes through it. The good … Read more

If you are washing your hair every single day because your roots look greasy by morning, you are not alone. I spent years stuck in the same cycle — shampoo, rinse, repeat — convinced my scalp was just wired to overproduce oil. Learning how to train your hair to be less oily at the roots … Read more

You said goodbye to your bangs. Now you are staring at the mirror wondering what you were thinking. If you are deep in the awkward stage right now, I want you to know something. Every single person who has ever grown out bangs has stood exactly where you are. The hair falls in your eyes. … Read more

You loved your pixie cut. You really did. But now you are ready for something different, and that means one thing: the grow-out phase. If you are wondering how to grow out a pixie cut without losing your mind, you are in the right place. Every single person who has grown out short hair has … Read more

You measure it every few weeks. You oil it, you mask it, you bought the expensive brush. And somehow, your hair just sits right at your shoulders, refusing to budge another inch. If this sounds familiar, you are far from alone. This is one of the most common frustrations we hear from clients at the … Read more

If you have ever styled your hair to perfection at 7 AM, only to catch a reflection at noon and wonder where all the volume went, you are not alone. Learning how to keep fine hair from going flat by lunchtime is one of the most common challenges our clients at Mercer Street Salon bring … Read more

If your hair cannot decide if it wants to be curly or straight, you are not imagining things. Wavy hair sits in a frustrating middle ground where some days you see defined S-shaped waves and other days you get a frizzy mess that looks neither straight nor curly. Learning how to care for wavy hair … Read more