It takes time for a client and stylist to get to know each other and Veronica and Heather are all VERY open to listening to your hairstyling wants and needs.  It’s all part of the Trixie’s ethos of spreading beauty and relaxation to our community.

It can be nerve-wracking to try a new stylist, and we’ve tried to ease the pain by offering $20 off your first haircut with a new stylist until October 29th, but still, PLEASE speak up if you want your hair a smidge shorter, or evened up or whatever little tweaks will help you to be thrilled with your new ‘do.  You’re our best advertisement, so we want you to be happy and we want to know how you feel about your new style — the good, the bad and the hopefully not ugly.

Give us a call, send an email or just stop by if you need something a bit different (or, of course, to tell us how much you adore your hair) .  You and your stylist will soon be speaking each other’s language and working together like old friends.

Make a Smart Move…

Join the Team at Trixie’s Beauty Bar!

NoPo’s coolest, full-service salon is seeking business-minded Hair Stylists to work, learn & play with us. Out of school for a while? Looking to build your clientele? Love North Portland? Us too! Check us out online and then email your resume to: tracy@trixiesbeautybar.com We currently have two positions open because we are expanding our hours – come grow your business with us.

PT Hair Stylist position 1-3 days per week. Perfect for Moms, just out of school, career changers, etc. We are willing to work with your schedule. Commission or lease.

PT – FT Hair Stylist position is 3-4 days/week. Come with a few clients and add more at our rapidly growing salon. We need a fashion-forward, customer-centric stylist to help us out. Reasonable lease or commission, based on experience, needs, etc.

Our stylists are:

• professional
• client-centric
• honest & reliable
• goal oriented & business-minded
• fashion forward
• creative & artistic
• personable
• self-starters
• available eves & weekends
• team player
• able to sell themselves, our services & retail

The first time it hurts more than any other time.  Why?  Because if you wax regularly you are removing less hair each time.  Coming in regularly every 3-4 weeks will help diminish the discomfort and reduce breakouts over time.

2. Will the hair grow back thicker, longer or stronger?

Don’t guys wish! When hair is shaved it is cut off at the thick part of the hair, which is why you can feel stubble the nextday.  A properly waxed hair is removed from the root and when the hair starts to grow back it is a new hair – very fine at the tip – so no stubble.

3. How long does the hair have to be?

You should grow your hair for a minimum of 3 weeks, regardless of the body part.  If the hair is not long enough, you will not be as happy with your waxing service.  Generally, legs will not be completely smooth between waxings until we have done them for about 3 waxing appointments, due to the different stages of hair growth.

4. What about tweezing?

We don’t tweeze at our salon.  This may take some getting used to on your part, but the reason for this is that it will make your waxing service longer lasting.  Perfect waxing means wax is applied, removed and all the hair comes off.  Now you have a smooth stubble free area that remains hairless in-between appointments.  This only occurs if the hair is long enough to be pulled out by the root.  Tweezing interrupts this from happening.  So, we ask that you be patient for about 1 month, don’t tweeze, shave or use a depilatory cream, come in every 3-4 weeks like clockwork and you will love your waxing even more than you do now!

5. What do I do for my skin after waxing?

We recommend Bikini Kitty waxy Kitten Care Kit.  Use the dry brush before you shower and Everyday Magic Spray after.  Beginning the day after your waxing service, you may begin using your exfoliating scrub on the face, or Bikini Kitty set, loofah, sugar scrub or scrubby gloves on your body.  No sun, hot baths, abrasives or deodorant for 12 hours after service.

6. What is a Brazilian wax, anyway?

We consider a Brazilian wax to include your inner & outer Labia, as well as your backside.  If you have hair on your buns or tummy, we’ll wax that for you as well. We’ll customize your wax to suit your needs — want a small triangle or landing strip?  No prob! Totally bald?  We can do that, too.  It’s your body, you should have it the way you like it.  For the first part of your wax, you will lie face up on our cozy table, and then in order to do the back side, we may ask you to pull your knees and feet up in the Happy Baby yoga pose or we may ask you to turn over onto all fours with your butt in the air — think of it as a modified Downward Dog.  It’s sometimes the most effective way for us to reach all your nooks and crannies.

7.  Why don’t you use strips with that orange wax?

We use hard wax from a French company called Cirepil for faces, underarms and bikini area waxing.  We love this wax because it hurts waaaaay less than many others we’ve tried and despite what you might think, we don’t really want to hurt you, honest!  In fact, it kinda stresses us out.  Because this wax is spread on in a fairly thick layer and then must harden before we can pull it, you will not be in and out of the wax room in ten minutes like at some other salons, but we believe that less pain is well worth a little more time and our clients tend to agree.  Plus, we like to chat with you anyways and hear all about you and your fab lives.

This stuff only happens to me (or maybe on “reality” tv).  Sooooo, I was all excited to go on a breakfast date with a dude that I met online who was attentive and actually followed through (um, amazing!).  We’d met briefly for coffee and chatted several times.

When I arrived at the restaurant, it wasn’t open yet (thank goodness, because the only thing worse than what happened would have been having it happen in a crowded restaurant).  As I walked toward the dude (names have been changed to protect the guilty), a perfectly nice woman wandered over to where I stood.  I said to the dude, ”Hi! What a bummer the restaurant is closed.”  To which the woman replied, “Yes, it is a bummer that he just left my bed to come have breakfast with you.” [Insert my shocked look and open mouth here]. And then she turned to him and said calmly, “It’s over, dude.  Good luck with that.” And then she turned and hustled away with him hot on her heels.

And there I was, standing on the sidewalk, mouth open, wondering whether to laugh or cry.  So, I did both while calling my BFF and driving home as fast as I could.  Want to hear the best part of the story?  Make an appointment with me to hear which lyin’, cheatin’, formerly high-ranking city official this dude is related to…  Hilarious and horrible all at the same time.  Ah, dating…

Friends –help me out here — do you have any nice, single friends I should meet?  Hook a sister up!  You know where to find me. 

Thomas Koestler is native to Pennsylvania and decided to leave the snow behind for our beautiful Portland rain. He specializes in product design, retail displays, and graphic design. That is a load of talent!  I have seen his work and he is just that, talented and exceptionally creative. I was blown away looking at his website. When he decided to do a display for our little neighborhood salon, I thought, aren’t we some lucky gals. Tracy commented “He makes me want to go to design school!” I must say I feel the same
Make sure to check out Thomas Koestler’s website site (because it’s amazing!)
If you haven’t seen the window yet make sure to pass by and take a gander he will only be with us for one more week!

I would like to thank the Portland art community for supporting us here at Trixie’s.

Juliana E. Medina

Welcome Riann Kaye

The beautiful Rainn

Riann is a multitude of talent.  This native Californian has a knack for all things creative. Riann is a positively radiant individual. You got to love a girl that can paint a kick ass mural, and then kick your ass at basketball.  That’s right folks among her many talents she shot hoops  for Seattle Pacific University while studying Art.

Portraits, murals, and window displays oh my!  Read more about Riann and check out her beautiful art work on her website www.riannkaye.com

Thank you Riann Kaye for your innovation and inspiration.

Juliana E. Medina

Disconnected

David's disconnection is right on.

David Beckham…..  thank you for always showing the boys whats up because your hair always rocks and we know you have no problems with the lady’s.

Rihanna's hair is always a good reference.

Asymmetrical cuts are usually longer on one side. These cuts can be sleek or heavily texturized.  If you want something a little edgy and you don’t want your boss to freak out this is the way to go.

Bring a photo or ask the stylist if he or she has any photos of there favorite disconnected or asymmetrical hair cuts. I’ll bet we won’t let you down. What I love most about these cuts (besides the above mention) is that even if you don’t style these cuts all the time they still look stylish and you will get compliments! Yum.

Juliana E. Medina

Bang:

(1) to have sex

(2) a loud noise

(3) to introduce a drug into your system intravenously

(4) The part of your hair that covers your forehead.

(5) to participate in gang affiliated activities

I love Ba.....I mean Fringe!

I really love the Europeans for saying Fringe: that goofy short bit of hair that comes down to your eyebrows. It sounds way hotter than bang. I tend to bang this one up myself. I promise to say Fringe if you help out.  So let’s try and do a bang up job and stick to it. Fringe is hot. Like Tracy says, it’s cheaper than Botox.

Long fringe, side fringe, “blunt”, asymmetrical, Betty Page, convex, concave, layered, the list goes on.  Yes, every face shape has a fringe made just for them. There is no such thing as ” I can’t wear fringe because ( insert lame excuse).” If you are not sure about cutting the hair in front of your face  then wait and research. Look at lots of photos. Fringe is awesome if you are sure that you want to rock it, because we all know we can. Cutting them just to grow them out again is never fun. If you want a change with out cutting those long locks consider  some fringe.

“That Fringe looks bang’n!” (6)meaning that something is cool

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Mall Bangs…. I’m only going to say this once. Drop the hair spray, remain calm, turn away from the mirror, run to the phone and call your nearest salon…or maybe at this point you better call 911.

Juliana E. Medina

Standard Scene

Look familiar kids? cica 1986

Scene vs. Bowie….vs  The Shag

Scene cuts (emo cuts), popular with the kids but it stems from a cut that is kind of like the bob in the way that it’s timeless. Did Bowie do it better? I would love to see these two do a walk off!

The Pop Star Shag

Ladies, gentlemen and, all in between, it’s the Shag. It’s been around longer than we may like to admit. It’s evolved and managed to stay alive. The rocker cut lives people. Let’s celebrate our inner diva.

Joan's Shag is magic! She never ages!

I would like to thank David Bowie, Joan Jett, Pat Benetar, Siouxse, My 14 year old sister, Japan, and Portland Oregon. Pictures are a must here. This cut can look beautiful if it’s communicated and executed properly. If not it’s a hipster mullet….. we will skip that photo.

Thank you everyone for reading the hair rants. I sure love writing them. Rock on.

Juliana E. Medina

Jenny wins the Bob contest. It's just a fact.

A- Line, Graduated Bob,  1920’s Flapper Cut, Victoria Beckham,  The Lob, Vidal Sassoon, Stacked Bob, Shorter in the Back, Reverse Mullet aka Kate Gosselin. Jenny thank you for showing us what a good Bob looks like.

Curly Bob = awesome.

Let’s just clarify now and forever no matter how we say it… it’s a Bob. It’s shorter in the back and longer in the front. This hair cut dates back as far as the second century ,way to survive. Even the Romans wore it for a while, hot. Safe word is just Bob and if a stylist doesn’t know what you are saying RUN AWAY! Why they give one of the worlds best hair cuts the name of someone’s chubby uncle I will never know.

The Bob of the 20's and 30's

The Bob is truly timeless and has so many variations.  No one has the same Bob. Great for curls, straight, fine, coarse hair, the list goes on. This is sexy at any age! Best tip I can give here is bring in a photo. You can be a little picky here, there is like a zillion different ways to do this amazing hair cut.

Juliana E. Medina