Without hair, the toupee's millions of years of evolutionary mimicry would be for naught, leaving them open to predation from natural foes such as bald eagles and low-hanging flypaper. Give wigs something to imitate with today’s Groupon: for $125, you get a Cadiveu Brazilian blowout, a trim, and a gloss treatment at Kimarge Salon (up to a $380 value), located in Los Feliz and Culver City.
Kimarge Salon’s adept stylists, including a Brazilian-blowout specialist, festoon radiant, healthy hairstyles using top-of-the-line Cadiveu products and customized cuts. Visits start with a detailed consultation, allowing the stylist to take into account customers' facial structure, skin tone, and pro or antidisestablishmentarian sympathies before trimming unruly locks into personalized paragons of aesthetic excellence. Frizzy hair and lusterless coiffures are further restored to youthful brilliance with the formaldehyde-free Cadiveu Brazilian keratin treatment. Following a shampoo with an antiresidue formula, the keratin treatment is combed through the hair, coating strands in the protective panoply of protein that smoothes and revives. A blow-dry and flatiron seals in the formula for a long-lasting effect, followed by a mask and smoothing serum to leave strands shiny, full-bodied, and speed-bump-free.
The treatment has no down time, allowing hair to be washed after a postsalon workout or unexpected clown-pie assault travelling home, and an included gloss treatment adds more shine to already blinding hair, deepening natural hues to color-wheel-shaming intensities.
Reviews
More than 40 Yelpers give Kimarge Salon an average of 4.5 stars:
- The color and cut are amazing, but the Brazilian Blowout is practically life-changing. – Rebecca F., 3/7/11
- The styles they come up with are traditional for us conservative folk and totally original and hip for the fashionistas. – Anneke C., 1/23/11
Kimarge Salon
Dedicated to improving and maintaining hair integrity, the professionals at Kimarge Salon carefully select products from brands such as Kevin Murphy, Label.M, and Joico to perform an array of specialized coloring and defrizzing treatments. To complete aesthetic renovation, the salons also offer haircuts, makeup sessions, and bridal updos. Prior to each treatment, the hair horticulturalists meet with clients during in-depth image consultations to discuss personal styling needs and concerns. Stylists conjure designs that work with each person's routines and best features, such as bone structure, skin tone, wardrobe, and spirit animal.