No Tricks, Just Treatments: Your Guide to Healthy Holiday Hair

Holiday season is closer than it looks. Soon your calendar will fill up with dinners, parties and lots of photos, and that usually means more color appointments, more heat styling and more blowouts.

The best time to get your hair in its healthiest, shiniest shape is now, before the rush. There's no trick to it. You just need the right treatment, added in the chair and kept up at home. Here's how to find yours.

In the salon: Goldwell treatments, $35

Our in-salon treatment is a quick, customized boost you can add to any service. Your stylist chooses the Goldwell Dualsenses serum your hair needs, applies it during your appointment, and it helps lock in the results of your color or style.

There are three to choose from:

  • Rich Repair: for dry, damaged or breaking hair. Deeply nourishes and repairs from the inside out. A great match for blondes and anyone who heat styles often.

  • Color Extra Rich: for color-treated hair that feels dry. Locks in color and shine for up to 22 washes, so your color looks fresh longer.

  • Just Smooth: for frizz and flyaways. Leaves hair smooth and controlled for up to a week, which makes it a good fit for Tampa humidity.

Not sure which one you need? You don't have to decide. Just ask for a treatment when you book or at your appointment, and your stylist will pick the right serum for your hair.

Add a Goldwell treatment to any service for $35. [Book your appointment]

At Home: Keep It Going

Your salon treatment does the heavy lifting. These four keep the results going between visits, and all of them are available in the salon.

01 · Feels dry, snaps easily or won't hold color? Try K18. K18 Leave-In Molecular Repair Hair Mask repairs hair from the inside, restoring strength lost to heat and lightener. How to use it: shampoo, skip conditioner, towel-dry, apply K18, wait four minutes, then style as usual. No rinsing needed.

02 · Scalp feels oily, itchy or weighed down? Roz Salt Scalp Scrub. A deep reset that clears build-up, salt and sweat, so hair feels lighter and blowouts last longer. Massage it into a wet scalp in place of your regular shampoo, then rinse. It's Step 1 of the Gilded Hair Health Method for a reason.

03 · Feels rough, tangly or thirsty? Davines OI Hair Butter. A rich, nourishing mask that instantly brings back softness, shine and manageability, and calms frizz. Its star ingredient is roucou oil, an antioxidant-rich oil. Apply after shampooing and leave on for 5–10 minutes before rinsing, or use it as an overnight mask for an extra boost.

04 · Highlighted, heat-styled or overprocessed? Épres Bond Repair. A spray-on bond repair treatment from the creator of Olaplex. Mist it onto dry hair, leave it on for at least 10 minutes (or overnight), then shampoo as usual. Use it once or twice a week for stronger, softer, shinier hair.

Good Hair is No Trick

It's a little extra care now, in the chair and at home, so your hair is glossy, healthy and ready by the time the invites roll in.

Add a Goldwell treatment to your next appointment, or stop by the salon at 301 S Melville Ave in Hyde Park to pick up your at-home favorites. Holiday booking opens soon, and party season always fills fast.

Book your appointment at Gilded, Hyde Park's home for lived-in color, extensions and healthy hair:

Andrea Suarez