Samuel Cole Salon | Raleigh NC — Beauty and Hair Salon

Spotlight: Tape-In Extensions

Tape-ins have become one of the most popular types of extensions. They provide a ton of fullness and length, and are a great way to “try out” adding a new color without permanently changing your natural hair. If you’re interested in wearing hair extensions full time, tape-ins are a great place to start!

With an extended variety of shades, including balayage and rooted shades, the color match will be perfect. Tape-ins are available from 13” to 25” to give you the fullest hair of your dreams at any length! As with all of our extensions, a haircut will be scheduled with your application appointments to blend the length of your hair seamlessly!

Application Appointments

The first appointment will start with a clarifying shampoo and blow dry to get your hair the cleanest it’s ever been! This will help the tape adhere to the hair, which is expertly placed by our stylists, who are all certified in HairTalk Tape-In Extensions. HairTalk provides only 100% Remy hair (the best) in a variety of shades, lengths, and widths necessary to tailor each extensions experience for every client’s needs.

We will give you all the styling tips for at-home maintenance so that you can get the most out of your new hair. With proper care, you’ll be ready for us to move up your extensions after 6-8 weeks. Your tape-ins can last up to 3 applications, which is about 6 months!

At Home Maintenance

The cardinal rule for all extensions is keep it detangled, and the most important thing about tape-in extensions is protecting the adhesive at your roots!

Before shampooing your hair, detangle it by holding your hair in ponytail sections away from your face & gently brushing the ends first. Once your ends are detangled, you can brush the middle & higher sections. Ask your stylist about our HairTalk extensions brush to keep your hair intact and tangle-free!

To preserve the adhesive, keep products that contain oils (like conditioner) or alcohol (hairspray) away from your roots. When using conditioner or hairsprays, apply them on the middle and end-sections of your hair.

After showering, detangle your ends, apply heat-protecting and styling products on your mid-section and ends, and blow dry your hair before it air dries. This keeps your hair detangled to prevent matting! (If you rely heavily on air-drying your hair, beaded weft extensions would be a better fit for you. Check out our post here for more!)

You can do so much more with fuller, longer hair! Give us a call at 919-845-0998 to schedule a consultation with your stylist – our hours are:
M| 10 – 7
T – TH| 9 – 9
F| 9 – 8
Sa| 9 – 7
Su| Closed

Luxury Extensions

Of all the extensions we offer, beaded wefts are the most luxurious. They are gentle and kind to your natural hair. Silicone-lined beads hug the weft to your hair while it grows. When the beads are removed, your hair remains intact, unbroken and undamaged!

Beaded wefts come in all shades, so we can match your natural color, or select a balayaged shade to add some lightness without altering the pigment of your natural hair. For blondes, these extensions are especially impactful because blonde hair can be so difficult to to keep healthy at longer lengths! Our 100% European Remy Hair extensions are offered in lengths ranging from 20 – 24 inches. After your extensions are installed, you will receive a customized blending haircut for a seamless result!

Application Appointments

Your first appointment to have your extensions placed is 2 – 2.5 hours long, including your customized haircut and style.

Every 4 weeks, the wefts will need to be moved up. Your certified stylist loosens the beads, slides them closer to your scalp and tightens the beads again. So simple! These quick move-up appointments take only 15-30 minutes!

Your hair care routine will determine how long your hair can go with regular move-ups. Typically, after the 2nd move up appointment, the wefts will need to be completely removed and replaced with new beads. Your wefts can last an entire year with proper maintenance routines!

At Home Maintenance

Shampoo as usual, and only use conditioner on your mid-lengths and ends. We recommend using Shampoo and Conditioner from Olaplex or the Oribe Gold Lust line – these are gentle on the hair and help it detangle easily.

Always use a heat protectant and comb through your hair to detangle it before blow drying. We love Olaplex No.6 or Oribe Balm D’or, which will protect your hair and also help keep it detangled! Blow dry your hair thoroughly, especially at the roots. You want to avoid letting your roots air-dry to prevent matting!

Sleep with your hair in a loose low ponytail or braid to help keep it from tangling. Wearing your hair in a braid overnight makes for some bombshell waves the next day – just touch up a little with a curling iron to polish the front and you will be good to go!

Give us a call to schedule a consultation with an extensions specialist! 919-845-0098. Remember, we’re available to chat after your workday during the week! Our hours are:

M| 10 – 7
T – TH| 9 – 9
F| 9 – 8
Sa| 9 – 7
Su| Closed

Customizing the Lived-In Color Trend with Wella Color Expert Whitney Parr

Whitney’s model, center, with Katie and Whitney

Whitney Parr, a Wella Color Expert Certified stylist and educator recently shared her expertise in custom color formulations with our advanced stylists. Whitney’s forte is to formulate color based on each guest’s lifestyle – are they chasing their children all day or working in a corporate office? Are they swimmers or are they restorative yoga instructors? Do they love coming in the salon for their appointments every 6 weeks or prefer to come once per season? All these factors play into Whitney’s plan for them, and our stylists practice a similar consultation to bring each of our guests a tailored experience.

Our advanced stylists were able to get a sneak preview of Wella’s New Liquid Toners, formulated to provide a perfect finish to your preferred shade of blonde. The Brass Kicker additive notably neutralizes warmth, while the intermixable toners enhance blondes who range from warm (honey-beige) to cool tones (sterling silver).

Customization is so important in building our relationship with our guests, which is why we host educators like Whitney Parr who specialize in creating a bespoke color experience for each person in our chair .
Director of Education Katie Pursche

Extensions Specialists

After posting our blogger call, we received a lot of questions about getting extensions – the kinds of extensions we offer and what the maintenance is like!

Extensions added for fullness, length, and color!

WHY get extensions?

The most common reason someone wants extensions is because they want longer hair. If your hair just won’t grow past a certain point, even with regularly scheduled haircuts, extensions are the answer!

The second most common reason for getting extensions is for fullness. Whether your hair is short or long, sometimes it’s just not thick enough to show off the body or volume you want!

An amazing use of extensions is for its color. If your blonde can’t get blonde enough without breaking, if you’d like a color that’s impossible for your hair to reach (silver!), or if you simply want a temporary color – adding a lowlight for the fall, or adding a pop of pink for breast cancer awareness – extensions give you the flexibility of having whatever color you want!

CHOOSING your extensions!

Based on the struggle you’re looking to overcome with extensions, we have a solution for you!

HaloCouture extensions offer a weft of hair on an invisible wire to be put on – and removed – at home! That’s right, you can have extensions during the day and then take them out to shower, and throw your hair up in a bun to sleep. This is our most popular option for anyone wanting extra hair for a one-time event such as a wedding or charity gala.

Hairtalk Tape in extensions can add lots of fullness and length, and they’re also the perfect starting place for both your time and money when you’re ready to wear extensions full time!⁠⠀After 6-8 weeks, you’ll be ready to move the extensions up. With proper care, your Hairtalk extensions can be used for 3 move-ups, up to 6 months!⁠

Great Lengths offers extensions with extremely flat bondings which are virtually invisible. These keratin bonds attach small individual wefts to your hair wherever you want to see thickness or length. Great Lengths are our most popular extensions for those with chin and shoulder length hair struggling with fullness. You’ll be ready to remove these keratin bonds after 8-12 weeks with proper care!

Beaded Row and Hand Tied Weft extensions are our most exciting options because they offer the most hair, fewest attachment points, and are the least detectable. The length of the weft is customizable so your stylist has full artistic freedom to bring your dreams of fuller longer hair to life! You’ll move these up every 4 weeks at a short 15 minute appointment; with proper care these wefts can last up to a year!

LIVING IN extensions!

Now that your hair is everything you ever wanted, all you have to do is take care of it! Daily, you’ll brush it more. When you have more hair, it might get tangled! Brushing it twice a day will keep it silky smooth.⁠ ⁠

To make your morning routines go smoother, sleep with your hair in a loose low ponytail or braid so you won’t have to spend a lot of time de-tangling.

If you’re ready to get your color matched or have some unanswered quetsions, give us a call (919-845-0098) to schedule a consultation with an extensions specialist! Remember, we’re available to chat after your workday during the week!
Our hours are:
M| 10 – 7
T – TH| 9 – 9
F| 9 – 8
Sa| 9 – 7
Su| Closed

Master Stylists and Mentors Alley + Katie Hone Coaching Skills in NYC Workshop

Education Team Members Alley Biehl and Katie Purshce took part in the world-renowned 2-day workshop, “Fierce Conversations” in New York City at the acclaimed Bb.U in Manhattan. Based on Susan Scott’s best-selling book Fierce Conversations, the workshop provides a detailed road map for building a stronger team.

Instructors pushed attendees to expand their communication techniques to have conversations focused on passion, integrity and authenticity. The class examined the importance of productive coaching conversations being intelligent, productive discussions that build on and strengthen the culture of our salon.

As a mentor and coach, Fierce Conversations helped me get in the right mindset for focusing conversations on solutions rather than issues at hand. Our culture of feedback is so important to us and knowing how to better cultivate an environment of openness will help me lead my team!
Director of Education + Recruitment, Katie Pursche