orbit salon hairblog

Happy Holidays!  We’re all trying to figure out what to give our orbitFriends for Christmas.  Well, look no further.  Orbit offers  Online orbitGift Cards. Here’s the kicker.  For each gift card you purchase for someone, you will receive another gift card worth 10% of the value.   It’s OK, you deserve it!  (If you make your purchase online, we’ll process your reward gift card separately)

You may also purchase a gift card for a specific service or package by email or phone.  We can email or snail mail it to your object of affection.

Black Friday/Blacker Saturday.  50% off black colour.  Free haircut w/purchase of colour or hilights (full price), buy 3 products get one free (equal or lesser value)

Hope everyone’s Thanksgiving was as good as mine.  I only left the house once, and that was only to drive around so my baby would fall to sleep.  We’re back to work today, though!  It’s a short day and a skeleton crew Friday, but Saturday is back to normal.  Then, it’s the weekend again!

This is your last chance to be a part of the historic E.A.S.T. We are stop H-10, by the way. This is our first year to be on the Eastside during this event. Last year at this time we were tearing down walls and remodeling the salon. Come by anytime to see our paintings, but the last day of the tour and our big celebration is on Saturday. We’ll be kicking it on the porch listening to some hot jams, and looking at some deranged artwork.

Featuring:
3:00pm - DJ Shaw melting wax for your ears
5:15pm - The Hearts & The Minds

Artists:
Rodney C. Thompson
Brian Maloney
Raphael Umscheid

Treats:
Beer
Drinks
Snax!

Specials:
50% off massages all day!!!

We have 2 brand spanking new stylists! Well, they are not new to the hair biz, just to us. They are: Natalie Morgan and Amanda Jaimes and they came from Ann Kelso. We are so happy to have them with us and they have immediately fit in with our crew. They are also offering $10 off cuts & $20 off colour your first visit at Orbit.

I just have to say that as a business owner, hearing about what happened to Ann Kelso Salon sends shivers up my spine. Just a couple of months ago Pink closed its doors as well.   I wish only the best for all of their employees as well as the owner.  This economic climate has really affected so many of us and having two salon institutions vanish in the same year is shocking to us in the hair biz. It’s so easy to take things for granted, or get so wrapped up in the day to day that one can forget to be thankful for what we have. I’m so happy and thankful for our employees, clients, and other friends who own independent businesses as well.  If we all stay tough and work together, we can stand up to the chain stores of the world.

GRIT ‘N’ GLAMOUR 2nd Annual Charity Hair and Fashion Show benefiting Austin Pets Alive!Saturday, OCTOBER 24th at THE BELMONT

Presented by Orbit Salon and Aqua Blue, GRIT ‘N’ GLAMOUR highlights the catwalk with a local fusion of High Fashion Hair and Cutting Edge Style. Watch as local stylists and boutiques join forces to bring you the latest in hip and sophisticated trends.

All proceeds benefit Austin Pets Alive, a non-profit organization dedicated to saving homeless pets and making Austin a no-kill city.

MC Jeff Davis
DJ GMAU
LIVE MUSIC by ROOK and SPECIAL GUEST
Fire Dancing by SAGE of Sangre Del Sol
Raffle Prizes and Giveaways

Official After Party at DISTRICT 301 from 12am-2am

Brought to you by:
YELP, Orbit Salon, Aqua Blue, SHI Productions, Vixen Productions http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=300450780576&ref=mf

Just wanted to let you know that Elizabeth Wilder is joining our team as a massage therapist starting this Saturday 8/29. Book an appointment to see her, or just drop by and say hello. She’ll be here mainly on Saturdays at the beginning, but she’ll also be available on call during the week. Just ask us about her availability.

Our great friend and former massage queen Amy Powell has a beautiful 6 month old baby boy named Brock. She is busy full time raising him now.

Take care,

Christian

So we didn’t win best salon at the Austin Fashion Awards, but to be in the top 5 is a huge honour. Thanks for representing!  Congrats to our Comal neighbor Solid Gold for taking home a boot.

The Orbit/302 party was a blast and it was great to make some new friends in the fashion world.  We also have some amazing new art on the walls.  Come by and check it out if you haven’t had time.  Rodney and Jessica, Orbit stylists have some cool new work up, and we also have some of Brian Maloney’s prints as well.  You can see his work at http://www.snigs.com.

The awards show was a blast.  I was definitely the only person there with a baby, but I think that Poppy is the ultimate accessory.  We saw most of the show and we were afraid that we’d have to leave before our category was announced.  Poppy’s bedtime is 8pm

, and if we’re late she gets VERY fussy.  I don’t think that the fashionistas would be down with a screeching baby.  But Alas, just in time the announcements were made.  Congrats to Avant and Anne Kelso for taking top prizes.  They are two amazing businesses.  Orbit is still getting it’s feet wet, figuratively, so look out salon peeps!

We did, however, take home one prize for the eventing; a picture of Poppy on the Red Carpet!

Help Orbit rock fashion week. Make your vote count! http://www.fashionweekaustin.com/salons/orbit/

The whole Orbit krew came out to help paint.  Ross Pruett, stylist / interior designer designed the colour scheme and it’s looks amazing.  We all donned painting clothes and fueled our work with pizza and lone star.  While this was going on, the Can2 guys were installing about 50 light fixtures.  I found the coolest circular lights at Home Depot.  They are perfect for us.  We have a combination of circlar natural light flourescents and halogens.  We have a ton of natural light here as well with the multiple windows.  Our light here is soooo much better than the old location.  We can work all night now!

Wow, things are starting to come together.  After seeing the raw wood walls and ceiling, it’s fun to see things looking like a new house.  The Can2 crew is so fast, they had all the sheet rock and wall texture up in no time.  Myself, Al, and Travis took on the job of sanding and staining the floors.  It was pretty easy other than the fact that some of the wood was covered in glue from ancient linoleum tile.  The job took 2 full days and a big part of it was scraping and sanding glue.  We used a heat gun to burn and melt it off inch by inch.  Putting the stain on was more fun, although my knees beg to differ.