Audra McAvaddy

Audra McAvaddy Hair Specialist | http://audramcavaddy.com

Audra McAvaddy specializes in curls, texture and working with the natural movement in hair—guiding guests towards understanding and embracing their natural hair. She applies a creative eye and prioritizes the health of your hair, with the goal of you loving your hair and enjoying your interactions with it.

Photos from Audra McAvaddy's post 04/10/2024

Are you wanting to launch your Social Media career? Come Intern with me this summer as I re-launch and freshly engage through my platforms. You’ll be given a lot of creative freedom while receiving a lot of insight, guidance, and experience. (You can also receive School Credit.)
Remote and In-Salon Flexible Hours!
Message me if you are interested or fill out the online application:
https://form.jotform.com/240994895108167

Photos from Audra McAvaddy's post 10/31/2023

Write Always working to keep things simple! I recently released the CURLY TOOL KIT— 7 Essential Tools (+Tool Guide & Tool Bag) to help you embrace, encourage, & enjoy the natural movement in your hair! For CURLS, COILS, KINKS, & WAVES!
curlytoolkit.com

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Photos from Audra McAvaddy's post 10/31/2023

Always working to keep things simple! I recently released the CURLY TOOL KIT— 7 Essential Tools (+Tool Guide & Tool Bag) to help you embrace, encourage, & enjoy the natural movement in your hair! For CURLS, COILS, KINKS, & WAVES!
curlytoolkit.com

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Photos from Audra McAvaddy's post 07/29/2023

There is something so freeing about embracing what our hair naturally does well! We don’t have to force our hair or hide it. Our interactions with it become positive, encouraging interactions and we begin to feel positive feelings about our hair.
Cut, Detox, & Curl Guidance by
Beauty by Shalon

Photos from Audra McAvaddy's post 07/21/2023

Books arrived and are now available in the salon as well as on Amazon!!
… 20% Off for my guests who purchase the book in the salon…
It is so fun to hold it and feel it and flip through the pages…and then be able to pour over the content.
I wrote this book as a resource to help you make sense of embracing the natural movement in your hair. It is for those with Curls, Coils, Kinks, Waves, (& Straight Hair); and for Hair Professionals.

07/21/2023

Books arrived and are now available in the salon as well as on Amazon!!
… 20% Off for my guests who purchase the book in the salon…
It is so fun to hold it and feel it and flip through the pages…and then be able to pour over the content.
I wrote this book as a resource to help you make sense of embracing the natural movement in your hair. It is for those with Curls, Coils, Kinks, Waves, (& Straight Hair); and for Hair Professionals.

Photos from Audra McAvaddy's post 07/11/2023

MY BOOK IS NOW AVAILABLE!!
Get Ebook or Paperback through Amazon. Understanding Natural Movement In Hair: Curls, Coils, Kinks, Waves, (& Straight Hair): Book One: Working With The Natural Movement of Hair
https://a.co/d/aJUF6sj
“Your guide to happier, healthier curls.
Whether you are just beginning your journey with your curls, have lived with your natural movement for a while, or are a Hair Professional trying to understand how to be successful in working with curls, this book is the starting point and guidance you need. Learn all about embracing the natural movement and beauty in Curls, Coils, Kinks, Waves, (& Straight Hair). You’ll find the secrets to loving your hair and confidently caring for it in minutes instead of hours.

Audra McAvaddy teaches you the balance of understanding the big picture approach and the small details of caring for your hair in everyday life. Get the help you’ve been looking for to navigate your journey with Curls, Coils, Kinks, Waves, and the natural movement in hair.”
📸: .mcavaddy

05/15/2023

Some hair strongly does what it wants to do no matter what you try to tell it to do… and some hair is more compliant and will take suggestions to heart. I meet a lot of curly hair that is being treated like straight hair and so it is going along with your suggestions to the best of its ability. YET THAT DOESN’T MEAN THAT IT ISN’T TRULY CURLY…what it naturally wants to do is curl and when given what it needs and treated the way it needs to be treated, IT WILL HAPPILY CURL. It will do it better and better as you continue to encourage it to live doing its natural movement.
(A good cut helps as well.)

Beauty by Sydney- Before & After a New Guest Curly Experience with

Photos from Audra McAvaddy's post 05/08/2023

Exciting things are in the works…been spending my days off prepping and shooting beautiful curls w/ .mcavaddy ! Getting closer to providing you with good resources for Understanding the Natural Movement in Hair.
Behind the Scenes pics by Kira

Photos from Audra McAvaddy's post 04/25/2023

Trade out the goal of “I want long hair,” with “I want long, healthy hair. I want long, happy curls.” Her curl journey is off to a strong start on a new path.
We get hair healthy and keep it healthy as it grows.
SHAPE + DEFINITION + ENGAGING MOVEMENT UP THE ENTIRE STRAND

Curly Cut by
Beauty by Ashley

Photos from Audra McAvaddy's post 04/22/2023

Natural Curl Wedding Hair! I love being a part of my guests’ Big Days— helping them look amazing a still feel like themselves.

UPDO:
Beauty by Taryn

Photos from Audra McAvaddy's post 11/25/2022

For Teachers, Co-Workers, Secret Santas ——Always a win with gifts for nourishing hair, hands, and lips!
- Davines Circle Chronicles Hair Mask + Davines Oi Hand Balm + AM Pollinator Lip Balm -
Let me know if you need help with finding the right gift.

Photos from Audra McAvaddy's post 11/25/2022

Look what I now have for you!!
POLLINATOR LIP BALM
- sunflower/almond oil + beeswax-
Locally sourced and hand-poured!
No added fragrance or color.
$2.50/tube
Works like a dream. Let me know if you want any for stocking stuffers.

Photos from Audra McAvaddy's post 10/15/2022

I can’t even capture in pictures or words (or awkward facial expressions) how great my first experience of New York City was! I had the best travel partner ( ) who led the food tour of Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Harlem— so much good food, walking, public transportation, and laughter! I really feel invigorated and inspired to keep empowering people to love and embrace their curls.

Photos from Audra McAvaddy's post 10/11/2022

Really great Creative Styling hair class yesterday with .polsinelli in NYC! Learned and absorbed a lot, and really enjoyed seeing Davines North America and meeting other Davines stylists from all over North America. Can’t wait to tell you about it!
Thanks for this opportunity!!

09/06/2022

When we Embrace what our hair Naturally wants to do and work with it, our interactions with our hair move from Fighting & Forcing to Encouraging & Unleashing. It ends up a more positive experience for us and our hair. We’re no longer putting stress on the hair and feeling stressed that it isn’t cooperating. We’re working together with our hair— we both want it to do the thing that it wants to do to the best of its ability. It’s easier because our hair does the work and we just encourage it (and cheer it on).
ALL HAIR HAS AMAZING THINGS THAT IT DOES NATURALLY— UNLEASH IT! Stop trying to have her hair and enjoy your hair.
Cut & Color by
Beauty by Holly & her natural curls

Photos from Audra McAvaddy's post 04/26/2022

There is something freeing about accepting our own unique expression or reflection of beauty, instead of taking someone else’s beauty and trying to force ourselves and our hair to replicate it. Most of the time the reason we are drawn to their beauty in the first place is because it is uniquely their own.
I encourage you to take an honest look at the limitations of your hair (we all have them) and then see the amazing things YOUR hair can do. UNLEASH IT & ENJOY IT! BE YOU!

Photos from Audra McAvaddy's post 03/08/2022

Finding the right combination of fun; creative; unleashing the natural curl; and “feels like me”!
Color that lightens into a Dimensional Peachy Coral around the face. It’s what I call a “Naturally Unnatural Color.”

On previously highlighted hair…
Davines A New Colour:
30g Violet + 4g Orange + 30g Cream Base + 10v
Curly Dry Cut & Color by
Beauty by Julie

03/04/2022

Even when wanting to keep length…shape and engaging the natural curly/wavy movement up the entire strand makes all the difference.
WE UNLEASH THE CURLS INSIDE OF A BEAUTIFUL CONTAINER (the shape we put in) so that you don’t have to “tame” them or fight with them…you get to just encourage them!
New Guest Curly Experience by
Beauty by Reagan

Photos from Audra McAvaddy's post 03/04/2022

Successful Curly Bangs happen when we let them do their thing and customize the cut to fit them in their natural curl groups— then they don’t have to be treated differently than the rest of the hair and have the freedom to kick up and move and still look good.
Curly Dry Cut by
Beauty by Mary

Photos from Audra McAvaddy's post 12/07/2021

Now Available in salon! Luxurious Curl-Friendly Earmuffs with the softest faux fur and silk-covered bands (to cut down on friction)— accented with a silk knot in the most perfect color combinations!!
Message me if you want them set aside for you, or pop by during my regular salon hours to snag yours!
$22.00
One Size Fits Most
Model: Kira 💕

Photos from Audra McAvaddy's post 12/07/2021

I am overwhelmed by all the amazing people and hair I get to interact with! I love helping people understand their natural hair and how to embrace it (and unleash it)!
Curly Dry Cut & Curl Guidance by
Beauty by Laura

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9500 SE University Avenue, Suite 1107, STUDIO #2
Des Moines, IA
50266

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Monday 1:30pm - 7:30pm
Tuesday 1:30pm - 7:30pm
Thursday 1:30pm - 7:30pm
Friday 9:30am - 5pm
Saturday 9:30am - 5pm

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