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Big City Style Salon For over 30 years Big City Style has been bringing you the best of what a hair salon should be!  Great looking hair created by talented, knowledgeable hair designers who are totally committed to their craft.

The Telegraph

MORE WOMEN UNDER 40 ARE GOING GREY
by Dominique Templeton

Grey hair is something of a beauty phenomenon. Once hated by many as the ultimate, tell-tell sign of ageing, has now become a fashionable hair colour in its own right. Thanks to Instagram stars and bloggers, the trend took off and saw young women opting to dye their own hair into soft white and grey hues. has over 1.5 million hashtags on Instagram and the latest hashtag that seems to be taking off is , a handle dedicated to mature women who want to show off their natural grey roots.

Salt and pepper, silver, pewter, charcoal; at some point in your life you will go grey but research conducted by colour experts John Frieda states that 32 per cent of British women under the age of 30 have already started to go grey. In the past, your first grey-hair day may have arrived in your forties but nowadays some women are losing their natural colour as early as their twenties. Thankfully women are starting to embrace their grey roots; Mintel data research revealed that 68 percent of 25-64 year olds think 'it is acceptable to have grey hair'.

What causes your hair to go grey?

"Hair goes grey when your colour-producing cells stop making pigment, other wise known as melanin," says hairstylist and owner of Neville Hair & Beauty, Neville Tucker. Going grey can also be caused by a build up of naturally occurring hydrogen peroxide, that when left untreated, can cause a bleaching effect. As a general consensus, Caucasians start going grey by early thirties, Asian hair in their late thirties and African by mid-forties.

The new reason? Unhealthy hair
Common reasons for going grey are age, a deficiency in vitamin B12 and sometimes a thyroid imbalance. However more recently it has been suggested that it could be caused by women having 'unhealthy hair'. "Due to the over-use of hair tools, styling products and environmental factors like pollution, our hair is less healthy than it used to be," says hairstylist and Hair Rituel Ambassador, Miguel Perez. "Like your skin, your scalp will age as you get older, so it's important to look after it with the right products and care," advises Perez.

Think about it, if you don't look after your skin the probability of spots, wrinkles and other skincare woes is higher. It's the same with your hair. It has already been debated whether washing your hair with 'styling' shampoos (that deposit product on your scalp), could result in thinning hair.
Hair trauma is something highly associated with hair-thinning but also now with colour and specifically, greying. "If you colour your hair from a young age, you are essentially 'traumatising' you hair regularly which causes a shock effect on your hair that forces hair follicles to break," advises Perez. "When follicles break the new hairs that grow back may appear whiter as they haven't been nurtured enough with keratin," says Perez.
"Other hair traumas that may have an affect on the rate at which you go grey are pollution, styling tools, stress and health". Unfortunately hair products are often not made with the same science as skincare, but in the meantime, here are four ways to avoid grey hair and the best at-home tools to enhance your grey hair.

4 ways to avoid grey hair

Stop smoking. "According to studies, smokers are four times more likely to have grey hair than non-smokers," says Tucker. "Smoking is conclusively linked to oxidative stress caused by the free radicals or reactive oxygen species ni****ne releases."

Take a vitamin B12 supplement. Low B12 levels force melanin pigment to stop producing coloured follicles.

Treat your hair to a mask or serum. Adopting a weekly regime of treating your hair to a mask or serum will help keep lengths in a good, healthy condition
Don't wear your hair up. If you keep your hair in a knot everyday you will break it which causes trauma to the scalp and can increase your risk of grey hairs.

One of only two salons in Florida to offer this exciting, new line. Products for all hair types including color-treated and highlighted hair. Sulfate-free. Smells fantastic. We use it here and love it! So do beauty editors.

Just had my color done by Kathy at the best salon in Broward. It's worth the schlep! Stacey

I LOVE my pink hilites! Thanks, mom and thanks, Janet at Big City Style...Hannah, 10 years old

Friday night haircut from Tracey....need wine for happy hour! Dee

Tracey...my highlights look wonderful! Thanks. Cathy

Jacqueline...thanks for those killer s'mores! check out jscustomcakesandcookies.com

Another great haircut, but could have used some baby carrots! Alan

She is more than excellent! I drive 40 minutes just to get to Nancy...Dottie

I love Sara! For 20 years! I will never leave her. Evelina

great haircut always. Matt

everyone here is so good! Pina

Just got a great haircut from Kathy! Thanks. Charlie

Just had a touch up and low lights. Nancy made me look beautiful. And then we worked on my Viking braids for Pennsic in Pennsylvania next week. My hair will be a hit and sooo appropriate for the SCA event next week.

Come into BigCity Style and get a FREE PURPLE foil. Enough with the reds and the blues. It's time to come together for cooperation, unity, and action. That FREE PURPLE foil, right by your ear, shows you support the need for all of us to listen to each other and share the best ideas for a greater America. Partnership, not partisanship. (Please call us before you come in for your free foil.) UnitedStrandsofAmerica!

October 19...The 25th Anniversary of Big City Style!

My thanks go out to our clients who have supported us for so many years, and especially to my team, a very unique group of talented women who are directly responsible for our success and longevity. Not only have they performed at an extremely high professional level all these years, but their sense of loyalty, integrity, and love is unequaled.

While there have been up years and down years, just like any business, one constant is that Big City Style has been blessed with a team that is truly rare for our industry.

We look forward to tomorrow and many successful years ahead!

Hot time. Summer in the city. We got some deals that will make you pretty. (Sorry, Rolling Stones)

We've got a cooler full of top quality hair care products (with values up to $40) that we're selling for only $10!

We have crazy skin care specials including a microdermabrasion treatment for as little as $20! Take advantage of your vacation time to enjoy this relaxing, rejuvenating service.

And this Saturday, our massage therapist, Lori, will be doing amazing, ecstasy-inducing foot massages. Call for an appointment.

OMG! We are moving very slowly this week due to the extra weight we put on eating the delicious holiday candy, cakes, and cookies brought in by our wonderful clients. We're stuffed. Guess we'll be hitting the gym right after the 1st.

We thank all of you for your thoughtfulness and wish you a very happy, healthy, and stylish new year! Hopefully we'll see you soon...unless it conflicts with our workout schedule :).

BIG CITY STYLE SALON We are so excited to welcome Sofia, our new skin care and nail specialist. Her professional skills include threading, waxing, facials, microdermabrasion, manicures, and pedicures. Originally from Russia and Israel, her international experience brings a wide breadth of knowledge. Her friendly and caring personality ensures that you will receive the highest level of service. Come in for a complimentary consultation or one of her mini-services while you are in the salon.

During the summer, Sofia is available Weds- Fri after 1 and all day on Saturday.

Nancy did a great job as the star of a promotional video for Love This Hair, an exciting, new hair care line manufactured in Weston. Always a talented educator, Nancy was a natural in explaining why she loves these products. A gentle, sulfate-free shampoo, rich moisturizing conditioner, and a light weight, shine repair called 911. Of course, we have these products for sale at 20 % off regular prices.

Hey! Let's welcome Jenn's new shampoo assistant, little Rory.. The newest member of the Big City Style team! Tuesday,
March 10. 22" 8 lbs. 6 oz.

$30 FACIAL FRIDAY... We have two openings at 9:30 and 10:30 this Friday for our wonderful one hour European facial. Call us and save $25. Just two appointments available at this price.

We take this time to thank our family, friends and clients for giving us the the opportunity to do what we love doing. And we pledge to do everything we can to make your today and tomorrow better than yesterday.

Our best wishes for a happy, healthy holiday season and a wonderful new year!

Every month there's a new skin care product that promises a more youthful look in thirty, sixty, or ninety days. And you'll try it, because maybe this one will really work.

Kathy and our team have come up with some anti-aging highlights that will take years away in just 60 minutes. Creating multi-dimensional color with the right shades and the perfect placement of foils, will give you a look you haven't seen for a long time. It will do wonders for your hair...and you'll be amazed what the right hair color will do for your skin.

Try some anti-aging highlights with Kathy or one of our other design team and get $10 OFF our very relaxing one-hour "anti-aging" facial.

Our new salon is looking great! Still need some finishing touches, just like any new home. Clients love the decor, our new nail area, and are commenting how easy it is to get here, just off 595/SR 84 or Broward Blvd. Less than ten minutes from our old location.

For Immediate Release

March, 2014



Nancy Barbery from Big City Style
Finishes Redken Exchange Advanced Education

Big City Style’s advanced education program was broadened when lead designer, Nancy Barbery, attended the Redken Exchange in New York City.

The three-day intensive seminar focused on the latest ideas in hair color and design for clients with curly, and often unmanageable, hair. Whereas the previous strategy was keratin or other straightening treatments, the new thinking is to work with cut and color, improve the condition, and create styles that are healthier and easier to control. Enhancing the natural texture of the hair and exploiting the unique aspects of curly hair are the latest trends in the industry.

Barbery will be sharing these concepts with the rest of the Big City Style team through demonstration and hands-on practice. And while working with curly hair is a challenge most stylists choose to avoid, the BCS team will be at home creating looks that curly heads will love.

For an appointment with Nancy or any other team member, call Big City Style in Plantation at (954) 472-7753.

Thanks to our wonderful clients for fifteen great years in our expanded format. Looking forward to many more!