The Journal

Category: Care

Practical essays on hair, color, craft and the rooms that hold them — written by Trio stylists and our editor in residence.

Care · Craft · Guides 7 min read

Curly Hair in the Bay Area Microclimate — A Survival Guide

Fog in the morning. Sun by noon. Wind off the bay all afternoon. Your curls live through three weather systems before lunch.…

Care · Craft · Guides 7 min read

Bridal Hair, Decoded — Trials, Timelines, and What to Ask

A wedding is the only haircut appointment where the deadline is non-negotiable, the photos are forever, and the stress is institutional. We…

Care · Guides 7 min read

The Science of Hair Health — Porosity, Density, and What Your Strands Need

Three properties of your hair determine almost everything about how it behaves. Most people have never had them measured. Once you know…

Care · Craft · Guides 7 min read

A Twenty-Minute Morning Routine for Salon-Quality Hair Every Day

You do not have time for a forty-minute blowout on a Tuesday. Neither do we, on our own heads. Here is the…

Care · Craft · Guides 8 min read

The Anatomy of a Perfect Blowout — A Master Stylist’s Walkthrough

A great blowout is not magic. It is a small, repeatable sequence of decisions about water, product, tension and heat — written…