The holidays are upon us, and with all the jingle and cheer comes holiday shopping. Malls are crowded and shipping costs from online stores can add up. Why not feed two birds with one scone this season and knock out some gifting at your next hair appointment? (Not to mention, purchasing products from your local salon directly supports your stylist and their continuing education! Three birds?? How big is this scone!?)
We have plenty of ideas for gifts that you can grab during your holiday appointment this year. We’ll even wrap them for you! Keep reading to see what your friendly neighborhood stylists recommend as this year’s grandest gifts.
Gift Cards of course! If you read just one thing in this guide, let it be this: a gift card is a no-brainer. A crowd pleaser. The perfect stocking-sized surprise they are sure to love. You can gift a service your loved one always gets – maybe prepay for their next haircut! Or gift them a new experience, perhaps a luxurious Grand Facial in our MedSpa. Gift cards can also be used for any retail or boutique purchase in our salon. A gift card to their favorite place for expert hair and skin care will undoubtedly be one of the best gifts for the holidays. You can purchase a gift card for any service or dollar amount in-person at Grand Salon & MedSpa, or on our website.
If you prefer to shop a little more personally, we’ve included our favorites this season for gifting to everyone on your list (or hey, to yourself! You deserve it.)Â
Kérastase – The reformulated Nutritive line is perfect for anyone in Colorado because it’s all about hydration! The whole line is packed with skincare-inspired ingredients that will restore dry, depleted hair. The stand-out products are the serums: the Nutri-Supplement Scalp Serum is a luxurious treatment for dry scalp, $58. This vitamin blend contains niacinamide – a form of Vitamin B3 – which can help build keratin and retain moisture, ideal for our dry winters. It also pairs perfectly with the Nutri-Supplement Split Ends Hair Serum, $45, a high nutrition, ultra-sealing concentrate designed to minimize split ends and nourish hair.Â
Kevin Murphy – A fan-favorite duo from Kevin.Murphy, the Hydrate Holiday set is a great gift! The box includes a full-size Hydrate.Me Wash and Hydrate.Me Rinse, both of which contain Kakadu Plum, a plant native to Northern Australia that has the highest concentration of natural Vitamin C of any known plant. Vitamin C helps smooth the hair and lock in moisture. This holiday set also includes a free travel-size Bedroom Hair Texture Spray, another Kevin Murphy fave! Bedroom Hair is a great finishing spray for texture and hold (plus it smells amazing!). This set (available in-store) retails at $68.
R+Co – Our best deal in the salon is the Dreamscape Must-Haves kit from R+Co. It includes a full-size Television Perfect Hair shampoo, conditioner and hair mask (great for all hair types), Zipper Multi-tasking Styling Lotion, Dream House Cold Pressed Watermelon Wave Spray, our best-selling Dart Pomade Stick, plus a mini Outer Space Flexible Hairspray and mini Balloon Dry Volume Spray all in a cool metallic bag. This set is an expansive complete collection for the product-lover in your life and retails in our salon for $165, for a $68 savings.
Bleu – Seeking a sustainable gift this year? Look no further than R+Co Bleu, a luxury line that delivers top of the line hair care. Bleu’s bottles and jars are made from 100% post-consumer recycled material, their tubes are made of bioresin sugarcane plastic, the cans are 100% aluminum, and everything is recyclable. On top of their commitment to the environment, all of Bleu’s products contain the proprietary Blue Molecule Complex, sugar molecules that deliver active ingredients slowly over time so your style and benefits last longer. Explore this line with the Holiday Bleu Essentials set, which includes a travel-size Essential shampoo and conditioner, and a travel-size Smooth & Seal Blow Dry Mist for $35.  Ask your stylist or anyone at Grand’s desk to grab one for you.
Sanitas – Skin care is so personal and specific to each person’s unique skin type, it can be tricky to purchase skin care products for someone else. However, there are certain products that anyone could benefit from! For example, the Triple Butter Body Cream from Sanitas, $38. It’s an ultra-luxe whipped body cream that uses deeply moisturizing ingredients like shea butter and Vitamin E to hydrate and protect dry skin all over the body. The Lemon Cream Scrub is another great gift! It’s a creamy exfoliator that gently buffs away dead skin and impurities, leaving skin softer and smoother. It is gentle enough for all skin types and can replace more abrasive face scrubs; it retails at $36.
Colorescience – Our estheticians, and I cannot stress this enough, want you to wear SPF all year long. Sun protection is just as important in the winter, when people may forget to layer up because it’s so cold out. Our staff favorite SPF is the Colorescience Sunforgettable Total Protection Face Shield SPF 50. It comes out in a slight tint but blends into every skin tone for a sublet blurring effect. It is a 100% physical sunscreen so it reflects the sun’s harmful rays and gives you total protection from sun damage, retailing at $45.
Revision – Get those lips mistletoe-ready with the Youthful Lip Replenisher from Revision! This $40 ultra-hydrating formula soothes, plumps and defines lips for a healthy and youthful-looking pout. Potent antioxidants and hyaluronic acid provide lasting age-defying benefits.
Tools: We carry an array of brushes and hot tools in the salon. From the Wet Brush for easy detangling, to multiple sizes of Ergo round brushes, we have the right brush for everyone. A great gift for any heat-styler is the Amika Hair Blow Dry Brush 2.0. It is a 2-in-1 tool that combines a blow dryer and round brush for an easy voluminous, salon-quality blowout you can do from home! This blow dry brush eliminates frizz and increases shine for a beautiful style every time! Purchase at Grand Salon & MedSpa for $100.
Finally, our boutique is stocked full this year! We have everything from gloves and hats, vegan leather bags, jewelry for astrology fans, handmade candles, claw clips, bejeweled headbands, locally-made oracle card decks, scarves and more!Â
Some current favorites in the boutique include statement socks from Gumball Poodle, Lanolin’s tinted lip balm, and blue-light blocking reading glasses from Ryan Simkhai in assorted styles and strengths.
At long last, it’s worth repeating that you simply cannot go wrong with a gift card to Grand Salon & MedSpa, for any amount or any service. It is our pleasure to help you look and feel fabulous all year long, and we look forward to sharing the holiday cheer this winter!
From all of us here at Grand, Happy Holidays!
Bekah Gallegos is a Colorado native with a passion for helping others look and feel their best. She spent 8 years working behind the chair as a hairstylist in Boulder before she moved to Denver. She then worked in the bridal sphere before she came to Grand Salon & Medspa to manage guest relations and our front desk staff.
When Bekah’s not helping guests have the best experience possible at Grand, you can find her exploring a new coffee shop or happy hour, or at home with her two cats Brad and Leo.  Follow Bekah @bekahgalhair
