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How to Save Money on Your Beauty Choices in Jacksonville

Tightening the budget doesn’t mean that you have to skimp on quality beauty care or services.  It just means that you have to make smart choices and take advantage of discounts and sales when they are available.  In Jacksonville, there are many ways to stretch your dollar and get the most out of your expenditures.

Of course, no better choice could be made than choosing to make a visit to EBK Beauty.  Because we are locally owned and keep our advertising budget to a minimum (we LOVE your referrals) we can offer you outstanding and affordable pricing on your favorite beauty services.  For instance, our $50 sew-in hair weaves and under $100 eyelash extensions are not only affordable and under the cost of competitors, but the quality is above that found in other salons.  Try us and you will discover that EBK Beauty may be your choice for affordability at first but quality will keep you coming back.

Another way to save money on your beauty care is by taking advantage of sales and discounts offered by manufacturers and retailers.  There are many Internet sites that can help you plan for purchases and save money, such as Krazy Coupon Lady.  By signing up for their newsletter you will get emails that will inform you of upcoming sales and coupons available that can save you money on clothing, cosmetics, and toiletries at local retailers.

Discounts and sales on EBK Beauty services can be helpful even though our pricing is already very affordable.  We have monthly promotions on our Web site and we offer specials through our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts.  By connecting with us there you can be the first to know about special promotions and referral discounts we offer.

Your beauty habits support your confidence and we want you to feel your best to tackle your busy lifestyle and all the demands it brings.  There isn’t any need to compromise or to feel guilty about your budget when EBK Beauty is here to give you quality beauty care that won’t break your budget.

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Jump Start Your Career in the New Year with a Professional Makeover

The New Year signals the ability to begin all things anew.  We celebrate the departure of the old year and exclaim the hope of a better and more prosperous year ahead with the passing of the ticks on the clock on New Year’s Eve.  As the days start to pass, it becomes clear that time waits for no one and that if it is truly going to be a better and greater year then it is up to us to make it that way. 

One opportunity readily available to everyone is to jump start their career in the New Year.  Here at EBK Beauty we can help you in a very distinct and specialized way.  We are experts at doing professional makeovers that can take you out of the back seat and put you behind the wheel in the career journey.

People often ignore that their look can be holding them back or a change in their appearance, even a slight one, could give them a fresh, energized and more professional image.  It could be just the thing to get noticed.  It is also a great way to give personal confidence a giant boost.

Are you due for an image makeover?  It is the time for college students to transport their look and image from student to new professional.  If you have been waiting for a promotion then start looking the part.  If you have looked the same for years then people will consider that you are satisfied where you are in your career.  Let them know you are looking for new opportunities and on fire for the coming year by getting a makeover while everyone around you remains the same old “them”.  It is also the perfect thing to shed a stressful past year and begin a new year with hope and new confidence.

Whether you want a drastic new look or you want to transition slowly over time we can help you get to your image goals.  Come in for a professional image makeover consultation or call for an appointment.  The consultation is free and you will find that we can offer you a wide range of services and products that will be budget friendly.  Why wait?  This is your year so take charge and make your appointment today! 

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Eyelash Extensions at the Hands of Jacksonville's Best Eyelash Stylist

Ever looked into the mirror and wished that your eyelashes were longer, fuller and younger looking?  Wished you had the eyelashes that once framed your eyes years ago?  Wish you could forego the long daily routine of several layers of mascara to make your eyelashes noticeable?  You may be completely unaware that all of this can occur and affordably!

Women have the choice of semi-permanent eyelash extensions to enhance their beauty and more dramatically frame their eyes.  The eyelashes are thick, full, and beautiful when applied correctly.  There is not a better eyelash extensions stylist in the Jacksonville area than our own Kobe Ellis.  After all, the salon is not called EBK Beauty (Eyes by Kobe) for no reason!  Kobe is well known for many beauty skills but no one does it better than her when it comes to eyelash extensions.

If you see a woman with the most beautiful eyelashes that would make you envious and every man weak at his knees then you can bet they aren’t due to genetics but rather the skilled hands of Kobe!  You just have to try them!  The good news is that Kobe is currently offering a set of her semi-permanent eyelashes at rock bottom pricing.  You can come in and try a set for yourself and see just what a set of new eyelashes can do for your look and confidence.  They last for approximately 4-6 weeks depending on the proper care of the eyelashes and the natural life of your own lashes which is usually within that same time period. 

Here are a few pics from Kobe’s Instagram account revealing how beautiful semi-permanent eyelash extensions can look!  Once you view the pics then hurry and make your appointment with Kobe to pamper your eyes and get a set of flirty and beautiful eyelashes all your own!  She also does eyebrow threading and other types of eyelashes for your consideration.

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Call for your appointment at 904-568-5242.  There’s still time to get your eyelash extensions completed before you’re posing in your Christmas Day photos!  They’d be the perfect choice for New Year’s Eve as well!

Follow Kobe on Twitter and Instagram to see some of the great work being done by the EBK Beauty staff!

This Season’s Holiday Hair Styles

The Holiday hair styles for this season are exciting and fun.  Everyone is looking for the opportunity to dress up, pamper themselves a bit, and add a bit of glamour into their lives.  The upcoming release of “The Great Gatsby” movie will have everyone in red lipstick, full eyelashes, feminine dresses, hats, and your own interpretation of Hollywood Glamour.  Here at EBK Beauty we can have you looking your best, stylish, and all at an affordable cost.

When considering what hair style you would want to wear at your family get together or holiday party think first to make an appointment with EBK Beauty.  We can give you a unique and up to date stylish look that is just right for your event.  You can come in and have an appointment to learn how to do the style yourself or make your appointment for the day of the event.  We can work you in to make sure your style is still fresh and beautiful when you arrive at your gathering.  We can even set up private appointments.

This holiday season it is all about glamour which means lots of hair, lots of loose and romantic curls, fresh flowers, ribbons, glitter, hair ornaments, elaborate hair jewelry, or a jewelry broach repurposed to hold up a hair bun.  Pearl strands entwined into braids or loosely positioned in an up-do.  We don’t always have such an opportunity to play dress up so don’t miss out on all the fun.

Our high quality hair extensions can give you any style you want no matter how long your hair is presently.  Once we design the style and set the extensions in place no one will know that it isn’t your hair.  Even if it is an up-do and the underside of your hair is exposed you will look natural and fabulous from any angle.  Don’t forget that EBK Beauty is the home of the $50 Quick Sew-in.

Your hair isn’t the only thing that can add a glamorous touch to your look.  You can also choose holiday themed nail art for your hands and your toes at EBK Beauty.  Don’t miss out on the opportunity to add a little shine and shimmer to your eyes, lips, and cheeks as well.  Need your eyebrows thinned and shaped or eyelash extensions?  We can do that for you too!

This holiday season the style is celebratory, romantic, glamorous, and very feminine.  Make your appointment now and become a more beautiful you!  We are here to do our best to make sure you look your best!  Take a look at our November specials!

Get Ready Now to Look Your Best for the Holidays (and All those Photos!)

Make this year’s holiday events one of the best yet by making sure you are pampered and relaxed way ahead of the day.  Here at EBK Beauty we can help make your holidays amazing and prepare you for all of those family photos.  There are a number of things you can do to make sure you look your best and be prepared so the stress that can often build around holiday events doesn’t show on you!

• Plan a few weeks before your holiday event to have a full conditioning day – from the top of your head to the bottoms of your feet.  Start your pampering early and you will definitely look your best by your planned holiday event.
• Get your wigs and hair extensions professionally washed and styled.
• Replace your old hair extensions with new quality ones from EBK Beauty and have them professionally cut and colored to blend perfectly with your hair color and style.
• Plunge into the world of eyelash extensions and you will never step out of it!  Have the full and glamorous eyelashes of celebrities on your eyes every day and 24 hours a day.  Our staff members are experts at eyelash extensions!
• Get your eyebrows professionally shaped and threaded.  The right shape and threading job can give your face an instant lift and make you look fresh, younger, and well rested.

Holidays are also the time to go all out and take on a new glamorous look.  Add braids, hair extensions, or a hair weave to your style and feel and look your best for those holiday photos.

EBK Beauty stylists can help you discover the perfect holiday style for your event whether it involves your family and friends gathering at your home or a major holiday party with your work colleagues. 

Make your appointments with EBK Beauty now and don’t forget to check out our monthly specials!

Bridal Hair Styles for Your Wedding: Pampering for both You and Your Groom for the Wedding Day

Are you a Jacksonville Bride looking for a classy, creative, traditional, or one of a kind hairstyle for your wedding?  Why choose between one style before you know what you truly want and what will go with your overall wedding style and your dress?  Here at EBK Beauty we have the skill, experience, and the patience you desire to help you make up your mind.  Your wedding day and wedding photos need to be everything you want them to be and your bridal hairstyle is so important.  We understand that and we love taking care of Brides and their bridal attendants.

We suggest you make an appointment and come in to talk with one of our hairstylists.  Bring along any designs of wedding dresses you hope to get or a picture of THE dress you have already chosen is suggested.  If you feel comfortable bringing in your wedding veil then we can definitely take into consideration how to build your style around the veil to give you the dream look you want to have on your special day.  We will be happy to give you our time and attention to discuss your ideas, suggest a few of our own and then start trying out new styles.

It may take only one visit or perhaps a few for you to make up your mind as to which style you love and want to choose for your wedding day.  If you bring along a camera we will be happy to take photos for you to share with others to help you decide.

The upcoming holiday and winter season is a wonderful time to be having a wedding.  The hairstyles tend to range from soft romantic curls incorporated with small braids or elaborate upsweeps with incorporated crystals to reflect the magical winter weather.  We can also show you how we can professionally weave hair extensions into your style to “top up” your feminine flair.

If you want to make choosing your wedding hairstyle a special event to share with others then we can book a private appointment for you as well as your bridesmaids, the mother of the bride and mother of the groom, and any others.  All of you can have our full attention and we will give you an intimate, fun, and pampered event to make choosing your wedding day hair style special.

We also do Bridal Parties in the privacy of your home.  The event can involve hair, nails, and makeup.  You will have a professional makeup artist, a hairstylist, and a manicurist for the ultimate pampering event.  If you want this service for the day of your wedding then we suggest you do a pre-wedding day event so you are assured you LOVE everyone’s look BEFORE the big day.  From eyebrow threading to unique wedding day nail art you will get the pampered treatment you deserve and your wedding attendants will forever talk about the pampering you shared with them. 

We would love to be a part of making your day special – for more information on our special services for Brides, bridesmaids, flower girls, mothers, grandmothers, and the other special ladies in your life call us and we will be happy to answer any questions you may have.  Want to pamper the men in your life?  Our groomers can make your man feel special too and make sure your groomsmen are looking and feeling their best too!  Special discounting is available for those booking both Bridal and Groom Parties.  We look forward to hearing from you!

Talented Professional Hair Braiders at EBK Beauty can Offer You Vast Choices to Enhance Your Style

Having your hair braided by a talented professional braider allows you to wear a piece of art on your head.  What can be achieved is amazing in the right hands.  From soft romantic braids for a bride to a look that is sure to get people to notice you there is nothing quite as impressive as beautifully designed hair braids.  Luckily for Jacksonville there are talented braiders in the area and the very best are at EBK Beauty.

Mothers love braids for both girls as well as boys.  The look is tidy and is easy to care for and can help get children out of the door and off to school in record time.  The braids can be elaborate or simple and can easily be decorated to reflect an outfit for church or school.  It is an especially great style choice for children involved in after school activities.

Hair braiding choices for adult women and men are vast.  The use of hair extensions in the braiding can offer many choices beyond what would have been thought possible.  Skilled braiders can work the extensions into the existing hair and no one will ever know that hair extensions are being used.  Hair can take on a more glamorous look or a sporty and easy look which frees the wearer from their usual styling routine. 

One of the most overlooked opportunities when one discovers the skills of a talented hair braider is that of having hair extensions braided into a style that can be quickly used at home.  It can hide the fact that someone wears a wig piece or that they wear extensions when they are trying to give their scalp a break.  Hair extensions that have been braided can be left long and hanging or the braid or braids can be wrapped into a quick updo.  A common trick is to have a braid or braids to quickly attach at home that can be covered by a hat.  The look is quick, sporty, and no one will know that the hair isn’t yours if both quality hair extensions and creative hair braiding techniques are used.  Here at EBK Beauty our highly talented braiders can not only give you a glamorous one of a kind braided style but they can also help you have a quick braided look to use at home with your personally braided hair extensions.

Take advantage of what EBK Beauty can offer Jacksonville and the surrounding areas and make an appointment today to get into the chair of a skilled hair braider and walk out a confident and stunning EBK Beautiful YOU!

Beauty and Fashion on a Budget Part 2

In Part 1 of Beauty and Fashion on a Budget there were great tips on how to begin making choices to gain high quality beauty and fashion but still stick to your budget.  Now we are going to discuss some more tips to help.  Let’s start with quality and how that pertains to your budget.  Many times when faced with a cheap “copy designer” item of a current design the temptation is to have what is in style even if it isn’t the real thing.  Overcome that temptation and step back a moment.  Buying generic is sometimes the same as buying the name brand but when it comes to fashion and beauty and buying “knock-offs” it is often of poor quality and the manufacturer is counting on the consumer wanting the look-a-like item more than quality.  Quality in fashion and beauty can mean a lot and by skipping out on it you could be spending much more than you should because the items will not hold up to wear, washing and time. 

Point in case, this happens much too often when people choose to buy cheap hair extensions at a beauty supply store.  Buying cheaper hair extensions means it will likely look fake, will not hold up as long as if you had invested in slightly more expensive hair extensions, and it will mean you will be buying more hair much sooner than if you had chosen quality over price.  That blows your budget.  The same can be said for lower quality and copy versions of clothes, sunglasses and especially purses and shoes.  It would be much better to choose these items at a higher quality but perhaps a less expensive brand.  Take pride in choosing something that looks good on you rather than what looks good on hundreds of other people that are buying an item just because everyone else is doing so.  Choose your fashion for how it looks on you and the quality.

Makeup is probably one of the most difficult things to categorize.  There are face creams that cost $2 and ones that cost $1,500 and both might be as worthless as the other.  Price has little to do with quality in this market.  The same can be said for well-known brands.  Some brands are consistently amazing and others are hits and misses.  So a lot of trial and error has to occur.  There are ways to go on that path and find the quality items that can help you still stick to your budget. 

Rather than going shopping for makeup have items chosen beforehand that you know you need such as a good day and night moisturizer, a good cleanser, a toner perhaps and then foundations, powders, blush, eye shadows, and others.  Buy new colors only every season not every week.  Begin to be season conscious with your makeup and you will become a better shopper in that category.  You can buy trusted colors as they go out of season and are on sale and save them for the next.  Makeup has a short life span so buying in seasons will keep your skin and body healthier by throwing out old makeup.

How to choose the right products?  Go and get free makeovers at beauty counters.  It is a great way to see if something matches your skin tone/type and if the product is affordable.  Ask for samples even from discount stores.  Samples are readily sent to drugstore type makeup counters and the samples sit unused on a shelf in the back or under a counter.  Check for sales if you are going to be buying items or brands that are found where sales often occur such as grocery stores, drug stores, or major discount stores.  Some stores match sale prices of other stores so take advantage of that.

Another great tip is to take advantage of Christmas Holiday offers.  Major cosmetic companies often have low cost promotions with major makeup kits to go along with sales of perfume.  Build your shopping list for friends or family around buying someone perfume and getting your makeup kit for an entire season.  Another great source is from TV shopping channels such as QVC and HSN.  They have daily sales, clearance, and promotional sales that offer “kits” or items of major cosmetic lines including some of the most expensive that can only be found in upscale department stores.  You don’t have to wait till they advertise on TV though since most of the items are available on their Web sites along with short videos on how to use the products.  You will have the opportunity to have high quality cosmetics shipped right to your front door, at discounted pricing and if you don’t like it then you can ship it back.  This is a great way to try new products and brands and stick to your seasonal makeup budget.

You can have quality items and great fashion and style on a budget.  It means planning, shopping around, and sticking to your list and not being tempted to buy anything off of your planned fashion or beauty list that you may “want” but don’t “need”. 

If you have any Beauty and Fashion on a Budget tips please leave them in the comment section and share with others!  If you want to get high quality products and service for your beauty salon needs then give us a call for an appointment or walk-in!  From our Jacksonville city-wide famous $50 quick sew-in to our other high quality and affordable services you can be assured you have found the right salon for your high expectations and the start to an EBK Beautiful YOU!

Beauty and Fashion on a Budget Part 1: Secrets to Great Choices and Less Spending

In the current economy everyone needs to stretch their dollar and make sure they are getting the best value out of every penny they spend.  Unfortunately it can be stressful when it comes to a woman maintaining her beauty and fashion regimen.  Confidence is often tightly associated with the things a woman does to make herself feel and look better and having to cut back can lead to disappointment in the moment and a loss of confidence.  There are ways to not only stick to a budget but up your beauty and fashion game! 

When it comes to services you normally get at a beauty salon such as coloring, hair extensions, nail art, eyebrow threading, and eyelash extensions it is important to stay with the professionals.  These services don’t have to destroy your budget or your attempt at cutting down your credit card debt.  You need to find a quality salon that isn’t pushing their prices up to pay for the over the top décor or more employees than they need to service their clientele.  Of course, here in Jacksonville the best salon for hair care, hair extensions, eyelash extensions, and eyebrow threading is EBK Beauty.  We do our best so you can look your best!  Our prices are affordable and there is no skimping on quality of services or products. 

If you live outside the Jacksonville area then ask around and start getting referrals.  Go into the salon you are researching and get a low cost service to see if the quality is still good even though you are paying for a small service or product.  Work your way up to the more costly services and make sure every time you are paying a more affordable rate for the service you are still getting the quality you expect.

For things outside of the salon such as fashion accessories, shoes and clothing don’t hesitate to visit an upscale consignment shop.  There are many items in those stores that have never been worn or have been worn only once or twice.  The best shops carry only lightly used or new items because they want to be known as “THE” place to buy quality items.  You can expect to find very high quality clothing pieces and from items from timeless designers.  This is especially the way to go when it comes to teens and young children.  Specialty clothing consignment shops for teens or children can offer tremendous bargains and you get better quality for your dollar.  It’s smart shopping!  Often these types of stores are kept as “secret treasures” by others and the stores do not advertise heavily so it may take hunting around to find the best ones.  If you have items that you can trade in then you will really be getting a great bargain by purchasing new items for yourself with your trade-credit.

Another tip is to buy online.  There are normally competitive prices to be found online and surprisingly enough there are consignment shops that operate online.  Do a search online for “high end consignment online” or “luxury consignment online” or “fashion consignment online” and you will have more than enough choices.

Tomorrow we will share with you how to do Beauty and Fashion on a Budget Part 2! 

Jacksonville Brides Encouraged to Begin Beauty Treatments Early

Once the date is set for a wedding it could appear that there will be plenty of time to get things done.  Even the best organized Bride with all of her to do lists in order can forget one important detail.  It can be a forgotten detail that goes unattended to as the months dwindle down to weeks and then days.  Most often forgotten until the last minute is the beauty regimine for the Bride.

Everyone knows that stress is definitely not a beauty treatment for the body so it would go without saying that a Bride should begin in the earliest parts of planning to keep stress to a minimum.  Since stress accumulates in the body it is important to do stress relieving exercises and take time to just relax, meditate and keep things in perspective.

Making sure to keep to a nutritious diet is key to making sure that the body can combat stress that is sure to mount as Wedding planning and life changes occur but it also helps keep the body looking its best.  Good skin as well as good hair and nail growth are all deeply tied to good nutrition.

The beginning is also the time to start planning the hairstyle, the makeup, and the nails.  Many Brides wait until they find a veil to choose a hairstyle when actually the complete opposite can have a more flattering outcome.  Choose a hairstyle that is flattering to the Bride first and then choose a veil that will enhance and set off the Bride’s overall look.  After all, the veil shouldn’t be the focus it should be the Bride.

Make a few appointments to try out hairstyles.  Then make note as to how people react to the look you are trying out.  Lots of compliments mean the look is pleasing to your face and your style.  Plan with your stylist to kick up the hairstyle a bit more on the Wedding Day to make the look more glamorous.  Once you have decided on THE hairstyle then have your hair done similar on the day you choose your gown and veil.  Things will come together much easier in this order of hairstyle first and then the gown and veil later.  If you already have your gown and veil then take several snapshots from different angles and have them printed to bring along to a hairstyle appointment.  Don't expect the sylist to get the best view from photos on a phone.  Take the effort to print them out and bring them to the sylist so they can refer to all of the pictures at one time.

The makeup and nails should be thought out beforehand as well.  If you plan to wear eyelash extensions then get them as soon as possible.  Finding out you are allergic to the glue a few days before your Wedding is not what you want to happen.  Eyebrows are important in framing the eyes and since many women over-pluck or have poorly shaped brows it is important to seek a professional’s help long before the Wedding Day.  Beauty experts encourage seeking out an eyebrow threading expert to make sure the eyebrows are shaped to flatter the eye and the face and give it a romantic and beautiful look.  Planning is everything and since you want to look your best on your Wedding Day then don’t skimp on planning out your beauty regimen to the smallest detail with as much energy as is given to the flowers, reception, and attire of the Wedding party.

EBK Beauty is well equipped to handle your Wedding Day needs and we can work with you to discover your ideal dream bridal look.  We can even set aside private hours in which to work on your look.  You can discover which look is best while relaxing and being attended to just as you should expect being the focus of the appointment.  You are welcome to bring your Mother, Wedding planner and even your Maid of Honor along to help in the decision making.  We know how to help you be the lovely vision you want to be on your Day and we will give you are full attention and access to a wide team of professionals that will all be thrilled to be a part of your Wedding Day Planning.

Here is a quick video on Bridal Makeup.  It includes tips on choosing the best makeup for different time of day weddings, different venues such as a beach destination and makeup that will enhance your look in photographs.

 

Time Flies so Make Time for You Now - Holiday Appointments Fill Quickly

The last official holiday of the Summer is upon us, Labor Day.  Children have already or will be shortly returning to school.  The beaches are still warm from the summer sun and it is the last hurrah for college kids before they have to seriously hit the books.  It is also a clear sign that time rushes by for it seems only like yesterday when we were looking forward to Spring turning to Summer.

Because time is so fleeting and the last holidays of the year will be upon us soon it is certainly time to pull out your calendar and start planning for your holiday beauty appointments now.  Women have so much to do when it comes to holidays in the final part of the year – from designing Halloween costumes for the school event to Christmas shopping and gift purchasing and decorating.  If you don’t put down into calendar, in pen, the time for you then you are likely to get through the Holidays without truly enjoying it and feeling your best.  Time flies and other things will get your attention and before you know it – it’s 2013.

We have already opened up our books through the first few months of the year and customers that call for beauty appointments in the end of the year should go ahead and make their New Year’s Eve and Valentine’s Day appointments now as well.  You want to look your best and by making that appointment now you will be making sure you give some attention to yourself that will give you a chance to catch your breath and you will know you will look your best in those Holiday pictures that will be referred to for decades!

Some of our beauty treatments can not only have you looking your best but saving time as well – which we know you need when the year is closing down and there is so much on your shoulders.  By getting eyelash extensions or a Babydoll Lashes Lash Lift you can give your eyes an instant lift and look more energized and younger as you fix those early morning breakfasts for visiting guests and family in for the celebrations.  Tints and permanent mascara will cut your beauty regime down considerably and you will love the results! 

A quick sew-in appointment can have you looking your best and everyone wondering how you hold so much so well together.  Let EBK Beauty be your secret to looking your best during the Holidays – not to mention all those upcoming school events and football games.

Make your appointments now – we do our best so you can look your best!  EBK Beauty Appointments 

Have a safe Labor Day weekend!

Eyebrow Threading Done Right

Eyebrow threading is something I enjoy doing – the artist in me gets to come out in full glory.  There are so many reasons a person should get their eyebrows professionally shaped and then there are just as many reasons why someone should get their eyebrows shaped by threading instead of waxing or plucking.  The threading process is quick, virtually painless, and can give you the eyebrows that will frame your eyes perfectly.

If you have been plucking and waxing your brows then it will require you to let them grow out if you did it recently.  If you have overgrown or lightly grown in eyebrows then you just need to make an appointment or walk-in when you get the chance to come by our Salon.  For those that need to grow out your eyebrows - hide those tweezers!  Letting eyebrow hairs grow out can be a difficult thing to do for chronic pluckers but knowing the damage you could be doing may convince you to lay down the tweezers and leave them there.  More often than not people that pluck their eyebrows continuously overdo it and then they use fill in makeup and they do it wrong or unflatteringly to their eyes and face.  The damage done when over-plucking eyebrow hairs can be permanent.

For those that have thinning eyebrows the answer to more beautiful brows can be found with our Salon as well.  We have temporary and permanent makeup aids that can make a difference for thinning and over tweezing of eyebrows.  We can also assist you with the latest in eyebrow makeup and help you give your face the right arch and shape of brow to best set off your eyes and face.

The right eyebrow shape can give your face a younger look, a more sophisticated and feminine look, and people will respond to you in a better manner.  The wrong shape of eyebrow can drag your face down, make your eyes look too small, make you look tired and old and in some cases make you look unapproachable and downright angry.

If there is one thing that can give you an instant make-over and a more sophisticated, beautiful and natural look it is the right eyebrow shape (with the right eyebrow makeup when needed) to set off your eyes, expressions, and your face.  Eyebrow threading is the way to go and it takes just a matter of minutes while you sit back and relax.  In the right hands it can be a comfortable experience as well.  Do yourself the biggest beauty favor of the year and come to get your eyebrows threaded by THE EYEBROW EXPERT – right here in Jacksonville!  Come get in my chair and let’s give you the best eyebrows you have ever had!

For beauty experts wanting professional training - I teach an eyebrow threading course, learn more here: Classes by Kobe Ellis

Look Like a Celebrity or a More Glamorous You?

I love my job and what I do.  I am very blessed to be able to service the Jacksonville area and surrounding areas for their beauty needs.  Yet, there is one thing that can disappoint me to no end.  It is when a woman walks into the salon and I can see immediately how I can help her to be a more glamorous version of herself – to shape her eyebrows to frame her unique eye shape, to add extensions in just the right length and the right place, to give her eyelash extensions or an eyelash tint.  No matter the beauty service I can see it and know that this idea will make her look in the mirror and go “Wow!”.  Then the disappointment hits me in the face when she pulls out a picture or ad from a magazine and says “Give me this” or “Make me look exactly like that” and I know that while it will look good something different would be so much better.

More often than not it will involve a 10-15 minute conversation with the client as to how it may prove to be difficult for this reason or another but we will try our best to get close.  After all, we strive to give our clients exactly what they want at EBK Beauty. 

I understand the desire to look like celebrities and the ease in which they can influence our choices in our appearance and fashion.  I often get my own ideas and inspiration from people I see in glossy color magazines, the movie screen, or my TV.  We do need to remember however that they have likely done very little in deciding their own look.  Skilled fashion stylists, hair stylists, eyelash technicians, and makeup artists have all had a professional impact on their “look” and have made those influences to enhance that particular person.  The hairstyle, makeup, clothes, everything was chosen to enhance their body, their face, their coloring, their age, and other factors to make the most of who that person is for the red carpet, film, or appearance.  

Only a few times have I had the opportunity to be designed from head to toe.  It is a difficult thing to do – putting your faith completely in other’s hands.  Yet, when you take that glance in the mirror and see yourself from head to foot it is amazing.  You realize that you don’t look like a star but you look like a more glamorous you which is much, much better.  Nothing can be more building to your confidence or eye-opening to your own beauty than to be the canvas for skilled beauty professionals. 

Young girls are more likely to let a star influence them but they still want to maintain their uniqueness and creativity in their own look.  As women grow older they lose that sense of self because of their self-less way of living.  Perhaps that is why I see so many grown women come in with their torn out sheets of pictures wanting to look like someone else. 

Want to make a difference in your life, in your outlook, in your career, in your self-confidence?  Come see me or any of the professionals at EBK Beauty and when you sit down in our chair ask us to do our best to bring out the best in you – we’re up to the task and when you look in the mirror you’ll think it a shame the paparazzi are going to miss your Cinderella moment.

Hair Extensions and Hair Replacements Offer Confidence to Jacksonville and Global Customers

The ability to reach a global market through the Internet has been a great opportunity for both consumers and businesses.  For EBK Beauty it has been no less the exceptional opportunity but in one specialty area it has been a personal triumph for owner, Kobe Ellis.  EBK Beauty has quickly become one of Jacksonville’s most sought out salons for hair extensions, hair replacements, and custom wigs.  Yet, few people know where their expertise grew from and the passion for which they seek to be the very best in this part of their business.  The Internet has enabled EBK Beauty to offer hair replacement services to global customers as well as their valued customers in Jacksonville and surrounding areas.

For those that have lost their hair due to cancer treatments or for those that have health or life-long battles against hair loss the opportunity to have a custom made wig is an incredible confidence builder.  Kobe Ellis began her work with custom wigs through the need to help her mother through the effects of losing her own hair due to chemotherapy and radiation treatments.

Ms. Ellis said, “My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer and had to undergo chemotherapy and then radiation treatments.  After her second chemo treatment, the weight of her hair began to give her a lot of pain and shortly after it fell out.  One morning I saw her staring in the mirror at her head.  She was tearful, missing her beautiful hair.  As any child would, I set out to find a way to make my mother feel whole the next time she looked into a mirror.

“My research led me to custom hair pieces.  I first learned to make them by hand.  When my mother looked into the mirror, her face lit up like a million stars in the darkest of nights.  She was so happy to have her beautiful locks back.  It wasn’t an ordinary wig for the hair appeared to grow directly from her scalp.  Once I showed her that unlike ordinary wigs, this unit could be styled away from her face and into a high ponytail if she desired, that light never went out from her face.

“From that day, I wanted to offer this type of hair replacement to everyone. I set out to find a way to make this type of hair replacement affordable to the average person. No one should have to pay thousands to have a look that celebrities have enjoyed for years.”

Ms. Ellis has over the years found ways to perfect her skills and cut down costs to make the customized hair pieces more affordable.  At EBK Beauty she has trained her staff to be able to help not only those needing complete hair replacement but partial as well.  They do consultations that are then followed up by fitting sessions that include instructions on how to take care of their new hair.  They also offer medical billing help as well as payment plan options for those that need the assistance.

Most people, she admitted, find her and EBK Beauty through the Pink Ribbon Symposium, the Southside Cancer Center in Jacksonville or her occasional appearances on Jacksonville’s Channel 4 Morning Show broadcasts connected to the subject of cancer and hair loss.  Her clients are not limited to the Jacksonville area as she can do consultations through Skype which allows her to help clients online without the need for them to travel to her.

“I wish that people knew how much more realistic they could look by having a custom made piece than wearing a hair replacement piece purchased in a wig store or hair supply store. Also, I would love to spread the word that custom units are very affordable,” remarked Ms. Ellis when asked what she wished people knew about hair loss solutions.

 

 

Hair Extensions and the EBK Beautiful You

Hair extensions are one of the easiest and most affordable ways to make a dramatic impact to your look.  It is probably one of the most popular choices by celebrities to make a change to their image and up the game when it comes to looking more fabulous and glamorous.  It used to be that one had to be blessed by the right genes, the best hormone levels, and the best of the best hair products to have long luxurious curls and waves.  One would nurture their hair with products and vitamins and put up with the pains of the “growing-out” stages to reach a length where they could finally try a new style. 

Unfortunately, no matter how some people try, their genes are just not there to grow long hair.  I have a friend that grows hair so slowly that she can go 4 months before her style starts to look like it needs a trim.  Extensions are a perfect choice for her when she decides she wants to live the life of a woman with thick, long and wavy ponytails, complicated braids, and show stopper up-dos!

Hair extensions have leveled the playing ground for all women to have long hair, fuller hair, wavy, straight or curly looks.  Whatever you want you can have and you can look fabulous in a thick shoulder-length look one week and a long, past the shoulder pony tail the next. 

Get those extensions put to your head by an expert and no one will know that it isn’t your hair.  Here at EBK Beauty we are quite famous for the quality and skill of our cheap sew-in of only $50.  Knowing the difference we can make in the appearance of woman’s hair I can’t tell you how hard it is on me sometimes to sit still in church and not scoot my way up to someone with a poorly installed weave.  I want to slip them my business card but doing that in church just doesn’t seem the right thing to do.  Every day I pass someone on a sidewalk, in a store check-out line, or elsewhere and I know that their attempt to have a great look has been ruined by the installation of the hair extensions and I want to approach them sooooo badly. 

It takes good hair extensions for sure to get the best look but no matter what without the right installation all can go wrong.  I so want to give women a new sense of confidence by giving them a choice of better quality hair extension products and more affordable access to professionally installed hair extensions at EBK Beauty.  We can do so much for women, as well as men and children, whether as a choice for hair replacement solutions or for their beauty enhancing hair extensions.  Yet, until they make THAT appointment with us we can’t give them what I KNOW will be an amazing transformation to boost their look and confidence.

Try us once and you will be so thrilled!  I’ve chosen the best of the best in hair extension products to use and sell at EBK Beauty.  I know we are skilled beyond compare to make you look fabulous and we can do it at a more affordable rate for your budget.  Don’t wait another moment – come in, take a seat in one of our chairs, and get the EBK Beauty look!  At EBK Beauty we’re here to give you our best so you can look your best! 

Get Inspired: Think, Dance, and Smile (and Share!)

Here are some random “gifts of inspiration” for you!  To make you think, to make you dance, to make you smile!  Have a great weekend and remember – we are here for you all day today, all day Saturday, Sunday by special appointment and of course Monday and on!  Walk-in or call (904)568-5242

Check out our Fabulous August Specials and take advantage of the savings!  Of course we always have our $50 Quick Sew-in available!

Think:

“For Attractive lips, speak words of kindness.

For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.

For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.

For beautiful hair, let a child run their fingers through it once a day.

For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone.

People, more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed.

Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you will find one at the end of each of your arms.

As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself and the other for helping others.”

~ Sam Levenson

 

Dance:

(Stretch your arms – spin and move where you are and feel it!)

I love this song - the words are so inspirational and can motivate you to Waka! Waka! (Do it! Do it!)

"You're on the frontline - Everyone's watching - You know it's serious - We're getting closer

This isn’t over

The pressure is on - You feel it - But you've got it all - Believe it!

When you fall get up - Oh oh... - And if you fall get up - eh eh...

People are raising - Their expectations - Go on and feed them - This is your moment

No hesitations

Today's your day - I feel it - You paved the way - Believe it!"

Smile (& Dance?):

Come through the doors of EBK Beauty dancing and we'll know you've been watching! (Oh!  and we'll dance with you!)

 

 

 

Go ahead and take a chance - you never know what might be there waiting!

 

 

From all of us at EBK Beauty - Have a BEAUTIFUL day & a great weekend!

Hope to see you in one of our chairs soon! 

Is Today the Day You Find Your Wings?

Beauty it was said is in the eye of the beholder.  Isn’t it a shame that for many women, and especially young girls, it is often hard for them to look in the mirror and see someone beautiful gazing back.  The eyes can be the most striking most have ever seen, the lips can be full, pouty, and just what every lip injecting addict is searching for and yet the person in the mirror looks past the beautiful and narrows in on that which they wish they could change.

It is in the pursuit of perfection that every woman looks to change herself.  Well, not really.  It isn’t in the pursuit of perfection because in reality perfection of beauty doesn’t exist.  What one sees as beauty another will overlook.  We are once again back to the old phrase “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”

Could it be then that we should consider that if the person looking back at you in the mirror fails to see beauty then perhaps it is the beholder that has the wrong perception?  Perhaps the face in the mirror is beautiful beyond compare but the beholder doesn’t see the beauty.  Why would that be?  It comes down to confidence.  Not pride, not a desire to make others jealous or envious, but rather confidence. 

Pride will always “eek” out of the pores and instead of a sense of beauty the person will send off a “vibe” of ego, narcissism, self-centeredness, fakeness, and all the other things that will leave those in a room feeling better when the self-proclaimed beauty leaves the room. 

Confidence on the other hand can fill a room with a sense of ease and a person with less than glamorous features can become in the eyes of the whole room the definition of beauty.  The funny thing is that instead of trying to make the whole room believe she is beautiful she could care less – being beautiful was not the intention of her being that moment – it was just a sense of being comfortable in who she is as a woman and making those around her feel accepted.  She can do that because she has learned to accept herself.

You can’t learn confidence.  It won’t come from a new weave, a new wig, a new job, a new outfit, the most expensive pair of sunglasses among your friends, or a shiny brand name car.  Confidence comes from a sense of being happy in your own skin and bones and being content with your decisions, behaviors and thoughts for others as a person.  It comes from enhancing the you and the end of trying to be someone else.

I have always loved the symbolic gift God gave us in the life cycle of the butterfly.  The caterpillar trying to find its way along the ground, on a branch or leaf, exploring and traveling the world.  Thinking in life that this is it when all along there is another possibility. 

Going into that cocoon takes hard work.  The caterpillar works hard, makes sacrifices, stops taking strolls out into the sun but rather finds a place to prepare and face what must be frightening.  Then it takes time.  Lots of time in the life of that caterpillar.  I think that symbolizes the struggles we all face in life and for some the time seems an eternity and it would of course seem that way – just as it must to the caterpillar.

Then one day it comes out from the bottom of that cocoon – not out from the top – but from the bottom – and it emerges as something quite different, beautiful, with unique patterns all its own.  Then it flies and sees the world as only few can.  I think that cocoon is a gathering of all the things into something symbolic that must be left behind.  I think the caterpillar must emerge about the time it realizes that it is what it is and it is time to peek out from what it has built around itself and become all it was meant to become as it discards old beliefs, old habits, false friends, and old false truths.

I hope you will stand in the mirror and no matter what you see staring back at you that you can see that butterfly that is inside the caterpillar.  I see it every day in another’s eyes as I look with them into the mirror at the salon. 

Here at EBK Beauty we don’t sell weaves, hair styles, or lashes to make you beautiful.  It will take you working on the cocoon, choosing to shed what needs to be shed, and coming out from under it to make you truly beautiful.  However, we can help you along the way, we can help enhance the beauty that IS YOU – the unique and truly beautiful you.  Whether you have just emerged from the cocoon or you are about to start building one or shedding one, we can help you find the unique beauty that you are and show you how to enhance it.  We see our role in your life as the “wind” to lift your wings and set your life in flight toward a more complete and true definition of a beautiful you.

We are a salon that truly cares about you – we want to give you the tools, the tips, the help, the touch of our unique skills that will send you soaring high.  We want to see you walk out of our salon, into the sun, and watch you stretch out those wings. 

So my little butterflies, is today the day you find your wings? 

Hope to see you in my chair soon!  Keep flying high!