Hush UP for Shu Uemura & The Art of Hair in Manhattan Beach.

Often I get invitations for events. Often I get invitations to “experience” or test-drive facials, hair cuts or other treatments but often I don’t partake because of 1) time and 2) how many facials and hair treatments can you have in a month or two? Some I really want to do but never get round to them. (I could have a year of facials every 3 weeks if I took everyone’s offer).
However when the Shu Uemura came calling with an offer to experience the famed Shu Uemura Art of Hair Ceremony in Manhattan Beach at the Hush Up Hair Spa (about 30 minutes door to door, rather than the mind-numbing 60+ minutes to Los Angeles),
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I scheduled it up without hesitation and cleared the books for this experience. I had heard much about this Art of Hair Ceremony but never thought I would ever experience it. Gleefully I waited for the day.
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What was so amazing was the location was perfect– downtown Manhattan Beach on a gloriously sunny day. Hush Up is upstairs above the traffic of the street with a patio and view of the ocean. Ric Arrigoni spent a lot of time creating a soothing ambiance that is in tune with the zen of the Japanese brand of Shu Uemura.
The view inside is even more amazing. The area where the Art of Hair Ceremony is performed is both insanely beautiful and amazingly high tech. The chairs are NASA-like in their high tech abilities. (Can someone just send one to me for my office? I could sleep in it too)
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The Room for the Art of Hair Ceremony


The treatment provides you with a great kimono and then you sit down and they cover you with a blanket to keep you cozy and relaxed. I was offered tea and I took that because it was akin to the Japanese tea ceremony. After the tea, I was given the choice of watching a tv screen of swimming fish or eye masque. (I take the masque every time!). The ceremony includes giving you an Ipod with soothing music to listen to via waterproof earbuds and off to lala land you go. The chair is elongates and goes backwards electronically so that your head is fully supported the entire time. (Just thinking about this is “zoning me out”).
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Here’s the client’s view from the chair. Amazing !
The ceremony is a complex ritual of cleansing, moisturizing and conditioning followed by a special blend treatment of DepSea with an Absolu Oil (mine was Plenish because I have of all the damage I do to my hair– color, blow dry & flat iron. Not a lot of any one thing but add them all up together and you have problems!). This is left on and I was givien the most divine scalp massage that put me into a state of bliss. Rinsing it out was sort of a slow re-emergence into reality.
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The Hush Up Styling area
Then I went to Kelly who did an amazing job of styling my hair including giving me tips on how to blow out my hair straight and then also how to use the flat iron– and I use her tips now religiously. She was awesome!! (thanks to her, my straight hair didn’t have a flat iron touch it for 10 days. I just blew out the ends a bit with a brush thanks to the amazing Shu Uemura styling products).

video interview with Ric Arrigoni, owner of HUSH salons and the Hush Up Hair Spa.
Thank you to Ric Arrigoni for his time for the interview and to everyone at Hush Up whose gave me such a wonderful experience. it was inspiring!
Stevie Wilson

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