Seattle - October 17, 2007

Smooth Operator

Ionic Rescue Hair Conditioning Treatment at Halo

Doc Brown’s plutonium heist. Scooter Libby’s chat with The Washington Post. Your dormmate’s attempt to grow bud in the closet.

You’re justifiably skeptical of a man with a plan.

But here’s a reason to make an exception: Halo Salon stylist Johnathan James’s Ionic Rescue hair conditioning treatment.

James discovered the intensely moisturizing treatment while training in Utah at Toni & Guy and brought it to Seattle for a client with particularly dry, brittle hair. Other clients and stylists were so impressed, it became the salon’s smash hit.

The process may be scientific (a flat-iron seals product into the hair shaft, where ionic beads burst, releasing a positive charge), but the seriously soft and shiny results inspire hallelujah-worthy faith.

The treatment lasts as long as color, so you can say au revoir to frizz for a long stretch.

Mission accomplished.

Johnathan James, Halo Salon, 1919 Third Avenue, between Stewart and Virginia Streets (206-256-0715 or halosalon.com).