Amanda Shepard

Yesterday was for celebrating!    I hosted an event at the salon for the community to celebrate our first year in business. We invited The Biggest Little Fashion truck out of Reno to do a pop up during the event and it was a huge success. Stay tuned for more events with BLFT in the future! My amazing aunt and cousin with CreationS made an adorable party set up and brought my vision to life (hello doughnut board). Tanner's aunt supplied the delicious champagne cupcakes, thank you Phyllis! Thank you to my right hand girl Anabell for helping me set up, clean up and plan this whole thing. And of course thank you to my husband for holding down the fort at home this last week while I ran around like a chicken with my head cut off. As promised, I made a HUGE announcement last night at the party. I have officially launched The Collective Susanville's first blow dry subscription service. So what is a blow dry subscription?    Well we are constantly g...

What a year 2019 has been so far! It's nearing July which will mark one year since my last Price Revision . I am sure you have noticed all the big changes that have happened with Salon 705 since last July. The biggest by far being the opening of the new larger location, hiring of staff as well as some new amenities like our house made lattes, new retail products available and completely redesigned website. As many of you have seen, this past year was not only a year of personal growth, but also a year of massive business growth. My schedule became increasingly busy and it was, at times, hard to schedule an appointment. Therefore, starting July 1st, 2019 due to high demand, I will be implementing a Price Revision for my services. I am doing this so that I can spend the perfect amount of time with each client to focus on your unique needs. I also hope to make appointments more available to you as my clients so that you can get the dates you prefer. I hope this...

June 2nd was mine and my husband's sixth wedding anniversary. Last night we went to dinner in Reno and then a movie. It was well after midnight when we were driving home on 395. For those who may read this that aren't local to the Susanville or surrounding areas this is the 80 mile long strip of highway between Reno, Nv and Susanville, Ca. It's fairly remote and teaming with wildlife. I was nodding off in my seat, two glasses of sangria, a rich dinner in my belly, then followed by a movie left us out way later than my normal Sunday night bedtime. Our car dramatically decreased in speed and my husband did a quick U-turn causing me to startle awake. Our headlights were now shining on a man climbing out of his overturned car with blood covering one arm. We helped wrap his arm (thank goodness for the clean t-shirt I had in the back of my car) and my USMC Veteran husband did a quick tourniquet to stem the blood flow as we waited for emergency services to arrive. Thankful...

Transformation Tuesday.  Happy Tuesday! Here are some recent Natural Beaded Rows transformations from right here at Salon 705. We are loving our brunettes in this post but of course NBR looks great in any color. The salon is in full Valentines Day Celebrations! Andrea is giving away $70 worth of styling tools HERE . We are also asking for nominations for a deserving lady to win a free haircut and blow out, please email amanda@salon705susanville.com and tell us who and why they need a little pampering on us this month.  We also are serving up FREE mimosas (21+) for our guests and giving away valentines to our valued clients because WE LOVE YOU! Seriously, I am blown away with the amount of support for my little salon. Salon 705 won The Knot Best Of Weddings 2019 which is already making for a great new year here at the salon. Both myself and Andrea are filling quickly this month so don't forget to book your Valentines appointments befo...

We just got in last night from a grueling 12 hour drive home from San Clemente, Ca. The drive down on Wednesday was equally terrible with us hitting heavy snow in Chester and rain all the way down "The 5." We had ten hours in the car and then we landed in terrible LA traffic for another two hours, in heavy rain which in LA is like the apocalypse. Our fancy dinner plans turned into late night pizza delivery (thank you Uber Eats!). I had decided to treat myself to a DryBar blow out at 7am the next morning so we left our hotel in San Clemente bright and early at 6:30. I have NBR extensions in my hair which makes a blow out take a little more time and adds a twenty dollar charge to your blow out but is so convenient when you don't feel like washing your hair before an event. (Unless it rains and ruins it 😒). Feeling great about my hair I quickly dashed to the car my hubby was waiting to pick me up outside knowing the rain would ruin my hair. We ran to get a green j...

Natural Beaded Rows Hair Extensions What are they? NBR is a weft style extension system that is attached with beads and string.    It has minimal points of contact on your natural hair smaller than your pinky nail, about 12-15 points per row. This makes it incredibly gentle on the natural hair. NBR was created by Danielle K White owner of DKW styling in Laguna Beach, CA. Danielle created this method specifically for fragile, fine hair so it is a perfect method for fine haired girls but is great for any hair type. NBR uses the highest quality remy , single donor , hand tied human hair .  Lets break all that down: REMY- cuticle correct- meaning all the hair is tied to the weft in the direction it grew from the head. This prevents tangling issues. SINGLE DONOR- each bag of hair is form one donor making it less prone to color inconsistencies and tangling. HAND TIED- each individual strand is hand tied onto two strings creating a weft of hair. NO machin...

I have spent several thousand dollars on my education this year.