Esmeralda's Bella Vida Salon & Spa

Esmeralda's Bella Vida Salon & Spa Full service salon

Here is the final result of our black removal on my hair. If you have been following this journey, this marks the fifth ...
08/21/2026

Here is the final result of our black removal on my hair. If you have been following this journey, this marks the fifth process of lightener on what use to be years of professional black hair color. As you can see there is still some gold on the mid to the end of the hair around my face where the balck color was. This is as far as we can take these pieces without risking the rest of what little integrity the hair has left. There has been breakage, and some extra face framing was required as well as hair repair. But we have finally reached our goal. So thank you for following and I hope this journey has given you a better idea as to why we can not go from black hair color to platinum in one process. I will note that this can be achieved sooner with most of the integrity intact with color removal products. But you get the pleasure of smelling like burnt rotten eggs for about six months speaking from experience, this was not my first rodeo with black color removal. I was not willing to smell that around my face. Lol so we chose this route instead.

08/17/2026

Good morning everyone. Hey if you're needing some hair care today. Mica will be in the salon taking walkins today from 11-4.

WALKINS WELCOME!!!! It's that time of year again, BACK TO SCHOOL!!!! We have some openings this week with Mica Diaz ! Ma...
07/29/2026

WALKINS WELCOME!!!!

It's that time of year again, BACK TO SCHOOL!!!! We have some openings this week with Mica Diaz ! Make sure and get your kiddos in before school kicks off next week!!

Ok folks here we have done a fourth application of mild lightener. As you can see the yellow/gold is holding on for dear...
07/28/2026

Ok folks here we have done a fourth application of mild lightener. As you can see the yellow/gold is holding on for dear life. 🤣 this time we did do a toner, mostly cause I couldn't take it anymore and needed to look somewhat decent. But now most of you can get a good idea of the fun colors you get to go through before you reach a beautiful platinum when trying to remove black or dark brown hair color. If ya'll go the box dye route and want rhat pulled out, you can expect even MORE of a process and colors before reaching your desired light blonde you are looking for.

Well folks we have done a third application of mild lightener, and we have achieved road sign yellow. And as you can see...
07/15/2026

Well folks we have done a third application of mild lightener, and we have achieved road sign yellow. And as you can see in the second picture the ends are starting to become compromised. Now is the time we have to be careful on the process we do from here on out. We will be letting this section rest for about a week or so and do our next step. Stay tuned!

So you have been coloring your hair with black or dark brown hair color for years, and now you want to be blonde. We com...
07/14/2026

So you have been coloring your hair with black or dark brown hair color for years, and now you want to be blonde. We come across this all the time and our clients somehow are under the impression that this can be achieved in one service. Coming from a stylist who goes back and forth from black to blonde, take it from me this can NOT be achieved in one service.

I decided to pull the black out of my hair and document every step of the way so you all can see what the process is like. All the fun colors you get to go through before achieving the light blonde color you are looking for.

Our first step was a gentle lightner to break up the color molecules that has been deposited in the hair over a few years.

The next step was to bump up the intensity of the lightener yet still keeping it very gentle to keep the hair from becoming compromised.

Here are the color stages you can expect. No toners have been used so you can see exactly what happens as you lift out the dark colors.

Keep an eye on our page to follow the color journey.

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255 N 1st Avenue
Holbrook, AZ
86025

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