Published in the 400 Edition

Who can resist the draw of the North Georgia mountains? Certainly not Karen Covington, whose goal is to raise her son Lucas in a place where he could have a sense of community. With the explosive business growth in Dawsonville, she felt that an Aveda salon would be in high demand. Karen believes that the products, education, and professional standards of Aveda, combined with their passion and experience, is a winning formula for an upscale salon. With a focus on developing herself and her staff, she created Lava Hair Studio as a source of the highest quality service in a spa-like environment. As a long-time customer, I can testify to a relaxing, rejuvenating experience that I look forward to with each visit.

Lava Hair Studio has attracted top-notch stylists who share Karen's passion for her craft. The Lava team improves their skills in weekly salon classes. Monthly classes attended at the Aveda Institute in Buckhead are supplemented by hands-on classes taught by top platform artists in the hair industry. The team has been further inspired by trips to New York City, Miami, and Atlanta hair and fashion shows. These learning trips expand their ideas, bind the group together as a team, and make the salon an exceptional, positive place to work.

Even though you deal with your hair every day, being a Lava Hair Studio client means that you will receive personal service that provides you the optimum color, cut, and style for your lifestyle. Lava Hair Studio also offers the full line of Aveda beauty products. In addition to making you look great, the 98% naturally derived Aveda products will put you on the fast track to healthy hair. The range of Aveda products covers all hair types and offers a solution for most problems, from calming the frizzies to creating volume for thin, fine hair. Aveda creates products that support indigenous tribes all over the world—preserving communities across the globe from extinction. Ingredients such as gum log, lavender, sunflower, and many more are the ingredients that help build communities and educate children. Visit www.aveda.com to learn more.

The Aveda spirit filters to the local level through Lava Hair Studio’s support of their community. They have adopted Dawson County projects such as local road clean-ups; contribution to the Rock Creek Park and Recreation Complex; fund-raising for non-profits with neighborhood fashion shows; the Dawson County Human Society Project, the Artful Round Table event supporting the Dawson County Art Center; and other civic and school-based programs.

“Being an active part of our community is very important to Lava Hair Studio. It is my duty as a local business in Dawson County,” explains owner Karen Covington.

Karen continues with a message to her clients: “I truly appreciate our guests at Lava Hair Studio. Thank you for all your support with my dream.”