Buy Eminence, Plant a Tree Did you guys know that Eminence plants a tree for every product that sells?! We just found out. So, now we’re going to start tracking down how many trees we’ve helped plant. Come back to visit the SQN blog to see how many we can plant! xo, SQN Salons  

Last month, the Eminence founder himself came to visit our Lincoln Park salon. His name? Boldijarre. FYI – he does not like to be called “Boldi” or “Bowl of Jars”. Not only is he hilarious, but he knows EVERY THING about his skin care line. We loved having him speak to the salon & giving [...]

Spring Lip Colors We’re so ready for color in our life again! See ya Winter. We’re using this time to find our stock up on our favorite lip colors for the Spring that will give us that pop of color & just the right amount of moisture. We went to our in-house salon Makeup Artist, [...]

Rebecca, one of Sine Qua Non’s in-salon estheticians, is a skin care guru for the Eminence Skin Care products that we carry. We go to her for all of our skincare questions & tips. We know we need to be doing something different for our skin in the winter, but what should we do? We asked [...]

We’ve had an unusually warm winter so far here in Chicago, but we still can’t help but daydream about Spring days ahead. We’ve even been rounding up some of our favorite Spring Trends in 2013 to keep on the radar when the seasons transition:       Among our favorites? Mini braids and bold brows. [...]

We know you’ve got lots of holiday festivities coming up, so we asked Janice Koch, one of our freelance makeup artists, to show us how to create the perfect look for your celebrations. The best part? You can start your whole look from scratch when you begin with her Easy, Glowing Skin makeup tutorial! Happy [...]

Janice Koch, a freelance makeup artist from Sine Qua Non Salons in Chicago, shows how easy it is to create luminescent, glowing skin with only a few products. Products used: Aveda’s Mineral Tinted Moisturizer, Blush, Eyeshadow and Translucent Inter Light Power, Laura Mercier Illuminating Tinted Moisturizer Steps: * Gently tap on tinted moisturizer with a [...]

Urban Decay’s Midnight Cowboy eyeshadow has stood the test of time as a subtle, everyday shadow, as well as the perfect pop to to your holiday party makeup routine. This pink champagne color with hints of silver glitter will quickly become a part of your daily cosmetic arsenal. Laura Boton, Sine Qua Non Salon owner, [...]

Introducing our Bright Skin Bootcamp at our Lincoln Park location with Rebecca! This fabulous skin renewal bootcamp is comprised of three one-hour facials and one full-size product package that is customized to each client, and features Eminence’s new Bright Skin Collection. The services and product recs will help clean the client’s pigment-dirtiness from the summer (read: spots and [...]