Lumen Salon

Lumen Salon at 1502 Wisconsin Avenue NW is a hair salon in the upper Georgetown commercial district, in the Wisconsin Avenue commercial block between the Bluemercury and the Four Seasons Hotel end of Georgetown’s Wisconsin Avenue strip. The Lumen name, which is the Latin word for light, suggests the salon’s relationship to the way light affects the hair: the color that photographs well in the camera’s flash, the cut that reveals the way the hair catches the natural light of the Federal-period Georgetown drawing room window, and the styling that catches the light in the movement of the Georgetown professional’s daily life.

The hair color service at Lumen covers the full range of the contemporary color market: the single-process color that the Georgetown professional uses to cover the grey and maintain the consistent base color; the highlights and the balayage that create the dimensional, light-catching color that the Georgetown social season requires; and the color correction that addresses the unintended results of the previous color service that did not achieve the desired outcome. The Lumen colorist’s expertise in the interaction between the light source and the color result is what the name promises and what the Georgetown client expects.

The haircut service, which is the core of the contemporary hair salon’s offering, develops from the initial consultation in which the stylist assesses the hair’s texture, density, and growth pattern alongside the client’s lifestyle and aesthetic preferences.

Hours run Tuesday through Saturday. The Lumen Salon at 1502 Wisconsin Avenue NW provides the color consultation that the Georgetown client who is considering a significant color change uses to understand the process and the outcome before committing to the treatment. The colorist who explains the chemistry of the color service, the timeline over which the desired color can be achieved safely, and the maintenance schedule that will keep the result looking its best gives the Georgetown client the information that builds the confidence in the color decision.

The upper Wisconsin Avenue address at 1502, in the commercial block that includes the Mane Street Georgetown salon adjacent at 1508, creates the micro-concentration of hair salons in the Wisconsin Avenue upper commercial strip that gives the Georgetown residential community multiple salon options in a single walkable block. Hours run Tuesday through Saturday. The Lumen Salon at 1502 Wisconsin Avenue NW provides the Georgetown client with the seasonal color refreshment appointment that the color program requires between the full color services: the gloss treatment or the toning service that refreshes the color between the full color appointments maintains the vibrancy and the tone of the color without the full process and the full appointment time. The seasonal color refresh is the maintenance appointment that keeps the Georgetown client’s color looking salon-fresh at the mid-point of the full color schedule. Hours run Tuesday through Saturday.