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Fri · Jul 24Sun starts it. We finish it.Add: Poll - 'Summer hair: going lighter or staying deep?' - Lighter / Deeper

Mon · Jul 27First chair of the week.Add: Poll - 'Monday appointments: love them or brave them?' - Love / Brave

Tue · Jul 28July in Madison. The air has opinions.Add: Emoji-slider 💦 'How's the frizz today?'

Wed · Jul 29Not just for occasions.Add: Poll - 'Blowouts: special occasions or every week?' - Occasions / Weekly

Thu · Jul 30What we send you home with.Add: Question sticker - 'What's your holy-grail product?'

Fri · Jul 31Keune 10% ends with July.Add: Countdown sticker - 'Keune 10% ends' (set to Jul 31, 11:59 PM) + Link sticker (booking)

Mon · Aug 3Same hands, every appointment.Add: Poll - 'Color day or cut day?' - Color / Cut

Tue · Aug 4Liters, 20% off through September.Add: Link sticker (shop/book)

Wed · Aug 5Every appointment starts here.Add: Poll - 'First time in this chair?' - First time / Regular

Thu · Aug 6School's back. 20% off cuts with your ID.Add: Link sticker (book)

Sun · Aug 9Gabbie, today is your Julia Grace anniversary.Add: Question sticker - 'Leave Gabbie a note'

Mon · Aug 10The quiet part before the color.Add: Poll - 'Best part of a wash?' - The chair / The scalp massage

Tue · Aug 11There's always a place for one more chair.Add: Question sticker - 'What would you want to know about working here?'

Wed · Aug 12What you use at home decides how long the color lasts.Add: Link sticker (shop)

Fri · Aug 14Texture gets cut in, not styled in. It still works on day three.Add: Poll - 'Volume or shine, which first?' - Volume / Shine

Mon · Aug 17Your color appointment starts with three questions.Add: Poll - 'Booking color soon?' - This month / Just looking

Tue · Aug 18A color like this is mapped out before any of it goes on.Add: Question sticker - 'Ask us anything about color'

Wed · Aug 19Most of the appointment is checking, not applying.Add: Poll - 'Guess how long a full color takes' - 2 hrs / 3+ hrs

Thu · Aug 20The wash at the bowl is where the color gets set.Add: Emoji-slider 💆 'Best part of the visit?'

Fri · Aug 21What you use at home decides how long it lasts.Add: Link sticker (shop) - liters 20% off through September

Mon · Aug 24What helps with Madison humidity? A smoothing treatment, sometimes.Add: Poll - 'Frizz by lunch?' - Every day / Made peace

Tue · Aug 25Can your hair carry extensions? We check the weight first.Add: Question sticker - 'Ask us about extensions'

Wed · Aug 26Why does color grow out in a line? It went on in one pass.Add: Poll - 'Grow-out line showing?' - Yes / Not yet

Thu · Aug 27Do teachers get a discount? 20% off a cut, August and September.Add: Link sticker (book)

Fri · Aug 28Which bottle is right for you? Bring in the one you use now.Add: Question sticker - 'What are you using now?'

Mon · Aug 31In September we are talking about extensions.Add: Poll - 'Ever thought about extensions?' - Yes / Never

The profile grid - one continuing chronicle

Newest top-left. Tagged cells show where Vol II (the 9 live on the feed) hands off to this batch (NO. 10-30). Tap any cell for the full image and its caption.

Stories - weekday program, built for engagement

A Story for the days the feed is quiet - published weekdays (Jacel posts M-F). Every birthday & anniversary gets one (★), plus behind-the-chair, color, the room, and the Keune offer. Each frame is publish-ready; the sticker named under it (⊕) gets added in the app while posting. Ordered by post date; the dated step-by-step is in the Jacel handoff.

Coming up

Already ran

⊕ 2026-06-19Emoji-slider 🎂 'send Morgan some love' + tap-back reactions📷 a real photo of Morgan would upgrade this - right now it ships as type only

⊕ 2026-06-23Poll - 'Hair surviving Madison summer?' - Winning / Losing

⊕ 2026-06-25Poll - 'Fighting frizz every morning?' - Every day / Made peace

⊕ 2026-06-30Poll - 'Real or extensions?' - Real / Extensions

⊕ 2026-07-01Emoji-slider 🎂 + tap-back reactions📷 a real photo of Alexis would upgrade this - right now it ships as type only

⊕ 2026-07-02Quiz sticker - 'Which side is after?'

⊕ 2026-07-03Question sticker - 'Leave Laura a note'

⊕ 2026-07-06Question sticker - 'Leave Leslie a note'

⊕ 2026-07-09Question sticker - 'What's happening here?' (behind-the-chair)

⊕ 2026-07-10Question sticker - 'Guess how many hours this color took'

⊕ 2026-07-14Poll - 'Last cut you actually liked?' - Recently / Been a while

⊕ 2026-07-15Emoji-slider 🎂 + tap-back reactions

⊕ 2026-07-16Question sticker - 'Leave Blake a note'

⊕ 2026-07-17Question sticker - 'Leave Clara a note'

⊕ 2026-07-21Poll - 'Know we recycle our salon waste?' - Yes / Had no idea

⊕ 2026-07-23Question sticker - 'Anything you've wondered about toppers?'

Facebook - the neighborhood feed

Warmer register - community, education, booking. Individual posts, not a designed grid.

2026-07-01 - Wed - PeopleA birthday today for Alexis -- one of our lead stylists, and the person a lot of the team learns from. If she's done your color or your extensions, you already know. Wish her a happy birthday below.

2026-07-02 - Thu - RoomPeople are usually surprised when they walk in. From the outside, it's just a building off Big Sky Drive. Inside: exposed beams, warm wood, a room we moved into and built out in 2014. Eleven years in this space now. Calm, open, easy to be in -- the part you can't see from the parking lot. Come see us.

2026-07-03 - Fri - PeopleA face you'll see behind the chair: Gabbie. The team is the salon -- twelve stylists and a barber, each with their own hands and their own regulars. More of them this month.

2026-07-05 - Sun - TransformationsHere's what Wisconsin humidity actually does to your hair. You start every morning over -- the smoothing, the time, the fight with the frizz -- and by lunch the air has undone all of it. There's a fix we reach for this time of year, and it's not a product. It's a service, done in the chair, and it holds for weeks. We'll show you this week. When you're ready, book online or call the salon.

2026-07-07 - Tue - TransformationsA Brazilian Blowout changes the morning math. Instead of starting over every day, the smoothing holds for weeks -- through the humidity, through the rain, through the walk from the car. The result depends on your hair and your stylist, so the honest answer on price is: let's look at it together. Book online, or call the salon and we'll find a time that works.

2026-07-09 - Thu - PeopleAnother of the people who make this place run: Tracie. We'll let the work speak, but it helps to know the face. Say hello if she's done your hair.

2026-07-11 - Sat - TransformationsBefore and after, same client. Left: a normal Madison summer morning. Right: after a Brazilian Blowout. The difference isn't the photo -- it's that the right side stays that way for weeks. This is the appointment people book once and then keep booking. Book online or call the salon.

2026-07-13 - Mon - RoomQuiet morning in the neighborhood. We hope yours is slow and warm, spent with the people you like best. We'll be here when you need us. Until then, enjoy the summer.

2026-07-15 - Wed - PeopleHappy birthday today to Kaiya. Send her some love below.

2026-07-16 - Thu - CraftWhat makes a blowout last isn't only the blowout. It's how it's finished, and what goes home with you. We reach for the same products we use in the chair, in the amounts that actually matter -- usually two, not ten. The smoothing holds longer when the at-home part stays simple. Ask your stylist which two are yours.

2026-07-17 - Fri - RoomHere's the one promotion we're running this summer. Keune -- our take-home line, the products we actually reach for -- is 10% off this July. It's the easy way to make a blowout last, or just to replace the shampoo you've been meaning to. You don't need the whole shelf. Ask your stylist for the two that matter for your hair.

2026-07-21 - Tue - CraftRoughly a quarter of the people in our chairs are men -- well above the average for a salon, and we're glad of it. We've got a barber on the team and stylists who treat a clean men's cut as its own craft: quick when it should be, precise where it counts. No fuss. You walk out looking like yourself.

2026-07-22 - Wed - PeopleA board hangs in the salon called the Code of Honor -- the team wrote it themselves. One line on it reads Exceed Expectations. June's award for it went to Laura. Eight years in this room, and it still shows. Congratulations, Laura.

2026-07-23 - Thu - RoomA quiet reminder while it's still on: Keune is 10% off a little longer this July. If restocking your shampoo -- or what keeps a blowout going -- was on your list, it's a good time to pick it up, at your next appointment or just stopping in. No rush either way.

2026-07-24 - Fri - CraftA pairing worth knowing about -- book a Brazilian Blowout and the take-home shampoo and conditioner that keep it going are 10% off. The treatment does the smoothing; those two make it last between visits. Ask at the desk when you book.

2026-07-25 - Sat - RoomThere's a whole little shop inside the salon. The lines we reach for in the chair are the same ones on the shelf -- nothing here we don't use ourselves. Come browse next time you're in, no appointment needed to look.

2026-07-26 - Sun - RoomWe don't talk about these much. Platinum Business of the Year, and a couple more that came home with us in 2024. They sit on a shelf by the team station -- a quiet reminder that the work in this room gets noticed. Proud of this team.

2026-07-27 - Mon - CraftA standing chair for the guys, too. We've a barber on the team and stylists who treat a clean men's cut as its own craft -- quick where it should be, precise where it counts. Walk out looking like yourself.

2026-07-29 - Wed - PeopleThe part that doesn't fit in a before-and-after: the people, the day, the room full of regulars.

2026-07-30 - Thu - RoomYes, nails too. The pedicure lounge sits under the old julia grace sign -- same room, same care, different chair. Most people find it on their second visit. Worth finding on the first.

2026-07-31 - Fri - RoomClosing out July. Same room, same welcome -- come see us in August.

The whole of August, as a calendar. Tap any day in the grid — or any frame in the ledger below — to open the post. Cadence and copy are in review; the art pass (real photography, people on their own posts) is still in progress and gates publishing.

August keeps the room moving: practical care for summer hair, a plainly explained loyalty program, a quiet retail offer, and a visible career path.

The month's spine

Anchors

gabbie anniversary: 2026-08-09
liter sale: 20% off liters, August through September
teacher badge: 20% off a cut with a teacher badge. No student discount (Jacel 2026-08-06; teacher half confirmed by Tudor 2026-08-10).
focus month: loyalty points toward services
recruitment lane: Visible career path; no compensation figures

Shipping guardrails

First names only in public copy.
No urgency language or countdown framing.
Loyalty points are toward services only. Treat Points is internal-only terminology.
A teacher badge is 20% off a cut. There is NO student discount — Jacel, 2026-08-06. Never pair the two in one sentence again.
Do not feature, name, or allude to Riley or her maternity leave in public content.

At a glance — 40 feed posts across 31 days: one daily anchor plus nine opposite-platform companion posts (1.29 posts/day)

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1Saturday

IG · 4:00 pm CT · room

August starts in the same room: chairs ready, shelves full, a little quieter before the day gets going. Come see us.

2Sunday

FB · 4:00 pm CT · loyalty

This month we are talking about loyalty points. They are simple: points build with your visits and go toward services. No card to carry. Ask us about them when you are here.

3Monday

IG · 4:00 pm CT · craft

The color starts here: sectioned, painted, checked, then checked again. The finish comes later.

4Tuesday

FB · 4:00 pm CT · education

August humidity changes the morning routine. A good consultation starts with what your hair does outside the salon, then works backward from there.

IG · 4:00 pm CT · offer

The liters are here for August and September: 20% off. Ask your stylist what makes sense for your hair before you take one home.

5Wednesday

IG · 4:00 pm CT · room

Before the chair, there is the conversation. What is working. What is not. What you want your hair to do on an ordinary Tuesday.

6Thursday

IG · 4:00 pm CT · loyalty

Loyalty points live with your visits, not in a drawer at home. They go toward services, and the front desk can tell you where yours stand.

FB · 4:00 pm CT · offer

For teachers and students heading into a new season: show a teacher badge or student ID for 20% off a cut. We are glad to have you in the room.

7Friday

FB · 4:00 pm CT · craft

The after is never just the after. It is the consultation, the sectioning, the timing, and the hands that kept checking along the way.

8Saturday

IG · 4:00 pm CT · recruitment

A career behind the chair should have a path you can see. At Julia Grace, growth has a name, a next step, and people in the room who want to teach it. Come see the floor on a working day. That tells you more than a job post.

9Sunday

IG · 9:00 am CT · anniversary

Gabbie, today is your Julia Grace anniversary. Thank you for the work, the care, and the part you play in this room. We are lucky you are here.

10Monday

FB · 4:00 pm CT · room

The shampoo bowl is most people's favorite part of the visit and almost nobody says so out loud. Warm water, a proper scalp massage, and a few minutes where nothing at all is expected of you. It comes with every cut and every color. More than one client has told us it is the quietest ten minutes of their week. Come see us.

11Tuesday

IG · 4:00 pm CT · education

If you are saving a photo to bring to your color appointment, take it in your own bathroom light. Salon lighting flatters everything. Your bathroom is where you will actually see your hair every morning, so that is the honest test. It is the most useful thing you can walk in with. Bring it with you next time.

FB · 4:00 pm CT · recruitment

For the cosmetology students who follow us, this one is yours. If you are finishing school and wondering what the first year really looks like, come spend a day on our floor. You watch a normal day, you ask anything you want, and you go home. No interview. Message us and we will find a day.

12Wednesday

FB · 4:00 pm CT · offer

A liter is the useful version of a sale: the shampoo or conditioner you already know works for you, with 20% off through September. Check what is already in your shower first. The big bottle only saves money if you finish it.

IG · 4:00 pm CT · education

Choosing a stylist should not be guesswork. A few questions about your hair, your routine, and what you want to change, and you will know who here to book with. Take the quiz: app.joinmya.com/juliagracesalon

13Thursday

FB · 4:00 pm CT · loyalty

A quick loyalty points note: they are for services. The front desk keeps the count, so you do not have to.

IG · 4:00 pm CT · room

Different chair, same room. There is more here than most people see on their first visit. Ask for the two minute tour next time you are in.

14Friday

IG · 4:00 pm CT · craft

Grown in. Lived in. Painted so it moves when the light does.

15Saturday

FB · 4:00 pm CT · recruitment

A first year here is education, floor time, and honest feedback. Next to someone more experienced, not a poster in a break room. If you want the actual details, message us and we will tell you exactly how it works.

16Sunday

IG · 4:00 pm CT · education

August in Madison will undo a good blowout by lunch, and no product is going to out-argue the weather. A smoothing treatment is the thing that actually holds through it. It does not suit every head of hair though, and we would rather tell you that than sell you one. Ask us at your next appointment.

17Monday

FB · 4:00 pm CT · craft

Why your color appointment runs longer than you think it will. The color goes on one small section at a time, and then it gets checked while it processes. There is no way to hurry that part without it showing later. That is the entire reason a good color looks even as it grows. Ask us what to plan for and we will tell you honestly.

18Tuesday

IG · 4:00 pm CT · loyalty

Two things the front desk can tell you in about ten seconds. How many loyalty points you have, and what you can put them toward. They go toward services. Ask at checkout, that is the whole process.

FB · 4:00 pm CT · offer

Teachers, 20% off a haircut through August and September. Show your badge at the front desk and that is it, no coupon and no code. It runs alongside the liter sale, so this is a good stretch to come in.

19Wednesday

IG · 9:00 am CT · people

Most days your color and your cut are two different people here. They compare notes before you sit down, so nothing gets lost between the chairs. If you have been coming a while, these are the faces you know. Come meet them.

20Thursday

IG · 4:00 pm CT · offer

The liter sale runs through September, 20% off the big bottles. If you are not sure which one is yours, bring in the bottle you are using now, or just ask your stylist. They already know what your hair is doing.

FB · 4:00 pm CT · education

You do not have to buy anything to ask us a question. Tell us what your hair does between visits, whether that is flat by noon, frizzy by three, or greasy on day two, and we will tell you what to use. If nothing on our shelf is right for it, we will tell you that too.

21Friday

IG · 4:00 pm CT · education

The three extensions questions we get every single week. How much weight can my hair actually hold. How often do they need moving up. Will they damage my hair. The honest answers all depend on your own hair, which is why this starts with a consultation and not a price list. We have been doing NBR and micro bonds in Madison for twelve years. Book a consultation at juliagracesalon.com.

22Saturday

FB · 4:00 pm CT · recruitment

You can spend a few hours on our floor before you apply. No interview and no pitch, just a normal day to watch. You cannot tell what a salon is really like from a job post. Message us and we will find a day that works.

23Sunday

IG · 4:00 pm CT · room

We have been Green Circle certified since 2014. It means the hair, foil, color and paper from your appointment get recycled instead of going in the trash. You will never notice it while you are in the chair, and that is exactly the point. Ask us about it if you are curious, we are happy to explain how it works.

24Monday

FB · 4:00 pm CT · room

Every appointment here opens with the same three questions. What has been hard about your hair. What do you actually like. And how much time do you really spend on it in the morning. That last one is the one people fudge, and it is the one that decides whether you can repeat the look at home. Come talk it through with us.

25Tuesday

IG · 4:00 pm CT · craft

A color like this is planned tone by tone. Each one has to belong next to the one beside it. If you have a photo saved on your phone, bring it in. Half of a color consultation is us telling you what your hair can hold, and the other half is what it takes to keep it looking like that.

FB · 4:00 pm CT · loyalty

Loyalty points are earned every visit and spent on services. The front desk keeps the count so you never have to think about it. Ask what yours is next time you are in.

26Wednesday

IG · 4:00 pm CT · recruitment

The education here keeps going after you are hired. Getting your license is where the learning starts, not where it stops. The work keeps changing. If that is what you have been looking for, message us.

27Thursday

IG · 4:00 pm CT · offer

Last stretch of the liter sale, 20% off through September. Liters only, not the small sizes. Ask your stylist which one is actually right for your hair before you take one home. The big bottle is only a deal if it is the right bottle.

FB · 4:00 pm CT · offer

Back to school runs August and September here, and the teacher badge takes 20% off a cut for both of them. Show it at the front desk, nothing to sign up for. Come in whenever it suits you.

28Friday

IG · 4:00 pm CT · craft

Blonde is built from a few tones, never one. They are painted in so the color shifts with the light instead of sitting flat. It also grows out softly, which is honestly most of why we build it this way. Flat blonde looks fine for three weeks and then the line arrives. Come see us if it is something you have been thinking about.

29Saturday

FB · 4:00 pm CT · education

There is no one summer product that works for everyone, and anyone who tells you otherwise is selling something. Your texture, your routine, and Madison's water all change the answer. Bring in what you are using now and we will tell you what to keep and what to drop.

30Sunday

FB · 4:00 pm CT · recruitment

The people teaching here are still learning from each other. Years in, and still teaching each other too. That is the part you cannot see from the outside. Come watch a working day and judge it for yourself.

IG · 4:00 pm CT · room

A visit goes welcome, consultation, shampoo, chair, finish. The consultation is the part a lot of places rush. It is the reason the rest of it works. We would rather spend ten extra minutes at the start than fix something at the end. We would love to have you in.

31Monday

FB · 4:00 pm CT · loyalty

Heading into September. The liter sale runs one more month. Teachers get 20% off a cut with a badge. Loyalty points are always on. Book anytime at juliagracesalon.com.