Call today! 813.949.3300
Call today! 813.949.3300
Nu Image Medspa is where to get hair color in Lutz, FL done by a licensed colorist — not a one-size box shade. Located at 3939 Cheval Blvd (just off N Dale Mabry Hwy near Cheval, Steinbrenner High School and Gaither High School), it pairs custom color with the clean standard of a medical spa. A root retouch with gray coverage starts at $65, a gloss or toner at $30, and men’s color at $50; all-over color, balayage and highlights are quoted at your consultation.
Color fades and turns brassy fast in Florida — sun, pool chlorine and hard water are the culprits — so every formula here is built to resist that and refreshed with a gloss between visits. We also fix box-dye and color gone wrong. It’s the only salon in the area inside a medical spa, so your color is matched to flatter you in harsh Florida light, in the same place you get a facial or Botox®. Serving Lutz, Cheval, Carrollwood, Northdale, Odessa, Land O’ Lakes and Wesley Chapel. Call 813.949.3300.
The shade you walk out with isn’t the problem — keeping it is. Hair color is a pigment sealed inside the hair shaft, and three things in everyday Lutz life work to pull it back out faster than they would in a cooler, cloudier place. Get color formulated as though those three don’t exist, and it looks great for a week and tired by the third wash. The fix isn’t a different shade; it’s a formula and a plan built for here.
Year-round, high-angle Florida UV does to hair color what it does to a beach chair left out all summer — it breaks the pigment down. Reds and coppers fade first, brunettes warm up toward orange, and blondes can yellow. Color meant to last in Lutz is formulated a touch cooler and deeper than the target, and sealed with a gloss, so it lands true and holds as the sun works on it.
This is the one nobody warns you about. Chlorine and the copper in pool and well water bind to the hair and throw color off — the classic green tint in blonde after a summer in the pool — while the area’s hard water leaves mineral buildup that dulls every shade and makes it grab unevenly. A colorist who knows this market clarifies and chelates first, formulates around your water, and sends you home knowing how to rinse before you swim.
Because color fades and shifts faster in this climate, the smart move isn’t more frequent full color — it’s a gloss or toner between appointments. A quick glossing service re-seals the cuticle, knocks out brass, and refreshes shine for a fraction of the time and cost of recoloring, which stretches your full-color appointments further apart and keeps your hair healthier.
| Best for | Gray coverage, root retouch, all-over color, brass & fade correction, men’s gray blending |
|---|---|
| Services | Root retouch, all-over / single-process color, gloss & toner, men’s color · plus balayage, highlights & color correction |
| Starting prices (Lutz) | Root retouch / gray $65+ · gloss / toner $30+ · men’s $50+ · all-over by consult · see specials |
| Appointment time | About 60–120 minutes, depending on the service |
| How often | Roots every 4–6 weeks · a gloss between visits to fight Florida fade · a deep conditioning treatment to keep color-treated hair healthy |
| Colored by | A master colorist, decades behind the chair · meet the team |
| Where | 3939 Cheval Blvd, Lutz, FL 33558 · free on-site parking |
Pricing is approximate and confirmed at your complimentary consultation. Final price varies with hair length, density and goals. Ask about current specials and flexible payment plans.
Every service starts with a consultation and a shade match to your tone, your gray and your water. The menu:
Refresh regrowth and cover gray evenly and naturally — blended to your base, not flat-coated, so it grows out softly.
$65+
A full, even color change or refresh from roots to ends — formulated to resist Florida sun and water fade.
By consult
The Florida secret weapon — re-seal shine, kill brass and green, and refresh tone between full-color visits.
$30+
Natural-looking gray blending that softens rather than erases, so it grows out with no hard line. Pairs with a cut.
$50+
Hand-painted, lived-in dimension or classic foils — lower-maintenance lightening that grows out beautifully.
Brassy, banded, too-dark or a box-dye mishap? Correction is its own craft — it starts with an honest consult.
Not sure whether you need a full color, a root retouch or just a gloss to fix the brass? A quick consultation maps it out — with pricing confirmed up front.
A box of dye is cheap and one flat shade for every head. Salon color is mixed to you, applied differently at the roots than the ends, and built to survive Florida — and it doesn’t leave the buildup that makes the next color (or a correction) harder. Here’s the honest comparison.
| Nu Image salon color | Box dye / DIY | |
|---|---|---|
| Shade | Custom-mixed to your tone | One-size box shade |
| Gray coverage | Even & blended | Often patchy or flat |
| Florida fade & brass | Formulated to resist, glossed | Fades fast, goes brassy |
| Roots vs ends | Applied separately | Same color head-to-toe |
| If it goes wrong | A colorist corrects it | A correction appt later |
| Cost | From $65, built to last | Cheap now, pricey to fix |
The shade on the swatch is the easy part. The result comes from the read underneath it — your natural level and undertone, how much gray, your hair’s porosity and history, and what the local water and sun will do to the formula over the next six weeks. That judgment is what separates a colorist from a box of dye, and it’s what Karen has built over decades. It all happens inside Nu Image, a Lutz practice trusted for 20+ years with a 4.7-star reputation, so your color is matched to flatter you in real Florida light — the same light you’ll be photographed in.
Master Stylist · Licensed Board of Cosmetology · Color & Highlighting · NYC Hair Show Veteran
Karen’s color work — from custom shades to highlighting — is grounded in decades of NYC hair shows, seminars and in-house training. She reads your level, undertone and gray before mixing, so coverage lands even and the result flatters you in Florida light rather than fighting it.
Every formula starts with the all-important consultation — the hallmark of her work — so the color suits your hair history and the upkeep you actually want. Clients love her sunny, upbeat chair-side energy.
We read your hair, gray, undertone and goals — and factor in your sun and water exposure.
Your colorist custom-mixes a shade built to land true and resist Florida fade and brass.
Roots and ends are applied and processed separately for even, natural, band-free color.
A sealing gloss, a style, and a simple at-home plan to keep your color true longer.
We’re centrally located on Cheval Blvd, an easy run for color clients driving in from Wesley Chapel and Land O’ Lakes to Odessa, Carrollwood, Northdale and the gated streets of Cheval. Tap your neighborhood for directions and local details.
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Drive times are approximate — check live directions for your exact route. Free on-site parking at 3939 Cheval Blvd, Lutz, FL 33558.
A root retouch with gray coverage starts at $65, a gloss or toner at $30, and men’s color at $50. All-over color, balayage and highlights are quoted at a consultation because they depend on length, density and the look. We also run new salon specials every month.
Most clients book a root retouch every 4–6 weeks, depending on growth and how much gray they have. In Lutz the bigger factor is fade — strong sun, pool chlorine and hard water pull tone out faster — so many clients add a gloss or toner between full-color visits to keep it fresh.
For most people, yes. A colorist custom-mixes your shade, applies color differently at the roots than the ends so it doesn’t band, covers gray evenly, and formulates for Florida’s fade. Box dye is one flat shade head-to-toe, and the buildup it leaves can make future color and corrections harder and pricier. The cheaper option up front is often the costlier one to fix.
Three local culprits. Year-round UV oxidizes color and lifts it, so reds and coppers fade and brunettes warm up. Pool chlorine and the area’s hard water deposit minerals and copper that turn blonde brassy or even green. We formulate to resist that, finish with a gloss or toner, and recommend clarifying and protective care to keep it true longer.
Yes. Natural-looking gray coverage comes from matching your base, choosing the right depth and blending rather than flat-coating. Depending on how much gray you have and whether you want full coverage or soft blending, we’ll recommend permanent color, a demi-permanent gloss, or lowlights to keep it looking lived-in.
Yes. Correcting brassy, uneven, too-dark or banded color is its own skill, so it’s booked as a color correction with a consultation first to assess your hair’s history and condition.
Yes. Men’s color starts at $50 and is most often a natural-looking gray blend that softens the gray rather than erasing it, so it grows out without an obvious line. It pairs well with a men’s haircut in the same visit.
We’re at 3939 Cheval Blvd, Lutz, FL 33558, just off N Dale Mabry Hwy near Cheval, Steinbrenner High School and Gaither High School — serving Lutz, Carrollwood, Northdale, Cheval, Odessa, Land O’ Lakes and Wesley Chapel. Free on-site parking. Call 813.949.3300 to book.