4 Tips on Choosing Right Beauty Salon
- Get References
Talk to people whose haircuts you always seem to like. Find out what beauty salon they go to. You also want to find out who the stylist is. This is the best way to figure out what beauty salon to go to. If you ask family and friends, they will steer you in the right direction and you can stop getting bad hair jobs. - Services
You want to look at what the beauty salon offers as far as services. If you are the type of person that would like to get your nails and eyebrows done while you are there, make sure the salon you choose offers these services. You will only have to go one place to get it all done. Some salons offer a huge variety of services such as massage as well. - Price
Don’t worry so much about how much the services cost. Just because it’s cheaper doesn’t mean you should do it. You will probably be sorry if you go for the cheaper cut in nine times out of ten cases. Worry more about how people look when they come out. You can judge everything by appearances at a beauty salon. Spend the extra money to get the right look. - Products
Make sure the products that the salon uses are products that won’t bother you. If you have allergies, this could be a problem. Make sure that you don’t end up breaking out or having an asthma attack while you are trying to get beautiful. You also want to make sure they are using good products. A salon that uses good products is usually better at what they do.
Defining Phrases Used in Skin Care Advertising
Very rarely is the New York Times straight-up comedy, but (Thursday's) story, Let's Play Buzzword: Defining Phrases Used in Skin Care Advertising is so funny.
Cosmetics companies sell creams with words like "advanced," "micro-lift," "nourishing," "bio-stimulating" and "revitalizing," but what do they mean? Does anyone know?
For instance, Olay Regenerist claims it is "a deep-penetrating moisturizer with Aquacurrent Science."
Dyan Diaz, 30, says this means, "They are taking stuff out of the ocean like jellyfish and dissecting it and telling us it is good for your skin."
Actually, Olay claims, "Aquacurrent Science, the study of water movement in the skin and hair, helps create products with greater moisturization."