A Cheater's Guide to Shiny Hair...to Start the New Year Right

GO WITH GLOSS!

Glossing treatments have polymers that lock the silicone to the hair strands. They are really good for fine hair and won't cause hair to fall flat with weight, like serums do. Glosses have a lot of water-soluble ingredients, so when you rinse the gloss out, it's not as heavy as it would be if you were using a only serums. Once a week, after you shampoo, work a clear gloss, like Scruples Hair Renewal Polish, through your hair from roots to ends.

MAKE YOUR OWN

I love Apple Cider Vinegar, for many reasons. But one of those reasons is that it is an inexpensive beauty product that contains acetic acid, which, thanks to a lower pH, is better than shampoo at removing mineral buildup from hair. Mix the vinegar with your regular conditioner right in the bottle (the ratio is one part vinegar to two parts conditioner) to help it spread evenly through your hair. Or just pour a 1/2 cup of vinegar over your hair, as a last rinse…then rinse with water. If you're not a fan of the smell that might produce, you could always pic up the Scruples products that leave your hair looking, and smelling, awesome!

GIVE UP STARCH

Dry shampoo and texturizing spray coat the hair with shine-sapping powder and polymers, respectively. To get volume without destroying shine, work a mousse specifically described as having no alcohol content, like Scruples Creme Parfait, through your hair while it's damp. Mousse that has alcohol (most do), can often make hair look dry and dull.

STYLE MATTERS

Layers create air space that doesn't allow the light to reflect through it, as a blunt cut does. The Winter season is a great time to create a new look for the hair by possibly going to more of a blunt cut (those with fine, limp hair), so natural shine can pop through.

May your year produce many favorable opportunities! Shine on!!!

Mary

Reader's Poll

I think I've always known that anything worth something, never comes easily. My Dad and Mom taught me early on, that much of life is learned in the "School of Hard Knocks", and that life must be lived with intention in order to create something worth while. Idle hands will produce an idle mind, which in turn reaps a bounty of poverty. My Dad spoke about life in proverbs much of the time, and I listened.

This year has been no different than any other. People will comment on how the world is "getting worse", and "how will future generations survive?" I don't buy it. The world has always had it's problems, and most likely will continue. But it's no worse. Take a stroll through the Bible and you'll see the most terrifying situations that not a one of us would want to ever experience.

Anyway, that's way off my topic for this blog post. I'm good at that actually…going down those proverbial rabbit trails.

For the last couple of weeks I've been pondering on business changes for the coming year. What my goals for 2015 should look like. How will I get there? Why should I embrace these particular goals? Should I shake things up and look totally different for the coming year? Have the last 2 years been successful years, as a business owner rates success? Should I continue to offer the Scruples line of products to my clients? Or any products, for that matter? Should I add yet another line? Speaking of lines, how can I increase my bottom line? What promotions should I offer? How often? Etc, etc, etc...

And so it goes...

But for today, I would like to take a poll. Would you mind leaving a comment below, of what you would like to hear about through this blog? Anything beauty related…hair, skin, reflexology, eyelash extensions, etc. Those things that you would be interested in (even a new service, possibly), I can create a post about. Maybe you'd like product reviews. Or how-to's on problems you've experienced. No question will go unanswered, and you just may get your question, or idea, blogged about and shared in cyber space. Cool, eh?

You could also email me at mary@elementssalonnc.com, with your questions.

Thank you for making 2014 a great year at Elements Salon! Revenue was up and friendships gained. Without you, my faithful clients, there would be no goal setting this year. I hope I can be as encouraging to you, as you have been to me these past 2 years. Many of you have become much like family. Such a great group of clients I have been entrusted with.

I look forward to hearing from you! 

May 2015 bring many favorable opportunities your way...

So…You've Been Given Another "New Beginnings"

"Out with the old…in with the new", as they say. As I sit here with my laptop, sipping on morning coffee and nibbling on Poppy Seed Bread that a neighbor brought by yesterday, my mind takes me to the new year. Yes, I know. We still have a week left in 2014. But we are wrapping this one up pretty quickly.

Its been an awesome year for the Lewis'. The business is growing, the family is growing, and we are becoming more involved with community. This was "the year of Meghan" we've been saying. With our youngest daughter's engagement and subsequent marriage, it's been an amazing year! I truly believe the busier I am, the happier I am. Same with you, right?

2014 brought with it some add-on services that got left by the wayside upon our move from Oklahoma to North Carolina. It seemed good that we now begin a gradual scooping in of the needed services…even though I'm still working in such a small space. It's a very comfortable and inviting space, but none-the-less, a tight space. I'm making it work.

We also added a website (just recently), to accommodate the ever emerging internet technology and the need that our clients have to purchase products via internet. Find sales and new products (or the discontinued ones), that's happening at your favorite salon. Anything to save time, right? And sometimes you just need a place to voice your opinion about services and products you've purchased. You can do all these things at www.elementssalonnc.com.

My wish for you, as you enter 2015, is that you prosper financially & that you have many you can truly call "Friend"...that family is close, and there are many favorable opportunities that cross your path.

Thank you to all my clients that have added to my life in 2014…see you soon!

HAPPY (favorable) NEW YEAR!!!

END OF THE YEAR CLEARANCE

Inventory time is creeping, or should I say rushing, towards me! This is the time of year that I have to count EVERYTHING…retail, as well as professional items, for Mr.Tax Man.

Help me get this stuff outta here! You may do one of two things. Only one decision to make…nice, right?

Many retail items are already marked with really nice discounted prices.

Your choices are:

1. Choose the Shelf Talker's pricing of 23% - 41% off select items 
2. Purchase anything on the retail shelves for 40% off it's regular labeled price.

Price slicing applies only to "in stock" items. They cannot be ordered for the discounted prices.

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, Favorable Opportunities…to you!!!