Spring has officially sprung, and though the thermostat may not be complying yet, we are slowly shedding all vestiges of the blustery winter that was winter. With our wardrobe, that means woolly sweaters, duck boots, and fur-lined hats are being pushed to the nether regions of our closet, replaced with flouncy dresses, shorts, and sandals. Time has sprung forward and with it our attitude.  Spring cleaning brings with it shopping to build a strong wardrobe of inter-changeable pieces.

Beauty routine, the first seasonal change a woman aims for is nails,makeup and hair—after many months of goth-y darkness and rich deep hues of Blondes and Browns. It’s officially time to lighten and brighten up the scene-Nails and Hair are softer, lighter and brighter!  Shedding the deep winter  shades.  Spring has  offered  inspiration. Showing the way for brighter, lighter while the forecast for this weekend may still be,  brisk , at least your fingertips, hair, makeup and attitude can be springing forward. 

Clean your closet with confidence with the help of a professional.  Sometimes we hang on to clothing, makeup or styling products we will never have the need to use again.

• Makeup
• Discard after six months of use
• seasonal changes with your skin tone
• a good foundation is the key

• Styling
• products have a shelve life of two years from being opened
• ask your stylist for professional recommendations
• purchase from your salon for the guarantee(plus it’s cheaper)

• Clothing trends goes out of style quickly
• swap out seasonal items
• look at the stitching for quality vs label
• classic styles with a few trend pieces go farther

Do you know the classic styles that flatter your physic?  Do you know the best colors to flatter your skin tone?  This is what a professional image consultant will help you with: breezing though the store or mall choosing the perfect colors and styles without second guessing.  Your closet contains gems just waiting to illuminate your style!  Learn which pieces, why and what to pieces let go.    You will the right attitude with the best style .

Happy Spring Clean

Angela River
Image Consultant

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Browns are Beautiful

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This is what Brown has to say:

Brown clothing is usually perceived as being more informal. However, it can reveal reliability and warm-heartedness.

• Most brown clothing and accessories  look classy, as long as they look new and are well-maintained.

• Brown pants — similar to black pants — go with most colors, from beige to red.

• Wearing brown gives people the impression of: stamina and patience, a tendency to be very solid and substantial, conscientious, dependable, steady and conservative.

• Browns show responsibility, reliability and kindness.

Is brown your complimentary color? Which shade works best?

Does it flatter your skin tone?

Learn your best colors with a Color analysis tailored to your underlying pigments in your skin-tone, eye coloring and hair color.

Special introduction offer: Learn the shades and tones of colors for radiating your best foot forward. Learn from a professional while in  the comfort of your home. Bonus a quick swatch guide to use for shopping. Email us today at dare2impress@peoplestring.com for this limited introductory 50 % off deal, saving you money every time you go shopping.

q          Before you shop, do a closet assessment; see what you have and determine what you really “need”

q          Work with items you love, build on these key pieces

q          Don’t buy anything unless you know it will ‘work hard’ for you by mixing and matching to make numerous outfits (A bargain is not a bargain if it hangs in your closet)

q          Consider that you only need to add a few strategically chosen new items to give your wardrobe a significant boost

q          Invest in tailoring for a custom fit (this is an expense that is well worth the investment)

q          Invest in quality verses name brand.

q          Take shoes to the repair shop for a pick me up for about $20 verses $50-$150 new

q          Shop Bargain Rack first for prices that fit everybody’s pocketbook.  Buy only the things that fit your body shape & wardrobe strategy

q          Make a ‘wish list’ and let me figure out how to make your ‘wishes’ come true (birthday, anniversary, Mother’s Day)

q          keep the quality in your lifestyle spending wisely

 Most people only utilize 20% of their clothes in their closet.  And having 20% they have barely or never worn.  With the economy being tight learn how to shop savvy.  Sometimes right out of your own closet!

  Investing in an Image consultant saves $$$$ by effectively giving you the tools you need to build a strong wardrobe to send a consistent timeless message.  Invest in a closet audit, personal eveluation of clothing shapes and styles that work for your shape.  Learn how to shop like a pro picking the colors that will radiate against your skin. 

Schedule a closet Audit with a professional to enhance your Image at a fraction of the cost of random purchasing that doesn’t always work hard for you.

Hair Care Tips for the Winter

• Wash every-other day
• Use an at home professional treatment 1x per week
• Do not pull your hair back in a pony tail wet (this will cause unnecessary breakage as hair shrinks when drying)
• Use a wide tooth comb
• Blow-dry your hair to close the cuticle (this will cause less damage and give your hair shine)

Hair changes and so do the products you should be using. The products are to resolve problems. Sometimes prescriptions doctors dispense do not always work and the same is true with professional hair care. After using a shampoo and or conditioning product for two weeks you should notice a subtle difference and after 30-45 days a significant difference. Water, medications, vitamins and combining with other products will affect the expected outcome. The studio understands this can happen sometimes and hopes that you will inform us of any hair care concerns. We will promptly address the best solution. Your healthy and shiny hair is the priority.

New Year, New You with Healthy Hair

Does your hair lack shine? Is your hair dry? Does the richness of your color fade? If you answered yes to anyone of these questions then Yes healthy hair is possible with at home ease Color Shine Mask Treatment 3 minute treatment effects the tone of the hair Corrects unwanted tones / Enhances desirable tones / Creates brilliant shine Silk Proteins for rebuilding lost nutrients in young hair Only $15 for up to 5 applications On sale for you at $13 through January 28th Does your hair become tangled easily? Are you seeing a lot of split ends? Do you use a generous amount of conditioner? If you answered yes to any of these questions You will need a professional intense treatment Your hair will be evaluated and assessed for protein and moisture. The best products to treat your needs will be addressed. This will ensure good color longevity and soft luxurious locks. Normally for a personal chemistry intense treatment ranges from $30-$45. VIP hair treatment for you is only $25 now thru January 28

2011 is for a New You and the studio is available for all your grooming needs!

Book 24/7 at www.schedulicity.com/Scheduling/SelectService.aspx?business=DSIXX9

Professional vs Home

coloring

Consult a true professional to guarantee the perfect hair color for your skin. Tired of looking at yourself in the mirror trying to figure out whether your skin undertones are pink or peach? Having some difficulty looking at the veins in your arms to determine whether your skin is cool or warm? A pro can take one look at your skin, eye color and natural hair, and tell you what hair colors would complement, rather than exacerbate, your undertones.

Professionals are licensed and trained in the chemistry of hair; science is a determining factor in your color experience.  Just as doctor must be licensed in order to practice.  Would you go to the cleaners for strep throat or ask a doctor for accounting help?

Pictures on the box can equal seeking a color correction. Pictures on hair color boxes can be deceiving; most boxes will call out the color (blonde, brown, black and red) and the shade of that color (light, medium and dark).   These are the colors but depending on your natural color and knowing the science behind color formulation this can be a disastrous situation. Someone with Black hair cannot put a blonde shade on without turning orange.  Professionals know the right processes that must be followed to achieve the desired out come or if it is a possibility. Many times home coloring ends up with undesirable results and the person seeking a professional to fix the unwanted shade or tone. This falls into a color correction. These are extremely costly.

Color corrections fall into four categories too light, too dark, too warm, or too drab.

Color corrections also are very costly and arise from at home coloring or communication gaps of desired results between a professional and yourself.

The science proves certain colors are not attainable  depending on your natural shade.

True: tint does not lift or lighten previously colored hair

True: any time color is mixed with a catalyst it is permanent

Maintain your color with the right shampoo and products.  When making an investment in your hair color following your professional recommendations are a must. Follow the recommended products to enhance the longevity of your investment.

Get it Right the first time by your Professional.  This will be more cost effective and the best investment you make.  Hair is the ONLY accessory you wear everyday.

As defined Public relations is the practice of managing communications between an organization and it’s public.  Public Relations gains an organization or an individual exposure to their audience utilizing topics of interest and news that produces a third party endorsement. Commonly through speaking at conferences, working with the media, crisis communications, and social media engagement or client and employee communications.  It is something not usually considered tangible and sets it apart from advertising.  Image is your verbal and non-verbal communication translating to your Public Relation.

Concise Oxford Dictionary, image is described as “the character or reputation of a person or thing as generally perceived”. A first impression that is based on non-verbal communication goes a long way in influencing this perception and influences their decisions . Within seconds of someone meeting you, based on a single observed physical trait or behavior,a person will assume to know everything about you (as is explained in the 2003 book Social Psychology by H. Andrew Michener, John D. Delamater, and Daniel J. Myers).

When communicating your PR non-verbal sets the stage for perceptions.  Public relations and building positive successful branding for your self or business is the key to success.  Image consultants build on enhancing your Public Relationship presence and character through a variety of different tools.  Accentuating, Balancing and Camouflaging.

These are the “ABC’s of Image.” for your PR.   Your image is more than your appearance — so much of what you do and say contributes to the impressions you make. An image consultant serves in many ways as a valuable resource for your PR, helping you become more poised and polished, guiding you to your own authentic style, and instilling the sense of success and confidence that comes with knowing that your own Appearance, Behavior and Communication are beyond reproach.  You are your best PR for your, business, home or social life.

An image consultant advises men and women on colors ideally suited to them, creates a wardrobe that is stylish and represents their desired outcome (PR), selects accessories and jewelry and teaches them how to shop. Consultants also advise individual on the best hair style and color to flatter their face shape, skin tone, body structure and lifestyle as well as all of the details that go in to making the WOW statement in the PR. Working with an image consultant will build confidence and self-esteem, giving you valuable and tangible  advice while  taking pride in assisting you to become your best version of yourself to project a  positive effective Public Relation for the world to see.

An image consultant may also give advice on decorating colors for their home and office and how to make a wonderful first and lasting impression. In my years in this exciting profession I’ve had  the opportunity to build confidence and self-esteem in  clients and give them the competitive edge in their business, home and social life.

Color is key to a youthful glow, appearing thinner, and vibrant while maintaining your personal style.  Avoid the mistakes of  magnifying looking older, heavier or dowdy.

• Wrinkles be gone:  Avoid Dark colors around your face that will magnify wrinkles and imperfections.
• Introduce the use of lighter or brighter colors around the face to reflect a youthful glow and soften lines.
• Using monochromatic colors schemes to flatter any figure.
• Bright tones are best for pop on flattering areas you want to emphasize.
• Keep it Mid- tones  on your middle of the road body zones.
• Avoid light shades (white) on the not so hot areas to minimize self-conscious areas .

Only wear the colors that attract compliments, and make you feel confident and happy.  These are the ones you all ways receive compliments when wearing.

Learn which colors are best for flattering your body shape, skin tone and eye color with a color analysis to achieve optimum success of a younger, vibrant and thinner appearance.  Modern clothes that fit your lifestyle, figure and budget are obtainable.   Learn more tips and figure flattering necessities from a customized one on one with a professional image consultation.    Your new lease on life with confidence is an email away at dare2impress@peoplestring.com

“No More Bad Hair Days”     Blow Dry Boot Camp

Blow dry Boot Camp is a female-focused customer educational event. Learn the secrets of the professionals. The class begins with explaining the skills, products, and tools it takes to perform the perfect blow-dry. With a professional demonstration of the perfect blow dry. Learning hands-on with the help of a instructor.

Special Offer!

20% off to first blow dry camp or new guests of the Studio.

Bonus

Receive a FREE Essential product to every Blow dry

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Special price Only $45

It’s important to maintain a positive attitude, and feeling good about yourself is a main contribution.  Evidence shows that bad hair causes one to be more negative about one’s self.

Research from Marcial Losada and Barbara Frederickson  supports “Effects of Positive Attitude on Flourishing”.

Research supports:

*It takes 2.9 positive feelings, expressions, or thoughts to counter act 1 negative.

*Frederickson’s broaden-and-build theory based on a 28 day study expresses positive levels greater than 2.9:

*Reflect in positive attitudes

*Directly linked with better repertoires in relationships,

*Flexibility

*Resilience in adversity

*Greater social resources

*Optimal functioning

We feel best when we look in the mirror and like the Image that reflects back at us.  The simplest way to interject is by investing and caring in some thing we wear everyday:  Our hair!  Professional styling diminishes the “bad hair day” affect by gracefully maintaining a shape over the maturity of 4-6 week period.  Costing out a polished Coiffed style and youthful color costs less than daily Starbucks coffee and the benefits are priceless.

“Bad Hair Days“ by Dr. Marianne LaFrance Professor of Psychology and of Women’s and Gender Studies at Yale University analyzes information on how individuals feel during a “bad hair day,” found:

* Individuals’ self-esteem increase self-doubt

*Intensify social insecurities

*Yields self-critical thoughts

The Yale study produced astonishing results:

*Lowers Self-Esteem Regarding Performance,

*Intensifying social insecurities-

Women tend to feel more disgraced, embarrassed, ashamed or self-conscious during a ‘Bad Hair Day’.

Men on the other hand, feel more nervous, less confident and are more inclined to be unsociable.

Specifically, results indicate that a ‘Bad Hair Day’ leads individuals to find more personal character flaws that go beyond their appearance

“Interestingly, both women and men are negatively affected by the phenomenon of bad hair days,” says Professor LaFrance. “Even more fascinating is our finding that individuals perceive their capabilities to be significantly lower than others when experiencing bad hair.”
We wear are hair everyday while an article of clothing range from once a week, twice a month ect…An article of clothing costs out more per month than what you wear everyday.  Your hair, good, bad or indifferent sets the Stage for the day.  Set yours for optimum success!

Feeling good about yourself everyday is a priority and essential to your broadening social skills, increasing your self-esteem and develops a positive attitude, which improves performance.  Investing in feeling good is essential for survival in the world we now live in.  Evidence supports and shows that ‘bad hair’ or mediocre hair causes one to be more negative about one’s self. Attitude changes as a response to communication of the message you see daily and hear for others for example “You look great today, did you do something?” verses “Are you feeling ok?’  Grab your positive attitude daily.  Ask the stylist to show you how to achieve results in styling daily.  Experienced and professional stylists will take the time and energy to ensure your success in maintaining your look.

The positive attitude is a winning tactic you can implement with simply obtaining the perfect style for your face shape, body structure, skin tone and lifestyle.  You’re never too young or old to learn how to look and feel good!

Any further information on finding the perfect fit for your essential style contact us at dare2impress@peoplestring.co Attitude is Everything in a down Economy

Healthy luster and glowing hair isn’t just for the Hollywood crowd. Treat your hair with kindness, boar-bristled or thermal brushes and the right products with proper care…you will shine like a Star!
Hollywood worthy Hair utilizes professionally recommended shampoos and conditioners. After a two-week period of use a noticeable difference is apparent.  Professional products are more cost effective because of the concentration lasting 2-4 months with proper usage.
An amazing thing will happen your hair will be completely manageable. It is soft, supple and has great sheen.
One of the most important things you can do when you treat your hair with care is wash your hair with professionally recommended shampoo twice and try to shampoo every other day.. You don’t need a ton of the shampoo, just a pea to dime-sized amount on wet hair. Rub the product in-between your hands evenly distribute then Lather, lather, lather at the scalp (don’t worry about the ends) using the pads of your fingers. Then rinse fully. Repeat this step as the first shampoo breaks down products and does not lather as well, the second shampoo cleanses your scalp and do not worry about your ends.

Only a pea to dime- sized amount of conditioner (buy liters or ask if refills are available at a discount if you’re trying to be economical) and work this in by taking your hair into a ponytail and then running your hand down, concentrating on the ends. Then take your hands and rake them through from the roots to the tips. Shave your legs, wash your face or scrub your feet with aloof for a bit before rinsing the conditioner out.
When you towel dry, don’t rub… squeeze out the excess water by blotting. Comb through with a wide toothed comb starting at the ends (this prevents breakage).  Let the styling begin

You too will have gorgeous shiny Hollywood hair!

To find out which professional products will give you the Hollywood luster in your hair contact us for your complimentary consultation at 248-293-3273.