The sun protection factor can be misleading. Very little diffrence from SPF 15 to SPF 25 it goes from 93% uvb rays to 96%. The FDA does try to discourage the companies from making misleading or flaunting of higher numbers that have very little diffrence. Don't think that SPF 50-100 means you can stay in the sun longer or you will need not reapply the cream this is not the case. But many still market this way. Remember apply 15-30 minutes before going out and reapply as required. The UVB rays cause sunburn while UVA cause skin damage. The rays damage the proteins like collagen and the skin elastin.(Increase aging and wrinkles) High zinc and Mexoryl offer the broadest UVA protection.
For all your skin care needs give us a call 703.591.5306
Monday, July 12, 2010
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Not just a haircut an experience. Reflections of You Fairfax salon and spa
When you’re looking for a salon in Fairfax Va.keep a few things in mind. Amazing haircuts and color.
1. Consider the cleanliness and products used even at the back shampoo area. We use high performance products from manufacturers like Surface an all natural vegan organic gluten free line.
2. Staff training, ask how often the staff is updated in the latest looks and techniques. We take great pride in house training and manufacturer training several times a year.
3. Professionalism of the entire team from the front desk to the assistants should be knowledgeable and helpful. After all you are our guest.
4. Your designer should assist you in how to create the same great style at home. We hold classes occasionally to assist you in recreating that same great look. You can always request that we walk you through the proper steps to style your hair.
5. You should leave extremely pleased you are the guest and we appreciate your business. The salon and spa should offer a guarantee on the service if not this can make you wonder how good it can be. WE DO 100% guarantees that if you are not delighted the service will be corrected or free.
Are you ready for a new look? The hair color experts of Fairfax Va. Reflections of You Fairfax salon and spa
1. Consider the cleanliness and products used even at the back shampoo area. We use high performance products from manufacturers like Surface an all natural vegan organic gluten free line.
2. Staff training, ask how often the staff is updated in the latest looks and techniques. We take great pride in house training and manufacturer training several times a year.
3. Professionalism of the entire team from the front desk to the assistants should be knowledgeable and helpful. After all you are our guest.
4. Your designer should assist you in how to create the same great style at home. We hold classes occasionally to assist you in recreating that same great look. You can always request that we walk you through the proper steps to style your hair.
5. You should leave extremely pleased you are the guest and we appreciate your business. The salon and spa should offer a guarantee on the service if not this can make you wonder how good it can be. WE DO 100% guarantees that if you are not delighted the service will be corrected or free.
Are you ready for a new look? The hair color experts of Fairfax Va. Reflections of You Fairfax salon and spa
Haircuts and styles for 2010 Reflections of You Fairfax
Last year precision cuts were hot now the to easy-to-care-for styles like the crop and short spiked hair is coming to the front of fashion this year are the following looks…..
SUMMER COLOR
Leaning away from 2009 year's look focusing on rich, solid colors that compliment your face shape and coloring, trends in 2010 more toward the traditional bright and vibrant highlights of the past, including strawberry and even platinum blond hues to be thet new look this summer.
SUMMER 2010 - CUTS
Styles, lengths and cuts were once again all over the place at the Spring-Summer fashion shows. Seems that most are moving toward a free spirit look verses the precision cut and styles of years past.
Bob
Has never left and can’t go wrong, the cut for the bob is strong graphic outlines incorporating. curves and sharp lines. Go for asymmetry – don’t be boring truest your designer to make this style intresting with your lifestyle. Mix lengths gradually, add volume with layers or stick to one length cuts. Soften it with a razor or a bit of back combing or a great razor cutting designer can really make a hip looking bob.
Fringe
Still a great look for summer 2010, Fringe can add elegance or make a statement. Different variations with fringe cuts can bring out your personality and facial structure. Soft and wispy fringes, casual chopped edges and strong bold lines are in. You'll find fringe cuts that go full length, others flowing mid length or brought forward into the eye.
Layers
A cut that complements all the others. Layers with casual textures create a natural look or a free spirit look, free moving hair. Not a lot of curl but plenty of slightly tousled waves added to the volume and texture make this a fun way to style your hair.
Crop
This summer we will focus on natural looking movement and volume. Crops are holding their own this season with short unregimented lengths adding textures with razor cutting can add bounce to this style. Forget the solid crop and go for broken edges and textures.
Are you ready for a new look? If so stop in or call for an appointment today.
Call today for a new look Reflections of You Fairfax Amazing haircuts and color!
SUMMER COLOR
Leaning away from 2009 year's look focusing on rich, solid colors that compliment your face shape and coloring, trends in 2010 more toward the traditional bright and vibrant highlights of the past, including strawberry and even platinum blond hues to be thet new look this summer.
SUMMER 2010 - CUTS
Styles, lengths and cuts were once again all over the place at the Spring-Summer fashion shows. Seems that most are moving toward a free spirit look verses the precision cut and styles of years past.
Bob
Has never left and can’t go wrong, the cut for the bob is strong graphic outlines incorporating. curves and sharp lines. Go for asymmetry – don’t be boring truest your designer to make this style intresting with your lifestyle. Mix lengths gradually, add volume with layers or stick to one length cuts. Soften it with a razor or a bit of back combing or a great razor cutting designer can really make a hip looking bob.
Fringe
Still a great look for summer 2010, Fringe can add elegance or make a statement. Different variations with fringe cuts can bring out your personality and facial structure. Soft and wispy fringes, casual chopped edges and strong bold lines are in. You'll find fringe cuts that go full length, others flowing mid length or brought forward into the eye.
Layers
A cut that complements all the others. Layers with casual textures create a natural look or a free spirit look, free moving hair. Not a lot of curl but plenty of slightly tousled waves added to the volume and texture make this a fun way to style your hair.
Crop
This summer we will focus on natural looking movement and volume. Crops are holding their own this season with short unregimented lengths adding textures with razor cutting can add bounce to this style. Forget the solid crop and go for broken edges and textures.
Are you ready for a new look? If so stop in or call for an appointment today.
Call today for a new look Reflections of You Fairfax Amazing haircuts and color!
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Skincare withamazing results in Northern Va. Fairfax
Reflections of You Fairfax is a High Performance Salon and Spa located in Fairfax city. What makes us a High Performance salon and spa is simple dedication and education from our team of color and design experts. Reflections of You also offers High Performance skin care services by highly trained and dedicated providers. Inspired by Heather Plum a well known stylist in the Fairfax area having grown this salon from the ground up to a now a Nationally published location with her designers by her side. Our designers and aestheticians are kept up on the latest trends with both in house and away training. Reflections of You Fairfax is the only salon and spa that is so confident in their teams ability to deliver the look and results you expect we put our offer in Writing if you are not totally delighted with your service we will redo the service or refund you the price of that service.
roysalon.com
roysalon.com
Best hair color in Northern Va. located in Fairfax
Reflections of You Fairfax is a High Performance Salon and Spa located in Fairfax city. What makes us a High Performance salon and spa is simple dedication and education from our team of color and design experts. Reflections of You also offers High Performance skin care services by highly trained and dedicated providers. Inspired by Heather Plum a well known stylist in the Fairfax area having grown this salon from the ground up to a now a Nationally published location with her designers by her side. Our designers and aestheticians are kept up on the latest trends with both in house and away training. Reflections of You Fairfax is the only salon and spa that is so confident in their teams ability to deliver the look and results you expect we put our offer in Writing if you are not totally delighted with your service we will redo the service or refund you the price of that service. We are your hair color experts.
roysalon.com
roysalon.com
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Reflections of You Fairfax Thanks Teachers and Nurses
Reflections of You Fairfax would like to say Thank You to the teachers and nurses of our community. We have donated 2000 gift certificates to Inova Fairfax and Fair oaks hospital. Plus 2000 gift certificates to area FCPS schools to say Thank You for all you do each and every day. Dave Heather and team roysalon
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Why we use and reccomend Surface hair smoothing system.
Salon Today Investigates Brazilian Keratin Services
By Victoria Wurdinger Added: March 11, 2009 Average Rating:
(The following report was featured in our sister publication, Salon Today magazine - March 2009. Due to the soaring level of interest in this topic, we decided to post it on ModernSalon.com as well.)
This emerging category has people talking. Salons, manufacturers, clients, consumer press and bloggers are all abuzz: “Where are the opportunities? What are the concerns?” This first in a series of SALON TODAY special reports goes In Depth to get the info and answers you need to form your own opinions on the most current—and most controversial—topics impacting beauty and business.
Spend a little time Googling “keratin services” or “Brazilian keratin treatment” and you’ll find a dizzying amount of website postings. Sort through enough of them and you’ll likely come to this conclusion: Consumers are interested in the service because it promises to make curly, frizzy and even damaged hair sleek, smooth and healthy looking. With service tickets averaging $300-$600, and reaching as high as $800, many salons want to meet this demand and offer keratin treatments. But they are unsure how and where to find credible facts, products and education.
To add to the confusion, online surfers will find an assortment of strong claims, both positive and negative, with likely exaggerations on both sides.
What It Is, Where It Started
Keratin treatments to smooth hair began in rural Brazil more than 10 years ago. Someone discovered that certain preservative chemicals seemed to link keratin to hair, resulting in frizz-free locks that lasted for months. This got the attention of Brazilian cosmetic manufacturers, who began testing and formulating.
Researchers discovered that when the cuticle is open, the protein keratin can be introduced, along with cosmetic-grade formaldehyde, which is known to cross-link proteins in hair. Then, the cuticle is sealed with multiple-pass flatironing at 450 degrees. During the flatironing, the heat can cause fumes to be released. This step—the fumes—is the center of the keratin treatment confusion and controversy.
Facts and Fiction
According to Doug Schoon, a chemist and president of Schoon Scientific in Dana Point, California, any keratin treatment product that supposedly contains formaldehyde actually uses an ingredient called formalin. Formaldehyde is a gas and, as such, can’t be a liquid, so could not be added as a cosmetic ingredient.
Schoon explains that formalin is created when dry formaldehyde gas is reacted with water to create a new and different substance called methylene glycol.
“Methylene glycol is a totally different chemical with completely different properties and characteristics,” he says. “For years, this name mistake has been made around the world by scientists, doctors and regulators, until last December when formalin’s name was officially changed in the International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients (INCI) dictionary.”
“When you heat formalin,” Schoon adds, “it can convert back into the original form and release a small amount of formaldehyde gas in the air.”
Schoon is currently working with a manufacturer to measure the amount of formaldehyde fumes stylists may be exposed to when using flatirons with formalin-containing products. He says it’s possible cosmetologists who perform service after service may be exposed to excessive levels, but very likely a source-capture ventilation system can reduce those levels, effectively removing the gas from the air before it’s inhaled.
Online postings about formaldehyde being an irritant and potential carcinogen are correct. It’s associated with nasal and brain cancer, according to the National Cancer Institute. However, most posters aren’t aware it’s a gas released during some keratin treatments, and the FDA does not regulate the amount of formalin in cosmetics, making the discussions of “legal amounts” in bottles moot. Regulation occurs through the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), which has strict guidelines for maximum allowable worker exposure to formaldehyde gas.
Food and Drug Association (FDA) spokesperson, Suzan Curzan, e-mails: “The FDA doesn’t have specific regulations that prohibit or restrict the use of formaldehyde [formalin] in cosmetic preparations, and is unaware of safety data indicating that Brazilian keratin products pose a health hazard to consumers, under the labeled conditions of use.”
That’s why, for instance, the FDA takes no issue with nail hardeners containing up to 5-percent formalin. These products are more than a “coating,” says Schoon. “Formalin is reactive to proteins and creates a chemical link or bridge with them.”
Like the second step of a perm process, keratin treatments with formalin don’t break bonds in the hair, but do “fix” the keratin in place, semi-permanently. Whether ingredients other than formalin act identically is unclear.
Second Generation Products
The success—and confusion—about Brazilian-style keratin products opened the door for a slew of “formalin-free” formulations, currently calling themselves “formaldehyde-free.” But keratin alone cannot create the desired, long lasting, “frizz-busting” results. So the theory is that some “free” formulas simply use different chemical compounds. Chemists say they can’t be sure if the “free” products create a potentially hazardous gas or not when heated, unless they test the surrounding air during use.
Nine years ago, QOD Cosmetic, a dominant cosmetic firm in Brazil, was one of the first companies to create a professionally produced Brazilian keratin product. According to Niko Johnson, CEO of San Francisco-based QOD USA, under EU and international labeling standards, his brand could claim to be “free,” but doesn’t.
“It’s not that complicated to get other compounds to transform into formaldehyde,” says Johnson. “They convert when you flatiron the hair. Any Brazilian-style keratin treatment product sold to stylists should require identical protocols and precautions, whether it’s called ‘free’ or not.”
According to Johnson, all currently marketed Brazilian-type keratin treatments either:
1.Use formalin.
2.Use a compound that reacts in a similar manner when heated (this includes his brands).
3.Contain keratin and incorporates flatironing, but has no chemicals similar to formalin, thus doesn’t last very long.
The lesson? Know which of the three types you have, because there can be huge differences in results and effects.
By Victoria Wurdinger Added: March 11, 2009 Average Rating:
(The following report was featured in our sister publication, Salon Today magazine - March 2009. Due to the soaring level of interest in this topic, we decided to post it on ModernSalon.com as well.)
This emerging category has people talking. Salons, manufacturers, clients, consumer press and bloggers are all abuzz: “Where are the opportunities? What are the concerns?” This first in a series of SALON TODAY special reports goes In Depth to get the info and answers you need to form your own opinions on the most current—and most controversial—topics impacting beauty and business.
Spend a little time Googling “keratin services” or “Brazilian keratin treatment” and you’ll find a dizzying amount of website postings. Sort through enough of them and you’ll likely come to this conclusion: Consumers are interested in the service because it promises to make curly, frizzy and even damaged hair sleek, smooth and healthy looking. With service tickets averaging $300-$600, and reaching as high as $800, many salons want to meet this demand and offer keratin treatments. But they are unsure how and where to find credible facts, products and education.
To add to the confusion, online surfers will find an assortment of strong claims, both positive and negative, with likely exaggerations on both sides.
What It Is, Where It Started
Keratin treatments to smooth hair began in rural Brazil more than 10 years ago. Someone discovered that certain preservative chemicals seemed to link keratin to hair, resulting in frizz-free locks that lasted for months. This got the attention of Brazilian cosmetic manufacturers, who began testing and formulating.
Researchers discovered that when the cuticle is open, the protein keratin can be introduced, along with cosmetic-grade formaldehyde, which is known to cross-link proteins in hair. Then, the cuticle is sealed with multiple-pass flatironing at 450 degrees. During the flatironing, the heat can cause fumes to be released. This step—the fumes—is the center of the keratin treatment confusion and controversy.
Facts and Fiction
According to Doug Schoon, a chemist and president of Schoon Scientific in Dana Point, California, any keratin treatment product that supposedly contains formaldehyde actually uses an ingredient called formalin. Formaldehyde is a gas and, as such, can’t be a liquid, so could not be added as a cosmetic ingredient.
Schoon explains that formalin is created when dry formaldehyde gas is reacted with water to create a new and different substance called methylene glycol.
“Methylene glycol is a totally different chemical with completely different properties and characteristics,” he says. “For years, this name mistake has been made around the world by scientists, doctors and regulators, until last December when formalin’s name was officially changed in the International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients (INCI) dictionary.”
“When you heat formalin,” Schoon adds, “it can convert back into the original form and release a small amount of formaldehyde gas in the air.”
Schoon is currently working with a manufacturer to measure the amount of formaldehyde fumes stylists may be exposed to when using flatirons with formalin-containing products. He says it’s possible cosmetologists who perform service after service may be exposed to excessive levels, but very likely a source-capture ventilation system can reduce those levels, effectively removing the gas from the air before it’s inhaled.
Online postings about formaldehyde being an irritant and potential carcinogen are correct. It’s associated with nasal and brain cancer, according to the National Cancer Institute. However, most posters aren’t aware it’s a gas released during some keratin treatments, and the FDA does not regulate the amount of formalin in cosmetics, making the discussions of “legal amounts” in bottles moot. Regulation occurs through the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), which has strict guidelines for maximum allowable worker exposure to formaldehyde gas.
Food and Drug Association (FDA) spokesperson, Suzan Curzan, e-mails: “The FDA doesn’t have specific regulations that prohibit or restrict the use of formaldehyde [formalin] in cosmetic preparations, and is unaware of safety data indicating that Brazilian keratin products pose a health hazard to consumers, under the labeled conditions of use.”
That’s why, for instance, the FDA takes no issue with nail hardeners containing up to 5-percent formalin. These products are more than a “coating,” says Schoon. “Formalin is reactive to proteins and creates a chemical link or bridge with them.”
Like the second step of a perm process, keratin treatments with formalin don’t break bonds in the hair, but do “fix” the keratin in place, semi-permanently. Whether ingredients other than formalin act identically is unclear.
Second Generation Products
The success—and confusion—about Brazilian-style keratin products opened the door for a slew of “formalin-free” formulations, currently calling themselves “formaldehyde-free.” But keratin alone cannot create the desired, long lasting, “frizz-busting” results. So the theory is that some “free” formulas simply use different chemical compounds. Chemists say they can’t be sure if the “free” products create a potentially hazardous gas or not when heated, unless they test the surrounding air during use.
Nine years ago, QOD Cosmetic, a dominant cosmetic firm in Brazil, was one of the first companies to create a professionally produced Brazilian keratin product. According to Niko Johnson, CEO of San Francisco-based QOD USA, under EU and international labeling standards, his brand could claim to be “free,” but doesn’t.
“It’s not that complicated to get other compounds to transform into formaldehyde,” says Johnson. “They convert when you flatiron the hair. Any Brazilian-style keratin treatment product sold to stylists should require identical protocols and precautions, whether it’s called ‘free’ or not.”
According to Johnson, all currently marketed Brazilian-type keratin treatments either:
1.Use formalin.
2.Use a compound that reacts in a similar manner when heated (this includes his brands).
3.Contain keratin and incorporates flatironing, but has no chemicals similar to formalin, thus doesn’t last very long.
The lesson? Know which of the three types you have, because there can be huge differences in results and effects.
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