Cherish the ones you love

Well it's been two weeks since my last post. Things have been very busy at the shop. My part-time receptionist Lucy will be leaving us to go back to the U.K. we will miss her terribly. But we still have a month before she leaves. Its funny how you change when you know someone will be leaving and will not be around anymore. If we could live our lives like that we would be living at our peek all the time. Think about it, now that we know she's leaving we cherish all our moments together where as the day before she gave her notice we loved her just the same but I don't think we "cherished" her.

Which brings me to my thoughts this week; cherishing our clients. At Mix we want our clients to feel special, so when we can make an extra effort we will. Our assistants love making a beverage for our waiting client. I have included a few pictures of our satisfied clients drinking cappuccinos. Chris was waiting for his shampoo and wanted you all to know that this picture was taken before his haircut although I think he looks pretty darn good. Now Susan was a real sport. I think you can tell what service she was having done. But she wanted to be included in the photos for the blog because she felt cherished. I love all our clients. And if you are one of our clients or would like to be one I want you to know that you will be cherished as all of our regulars are.

CW stars Ian Somerhalder, Sophia Bush, Austin Nichols on Gulf Oil Disaster: We're enraged! - The Dish Rag - Zap2it

CW stars Ian Somerhalder, Sophia Bush, Austin Nichols on Gulf Oil Disaster: We're enraged! - The Dish Rag - Zap2it

Happiness is yours for the taking

Happiness is right under your nose. We try so hard to find happiness. We buy the self help books. We watch Oprah. We ask our friends what makes them happy. We even meditate over it. Now I am not saying that any of those approaches are bad its just that we have happiness all around us we are just too busy looking for it to see it. All we have to do is to be still for a moment and take in our surroundings. Look at our family, even the annoying members and appreciate them for who they are. Who knows maybe we are the annoying ones. We should look at the bright side of life even in its darkest moments. Each event good or bad gives us an opportunity to choose which path we take. Sometimes it is easy to choose and sometimes it is not, whatever the case we should pause before choosing because that choice then leads to other choices that might not be so easy. Choose to be happy. It sounds juvenile but it really can be that easy. Try it, see what happens.

Helping the world one cut at a time

We are registered with "A Matter of Trust" to donate all our hair clippings to make hair booms . The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is the number one topic of conversation at the shop. We are all devastated by this disaster but we are not helpless, the more hair we cut the more hair we can donate. So please tell your friends and family to come and get a great haircut and make a difference in the world.
Matter of Trust is also asking for donations of nylons as well as other things, if you go to our web site we have a link to their site. Check out the utube video on our blog showing the effects of the hair booms vs conventional booms its amazing. We sent our first box of hair to Alabama, one of the volunteer warehouses. We hope to send as many boxes as are needed. We also wish there wasn't a need. The way they use the hair is to stuff the nylons with it which then becomes a boom , then put these booms into the oil filled water and the hair attracts the oil therefore creating clean water. I know I am simplilfying but thats the jist of it.
I don't think I have ever seen my assistants as well as the stylists and receptionists sweep up the hair clippings with so much care. Every strand is like gold.

Hair Boom vs. Conventional Boom Demo