AVEDA'S FOOT RELIEF
Editor’s Choice & Winner of ALLURE Magazine’s Best Of Beauty 2011.
If a foot cream can be called wonderful and amazing, this is it. It is the best foot cream, soothing, rich, thick and creamy without being greasy, with a delicious fresh light peppermint-herbal scent.
It blends active herbs & exfoliating fruit acids. Plant derived castor & jojoba oils, moisturize, salicylic & lactic acids, exfoliate. Even tough, stressed feet are smoothed, cooled and moisture-charged.
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Invigorates sore, tired feet and legs
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Softens, exfoliates, and smoothes calluses and dry patches
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Helps deodorize with lavender and rosemary oils
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Soothes, cools, relieves, and hydrates stressed piggies
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Absorbs quickly
Apply liberally to freshly-cleansed feet. Re-apply as needed. Try slatthering it on before bed so you wake up with refreshed, smoother, day ready, happy feet!
AVEDA's LASH ABUNDABNCE BOOSTING SERUM
New Gentle Botanical Proven
98.6% derived naturally, made with certified organic turmeric from the organic farms of Satara India. AVEDA’s new Lash Abundance Boosting Serum is opthamologist tested, safe for contact lens wearers, and clinically proven to give you what you want. Beautiful, gorgeous, fuller, thicker, more luxurious eye lashes.
In just 8 weeks you’ll see the results! It’s quick and easy. Apply twice daily along the upper & lower lash line. Let it dry and apply your daily make up.
INVATI - Recently Launched by AVEDA
The 97% naturally derived, botanically active Invati hair growth-stimulating system, will reduces hair loss by 33%, and help you keep the hair you already have, while making it denser, stronger, fuller & thicker looking. Results are visible within just 12 weeks.
Botanically Derived
Natural ingredients working together, to cleanse, energize, and rehabilitate hair & scalp. Turmeric, ginseng and yeast help to rehabilitate and activate the scalp around the follicle, creating the ideal environment for healthy hair. Licorice, caffeine, and vitamin E, calm, soothe and accelerate microcirculation in the scalp. Pure-Fumed with a luxurious uplifting blend of organic essential oils, including lavender, rosemary ylang ylang, geranium, myrtle, thyme and ambrette.
Invati Means Invigorate in Sanskrit
Ancient wisdom combined with modern natural holistic Aveda research & development, created this botanical non-pharmacological breakthrough. Invati is clinically proven with incredible results. Powerful technology meets mother nature.
Invati’s 3 Step System
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THICKENING CONDITIONER Soy protein, sugar beet and arginine with organic kukui nut oil for fabulous shining hair. The conditioner works from the inside out, penetrates the shaft for thicker hair, restoring strength, improving hair elasticity and reducing breakage.
HAVING GREAT HAIR GOES BEYOND A GREAT HAIR CUT & COLOR
Taking good care of your hair is essential. We invest valuable time & money in a beautiful cut & color, we should also invest in premium shampoo with the highest quality ingredients. The truth is that these brands rarely cost more than pennies per use, and the benefits are many.
High end brands have greater quantities of beneficial higher quality ingredients, that are natural and organic, leading to increased benefits and increased prices. The premium products are usually more highly concentrated have higher levels of natural and botanical ingredients and contain less water than less expensive brands, which means you need less of the product to achieve the results you are seeking.
Less expensive shampoos often contain unnecessary chemical filler preservatives and ingredients whose sole purpose is to enhance the shelf life of the product, rather than benefiting your hair. These added chemicals and preservatives can lead to product buildup and hair damage over time.
WHY YOU NEED SEPERATE SHAMPOO & CONDITIONER
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Shampoos are used to clean the hair strands and scalp. Conditioners are used to make the hair strands softer and more manageable.
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Shampoos contain components that are found in soaps, and are slightly acidic. Conditioners contain moisturizers and glossers, and are more acidic than shampoos.
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All shampoos are rinsed after being applied. Conditioners are manufactured to be rinsed or left on.
WHAT IS SHAMPOO
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SURFACTANTS are designed to clean the hair. Here it is important to achieve a balance between mildness and cleaning. It is unusual for a shampoo to contain just one surfactant. Some are designed to improve cleaning while others improve lather and rinsing performance.
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CONDITIONING AGENTS that have to be deposited onto the hair during the shampooing process while cleaning the hair. Also, they must be deposited at a level that leaves the hair manageable and feeling clean.
PARABENS & SULFATES
- PARABENS are the most widely used preservatives against microorganisms in personal care products, such as shampoos, moisturizers, & shave gels. They can be absorbed through the skin, blood, & digestive system. There are conflicting studies regarding the safety of parabens and their link to cancer. As a precautionary route it might be wise to use Paraben free products such as Aveda.
- SULFATES are foaming agents that are used in shampoos, soaps and detergents. They can irritate your skin and scalp, damage your hair follicles, strip your hair of beneficial natural oils, and strip color from your hair. Sulfate free shampoo is a lot gentler on your hair, but you may notice that there is less lather & foam.
The core of AVEDA
Is the art and science of pure flower and plant essences.
Their beauty products are alive with the life force of plants, and contain pure essential oils. Their solutions are so powerful they're called Purescriptions™.
While AVEDA specializes in hair care, they offer other plant-based products—skin care, makeup, pure-fume™, aromas and lifestyle—that are all professionally developed, clinically tested, and go to exceptional lengths to be respectful of the earth.
Their professional network, nearly 7,000 salons and spas worldwide, shares this commitment. Ever since a hairdresser founded AVEDA in 1978, their products have been harvested with respect for the earth, in harmony with the web of life.
AVEDA Connects beauty, environment & well-being.
Washing Your Hair Every Day
It’s not a good idea. Your head produces natural oils that you don’t want to wash out every day, these oils help to coat and protect your hair keeping it strong & healthy. If your hair is colored washing every day will strip the color to some degree. If your hair is slightly oily and you feel you must wash it every day, this could actually make it worse. Because when you wash every day, you're removing the sebum, (oily secretion), every day, which the oil glands then compensate for by producing even more oil.
Playing Hairdresser at Home
Using bleaches, straighteners and other chemicals in and on your hair is a recipe for disaster, with the likely result being destroyed and damaged hair, while not achieving the results you’re looking for. There’s a reason why professionals train for years and are always taking continuing education. Save your hair and leave this to a pro.
Using Styling Tool That are Too Hot
Sounds obvious, you’ve heard it before, but too many people too often, use tools and blowers that are too hot. Care needs to be taken that your equipment isn’t toasting your hair, especially the ends. There are products to help you protect hair, such as AVEDA Style Prep Smoother, which uses Hydrolyzed wheat protein to prevent against surface damage from heat styling.
The Sun
The sun can wreak havoc on hair. We remember our face & skin, but often forget to protect the part of body that’s closest to the sun. Consequently, hair gets dryer, rougher and more brittle, sometime to the point of appearing straw-like, while color pigments are being bleached out. Aside from staying out of the sun, there are of course hats, and there are outstanding hair products that offer UVA/UVB protection that protect and condition. AVEDA Sun Care Hair Veil, Sun Care Hair & Body Cleanser, and After Sun Hair Masque, offer a 3 pronged approach to keep your hair healthy.
Wet Hair
Hair is actually very strong. EXCEPT when it’s wet. When wet or damp it’s at its weakest state. When wet water breaks down the natural Hydrogen in hair. If Towel drying, blot don’t rub. Use conditioners. Never us a brush on wet hair. Use a high quality comb. Avoid pulling on hair, and it’s a good idea to avoid sleeping with wet hair.
Messy Bun
Sexy, Chic, Fun, and Flirty hairstyle. You can pull this off easily, especially with the right attitude. This can be casual or fancier. It starts by creating a simple ponytail, then with a few twists it turns into a hot messy-on-purpose bun.
French Twist
Elegant, Classic, and Beautiful, this is seen on royalty and celebrities Suprisingly this is a somewhat versatile style. You can also wear this updo just a little more loosely or softer to dress it down.
Blunt Bangs
Inspired from the seventies, this striking, face framing fringe, very cool style can be cropped or it can be worn swingy amd straight. Usually best worn on a thinner shapped face.
Sleek Ponytail
A very hot style right now, it’s very chic, modern & minimalist. A stick straight pony makes a strong statement.
Glamorous Waves
Cascading, bouncy, playful, romantic & sexy, these waves can easily be tousled and dressed down for that never go out of hairstyle beach dried carefree appearance.
IMPROVING LIVES IS A GIFT
Aveda, always looking to “give back” has partnered with communities in Nepal for its 2011 Holiday Collection.
The 2011 Holiday collection that we have for you to purchase at Matthew Michael's, is 8 limited edition gift sets that take you on a sensory journey of harmony and tranquility, and help support the indigenous communities and craftsmanship of northwestern Nepal.
protect snow leopards
Featuring many of Aveda’s all-time favorites, the Holiday 2011 collection celebrates the beauty of wellbeing while honoring the ancient craft of Nepali papermaking. Every gift set is embellished with lokta paper handcrafted by men and women in the Himalaya. This all supports the local industry, which keeps families together and reverses local deforestation in the region. Subsequently this also helps to protect the dwindling population of snow leopards and other endangered animals in the region by preserving 34,000 acres of Himalayan forest from deforestation.
“When you give an Aveda holiday gift wrapped with Nepali lokta paper, you become part of a centuries-old indigenous craft. We believe it is important to help break the cycle of poverty for the next generation.”
HELPING WOMEN - FIGHTING POVERTY
A whopping 80 percent of those who make the lokta bark paper we buy for our gift boxes are women. It helps the whole village when women earn income, for buying food and medicine, and sending children to school. We’re helping give women the
power to improve lives.
PROTECTING FORESTS
This lokta bark used for the gift box paper, that helps preserve the forest doesn’t just help people of the Himalayas. Scientists say that up to 25 percent of greenhouse gases are caused by deforestation. Protecting 34,000 acres of forest fights climate change. This is a gift for all of us.
We hope that you LOVE Thanksgiving as much as we do at Matthew Michael's.
Family & friends, and the food, the food, the food!
But it can be stressful. a lttle or a lot. Traveling, cooking, getting things just right, and maybe getting reacquainted with some of the family we may not want to be reacquainted with.
We say K.I.S.S. this holiday. Keep It Simple & Shine.
Stay Beautifully Calm and Beautiful this Thanskgiving.
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MANICURE & PEDICURE. Do this pre-holiday. It's perfect to destress and feel good for the holiday.
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REST. Get some sleep. If you are going to be having a busy few days, do your best to relax and get some rest before hand. A pre holiday massage always works wonders to sooth your nerves. Especially if you're excited about Black Friday, and plan to shop till you drop.
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WATER. Stay hydrated, you'll look better, feel better, and it's good for your system.
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HAIR & MAKEUP. Freshen up your cut & color of course. You'll arrive for Thanksgiving feeling your best. If traveling do yourself a favor and keep your and hair makeup easy, and use lighter lipsticks and make-up to avoid smudges and smears that you may not notice, but everyone else might.
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CLOTHES. Buy a new something to wear, but keep your look simple and pretty and comfortable.
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CAMERA. Make sure that your camera battery is charged.
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BLACK FRIDAY. Enjoy it & make it a treasure hunt.
Happy Thanksgving!
HAIR IS IMPORTANT
IT COMMUNICATES
SOMETIMES IT IDENTIFIES US
Telling a story to the world, exclaiming who we are,
who we think we are, or who we choose to be.
Irreverent Attention seeking Sexy Hip Edgy Serious Different Indifferent Conforming Bold Old
What's your hairstyle & hair color saying about you?
Do you think it's communicating what you want it too?
Is it speaking loud & clear?
IS IT TIME TO VISIT MATTHEW MICHAEL'S SALON?
Do you wear the same outfit day after day after after day. Why do that with your hair? You have so many choices, and with each of them you'll feel different. You can make it a a gradual new you or a more immediate new you. Using 97% natural Aveda there's color, highlights, lowlights, extensions, feathers, straightening, cutting and styling, and more. Supplying an extensive selection of Aveda products we can also show you what you can do at home with your new haircut. It can be overwhelming, but it can also be made easy. At Matthew Michael's we use Apple ipads loaded with hundreds of photos so you can sit comfortably having a consultation with our professional stylists and figure out what you want.
Change can be good.
