Seek professional help

Have you listened to a professional give a color consultation? Have you seen a professional mix color?

There is a reason Professional Salons have hair swatches to help determine your natural level and grey percentage. There is also a reason they don’t have only 5 tubes of color and one bottle of developer. There is even a reason that they are provided with multiple color books to help determine which shade of red, blonde, or brunette you desire. Oh, and don’t forget the amount of hours they spent going to school, studying, testing, and requirements they met before able to obtain their Professional Cosmetology license.

Box Color is all about luck. You choose a box off the shelf hoping that your hair will come out looking like the girl on the front of the box, correct? You purchase it. You go home and mix bottle A with bottle B and apply it to your hair, crossing your fingers you don’t miss a spot. Then you sit and process the color for X amount of time. You rinse it out and …WOAH- what happened?

Box Color has not gone through the process of considering what color your hair is now. Which if its more than one, Box Color will not mix several different colors to make sure yours comes out evenly. Oh, and Box Color didn’t determine if your hair was dry or healthy (yes that matters). This Box Color also didn’t consider if your “silver highlights” were extra stubborn or not. (this also matters) Box Color did not tell you if the ‘ash’ in that blonde was blue based, violet based, or green based or if the ‘auburn’ was a copper based, red based, or red-violet based. Box Color also left out the details of what volume developer had been slipped in that box, which by the way is a huge part of the coloring process. Even if Box Color had told you those details would you know what to do with them or the reason for needing to know it?

When you come to a Professional they can educate you on what tone of color is going to look best with your skin and eyes. They inform you exactly how long it will take and if your hair needs to process extra because of stubborn greys. A Professional can also mix multiple colors for the different areas of your hair and provide even results. They determine the health of your hair and work to keep it in the best possible integrity they can. Professionals can place highlights purposefully to bring out your best features.  We can also reach the middle back of your head with ease.

Yes, it costs more to see a Professional for your coloring needs, but it will cost you even more to come in and ask for a Professional to fix Box Color’s mess. The coloring process in a salon is gentle on the hair and custom mixed to your specific needs. Professional color has a higher grade of ingredients. It uses less peroxide, ammonia, sulfates, salts, and alcohol than your so called Professional Box Color. There are even professional color lines that will leave your hair feeling better than when you came in. (Salon Mosaic uses Scruples and I.C.O.N. Stained Glass)

Why would you spend hard earned money on a cheap box color, hoping to be in that small percentage of people whose hair turns out okay? Why would you jeopardize the health of your hair on a coin toss? Your hair is an accessory that you can’t interchange on a day to day basis (unless your Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj, or Katy Perry). Your hair goes everywhere with you, everyone can see it all of the time, it frames the first thing people look at when they say hello…your face.

Just as you should never play with fire in a drought, you should never leave your hair in the hands of Box Color.

May is here, the sun is shining, the flowers are blooming and we are all enjoying the change in the season. Don’t let Mother Nature have all the fun. Why not make a change yourself! Take your dull, drab winter hair and turn it into something fresh and new! Whether you are looking for a major change or just something to spice it up, the Salon Mosaic Team is ready to take you to that next level. Call and make your appointment today for a fun and fabulous new you.

With May comes Mother’s Day. Why not tell your mother you love her by buying her a Salon Mosaic gift certificate and let her know how very special she is?

We mentioned in earlier months that one of our 2013 goals was to step up our media game. Thanks to Adrienne, our Social Media Coordinator and her motivated team, we have now made the vision a reality. Adrienne’s unmatched passion and determination has taken our online presence to a whole new level.
You can now find Salon Mosaic at any number of places. How many of these have you checked out ?

www.2mosaic.com
www.facebook.com/salonmosaic
Twitter- @SalonMosaic757
Instagram- @SalonMosaic757
Youtube- SalonMosaic757
Pinterest- SalonMosaic757
Blog- http://kloodin.com/author/salon-mosaic/
Salon Mosaic can also be found on Foursquare, CitySearch, Yelp, LocalMind and Google+

Check In on Yelp, Foursquare, or Facebook at the time of your appointment and receive 10% off a service!

Thanks to Misty, the staff has had some fun, creative and educational meetings. Please enjoy the picture of some of our stylists showing off their homemade indie shirts.

Creative Team Time

Enjoy the warm weather. We’ll see you soon.
Salon Mosaic 2488 North Landing Rd, Suite 107, near the Virginia Beach Courthouse, (757) 427-0200
We are “Different by Design”

‘You’re having a dispute with you neighbor,’ he told The Guardian. ‘How would you feel if your neighbor went over and bought a commercial observation drone that they can launch from their back yard. It just flies over your house all day. How would you feel about it?’

If you ever wanted to know how America has fallen from the land of liberty to the confines of big government, look no further than the largest corporate elitists for the cause. Google’s Eric Schmidt warns the “Daily Mail” that drone technology is spreading too fast and it therefore should be regulated.

See, my answer to Mr. Schmidt’s hypothetical scenario would be to exercise freedom for both. If neighbor wants to launch a commercial drone and fly it over his property, fine. If he wants to look at his property, fine. However flying over my property or spying on my property would be a crime because it would deprive me of my right to privacy. I would therefore have the right to pull out the weapon of my choice and destroy his drone.

That situation doesn’t need bigger government. That situation doesn’t need new laws. That simply means that each individual gets to both enjoy and defend their liberties.

Apparently Eric Schmidt doesn’t think people should have liberty

Oh but Google certainly wouldn’t want that. What do they think about your privacy? Well, did I get consulted, asked, or compensated before they posted high-definition overhead imagery and street photographs of my home all over the internet? Of course not. Google was able to drive spy cars down the street and access all the overhead surveillance information they wanted. They claim instant access to anything out there in the name of “big data”.

Now that individuals may be able to afford their own systems, Google must rise to our defense. Gee, how thoughtful.  Heaven forbid if somebody were allowed to spy on someone else.

Eric Schmidt says Individual liberty is not legitimate

I actually cannot envision much of a reason to be worried about my neighbor flying a drone over my yard.  What’s he going to do with it?  He has no power over me.  Outside of the principles of common decency and privacy, there wouldn’t be that much for me to get in a furor.  Now a massive corporation or an oppressive government could do all sorts of things with that information.  They could even manipulate the information and pass it off as legitimate.  The police have never planted evidence on anyone, have they ?  Oh, but we must be regulated.

This is a classic quote from the article: “It’s got to be regulated. It’s one thing for governments, who have some legitimacy in what they’re doing, but have other people doing it…It’s not going to happen.”   Governments have legitimacy but people do not. That is his message. That says it all. That’s why he and other elitists can have armed protection but you cannot. That’s why they can shift their wealth away from taxes but you cannot. That’s why Google can continue to fly over your backyard, and you cannot even keep them out of it.

Frederick Douglass

In 1867, Frederick Douglass warned everyone about the dangers of gun ownership. He warned us that everyone should be able to have one. Specifically, he stated that every American must have access to “the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.”

The University of Rhode Island completely shut down based on the reported fear that someone somewhere had a gun.  No, not someone screaming Allah Akbar.  Not someone mugging or beating a fellow student.  Nope.  Someone apparently said that he was a good person and that he had a gun.  Turns out that nobody even actually saw a gun.  URI shut down into a police state for 2 1/2 hours.

There was a “gunman”.  As opposed to “illegal immigrant”, the Associated Press approves of and uses this term.  Gunman.  The horror.  The evil.  Anyone even hinting at the shape of a gun in a piece of toast is obviously preparing to deliver death and destruction to children (progressives are apparently very concerned about the safety of children only after they are born).  That person must be stopped!  Re-educated; reformed; counseled.  Most importantly, that person must be disarmed.  We must assume that an armed civilian is out for evil, and meanwhile must assume that an armed government is there for our own good.

Less than a two-hour drive north of URI, Paul Revere made his famous ride to warn colonists that the British were coming. He alerted the colonists to gather their arms and muster.  Why? Was it time to steal money or murder a bystander?  Perhaps his alarm and the colonists’ response received more fuel from the fact that just seven months prior, the British confiscated hundreds of barrels of gunpowder to enforce their own version of gun control.  …. hmmm isn’t Homeland Security buying up all the bullets?

King George III would have fared much better today. To disarm the colonists and further impose his edicts, he would have the full support of the media, the schools, the universities, and most entertainers. Dare to oppose him and one would be publicly lumped together with the worst of criminals. King George was just a few centuries too early. Today, the mere declaration of ownership of a gun implies a severe crime. Nevermind that 18-21 year olds are adults.  Adults with guns are mere “gunmen”.  The King would hail URI for its dedication to the security of the colonists, while he and the rest of his rulers kept their boots on our necks.

If the securing of personal liberty were the sole responsibility of an armed government, then why did Frederick Douglas petition President Lincoln for freed slaves to have the rights to weapons? Wasn’t there already a sizeable standing army in place who could protect them? So many would scoff at the suggestion for obvious reasons. Odd that so many of the same people would scoff at any presently perceived need to provide your own security.

I do wonder what URI teaches for history.  If a student asks about Noah Webster and the Second Amendment, what answer will URI provide?  Would Noah Webster just be another “gunman”?

Those who would disarm Americans are either fools or tyrants. Those who would dismiss the warnings from Frederick Douglass, Thomas Jefferson, Noah Webster, and Paul Revere are the former. Beware the latter; they suggest you are fools for heeding it.

1. Microsoft shoves you into the cloud
2. They drag a white paint roller across your screen
3. They dump Microsoft Office Picture Manager

I am thankful that I keep backups of all my purchased software.  After three days of grumbling through Office 2013, I am happily back to Office 2010.

For starters, Microsoft can keep their cloud

Does that look stable?

I don’t play well with “group think” concepts. I really don’t do well with neo-utopian buzz words used to suggest technologies people really don’t want. The concept of the “cloud” is precisely in that vein. “Cloud” technology is supposed to relieve us of the burden (?) of storing our own information. Well when I hear the word “cloud”, I don’t have an image of anything that is tangible, controllable, predictable, or stable. Cool, let’s put my critical information there!
In practice, the cloud is emerging to be a number of extremely large data centers where Microsoft, Google, Apple, Amazon, Salesforce, and others compete to have people pay to store their information off site. A promised technical benefit is the ability to seamlessly access the same data from a number of different fixed and mobile devices. Another promised benefit is the ability to allow collaboration across an enterprise.
Microsoft Office 2010 came on a DVD. I loaded the entire thing on my desktop computer. I save all the files on my computer. I back them up in local terrabyte drives and share them across my own home network. I don’t need the cloud. I don’t want the cloud. Microsoft Office 2013 installs the cloud and does so without clearly telling you up front. Deep down, they know plenty of people do not want the cloud.
My problem with the cloud is that anything I put there is solely at the control of the data center. If Obama demands it, they’ll turn it over. If they want to change prices, they’ll change it. If they want to shut it off, they can. Not that any of them would actually do that. But putting all my information in the cloud feels about as secure as putting my money into an electronic database such as a Cyprus bank …

16 million colors: we’ll choose dust white, thanks

I have a 22 inch computer screen. I love colors. I like contrast. I like full and complete menu bars. I like distinct sidebars. I like clear content areas. Microsoft Office takes a white roller brush and makes everything one bland color. oooh wait!!! You can pick white or light-grey or dark-grey!

Introducing Office 2013!

Go to Microsoft’s website and you will see images, backgrounds, and videos with breathtaking color. Purchase Office 2013 and your screen transforms into Siberia.

Image from thewindowsclub.com

I was actually shocked when I first opened Outlook 2013. I knew enough to at least hunt for a theme option. I was really shocked to find out that the only options were either all white, or two shades of grey. ??!!! Who comes up with this stuff? The screen is a speed-reader’s nightmare; you can’t tell where to focus. The ribbon bar is lost in the upper haze. Folders, options, and content blur together in a stark tundra.
In case you are a Microsoft Designer and came to this site by way of the internet, here is a link back to the exact same complaints on your website: MS Office 2013 color scheme complaints
I grimaced and continued for another day.

Day 3: Discovering my favorite picture editor is gone, priceless

If you haven’t noticed, I took a brief hiatus from writing on KloodIn to develop the KloodIn app. The app is done. hurray! Now it’s back to KloodIn. I use art and photographs throughout KloodIn. My software tool of choice to rapidly orient, crop, resize, and rename pictures is Microsoft Office Picture Manager 2010. Note the 2010. I was less than thrilled to discover that Microsoft Office 2013 dumped the picture manager.

I won’t insult you with a link to Microsoft’s answer page, but their rationale was that customers didn’t “need” the picture manager because we could just edit pictures in Word or Powerpoint. What? Instead of simply right clicking a picture and editing it directly with the MS Office Picture Manager, I have to make a new document (I guess) and do it in there? That’s an improvement? How does that kind of decision make it through a project management meeting?
Wow. First they dump the powerful Fax and Scanner Manager with Office 2010, and now they dump the picture manager because we don’t “need” it. Well I do need it. I use it all the time. That was my last straw.

Sigh: A somewhat happy return to Office 2010

I uninstalled Office 2013 and happily plugged in my Office 2010 DVD. No cloud. Great colors. My easy-to-use picture manager is just a mouse click away.
I suppose it is only a matter of time until Microsoft drops support for programs that actually work. Instead of advertising and marketing desired services, these large companies are increasingly herding consumers into their pre-determined solutions. If it gets too bad, I’ll really pull the plug and install Linux.

Speaking of dreaming- how do you think someone becomes the president? What about an astronaut? An artist? Those all begin with a DREAM and then followed by ACTION to achieve it.
Remember the JOY you felt as a child on Christmas morning? What about Easter during the egg hunt? Fourth of July when the fireworks filled the sky? Building Leprechaun traps on St. Patrick’s? And when bubbles danced through the air? THAT is what we must hold on to—those wondrous moments that can slip away all too easily.
So, let’s spare our children the bad news of why the world will make it so hard for them to do this or that. Let’s spare ourselves the bad news- let’s choose to BELIEVE that there is more, and bigger, and greater out there and that it is achievable!
“If you can dream it, you can do it.”-Walt Disney
“Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A ‘you can do it’ when things are tough.” –Richard M. DeVos
“The mind is the limit.”-
“I don’t think anything is unrealistic if you believe you can do it.”-Richard L. Evans
Mantras:
If I think it, I can do it
DREAM BIG
Find the whimsy

March is Art Month at Salon Mosaic.

Spring is officially here on March 20th. Everywhere you look, there is beauty: buds on trees, baby birds and bunnies being born, flowers pushing their way up from the ground. Beauty is art.

Salon Mosaic creates art every day and in March we are focusing our energy on developing that art. We are going to let our creativity flow in ways we haven’t expressed it before. Have you been in the salon since we displayed our team building exercise painting? If not, we invite you to come check it out.

While you are here, why not ask about a free consultation to see what our artists suggest for your next customized look? Drop your business card in our Barbicide jar for a chance at a free haircut. Try out our care bar.

Care bar??? You thought you were being spoiled with our massaging shampoo and conditioning treatment before? Just wait. You’ll want to come back every day! And who says you can’t? Remember, you can make an appointment for a care bar treatment and style without having to get a cut or color treatment.

Call us today to make your appointment to check out what’s artsy and new at Salon Mosaic.

Salon Mosaic is located at: 2488 North Landing Rd, Suite 107, near the Virginia Beach Courthouse.

Call us at (757) 427-0200 to set up your appointment.

Visit us on Facebook and the web at http://www.2mosaic.com

We are “Different by Design.”

At a professional salon, we inform you about products because we CARE about your hair. We want you to have hair that is manageable for you at home and in the best possible condition. Your hair is an accessorythat is not interchangeable like jewelry, shoes, and bags. You take it everywhere you go!
Each person, especially those with “enhanced” hair (referring to color and/or chemical processes) should be using good quality hair products.
Shampoos and conditioners can be the start to a disaster or make your life easier. There are so many products on the market that are filled with waxes and alcohol. After prolonged use these products can begin to create dryness, color fadage, build up, limp and lifeless locks, or a tangly mess. Don’t you want hair with life? Hair that is soft, bouncy, and lustrous?
Another very misunderstood product is a deep conditioning treatment. Many people use this as a last resort when their hair is brittle and breaking off, but what it should be used for is a PREVENTATIVE. Most Salons have conditioning services that will give you the ultimate results, but they also have take-home treatments of high performance and quality. Stylists can prescribe the treatment best for your hair and the correct dosage to cure your hair-ailments. Dry hair does not always require a protein treatment and when misused a deep conditioner with protein can do more harm than good.
Styling Products are necessary in order to achieve styles and maintain the health of your hair. They should be thought of as TOOLS. Without the correct tools, your job will be more difficult. At a professional salon you can find products that are alcohol, paraben, sulfate, sodium chloride, and even gluten-free. Most professional products are also formulated with higher grade ingredients and even some considered cosmetic grade. You don’t go to the stylist and ask them to achieve ‘the look’ from a magazine without using products—do you? I am guessing probably not. This is because it would be very hard to achieve the fullness, hold, shine, or texture without our tools. It would be like asking for a haircut, but instead of using professional shears a stylist attempted this with garden shears or a box cutter. The results would not be near to the high quality or standard you were expecting. Styling Products are also what PROTECTS YOUR HAIR from all the damage that heat and environmental stressors cause.
Trust us on this one—your hair is an investment and you should protect it accordingly.
Salon Mosaic offers samples of some products to help show you the difference. We also offer products in travel sizes. And any professional salon should always have a guarantee, we do! If you don’t like a product after the first couple of tries then you can bring it back and we will replace it with something you do like!

757.427.0200
2488 North Landing Road suite 107 Virginia Beach, Va 23456
www.2mosaic.com
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I like you, I really do

I really do like you. I like your business. I like your website. I like your restaurant. I like your shop. I like your music. But I really don’t like you enough to go back to Facebook.

Believe it or not, not everyone is on Facebook

Sure, there are still millions or perhaps billions on Facebook. I’m just not one of them. Two months ago, I dumped my Facebook account because of that creepy new Graph Search feature.  I’m not just somebody who never bothered to set up a Facebook account. I’m someone who had one, used it, closed it, and refuses to go back. So no matter how much I like you, I am not going to “Facebook like” you.

It’s not you, it’s not me, it’s them. In their own SEC filing, Facebook states that they “may experience a decline in user engagement.”  Some users are migrating to competitor resources.  Others are dropping off of the social network scene completely.  However, these users are pretty much still online.  I am definitely still online.

The push to return to Facebook is becoming frustrating

A favorite local restaurant only has updated pictures and offerings on their Facebook page.  A local private professionals club gives monthly member awards to people who “like” their Facebook page.  Some companies don’t even bother with a website and simply put out a link to their Facebook page.  I will let each of those companies know of my frustration.  I will let them know because I do like them enough to hope that they don’t lose business with new and current customers.

Love me, like my Facebook?

These and other companies need to be aware that they run the risk of an association with Facebook’s reputation.  That was a favorable association back when that reputation was new, free, and cool.  Now, though, Facebook is going through some challenges as they try to become a profitable publicly traded company.  A strong association with Facebook may become a liability.

There is certainly nothing wrong with leveraging the capabilities of social sharing and bookmarking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Digg, StumbleUpon.  KloodIn enjoys social sharing.  If you only place your best information or certain deals on select venues, however, then you are telling prospective clients that they can only enjoy the benefits after they first decide to join the other network.  Some people, including myself, may simply say “no”.

Douglas Rushkoff of CNN recently came to this conclusion.  Our experience in the internet does not need to go through Facebook.  Make sure that you don’t cut yourself out from the growing non-Facebook audience.