06 Jul
Beauty Instruments

Benefits of manicure pedicure

Why You Deserve a Manicure and a Pedicure

It’s another boring night and you’re at home clipping your toenails, or putting polish on your finger nails, or removing the polish you put on but didn’t like.  It can be annoying work, sometimes prone to painful clips that get a little too close to the skin, but it’s a necessity.  After all, as nice as a professional manicure and pedicure are, they’re an unnecessary extravagance, right?  A manicure/pedicure is not as expensive as you might believe, and you should take the time to get one professionally done, because you deserve it.  Here’s why.

You Deserve to be Healthy

A proper nail salon or spa, like May Blossom, will always use disinfected tools to ensure there’s no risk of harm to the client.  On top of that a skilled manicurist will ensure that no clip ever gets too close, cuts skin, or otherwise causes you pain.  A professional pedicure, in turn, will be one where your toenails are trimmed in a way that will ensure no ingrown toenails form.

You Deserve to be Beautiful

Bright, gorgeous nails are an important sign of attractiveness.  They’re a signpost that says that you are willing to put in the effort to take care of yourself.  Why leave that in amateur hands, when you can have a proficient specialist maximize the aesthetic appeal of your nails.

You Deserve to be Happy

There’s just something about clean and crisp nails done just the way you like.  It makes you feel good just glancing down and seeing them shining there in the light.  Getting a manicure and pedicure is more than just getting your nails done right – it’s also a way to turn a boring chore into a moment to be pampered.  The happiness you’ll get from the luxury of being attended to might be worth it all by itself.

However you might rank the above in importance a manicure and a pedicure is best done by professionals.  Come to May Blossom Spa where on top of ordinary manicures and pedicures we also offer shellac and bio-gel treatments to better protect your nails.  Visit us.  You deserve it.

27 Jun
Beauty Instruments

How to Cut Your Own Hair

Let me tell you a traumatic hair memory: When I was in kindergarten, I had a playdate with my friend, and like many 6-year-old girls, we decided to cut each other’s hair. I went first and she gave me terrible bangs. Then it was my turn to give her hair a trim—and she backed out before I could snip so much as a split end. Trust issues ensued. But if you thought that this experience would teach me to leave hair scissors to the professionals, you are so, so wrong. I’ve let multiple friends give me different cuts over the years, with various degrees of success.

Patient hairstylists I humbly turn to when my mistakes become obvious have shared insight into what I’ve done wrong and how to not do it again (Their most common piece of advice: Let a professional do it! Weird.) While I can’t endorse giving yourself a major chop at home as an amateur—been there, done that, regretted it—for trims and minor cuts, I’ve gathered tips and tricks from professional stylists so that your hair can remain refreshed and not botched. From the tools you need, to the techniques you should try, read on to learn how to cut your own hair without making a mess.

My lovely friend Sara gave me a pixie cut in her bedroom once upon a time. All things considered, it actually looked good. My mom, unimpressed with my DIY haircut, brought me to a salon so they could shape it up nicely and make it look a little less like the I-Was-Sad-And-Cut-My-Hair style that it was. When the stylist looked it over, he said, “This isn’t that bad. But your friend didn’t use hair scissors, did she?”

At that point, it seemed to me that a scissor is a scissor, but when cutting hair, the exact tool makes a world of difference. Millie Morales, Garnier’s celebrity stylist, shares this important hair-cutting “don’t”: “Don’t use regular scissors. Hair cutting scissors are extra sharp and allow for additional control, making these very important.” Using dull blades means hair ends will appear frayed and unprofessional. Even if the goal is just to trim off a few split ends, using non-hair scissors will exacerbate the look of dry, brittle hair.