The Most Common Myth Regarding Professional Beauty Products

Written by Melissa Eaton


The biggest myth inrepparttar beauty retail industry is that people thinkrepparttar 130229 more it costs,repparttar 130230 better it must be.

Nothing could be further fromrepparttar 130231 truth. In fact, many ofrepparttar 130232 most common high priced and name brand beauty products haverepparttar 130233 exact same ingredients asrepparttar 130234 lower priced brands that you can buy in any discount store. The difference is, you are paying for a name brand.

As a stylist, I constantly shoot myself inrepparttar 130235 foot regarding retail sales. But I really can't stand to see good people spend hard earned money on products that they don't need or can pay less for and achieverepparttar 130236 same results. Many think I'm crazy for telling people this, but selling my services are what payrepparttar 130237 bills, NOTrepparttar 130238 sale of retail products. My honesty has gained me hundreds of repeat clients throughrepparttar 130239 years and I'd much rather have a client coming in once a month for a trim or color than every other month to buy a bottle of shampoo. You getrepparttar 130240 drift.

When it comes to shampoo, conditioner and styling products - just because it comes from a salon doesn't make it any better than products you can buy in a discount retail store. Shampoo is a detergent no matter how you package it. Conditioner is just what it says andrepparttar 130241 same goes for styling products. The only difference is that salon products are more concentrated and will last longer. Inrepparttar 130242 end,repparttar 130243 costs really figure out to berepparttar 130244 same for salon and regular retail products. So my advice is to use whatever works best for you andrepparttar 130245 products you like.

Wedding Cake - Bakery Tips

Written by Zorana Durkovic


Planning a wedding may be very stressful, sorepparttar best thing to do to help it is to do everything you can in advance.

Same stands forrepparttar 130227 wedding cake. Where to start?

Lets see together:

Have an idea of how many guests you will have at your reception, this will help determinerepparttar 130228 amount of wedding cake you will need or number of cupcake wedding cakes.

The pastry chef/cake decorator may ask how many invitations are being sent to how many people and how many are from out of town or from more than a certain number of miles away.

The pastry chef/cake decorator will use this information to calculate how many people will actually show up atrepparttar 130229 reception and how many of those will actually eat a piece or more of cake.

By this time several people, such asrepparttar 130230 minister and caterer, will have asked for this information. They will have calculated and told you how many people they think will actually attend your wedding and reception.

You will have been appalled atrepparttar 130231 low number they came up with. You know that everyone you invite is waiting breathlessly to attend your wedding and that only those who are ill or incapacitated or on Moon will pass uprepparttar 130232 chance to wish you well in person on your big day. Whenrepparttar 130233 baker comes up with a similar number, believe him because it’s true.

Many people will simply forget and others can think of no way worse to spend a summer Saturday than at another wedding. That’s justrepparttar 130234 way it is. And you can believe it and save some money, or you can believe that everyone will come and then have to decide what to do withrepparttar 130235 leftover cake.

Do whatever will dorepparttar 130236 most to put your mind at ease forrepparttar 130237 next six to eight months. Saving money by ordering only a sufficient amount of cake based onrepparttar 130238 years of experience of your baker is no good if you are going to fret over it and be nervous about it for more than half a year.

Sleeping well, feeling good and setting your mind at ease before your big day is a lot more important than saving money and having no leftovers. You will have enough to go crazy with as your wedding approaches.

When in wedding cake bakery, be clear aboutrepparttar 130239 date, time, and location ofrepparttar 130240 wedding and receptions; set deadlines for changes torepparttar 130241 cake design and size and for delivery; providerepparttar 130242 address of and a map torepparttar 130243 reception.

Make sure thatrepparttar 130244 cake can be delivered at a time convenient to you or whomever you will have to receive and inspectrepparttar 130245 cake.

There should be a written contract withrepparttar 130246 wedding cake bakery to specifyrepparttar 130247 size, shape, flavor, color, decorations, delivery day, delivery time, delivery place, and price of wedding cake.

Such a contract, of course, does not need a special form or a lawyer to draw it up. It can be a simple list with this information. The list should be dated and signed by bothrepparttar 130248 baker and you, and you should each have a copy.

Many wedding cake bakeries have their own form for such orders because it is as important to them that you remember exactly what you asked for and don’t remember asking for something that you never mentioned as it is to you that they deliver what you did ask for.

If they have their form, use it and add any items or information that you need to. Make sure you take a copy of their form.

Bring swatches of material to matchrepparttar 130249 cake to your wedding colors because colors in pictures are often slightly off and a picture’s colors can fade with time. (But again, don’t forgetrepparttar 130250 picture ofrepparttar 130251 wedding cake.)

Below you will find list of questions you should askrepparttar 130252 pastry chef, baker, or cake decorator atrepparttar 130253 wedding cake bakery. It is your special day you have every right to ask questions!

Questions to ask atrepparttar 130254 bakery:

(Suggestion: print these questions, you will certainly need them)!

1. Can pastry chef/cake decorator create custom cake from your instructions and to look like your wedding-cake picture.

2. What flavors of wedding cake and icing are available? Or if you already have an idea what you want, ask "Can you make a (type of cake) with (flavor of icing)?"

3. Ask to sample some ofrepparttar 130255 bakery's cakes. If you don't care for any ofrepparttar 130256 cake samples offered byrepparttar 130257 bakery, ask for additional samples or as what other choices are available.

Even if you have to order a small cake to tryrepparttar 130258 baker's version of what you want, it is a small price to pay for satisfaction.

4. In case you want to use fresh flowers to decoraterepparttar 130259 wedding cake, ask ifrepparttar 130260 bakery can provide them or if you or a florist must deliver them.

5.Request to see pictures of wedding cakes from their photo gallery. Take a look at their album and see if you likerepparttar 130261 looks ofrepparttar 130262 cakes. Ask how oldrepparttar 130263 pictures are and ifrepparttar 130264 person who baked and decorated these cakes isrepparttar 130265 same person who will create yours.

6. Doesrepparttar 130266 bakery, baker, pastry chef, or cake decorator hasrepparttar 130267 required licenses and has passed health inspections. Licensing varies from state to state, but a bakery is probably required to be licensed as a retail food establishment or as a food preparer.

The health department ofrepparttar 130268 city, county, or state probably issues licenses. The baker, pastry chef, and decorator may also be required to be licensed or qualified as a food handler.

You can go to most states' web sites and find out just what licensing is required so that you know what to ask for.

Most bakeries will gladly let you look atrepparttar 130269 kitchen to see whererepparttar 130270 cake will be mixed, baked, decorated, and stored; this is probably as satisfying as seeingrepparttar 130271 licenses.

You should probably ask to take a peek atrepparttar 130272 kitchen after asking aboutrepparttar 130273 licenses. You can also ask to seerepparttar 130274 results ofrepparttar 130275 latest health inspection.

7. If you simply don't like frozen food and don't want it served at your wedding, ask ifrepparttar 130276 wedding cake will be frozen. But understand that some people believerepparttar 130277 taste of several cakes improves after freezing.

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