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Rhode Island Summer Spa Specials at Shimmer Salon & Spa - East Greenwich RI

07/13/2012

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Hair cut and Foil-Coloring for just $99 at Shimmer Salon & Day Spa in East Greenwich, RI

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Keratin Hair Treatment Rhode Island at Shimmer Salon & Day Spa (401) 336-3700

06/28/2012

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Interested in keratin hair treatments for your hair in Rhode Island?

Shimmer Salon & Day Spa in East Greenwich RI are the experts in keratin hair treatments (as well as foil-highlights).

I’ve been hearing a lot about a process that treats your hair with Keratin to smooth the cuticles and create beautiful straight strands for months! I have to say, I’m certainly considering having a treatment done but I wanted to find out a little more about it...

Can you tell me what it is?

Keratin is a type of protein high in Sulfur and the amino acid cystine, making it tough, elastic and insoluble. These qualities are fundamental to the strong structural role keratin often plays in nature. It is a major component of horns, hooves and wool. In fact, keratin is the main protective substance in our hair, skin and nails. Keratin is difficult to extract without damaging the cystine, or sacrificing potency.

How does it work?

When it comes to keratin, tough is good. Its strong protective qualities improve the hair both inside and out. Our unique biopolymer ingredient is virtually a “liquid form of hair” that gently blends with the hair on your head. It brings to hair what it was lacking to begin with and what it has lost over the years.

Is the hair dull, dry and damaged? Is it curly, wavy, frizzy, overly voluminous or unmanageable? Application of our keratin treatment puts an end to all that.

The smaller keratin molecules penetrate the hair cortex improving and repairing the quality of the hair from the inside. The added strength, elasticity and moisture results in the smooth, soft, shiny and straightened affect.

The larger molecules coat the hair cuticle and take the environmental insults such as UV rays, smog, and smoke for your hair on the outside. Further damage to the hair shaft is prevented.

How long can I expect my salon visit to take when receiving the treatment on shoulder length hair? About 2hr.

How does an in-salon treatment compare to a DIY like Liquid Karatin 30 Day Starter Kit?

Well, like any home DIY product, it is very hard to do a thorough job yourself. You can expect the home process to take about 2 hr. Like any do it yourself home color, it’s just never as good. A salon treatment will last 3-4 month the DIY will only last 1 month.

What can I expect to pay to get my shoulder length hair treated?

About $250

How would this treatment benefit a busy mom?

It will cut your blow dry time in half. Most mom’s do not need to blow dry their hair at all after the treatment.

So, with this treatment, can a woman let her hair dry naturally and expect straight hair during the 3-4 months post treatment?

You can let your hair dry on its own and it will be smooth and frizz free. If you like your hair to be pin straight you might have to blow dry,It depends on how curly your hair is and how straight you want it.

Can it be applied to color treated hair?

Yes it works best on chemical treated hair.

Does the treatment grow out like a perm does so the ends remain straight as the curl grows in with new growth? Or, does the hair gradually return to it’s normal state over time?
The treatment will gradually and evenly wear off the hair in about 3 to 4 months.
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Call Shimmer Salon & Day Spa in East Greenwich at
(401) 316-2931 for Keratin Hair Treatments in Rhode Island

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Shellac Nail Salons Rhode Island - Shimmer Salon & Day Spa (401) 336-3700 Shellac Manicure Rhode Island

06/11/2012

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What are gel and Shellac manicures?
To put it simply, in a gel manicure, a coat of colored "gel" (that looks like nail polish) is applied to the nails. After each coat, you put your hands under a
UV light to cure (dry) the gel. A number of brands including OPI and Bio Sculpture Gel produce gel polishes. "Shellac," a technology invented by Creative Nail Design, is similar to a gel manicure in that it also uses UV
light to cure each coat.

How are they applied?
Both the gel and Shellac manicures start out like a normal manicure; nails are shaped with a file, and cuticles are pushed
back (since I know you don't cut them!). The next step is to apply a base coat, followed by two coats of either gel or shellac,
and then finished with a top coat. Where the process differs from a regular manicure, is that in between each coat of polish,
you dry your hands under a UV light for about 30 seconds to a minute. Here's the real kicker: after the last blast of UV light
YOUR NAILS ARE DRY! No waiting under a fan and no chance of smudging - it's a dream come true.

How long does it last?
In general, both the gel and shellac manicures claim to last up to two weeks - and they do! After two weeks they may begin to peel, but the real issue, is that your own nails grow out, leaving an unpolished band near the cuticle. Thus, the "two weeks" sell. With regular polish, after a few days, the top coat begins to dull - with gel and Shellac, they look as shiny on day 14 as they did on day 1.

Original story here

Shimmer Salon & Day Spa is located at 500 Main St, East Greenwich RI Call (401) 336-3700 or click here to request an online appointment for shellac manicure Rhode Island

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Reviews Shimmer Salon East Greenwich RI - Yelp Article

01/09/2012

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The Review Site Yelp Draws Some Outcries of Its Own

SAN FRANCISCO — For computer and cellphone users in big American cities, Yelp has become a popular Web site for ranting, raving or just reading about local businesses, from the auto mechanic to the neighborhood watering hole.

Yelp has made some recent changes to please business owners. Yet it still refuses to investigate reviews accused of being inaccurate or permit businesses to respond to reviews on the site. Instead, the company operates on the premise that reviewers tend to be truthful and that greater accuracy will emerge from more reviews.

“Business owners want to control their reputation, and we’re just not going to let that happen,” he said. His top priority is “to make sure the community is protected and can share without fear of being publicly spat on.”

A one-star review of Tart, a Los Angeles restaurant, illustrates the impasse. “The turkey meatloaf was gritty and cold and I waited 45 minutes for my second $28 margarita,” one reviewer wrote in January. The restaurant’s owner, Peter Picataggio, complained to Yelp that he does not serve turkey meatloaf and the most expensive margarita on the menu is $25.

He asked Yelp to remove the review, and although he advertises on the site, the company refused. “If they’re going to take my money, I think the onus is on them, not on the business, to go and prove whether it’s true or false,” he said.

“We can’t referee factual disputes,” responded Mr. Stoppelman. “Why believe the business owner who has skin in the game?”

Other businesses simply want the ability to publicly respond to reviews, the way other review sites, such as the travel site TripAdvisor, allow businesses to do.

PK Art and Floral Design in San Francisco has a one-star review that accuses it of overcharging for a wedding bouquet. Pam Unkai, the owner, said the customer had requested expensive additions to her arrangements. When she complained to Yelp, the company told her to take it up with the reviewer by e-mail. “I wanted to respond on my page, so I know that everybody has the ability to judge by themselves,” Ms. Unkai said.

Yelp’s formula for determining which reviews appear on the site is also cloaked in mystery, some businesses say.

Fawn Pierre has a new puppy training business in San Francisco. About a quarter of her customers come from Yelp, she said, so she was concerned when three of her five-star reviews disappeared recently. When she contacted Yelp, the company referred her to a page on the Web site that said “reviews normally come and go from a business’s page.”

Mr. Stoppelman said Yelp’s spam filter scans for fishy reviews, such as those that seem to have been written by a malicious competitor or a business owner’s friend. He acknowledged, though, that the filter is overly vigilant, in some cases removing legitimate reviews.

Ms. Pierre said the missing reviews were written by unbiased, paying customers. “Here I am, a person with only five-star reviews, and I’m upset — there’s something going on here,” she said. “It makes me wonder: Do people who pay get a better deal; do their reviews stay up longer?”

Frustration with Yelp is most apparent in the San Francisco Bay Area, where the service began and where it has the power to make or break a restaurant or small shop. Two California doctors recently sued Yelp reviewers, claiming they had written false reviews.

Local news outlets have raised questions about the company’s practices, including a recent article in the East Bay Express, an alternative weekly, with the provocative headline: “Yelp and the Business of Extortion 2.0.” It reported that Yelp sales representatives had promised to move or remove negative reviews for advertisers.

Mr. Stoppelman said that Yelp does not move negative reviews for advertisers and applies the same ranking system to all companies on the site. Many advertisers, including Mr. Picataggio of Tart restaurant, have negative reviews.

Some of the confusion may come from the fact that advertisers, who pay $300 to $1,000 a month, are allowed to choose which review shows up at the top of their profile page and block ads from competitors. For other businesses, the first two listings a reader sees could be an ad for a competitor and a one-star review.

“If there’s no clarity about that process at all, it exacerbates the suspicion,” said Eric Goldman, a professor at Santa Clara University School of Law and the former general counsel of Epinions, another review site.

Yelp’s lack of transparency does not affect its relationship with businesses alone. It also risks eroding users’ trust in the site. Eric Kingery, an engineer and frequent Yelp user in Chicago, discovered that a review he had written of a jeweler disappeared. “It just makes me suspicious of the impartiality,” he said. “It is a very useful service, but this kind of harms the integrity of the site.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/03/technology/start-ups/03yelp.html?pagewanted=all