October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month at Blu Salon Pasadena

Special Edition Hand Relief from Blu Salon Pasadena

Throughout the month of October Blu Salon Pasadena will be offering Aveda’s Special Edition Hand Relief Hand Lotion. For every 5 fluid ounce/150 ml tube of this specially designed pink lotion container purchased at Blu Salon Pasadena Aveda will donate four dollars to breast cancer research.

 

Each year it is estimated that over 200,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer; of these nearly 40,000 women die from breast cancer each year. Aveda and Blu Salon Pasadena have committed to supporting the cause of eliminating breast cancer through contributions to this worthy cause. Through the efforts of Aveda, Blu Salon Pasadena and our caring clients, we have contributed over $1.5 million dollars to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation since 2004.

 

In our commitment to support cancer research AND animal rights, Aveda and Blu Salon Pasadena are proud that our donations to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation support cruelty free research into the causes and cures of breast cancer.

 

Evelyn Lauder founded The Breast Cancer Research Foundation®  as an independent, non-profit funding groundbreaking medical research. The Breast Cancer Research Foundation contributes more than 88 percent of each dollar donated  to research and awareness programs.

 

Aveda’s Hand Relief is an incredibly moist hand lotion offering therapy that eases dry, chapped hands. It reduces signs of aging and relieves dry skin using  plant emollients, humectants, exfoliating fruit acids and anti-oxidants, including vitamins A and E. Visit Blu Salon Pasadena today to try this amazing lotion and support a cause that touches each and every one of us.

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Blu Arcadia Salon & Daymakers!

At Blu Arcadia Salon, we share Aveda’s mission . . .

‘… to care for the world we live in, from the products we use to the ways we give back to society.’ We all know that our actions can have a lasting effect on those around us.  And we at Blu Arcadia Salon strive to make your haircuts, beauty, and styling experiences with us ‘transformational!’ But what if we at Blu Arcadia Salon, along with you, could take it a step farther and change the world we live in simply by ‘making someone’s day?’

Staff at Blu Arcadia Salon Recently Learned About David Wagner and …

The Experience that Changed His Life

It only takes a moment to make someone’s day – to become a daymaker – and sometimes those moments even change lives as I discovered a number of years ago. I was working in my salon one day when a client came in to have her hair styled. I was surprised to see her, since it was right in the middle of her five-week period between hair cuts. I figured that she must have an important social engagement, so I asked her about her evening plans.

‘I don’t have anything special going on,’ she told me. ‘I just want to look and feel good tonight.’

I gave her a great scalp massage, then shampooed and styled her hair. During our 30 minutes together, we joked and laughed. At the end, she smiled radiantly, hugging me goodbye.

A few days later when I received a letter from this client, I began to realize the enormous potential of Daymaking. My client admitted that she had wanted her hair styled so it would look good for her own funeral. She had planned to commit suicide that evening. But the wonderful time she had during our appointment had given her hope that things could get better. She decided to check herself into the hospital and get professional help. She thanked me for caring, even though I hadn’t known what she was going through. She wrote ‘thank you for being there, without knowing that you were.’

I was stunned. I had spent time with this woman about once a month for three years, yet that day I had no inkling she was so distressed. I was glad to have made such a difference, yet the experience left me with an enormous sense of responsibility. What if I had been upset, distracted, or hurried when she came to see me?

That experience made me take stock of myself as a stylist and as a person. How many of the ten clients I saw every day might be in personal crisis that I would never know about? Even if it were only one person a day, I might have no way of knowing who needed some extra attention.

I resolved to treat every person I met like that woman. It might sound like a lot of work, but it wasn’t hard to have fun with my client that day. It was natural and made my day brighter, too. I vowed to give care and attention to everyone I saw. I figured it would make their day a little better, and who knows, it might save a life.

I still thank my client for the gift of that letter because it changed my life as much as my kindness changed hers. When you realize the difference you can make for others, whether by spending a light-hearted half-hour together, giving them a smile, or simply holding the door open for them, your whole approach to life shifts. Why have random acts of kindness when we can have intentional acts of good will?

- David Wagner

Watch this great video by David Wagner!

David, a world-renowned hair stylist, artist, entrepreneur, educator, and cancer survivor, is the founder and spirit behind Juut Salonspa, the original AVEDA concept salons. Juut comes from the Japanese word ‘Juuten’ which means to refill. As a first name it means to uplift humanity and serve others, which is exactly what David is all about. He is a best selling author and innovator of the “pay-it-forward” movement of Daymaking. Visit the Daymaker Movement website.

We at Blu Arcadia Salon salute everyone who wants to join us in becoming ’daymakers.’

Please contact or visit the best Arcadia Salon, Blu Salon and Stor!

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Earth Month is Well Under Way – Join Aveda & Blu Hair Salon Arcadia CA

BE A WATER WARRIOR WITH AVEDA AND BLU HAIR SALON ARCADIA CA

In honor of Earth Day, Aveda and Blu Hair Salon Arcadia CA have set aside a whole month to love, celebrate and raise monies to protect the Earth and its peoples. We’ve raised over $18 million since 1999. Over the last 4 years $12 million of the funds collected by Aveda and Blu Hair Salon Arcadia CA have supported clean water projects at home and around the world. You’re a big part of that success and have helped us touch the lives of tens of thousands of families worldwide.
In four years you’ve helped Aveda and Blu Hair Salon Arcadia CA:

• Protect or improve 550,000 people’s access to clean water;
• Support 16,000 women in becoming activists for clean water in their communities;
• Enable 275 communities to take action against toxic industrial pollution and hundreds of other projects,
• And much more! Thank you!     ~read more~

Blu Hair Salon Arcadia CA donates to preserve our most precious resource

Your Light The Way^TM candle purchases and donations to Blu Hair Salon Arcadia CA and other Aveda salons since 2007 have helped over 25,000 families around the world by contributing to Global Greengrants water projects including: training 3,500 people in sustainable and organic agriculture methods; assisting communities in implementing water resource management plans; empowering communities to stop toxic industrial pollution and hundreds of other projects that have helped protect water rights and water access around the world.

Purchase your Light The Way^TM  candle today at Blu Hair Salon Arcadia CA!

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