Lash Extensions on More Good Day Oregon

It's been such a crazy week!

Last Monday this segment aired on Fox 12's, "More Good Day Oregon" and everyone is excited to try Eyelash Extensions!



I love doing Lash Extensions, they are so pretty and make anyone feel better and save so much time! No need to wear mascara anymore, and they are applied in several lengths and sizes for the most natural look. And for those of you who want big, glam lashes everyday, I have those lengths for you too! They last 3-4 weeks, and are after that just minimal touch ups are needed every so often. A perfect idea for brides-to-be, busy moms, and literally anyone looking for a more youthful look.

Hundreds of stars get them - Jennifer Lopez, Kim Kardashian, Ashley Green from Twilight and Ivana Trump to name a few!

Kimberly Maus, the host on Fox12, came into the salon and her Lash Extensions applied for the first time. She loved it! It was so much fun to show them to her and have her experience them. She told me she's so ecstatic to not have to fuss with mascara anymore!

Press Release Jan 31, 2011

Press Release Jan 31, 2011

Portland, Oregon – January 31, 2011 - WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, is thrilled to announce Aimee J'Adore has been selected to receive the prestigious annual WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 for Makeup and Hair Stylist of the Year!

Recognition for the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 is determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 750,000 WeddingWire newlyweds. Our past clients are among those that shared their experiences on WeddingWire, the largest wedding review site in the nation.

Aimee J'Adore stands among the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire community, representing quality and service excellence within the wedding industry. Awards were given to the top wedding professionals across 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, and were based on the overall professional achievements throughout the past year.

“WeddingWire is honored to celebrate the success of the top-rated wedding professionals within the WeddingWire community,” said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “With the annual Bride’s Choice Awards™ program, WeddingWire has the unique opportunity to recognize the best wedding professionals across the US and Canada. We applaud Aimee J'Adore for their professionalism and dedication to enhancing the wedding planning experience last year.”

We are happy to announce that Aimee J'Adore is among the very best Makeup and Hair Stylists within the WeddingWire Network, which includes leading wedding planning sites WeddingWire, Martha Stewart Weddings, Project Wedding and Weddingbee. We would like to thank our past clients for nominating us to receive the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011.

For more information on the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011, please visit www.WeddingWire.com.

About WeddingWire, Inc.
WeddingWire.com, the nation's leading technology company serving the $70 billion wedding industry, is the only online wedding planning resource designed to empower both engaged couples and wedding professionals. For engaged couples, WeddingWire offers the ability to search, compare and book over 200,000 local wedding vendors, from wedding venues to wedding photographers to wedding cakes. WeddingWire also offers an online community and a suite of cutting-edge planning tools for weddings, including wedding websites and wedding checklists, all at no charge. For wedding professionals, WeddingWire provides free online management tools creating the only market opportunity that gives local businesses control over their clients, reviews, leads and performance. Businesses that join the WeddingWire Network appear on WeddingWire.com and other leading sites, including MarthaStewartWeddings.com (NYSE: MSO), ProjectWedding.com and Weddingbee.com (both part of eHarmony), and Celebrations.com (part of the 1-800-Flowers family of brands, NASDAQ: FLWS).

2011

I can't believe we are already at 2011! There are so many great things that will be happening this year - I can only give thanks and keep sharing smiles with you all!

I'm so happy to announce my new website is finally up! It needed a major overhaul, and this is everything I was hoping it would be. Check it out!

www.aimeejadore.com

There are so many great features, along with my featured prints of different aspects in my portfolio, the list of services I offer, my blogspot and youtube upload directly to the website, plus you can find my twitter feed! Also you can click on any of the icons and "share" a picture or post on your own facebook page, twitter or blogspot!

In other news, I've recently moved to a new salon! While I was sad to leave my friends at Vis A Vis, I knew I needed to make this move to open up more time for my clients. At the newly remodeled Absolutely You Salon on Belmont, I'm able to be there any day of the week to book appointments and so now have much more flexibility to accomodate everyone! I'm offering a 20% discount on new Haircut or Color client services (first time visit), and specials on Lash Extensions and the Brazilian Blowout. Come see me at my new place!

Aimee J'Adore Makeup is also growing and will (hopefully soon!) be available for purchase online at www.aimeejadore.com Private Makeup Lessons are also being booked - I love doing these so much! I find it so fun to be able to sit down with you ladies and be able to show you anything you've always wanted to learn. Maybe there's something you've always wondered about, or wanted to know how its done! I love these personal appointments so that you can have that one on one time you've always wanted with a professional stylist.

Segments on MORE Good Day Oregon, Fox12 are still continuing! Next week we are taping two back to back and they will be showing in a few weeks. One will be how to choose your Makeup and Hair Stylist for your wedding - a great one for all you Brides! - and the second will be showing the host, Kim, getting Lash Extensions for the first time! All you wanted to know about this fun trend! Watch my twitter feed and I'll be updating everyone about showtimes!

Thanks for checking in and reading - I really love what I do! I see it as making people feel happy about themselves. We all have so much pressure, pain and burdens to bear in our daily lives and I truly enjoy making women (and men!) feel relaxed, and enjoy a little time doing something for themselves. I love making the world a more beautiful place! And by bringing more smiles, I feel my job is done :)

xoxo
Aimee J'Adore

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Hope you all have been having a wonderful time with family and friends this holiday! It's been a busy month, and I'm so looking forward to the New Year. :)

Great News! I will be featured in a series of segments on Good Day Oregon, Fox12 - highlighting different Makeup and Hair techniques and tips, hot trends, how to save money and still have the best beauty products around! Watch Mon-Friday, 9-10am on channel 12! I do a short segment every few weeks, and I'll announce which mornings they will air on my facebook and twitter! Feel free to email me with thoughts or suggestions on what YOU want to hear about.

Here's a quick clip of a segment that aired today!

Commercial Videos!

Yes, the commercial spots are finally coming to life! I'm so happy to share these and there's even a couple more to come.

The first is the Behind the Scenes video of our fashion shoot that will be used in part for the actual advertisement. That day was such an incredible gift. So many talented people (about 25 people!) came together with me to create this production. Choosing the models, the designer, the location, the music, the hair and makeup design - it was ALOT of work :) But SO worth it. It was about a 12 hour day there at the Aurora Airport and couldn't have been possible with every single person there!

At one point I was just standing there, watching everyone, looking at this beautiful set that we created, and I felt so humbled that every single person was there because they wanted to be a part of my vision. I was completely blown away. And I can't thank everyone enough.



The next videos are the advertisements for two of the speciality services I offer at the salon. These are for Eyelash Extensions and for the Keratin Smoothing treatment, the Brazilian Blowout. The filming day at the salon was a good 8-10 hours or so, thanks again to everyone who made this possible. The patient models, Vanessa and Helen, photographers Levy and Chris, and videographer Norm for watching hours of (I'm sure) boring footage to make something eye-catching and wonderful!

What's been up!

It's been a crazy summer, and now a non-stop fall! :) I've tried to update when I can, but it's just so ridiculously sad. I apologize. :)

A little opener clip - the rest coming soon!

The last two months (not the ENTIRE two months, just days in between of all the regular work :))were spent working on a filmed commercial that will show the different services I offer. Thanks to the Synergy Film Group, this commercial is going to be really awesome! Alot of people don't realize I do many different things, and I love them all! Makeup and Hair for Bridal, Fashion and Runway, Print, Editorial - you name it! I specialize in Hair Extensions, Lash Extensions and Brazilian Blowouts. I also do specialized Model Photography, where I am photographing beautiful headshots for models and specific projects. Haircuts and Colors are now offered in my beautiful salon space too! On the side, I also do a Mentor Makeup Artist program and Model Coaching. So yeah, it's alot to take in!

We finally finished wrapping up the entire set about a week ago - think about setting up all those different services to be filmed. Sheesh! It was alot of work :) But I do believe it was well worth it. Now I will be able to have a quick and easy to see commercial for everyone to see what I can do for you!

Along with that, I've been settling into my new salon and I love it. It's great to be able to have a place to meet all my clients in! I still go on location for weddings and photoshoots, but for all the rest, I'm in the salon :) Booking weddings now for 2011-2012!

Speaking of weddings - whew what a year! I recently counted up my weddings to date - I've had 68 weddings so far. :) Wow. When I look at that number, I think, how did I do that? Well, I know I've had one wedding (at least) every weekend since March, a few from Jan and Feb, but in the spring/summer/fall it was usually 2-4 weddings a weekend. Phew! Sometimes it was 3 weddings in one day! And normally my average wedding party is 4 ladies. Very rarely have I had just the bride to do! So honestly, I don't even know many brides, bridesmaids, mothers and flower girls is! :) Honestly, I loved every single one!! I feel so special to be such an important part of someone's perfect day. It is a huge gift to me! <3 A huge THANK YOU to all my brides who trusted me for their special day. I love you all!

Also in the last few months, I've been working on my own private label for my own makeup line "Aimee J'Adore Makeup" Yes! It's been so much fun and such an amazing thing to see the products and decide what is best. The makeup is beautiful, flawless and easy to use. I'm happily offering private makeup lessons to anyone who wants to "get to know" makeup all over again, and get some new tips and tricks!

I've been very blessed to have worked with alot of incredible photographers, models and designers - as well as other super talented Makeup Artists and Hair Stylists!

I'm so pleased to say that my work will be featured in the Portland Bride and Groom magazine coming soon! I was so excited to hear it, as well as see another set of mine featured in a prominent designer wedding blog! It's been such a wild ride!

Lastly, feel free to find me on Facebook! My professional page is under "Aimee J'Adore Makeup"! I try to keep up on Twitter too since it seems to be so popular, but I'm not as nifty with it :) Hope you are all well, and I hope to see you soon!

xoxox

Aimee

Brazilian Blowout Controversy - Important Information

To all my clients and friends!

Thank you for reading:


As a Hair dresser, a Makeup Artist, an Esthetician, and your friend, I'm writing this note to address the latest news about the smoothing treatment from the Brazilian Blowout Company. I have been hearing so much uneducated information amd sensationalized reports from the news channels, that I want to put forth the facts as I have read them and had actual reports.


This investigation into the contents of the Brazilian Blowout smoothing treatment began when a stylist, Molly Scutton of Platform Artistic Salon in Portland, Oregon, claimed she was experiencing physical reactions, such as coughing and water eyes, from preforming the hair treatment on clients. It should be noted that Molly is NOT a certified Brazilian Blowout Stylist and if she was preforming the treatment, she was doing so untrained. Molly's salon submitted a sample of the product that they claim is Brazilian Blowout's "Acai Professional Smoothing Solution". Brazilian Blowout has checked their files and according to their records, "the last bottle of solution purchased from this salon was back on January 18th, 2010 (Shipped to Platform Artistic Salon but billed to a different stylist). Certainly nowhere near the August 12th 2010 date that OHSU claims a bottle was shipped to Platform Artistic Salon". It appears there are some unanswered questions regarding the sample submitted to the Oregon branch of OSHA.



That being said, personally, I'm disappointed by the reports coming out of Oregon Health and Safety University. Last week it was reported that an older formula from Brazil was found to have formaldehyde. Fellow hairstylists were not too disturbed by the results because we knew that the older formula contained formaldehyde, and that was it was reformulated for the US. We were anxiously awaiting test results of the newest formula, which according to the company is formaldehyde-free. In fact, the official statement from the company's PR is that the formula is "hyde-free meaning that none of the formaldehyde cousins are present in the formula. Today the story changes.



According to the newest test done by an Oregon OSHA laboratory it does indeed contain formaldehyde from the sample sent in by Molly. OSHA will be testing the smoothing solution sent in by the Brazilian Blowout Company to ensure the validity of the claims. In the meantime, Brazilian Blowout has posted this:




"At Brazilian Blowout, the safety of our products, stylists and consumers is our number one priority. We stand behind the integrity of our product, and affirm that our professional solution is indeed formaldehyde-free.

As a result of the Oregon division of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) recent claim, Brazilian Blowout is conducting a thorough investigation of these allegations to ensure that accurate data is released to the public.

With regards to OSHA's claim, the actual source of the formulation tested has not been identified, and was not submitted by the Brazilian Blowout company itself. Because OSHA did not request a sample from the company directly, there is no reason to believe that the formulation tested and found positive for traces of formaldehyde was indeed Brazilian Blowout product. This represents a clear violation of proper testing protocol, and this gross negligence on the part of OSHA invalidates all findings that have been released as a result of OSHA's testing."


While I'm disappointed that the company is standing more on a wobbly leg of a technicality, I will hope that we will hear more good news in the very near future after a more thorough investigation. One of the major points too, is that the exposure to any of the product is very limited to the clients! These warnings are very much for the worry of too much exposure to the stylist who preforms this service regularly.



The majority of keratin treatments actually DO contain formaldehyde. Due to the popularity of this type of hair treatment, it’s time for brands, salons and stylists to take action for the healthy of everyone involved:

■Salons who opt to continue to use keratin treatments, including the brand name Brazilian Blowout that contain formaldehyde should install an air filtration system, and offer eye shields and masks to the stylists and clients for their protection. Jordana Lorraine uses a filtration system designed to be used with formulas that contain formaldehyde and similar ingredients to protect her clients and herself.
■Keratin hair treatment brands should be upfront with stylists and increase their training and suggested safety precautions.

■Stylists should be upfront with clients and the potential risks, as well as making the salon environment as safe


A note from Jordana Lorraine:

Please note that while this may have exposed a big untruth, which people have a right to be upset about, it does not say that these treatments should be banned, just labeled accurately and handled more carefully. I believe that service providers and consumers deserve to be informed and educated on the topic, and provided with protective measures while working with any chemical. Just as we wear gloves when bleaching, and manicurists wear masks when working with acrylic, guidelines should be imposed on how to use this product safely.

I am grateful that my curious and concerned mind has already led me to set up a 3-part air filtration system to protect my clients and myself from potential harm. More on this, coming soon! For now, you can learn a bit about it at www.SafeBrazilian.com“


So all in all, what we are taking from this is that the treatment is not banned, will not be, and is safe for clients with the OSHA approved precautions in place. Air filters, eyewear, and proper ventilation - as well as being properly trained and certified - will ensure a safe and protected environment for both the client and the stylist.