Reduce, reuse, and recycle! This week I was appointed manager of the Go Green Team. The Go Green Team is a student run recycling program that helps to recycle product waste that we use here at Paul Mitchell The School. Each week one of the team members takes the recycling waste from the green bins that we have set up at the school and brings the recycling products to the McLean Bible Church in Vienna to be recycled.
Why Is Recycling Important?
Recycling preserves our environment, saves money and
Energy. It turns recyclable materials into products that we use daily.
What Can Be Recycled?
Boxes (flatten) newspapers & Inserts, cereal boxes, catalogs & magazines. Plastic bottles (milk jugs, soda, laundry detergent, salad dressing, cooking oil, shampoo, soap, cleansers). Rinse lightly. Remove lids and crush. Aluminum and steel cans. Rinse lightly. Crush if possible.
YES TO ALL EMPTY aerosols cans (such as Hold Me Tight, and Hot Off The Press).
What Can NOT Be Recycled?
NO Plastic bags or wrappers, waxed paper or containers, waxed cardboard, styrofoam, paper towels, tissues, paper plates or cups, or foil type gift wrap. NO food contaminated boxes, pizza boxes or egg cartons.
NO Magazine or yogurt containers, plastic trays, toys, cups, styrofoam, flower pots, or extra plastic bags. NO motor oil, pesticide or solvent bottles.
NO Foil or pie trays, propane cylinders, siding, beach or lawn
chairs, pots, pans or other scrap metal.
NO Window glass, drinking glasses, mirrors, ceramics, crystals, florescent or light bulbs, Corning Ware, or Pyrex.
Where Does It All Go?
The bottles, cans and paper collected for recycling are taken
to a material recovery facility to be sorted by material type
(aluminum cans, steel cans, glass bottles, plastic bottles,
newspaper, etc). Manufacturers buy the sorted recyclables
and use them as raw materials to make new products.
Recycling Facts
PAPER and CARDBOARD are made into paperboard boxes and shirt inserts.
PLASTIC is made into new plastic bottles, carpet fiber & backing.
CANS are made into new steel products and aluminum cans.
GLASS is made into new glass containers of the same color or used in asphalt to pave roads.
The application process takes anywhere from 1.5 to 4 hours depending on the length and thickness of the hair. In my case it took about 3 hours (I have thick hair). After the application of the product, it is infused with a 450 degree flat iron, which seals in moisture, hydrates the hair, and creates a glossy finish. The amount of time required to style hair will decrease dramatically. Humidity and rain will no longer affect the hairstyle. No more frizzy hair! 
The results last from two to four months and can be reapplied as needed. For the results to last that long you must use a shampoo, conditioner or styling products that do not contain Sodium Chloride. Sodium Chloride will strip the treatment out of your hair.
Next is Adaptive where you begin to apply the rules you learned in Core. You build upon your skills. You also begin your more specialized classes in color, cutting, texture, makeup and theory. Adaptive Future Professionals getting ready for their guests.
The holidays were in full swing this past week at Paul Mitchell The School Virginia. The school was festively decorated to get everyone in the holiday spirit. We even enjoyed a white Christmas after the blizzard of 2009 the week before. Not even the blizzard stop the many clients from venturing out to get their new look for the holidays.
We enjoyed Christmas day off with our families and friends. Even some of our family members were requesting new holiday looks. We had such a great year in 2009 and we are all looking forward to an even better year at Paul Mitchell The School Virginia for 2010. Here's a before and after picture of my son Andrew!
