We spend thousands of pounds on hair care products, hundreds on hairdressers but when it comes down to basics, nearly all of us are guilty of sinning against our hair.

These are the deadly sins that we commit to our hair on a regular, if not daily, basis and the know-how of becoming an angelic angel rather than a devious devil when it comes to looking after your locks.

Gluttony – over indulge if you dare!

We’ve all done it – piled on the hair care products, whether it is serum, hairspray or mousse, and then used a hair dryer or straighteners to finish the look. Over styling can lead to dry, damaged hair and wet products can coat the hair shaft with gunk, making the end result a greasy mess. Instead, avoid over styling by using our philosophy that less is definitely more, and it is always better to use hair care products specifically suited to your hair type. Vidal Sassoon’s Hair Hydration range is kinder to your hair as it uses revolutionary ionic technology to style hair without drying it out, so you can use them morning, noon and night.

The Vidal Sassoon angel says: go easy on the product!

Sloth – the devil makes work for idle hands!

If your idea of looking after your new hair colour is to use just any hair care products, then you could unknowingly be damaging your hair and limiting your new colour. Hair, just like skin, needs moisturizing and pampering and hair colouring needs protecting. So don’t be lazy and treat those locks with a deep conditioning treatment at least once a week. Use the Toni&Guy Tourmaline colour lock tools to really look after your colour so that it oozes healthiness and shine, making you look and feel great inside and out.

The Toni&Guy angel says: make the effort use colour lock tourmaline hair tools!

Lust – a little bit of what you fancy does you good!

If you are the sort of person that looks through magazines and lusts over the fabulous hairstyles of the rich and famous, then lust no more! Hairdryers, straighteners and stylers have been transformed over recent years so that anyone can recreate those celebrity hairdos. For example, if you love Christina Aguilera’s curly look then Vidal Sassoon has the answer with the latest Hot Tool rollers – they can’t promise to give you the money or the fame that Christina has, but they can certainly give you the hairstyle!

The Vidal Sassoon angel says: let others lust after you!

Anger - don’t look back!

So, your getting ready for a big night out and you are having a bad hair day – aaaggghh! Your hair just won’t do what you want it to and you can feel the anger and frustration starting to build up. If things are going badly, calm yourself down, take things slowly and work with your hair not against it. If you want to wear your hair down but things aren’t going your way, try putting it up into a casual low-slung ponytail and add a few ringlets to frame your face using the brilliant

Ribbon Curls from Vidal Sassoon.

The Vidal Sassoon angel says: turn on, tune in and go out!

Pride – without prejudice!

When it comes to your hair, it is always important to remember not to be too proud to take the advice of friends and hair stylists – they may see things you don’t! If you have spent years straightening your hair and your stylist suggests a change, why not try it! For the best drying power around, try Toni&Guy’s Joy Stick control dryer that gives you the ultimate in controlled styling with 7 heat and speed settings.

The Toni&Guy angel says: take pride in your appearance!

Envy – don’t be that little green-eyed monster!

Have you got a best friend that always has an up-to the minute ‘do’, whether it is curls one week or a blunt fringe the next? Well now it’s your turn! With all those appliances and products out there, there is no reason why you shouldn’t be the height of fashion either. Whether it is the straight look you are after or big bouncy curls, you’ve got no excuse so get styling now!

The Helen of Troy angel says: be the envy of all your friends visit

www.hot-uk.co.uk for the top brands in hair care products.

Greed – don’t hair binge!

You don’t need to go to the salon to achieve a salon finish; all you need to do the ‘do’ at home is the right products. Vidal Sassoon’s Hot Tools range, previously only available to professionals; have all the products you are looking for. Each appliance in the range boasts professional features and allows you to achieve that ‘just stepped out of a salon’ look in the comfort of your own home.

The Vidal Sassoon angel says: don’t let greed get the better of you!

So, now we have shown you how to banish those hair sins, there is no excuse to be anything but an angelic angel and enter into hair heaven.

Mobile Alabama is known for its carnival season that extends from November to January. Many tourists go to participate in this event. Bystanders can receive souvenirs from masked participants riding in colorful floats.

The season highlights the Masquerade Ball. This city is now within reach because of the hotels situated near the airport. The Masquerade Ball is 20 to 40 miles from the airport.

These are some of their airport hotels with excellent features.

The Renaissance Battle House

This hotel provides the most beautiful guest rooms in Mobile. The trip advisor traveler rated this hotel with 4 1/2 stars (5 being the highest).

With 8-storeys, it can house 238 rooms equipped with computers, coffee makers and a cable television.

The ceiling has a unique cathedral-like feature. Its lobby has "whispering arches" designs. This hotel provides tour assistance, business and fitness centers, on-site restaurant, and ballroom spaces.

They also allow pets. They have laundry, dry cleaning and shoe shine services as well.

This hotel is only four blocks away from the city's prized museums, two blocks from the science center, the Gulf Coast Exploreum, and a block from Bienville Square. It is located in 26 N Royal St Mobile Alabama.

Holiday Inn

This hotel is located in 301 Government St. This newly renovated hotel houses 209 guest rooms that have a mini refrigerator, microwave oven and Internet access.

It features a skyview lounge that makes you enjoy the Mobile Bay. It also provides a business and a fitness center with big conference rooms. It has a bar area and outdoor swimming pool as well. The staff are accommodating and friendly.

Holiday Inn is 14 miles from the Mobile Regional Airport and is adjacent to both the business district and the historic district. You can even reach the downtown museums and the IMAX Theater in less than half a mile. The Mobile Bay Bears Stadium is 4 miles away while Greyhound Park is 14 miles away.

La Quintanna Inn

In this hotel, enjoy clean and spacious rooms that have internet access, coffee makers, hair dryers, iron and iron boards as well as cable television. Located in 816 West I-65 Service Road South, it is only 2 miles away from fine restaurants like Red Lobster, Olive Garden, and J.R.'s Smokehouse.

Museums and malls are only 5 miles away from here, while mobile downtown historical places are only 7 miles away. The Masquerade Ball is 40 miles away. T

This 2-storey hotel has 122 rooms, a fitness center, a pool, free parking lot and a laundry service. It also houses pets.

City Tour

Mobile Alabama has a very rich art and culture aspect. Aside from the great Mardi gras, the city cradles a variety of museums. To name a few, they have the Battleship Memorial Park that features historical military equipment.

The Mobile Carnival Museum features carnival memorabilia including costumes and floats used in the festivities. The Mobile Medical Museum features artifacts tracing the city's history of medicine. There is also some Science Centers and a 3-D virtual theater.

You can also find 45 public parks in Mobile. There's the Spanish plaza, Cathedral Square, a performing arts park, and a historic park called Font Conde. There are also theaters and opera houses in the city.

The city features establishments with unique and historic architectural designs. To name some, they have Barton Academy in historic Greek revival, the Hunter House in Italianate style, and the Scottish Rite Temple that features Egyptian Revival Architecture, the only one in the city.

Mobile is proud to have historic cemeteries as well. The Church street graveyard was founded in 1819 during the "yellow fever days," a Jewish cemetery dated in the 1820s and the Old Catholic cemetery founded in 1848

“Ahead of the Curve”

For the past 18 years, Salon Success Academy has been a highly regarded member of the southern California beauty school industry.  Not satisfied to rest on their laurels, President and Owner, Robert Gross and Education Director, Susan Turner, began testing a progressive initiative in October 2008 -- to enhance the Salon Success Academy (SSA) brand name and image by providing students with added value to the school’s already first-rate beauty education.

Gross and Turner are also committed to a longer term goal for the school:  to offer Advanced Education classes to multiple audiences -- graduates of Salon Success, graduates of other beauty schools, and the salon professional who wants to brush up on new techniques.

To help launch these initiatives, Gross and Turner enlisted Jerry Tyler, a beauty industry leader with more than 35 years of experience as an educator, industry advocate, salon owner and “behind the chair” practitioner.

Tyler has been traveling among Salon Success’ five campuses since the October launch of the demonstration series, which Tyler has named “Advanced Classics.”

Tyler’s specialized training demonstration is provided to both Salon Success students and instructors.  According to Tyler, both audiences receive the same training so they are “on the same page.”  However, the instructor training takes on an added dimension, because instructors must know How to teach the material in depth; they must know the Why of what they’re teaching.  Because instructors have had experience in the industry, they practice their craft automatically.  Tyler trains instructors to be prepared to answer the Why for their students: why are we teaching this method, why are we addressing this, why is this important, etc.

Tyler’s two-hour demonstration is very comprehensive, covering theory, product knowledge, cutting, finishing and coloring skills.  Most importantly, Tyler emphasizes the school’s (and his) conviction that along with technical skills, mastering personal and professional skills is indispensable to maintaining a high level of success in the beauty industry. Says Turner, “Jerry’s beauty industry background, personal success story and passion for the industry lights a fire under the students, especially the freshmen.”

Tyler says, “When the demonstration series began, I worked with students who were closer to graduation.  Now, Bob, Susan and I agree that working with students in their freshmen year is considerably more effective.” Tyler continues, “Beginning students are like an empty glass or a blank canvas; it’s much easier to teach them correctly when they’ve had only 200 to 300 hours of training.”

Gross and Turner are confident that their commitment to bringing SSA to a higher level of excellence , coupled with Tyler’s deep industry knowledge, motivational and presentation skills,  will result in Salon Success being perfectly poised to be at the vanguard of beauty education.

Demonstrating The Method

Tyler shows students the basic foundation of hair cutting .  He trains students to be able to look at any design and break it down.  Says Tyler, “They have to understand what they’re doing, when they’re doing it – because now the haircut IS the foundation of any hairstyle.  According to Tyler, it wasn’t always this way.  Until the mid-60s, hairstyling was the foundation, haircutting was secondary.

During the late 60s American society began to change dramatically, due primarily to huge numbers of baby boomers entering the workplace coupled with the advent of the feminist movement. Women didn’t want to go to salons every week and sit under the dryer for an hour.  They were looking for low maintenance, yet

highly fashionable hairstyles.

During the 70s, Vidal Sassoon, beauty industry icon , was a visionary on the European beauty scene.  Sassoon created modern hairdressing based on the idea that the hair cut IS the foundation of any hairstyle.  Sassoon introduced cutting hair using The Method, which trains the student how to break a haircut down.  Tyler comments, “If you go to the basics of all great cutters, they use The Method in one shape or form, even if they don’t know they’re using it.”

Sassoon moved to the U.S. in the 80s and brought his industry-leading methods of cutting hair with him.  Sassoon’s challenge was how to teach these techniques to Americans who had no formal cutting background.  As history proves, Sassoon met and exceeded the challenge.  Sassoon is considered by the beauty industry to be the architect of modern hair dressing.

Training the Instructor

Tyler is especially demanding of the instructors.  “In the past, instructor mentality has been that the student is in the classroom for them.  I emphasize that the instructor needs to realize that they are accountable to their students, who are also their clients,” says Tyler.

Tyler adjusts his training based on instructors’ background.  Tyler continues, “Part-time instructors are industry professionals with salon experience; I need to train them on How to explain and breakdown what they do, because often they are doing it naturally, automatically from experience.  On the other hand, the traditional, full-time instructor has been away from ‘behind the chair’ and immersed in an educational environment. These instructors need to be updated on the changes in the industry and get up to speed”, says Tyler.

Tyler believes that instructors need to realize they’re not just distributing knowledge, because hairdressing is so competency based, especially haircutting.  Hair dressing is at least 80% competency and 20% content.  In Tyler’s opinion, “Haircutting is mostly a craft, not an art.  Art comes in the design, the application; doing it is a craft that requires discipline, attention and focus.”

Training the Student

Perfecting the technical skills -- cutting, finishing and coloring – need to be mastered to graduate and pass the State Boards.  These are the technical skills required to become a licensed beauty profession.  An equally vital component of the Salon Success program is learning and mastering the “nuts and bolts”  --  professional and personal skills, such as consultation skills, first impression skills, up-servicing, pre-booking, and exceptional customer service skills that are the cornerstone to building and maintaining a loyal clientele.

As “Advanced Classics” continues to be a winner with both students and instructors, Gross, Turner and Tyler are currently developing the logistics of incorporating the material into the standard 1600-hour Cosmetology curriculum.

Advanced Education

In addition to the ongoing “Advanced Classics” demonstration series, Tyler is working with Gross and Turner on a business strategy to offer advanced training classes at Salon Success Academies.  Says Tyler,  “These will be true post- graduate classes, like advanced esthetics and advanced haircutting.

By adding Advanced Classes to their beauty program offerings, Gross and Turner will re-enforce their strong commitment to lifelong learning.  Gross, Turner and Tyler believe that passing the State Boards gives SSA students “a license to learn for the rest of their lives.”  Tyler concludes, “To progress and grow in the beauty industry, you need to continue to educate yourself -- if you stand still, you’ll die.”

About Jerry Tyler

Jerry Tyler is currently the President of the California State Board of Cosmetology.

He is the owner and Director of Education and Industry Relations for the 35-unit Carlton Hair.  Carlton was started in South Africa 40 years ago and has been in business in the U.S. for 30 years.  The Carlton Education Division was created in 1982; Tyler has served as an educator at Carlton since day one.

Throughout his long and remarkable career, Tyler has never strayed too long from “behind the chair.”

“Ultimately, I define my success by what I do with my customers. Over the years, I’ve evolved and changed along with the industry and I bring this history to my students.”