My mother used to say, “You have to
suffer for beauty” (she was usually dragging a brush through my
tangled hair at the time). What she said still holds true—especially
in the salon business. The truth is, the products we use to make your
hair more beautiful could actually make all of us sick unless we
cleared the salon's air of all those noxious smells and potentially
harmful chemicals.
So we did! Believe
Beauty Lounge is proud to announce we have installed the
Restorer™ Salon Air Cleaner to make sure the air in our salon is
clean, crisp and healthy.
The Restorer uses filters specifically
designed to target particulates and the most harmful chemical and gas
odors—like those that occur during processes like hair coloring,
perms, highlighting and straightening. The Restorer pulls
contaminated air through the bottom of the unit. Impurities are then
replaced as the air passes through specialized filter media before it
is released back into our salon. Simple, yet effective and it makes
our stylists, our customers and even the local health department
happy.
Here's why we installed a commercial
grade air cleaner: Though we love our home air purifiers, they
simply aren't strong enough, nor their HEPA filter large enough to do
the job in our salon. You see, traditional filter media effectively
captures airborne particles, but it doesn't reduce gases and odors.
That's why our Restore unit uses activated carbon filter media that
has been specially treated to adsorb gases. Adsorption (with a
“d”) is not to be confused with absorption (with a “b”).
During absorption (with a “b”), one substance is taken
into another – for example, a sponge absorbs water. However,
adsorption (with a “d”) involves collecting or drawing a
substance to the surface – much like a magnet. By adsorbing
gases, a specially treated activated carbon filter reduces the amount
of gases in the air, along with their related odors.
Salons are a true little laboratory of
gases like Formaldehyde – used in hair straightener and nail
hardener, Phenylenediamine (PPD) – used in two thirds of all hair
dyes, Sodium Hydroxide – used in hair relaxers and Ammonia – used
in hair dye –a pretty noxious brew, but the Restorer gets rid of
these potentially harmful pollutants.
Featuring a 360 degree exhaust, the
Restorer uses a particulate filter, which removes 99.98% of airborne
particles down to 0.1 micron, which is three times better than
ordinary HEPA (high efficiency particulate air) designs and, best of
all, the Restorer never sleeps—it works 24 hours a day to make sure
out salon's air is as clean as a whistle.
Now at Believe,
you won't suffer the side effects of pollutants you'll still find at
most other salons-- like headaches, eye irritation, respiratory
problems or drowsiness...and if you've got allergies to any of the
chemicals used in the beauty industry, Believe
is now even more welcoming. Make an appointment to stop by soon.
You (and Mother Nature) will notice the difference immediately.