How to prepare for your consult with AmyJ

Amy is extremely sensitive to scents. So don't wear any when you arrive for your consultation. Seems simple enough, yes?

About a decade ago, back in 1997, Amy landed the perfect job, in her favourite field of study, doing her all time FAVOURITE activity: doing HAIR!

She was thrilled, tickled pink. Within the first two weeks she had to quit her other job because of severe cramping in her feet and legs. She had to reserve all her energy for the "Real JOB" and quit the one that gave her more money. That 'real job' was going to benefit her career in the long run...so we thought.

Within the first two months of working in her career field she went into her first "field-coma" = dropping off into a coma while on the job. That was just a little too exciting!

Trying to get home took 13 HOURS rather than the normal 2.5 hours.

What followed was an entire week in a coma, at home, on a farm, out in the country. NO BODY KNEW WHERE SHE WAS NOR WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO HER... or so we thought.

Mean while Amy's mother was deep in Seattle, Washington [a good 8+ hours drive away] waiting quite impatiently for her youngest daughter to please get done already inside Barnes and Nobles Book Store. So she absent-mindedly picked up a book nearest her and began to flip through its pages..."oh.. mY.. GOODNESS!!!" This is what is happening to Amy right now! She thought. She had just read the signs leading upto what was going to happen next to her next in the line up daughter and had to get home RIGHT NOW to help Amy and be sure that she didn't go into a coma.

Too late. It had already happened but she didn't know that. And Amy didn't have a telephone so there was no calling her to see how she was... kinda compounded the whole thing.

Let's not have that continue to happen...the wearing of fragrance chemicals...because they are hurtful.

When fragrances are detected on you, you will be turned away. You must call to reschedule your appointment.

How to have a successful appointment: Don't use any personal body products!
Scrub yourself down with baking soda. Use a light oil if you feel the need for some kind of a lotion.

Suggestions are Jojoba oil- Amy carries this in shop (4oz at $12 organic) sunflower oil, and coconut oil are all good options. All are very inexpensive, easily accessible, and available in what ever quantity you'd like to get -in bulk- at Coos Head Food Store.

"Buying in bulk":
bring a tiny little bottle to Coos Head Food Store
get the "tare" weight (that's the weight of the empty bottle) registered by someone who works there
fill your bottle as much or as little as you like
- that's "buying in bulk."

On with WHY be "scent-fr*e" ?

Amy gets very sick. You wouldn't want her to have to cancel your appointment because she has a terrible headache because someone wore perfume, do you? You wanted to get in and get your needs met. So meet Amy's needs for a scent free environment and don't have fabric softeners in your clothing, don't wear deodorant, don't wear make up, basically, don't have any products on you - don't use any.

Run your appointment outfit through the wash with a cup of baking soda and toss in a cup of distilled white vinegar into the rinse cycle to remove the stuck in stuff- those immediately obvious smells.

Thanks in advance! and have a great hair day ;-)