About Us

Zazou Salon and Day Spa is located in North Vancouver.  It is a full service salon and day spa and is a pristine, style savvy, holistic place to be. We offer quality service, ranging from classic to progressive in our industry.  Zazou is modern and zen style with a variety of services including facials, massage, men’s spa services, pedicures, manicures, and of course, hair cut, colouring, and styling.

Tips for Earthquake Safety by Doug Copp

Food for thought.  The following is an article on earthquake safety by Doug Copp.

EXTRACT FROM DOUG COPP’S ARTICLE ON ‘THE TRIANGLE OF LIFE’

Remember that stuff about hiding under a table or standing in a doorway? Well, forget it! This is a real eye opener. It could save your life someday.

My name is Doug Copp I am the Rescue Chief and Disaster Manager of the American Rescue Team International (ARTI ), the world’s most experienced rescue team. The information in this article will save lives in an earthquake.

I have crawled inside 875 collapsed buildings, worked with rescue teams from 60 countries, founded rescue teams in several countries, and I am a member of many rescue teams from many countries. I was the United Nations expert in Disaster Mitigation for two years, and have worked at every major disaster in the world since 1985, except for simultaneous disasters.

The first building I ever crawled inside of was a school in Mexico City during the 1985 earthquake. Every child was under its desk. Every child was crushed to the thickness of their bones. They could have survived by lying down next to their desks in the aisles. It was obscene — unnecessary.

Simply stated, when buildings collapse, the weight of the ceilings falling upon the objects or furniture inside crushes these objects, leaving a space or void next to them – NOT under them. This space is what I call the ‘triangle of life’. The larger the object, the stronger, the less it will compact. The less the object compacts, the larger the void, the greater the probability that the person who is using this void for safety will not be injured. The next time you watch collapsed buildings, on television, count the ‘triangles’ you see formed. They are everywhere. It is the most common shape, you will see, in a collapsed building.

TIPS FOR EARTHQUAKE SAFETY

1) Most everyone who simply ‘ducks and covers’ when building collapse are crushed to death. People who get under objects, like desks or cars, are crushed.

2) Cats, dogs and babies often naturally curl up in the fetal position. You should too in an earthquake. It is a natural safety/survival instinct. You can survive in a smaller void. Get next to an object, next to a sofa, next to a bed, next to a large bulky object that will compress slightly but leave a void next to it.

3) Wooden buildings are the safest type of construction to be in during an earthquake. Wood is flexible and moves with the force of the earthquake. If the wooden building does collapse, large survival voids are created. Also, the wooden building has less concentrated, crushing weight. Brick buildings will break into individual bricks. Bricks will cause many injuries but less squashed bodies than concrete slabs.

4) If you are in bed during the night and an earthquake occurs, simply roll off the bed. A safe void will exist around the bed. Hotels can achieve a much greater survival rate in earthquakes, simply by posting a sign on the back of the door of every room telling occupants to lie down on the floor, next to the bottom of the bed during an earthquake.

5) If an earthquake happens and you cannot easily escape by getting out the door or window, then lie down and curl up in the fetal position next to a sofa, or large chair.

6) Most everyone who gets under a doorway when buildings collapse is killed. How? If you stand under a doorway and the doorjamb falls forward or backward you will be crushed by the ceiling above. If the door jam falls sideways you will be cut in half by the doorway. In either case, you will be killed!

7) Never go to the stairs. The stairs have a different ‘moment of frequency’ (they swing separately from the main part of the building). The stairs and remainder of the building continuously bump into each other until structural failure of the stairs takes place. The people who get on stairs before they fail are chopped up by the stair treads – horribly mutilated. Even if the building doesn’t collapse, stay away from the stairs. The stairs are a likely part of the building to be damaged. Even if the stairs are not collapsed by the earthquake, they may collapse later when overloaded by fleeing people. They should always be checked for safety, even when the rest of the building is not damaged.

8) Get near the outer walls of buildings or outside of them if possible – It is much better to be near the outside of the building rather than the interior. The farther inside you are from the outside perimeter of the building the greater the probability that your escape route will be blocked.

9) People inside of their vehicles are crushed when the road above falls in an earthquake and crushes their vehicles; which is exactly what happened with the slabs between the decks of the Nimitz Freeway. The victims of the San Francisco earthquake all stayed inside of their vehicles. They were all killed. They could have easily survived by getting out and sitting or lying next to their vehicles. Everyone killed would have survived if they had been able to get out of their cars and sit or lie next to them. All the crushed cars had voids 3 feet high next to them, except for the cars that had columns fall directly across them.

10) I discovered, while crawling inside of collapsed newspaper offices and other offices with a lot of paper, that paper does not compact. Large voids are found surrounding stacks of paper.

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The entire world is experiencing natural calamities, so be prepared!

‘We are but angels with one wing, it takes two to fly’

In 1996 we made a film, which proved my survival methodology to be correct. The Turkish Federal Government, City of Istanbul, University of Istanbul Case Productions and ARTI cooperated to film this practical, scientific test. We collapsed a school and a home with 20 mannequins inside. Ten mannequins did ‘duck and cover,’ and ten mannequins I used in my ‘triangle of life’ survival method. After the simulated earthquake collapse we crawled through the rubble and entered the building to film and document the results. The film, in which I practiced my survival techniques under directly observable, scientific conditions , relevant to building collapse, showed there would have been zero percent survival for those doing duck and cover.

There would likely have been 100 percent survivability for people using my method of the ‘triangle of life.’ This film has been seen by millions of viewers on television in Turkey and the rest of Europe, and it was seen in the USA , Canada and Latin America on the TV program Real TV. 
Subject: Save your life with “The Triangle of Life”

Aveda: Walk for Water

This year Zazou Salon & Spa is participating in the Aveda Earth Month Walk for Water on April, 27th.  All donations go to Watercan.  The Walk for Water happens in cities all over the world during Earth Month to raise awareness and funds for clean water organizations. We walk 6 kilometers because that’s the average distance women in developing nations have to walk every day for clean water. source: United Nations Human Development Report, 2008……read more

Elaina’s “Holla Holla!” on… Colour Fading!

Holla Holla fellow Zazouians! Elaina here with some helpful tips to one of the most common battles I hear our guests experiencing… “Why does my hair colour fade so fast?!”

The most common reasons are the following;

PROBLEM: Shampooing too often!! A lot of people feel if they don’t wash their hair daily, it’s either dirty or greasy.  Unless you work as a Chimney Sweeper, Sewer Inspector or Cow-hoof Trimmer, then there is no reason you have dirty hair daily.  Greasy you say?  This is your scalp telling you “HEY! Pssst…You’re drying me out hot stuff… now I have to work overtime to nourish your noggin’!”

FACTOID: In the 1920s, mass production of bottled shampoo began in Britain and the United States. As consumers noticed the difference in their hair, it became quite popular and most used it at least once a week.  This led to the formulation of surfactant, a substance that strips sebum from the hair. When added to shampoo, surfactants break down oils, allowing water to simply wash them away and leaving hair dull and lifeless. Today, many people shampoo their hair daily, this can lead to overly dry hair and scalp from the stripping of its natural oils, and colour fading.

SOLUTION: As for the folks with dirty hair, if you find your hair dirty or smelly, most professional products are water soluble and do not require shampooing to dissolve. Rinsing and re-conditioning the ends should take care of any unwanted odour and remove any surface “dirt” such as ice cream from your 3 year old or from the person who sneezed latte foam in your hair at the Starbucks lineup – and will not jeopardize your colour.  As for the Greasers… that “grease” is actually the food that your body produces naturally that fuels your hair to grow strong and healthy.  It is abundant because your washing routine is starving your hair and scalp so its mass producing “back-up” nutrients in preparation for the fasting.

To avoid this you must reprogram those glands and this is how… it’s going to take 3 months tops.

1)     Stop shampooing daily. Rinse, re-condition from root to ends if you need to re-style bed head.  Rinse thoroughly, the cooler the better to contract and lock that moisture and colour in!

2)     Towel dry and start with a heat protecting product or treatment if you are going to heat style (see recommendations below) then go ahead with a styling product at the roots to midshaft such as Aveda Phomolient or Davines Wizard Mousse.  These products are water soluble and formulated to absorb any unwanted oils from the scalp using naturally derived products (instead of chemicals found in most drugstore brands), PH balanced, and natural UV protectors like cinnamon bark, to help protect your colour and your health.

3)     Blowdry and Style as usual!

*It’s going to be difficult in the beginning to get the hang of it but be patient!! This formula works every time!

PROBLEM: Heat styling such as blow-drying and flat ironing are also large contributors to colour fading.

SOLUTION: Heat expands things, yes? So the outer layer of hair shaft has cuticles similar to scales of a fish and protects like bark does on a tree.  When these “scales” expand from heat, your hair becomes very vunerable and exposed – like Marilyns legs when her dress gets blown up from her classic picture…The solution? Pantyhose! Naaaw, protective heat-styling aids are the pantyhose here! Or don’t blow-dry or style… pffft ya right!  Possible for some, not for most in our humid climate!

Product Recommendations…

Before I tell you my fav’s, just a little “heads up” on drug store brands.  Drugstore brands are produced to make money; they use harsh detergents and strong, non-breathable silicones and waxes to make your hair “appear” healthy. When in reality these products are literally sucking out whatever colour, moisture and protein in your hair AND harming you and our planet with chemicals and fillers.  So, they make’m cheap and marketable to attract (and distract!) the masses. Boo!!

Zazou has chosen product lines who have You, Zazou, and Our Planet in mind.  Aveda, who is 97 – 99% naturally derived, uses Fair-trade resources, educational support and their funding for renewable energy ensures that they have NET-ZERO impact on the earths climate… pretty cool stuff! Not to mention Davines, who’s commitment to minimizing the impact their activity has on the environment, not compromising the quality or quantity of the Earths natural resources, expansive education AND their packaging is made from a minimal of 60% recycled material.  Awesome!

So here’s the line up of my recommendations to restore, protect and make your colour last longer:

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What Massage at Zazou Can Do For You!

There are so many other uses for Massage Therapy other than just “relaxation and pampering”.  Don’t let the fact that we are called a “Spa” fool you!  We have fully qualified RMT’s that can help in  a number of preventative and healing ways that you may not even be aware of.  A Massage Therapist can help with anyone experiencing pain, whether it be an injury, repetitive action pain, or chronic pain.

The following is a list of available massages and their descriptions:

General Relaxation Massage

• This massage will benifit everyone!  It helps to increase circulation and lower stress levels and the production of cortisol. (The hormone that attacks are body system functions).

Therapeutic Massage

• This massage will have the same benefits of a relaxation massage with much more! A therapeutic massage has a specific focus with the aim of improving the ailment you are experiencing. This could be anything from hypertonic muscles from repetitive action, an injury in a motor vehicle accident,  an illness such as fibromyalgia, or chronic fatigue syndrome.
• Massage Therapy is a fabulous alternative form of health care that can increase our quality of life immensely.
• A Therapeutic Massage consists of many different modalities and techniques.  We can custom fit your massage to what will benefit you the most and the pain you’re experiencing.
• Remember you do not need to be experiencing pain to benefit from a therapeutic massage.  If we take the time to care for our bodies and treat them right, they will in turn be good to us as well.

The following is a list of all the modalities and techniques available with Zazou Salon & Spa’s Therapeutic Massage:

Active Release Technique

• Active Release Technique applies specific myofascial release methods to rapidly treat musculoskeletal pain, stress, and restrictions, caused by damage, injury, or repeated stress to the myofascia. Extremely efficient and effective, some discomfort may be experienced from this fast-acting deep-tissue myofascial work.

Acupressure

• Acupressure is based on the Chinese meridian system. It uses stimulation of a specific point or points to correct the energy flow within the meridians. Release of muscular tension is often part of the treatment. Correction of the energy flows can have general or specific therapeutic effects on any or all systems of the body.

Aromatherapy

• Aromatherapists can assess and support the treatment of, or enhance a variety of physical and mental conditions, through careful selection of quality plant essential oils (not flower essences). Some may use lymph drainage or relaxation massage as part of the application.

Chair Massage

• Chair Massage, also known as On-Site massage, is a specific, effective de-stressing massage and acupressure-based treatment done with the client fully clothed in specially-developed massage chairs that can be taken into almost any professional, public, or private setting. Sessions range from 10 minutes to an hour.

Cranial Sacral/CranioSacral Therapy

• Cranial Sacral Therapy begins by assessing the effects throughout the body of restrictions to the flow (pulses) of the cerebral spinal fluid. A variety of very gentle treatment techniques applied both directly and indirectly release the body’s connective tissues restrictions, and optimize the cerebral spinal fluid flow. 

 Manual Lymph Drainage

• Manual Lymph Drainage improves health and manages certain pathologies by improving the flow of the lymphatic system through light touch massage. It can reduce swelling and have analgesic effects. Some therapists are trained to help manage lymphedema (congenital / acquired), wounds and other skin pathologies.

Massage Therapy

• Massage Therapy is the manipulation of the soft tissues (primarily muscle and connective tissue) of the body. It strives to achieve balance and health in the body by affecting the body’s systems. Massage can significantly accelerate the healing process by having a positive affect on the circulatory and lymphatic systems

Maternal Massage

• Maternal Massage is a specialized focus of massage therapy, sometimes with other added techniques, applied to treat the discomforts and stress of pregnancy, and maintain optimum health and muscle-tone throughout the pregnancy, birth, postpartum and nursing period.

Myofascial Release

• Myofascial Release uses gentle stretching to focus on pain or restrictions in the connective tissue that exists three-dimensionally continuously through the entire body. It relies on sensory feedback of, and subsequent response to, the restrictions in the connective tissue perceived by the therapist.

Orthotherapy

• Orthotherapy uses massage therapy, stretching, joint mobilization, exercise therapy, postural assessment and basic nutritional counselling to ease muscular pain or stiff joints caused by tension and stress, imbalance in connective tissues, muscles or joints, tissue damage, or systemic problems.

Reflexology

• Reflexology is based on the ability to cause a healing stimulation of one body part or organ (a reflex response) by stimulation of a specific point or points on distant parts of the body. Most common is foot reflexology, where points on the foot are worked to reflex non-foot body organs. You may find hand and ear reflexologists.

Reiki

• Reiki means Universal Life Force energy. The receiver lies clothed while the giver gently places their Reiki-emitting hands in various positions on the head and body with the intention of enhancing and restoring both balance and healing to the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual realms. It is very relaxing.

Sports Massage

• Sports Massage therapists have a special interest in the needs of professional athletes, and people that regularly participate in sports. The two main aspects are conditioning and injury prevention work, and rehabilitation should injury occur. Usually approached through massage, exercise and stretching programs.

Trigger Point Therapy

• Trigger Point Therapy utilizes compression, stretch, and hydrotherapy to release active, tightened, or referred trigger points that create pain in muscle tissue. The area of pain could extend from or be some distance from the active trigger point or points.

 Visceral Manipulation

• Visceral Manipulation™ is a manual therapy that focuses on improving the function of the internal organs and their associated environment and influence. It uses specific placement of soft manual forces to encourage the normal mobility, tone and motion of the viscera and their connection tissues.

Aveda Be Curly Style-Prep

Adds moisture and curl definition as it seals the cuticle, taming frizz all day.  It helps to detangle and reduce breakage when combing your hair.  It also makes styling curls a lot easier and aids in maintaining the longer.  It leaves the hair soft, not “crunchy”.  It’s an excellent product to use alongside the Be Curly Curl Enhancer as it boosts it’s effects. 

The Be Curl Style-Prep contains:

• Wheat protein and an organic aloe blend that expands when hair is wet and retracts when hair is dry to intensify your curl of wave and control frizz all day.
• Organic baobob and babassu oil and macadamia nut helps to seal in and moisturize hair.
• Guar bean and plant-derived cellulose maintain the curl throughout the day.
• Has a refreshing, light aroma.

Fun Facts About the Bubbly

Champagne Trivia

Fun Facts About the Bubbly

Article By: Cynthia Riede Feb. 12th, 2009

Many, from Napoleon to Bette Davis, have championed Champagne – vivacious, social, and elegant, it is truly one of the most pleasurable wines one can serve. The next time you pop the cork off a bottle of bubbly, consider, for a moment, these intriguing facts:

• Wine can only be labeled “champagne” if is made in the Champagne region of northeastern France. If a sparkling wine is produced elsewhere using the traditional French method, credit must be given to the “methode champenoise” on the label. The three traditional grapes used to make champagne are the Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Pinot Meunier, all which grow in the region. True champagne, as opposed to other sparkling wines, has to have developed bubbles by undergoing the fermentation process twice: once in barrels and again in bottles.
• Dom Perignon, a Benedictine monk at the Abbey of Hautvillers, is considered to have invented champagne. He allowed the carbon dioxide to build up in the fermentation process, thus creating bubbles.
• There are 49 million bubbles in a 750ml bottle of champagne, give or take a few, as calculated by scientist Bill Lembeck, based on 5.5 atmospheres of pressure, when stored at 20 degrees Celsius.
• The pressure in a bottle of champagne is 90 pounds per square inch, about three times that in an automobile tire.
• Legend has it that the champagne “coupe” (a shallow, broad-rimmed goblet) was modeled in the shape of Marie Antoinette’s breast, using wax moulds.
• The longest champagne cork flight in the world was 177 feet, 9 inches, set by American Heinrich Medicus in New York in 1988.
• A champagne cork leaves the bottle at a velocity of approximately 38-40 mph, but can pop out at as fast as100 mph.
• The world’s largest champagne glass, unveiled at a festival in Spoleto, Italy, stands nearly 7 feet tall, and can hold the equivalent of 22 regular bottles (558 ounces) of champagne. That’s a lot of bubbly!
• James Bond, Ian Fleming’s fictional spy character, is portrayed as a frequent drinker of champagne. A count reveals thirty-five occasions in which the character was portrayed drinking champagne in Bond films.
• Marilyn Monroe is said to have once taken a bath in the bubbly. According to her biographer, it took 350 bottles to fill the tub. Try this at home.
• The official champagne of the Titanic was Heidsieck & Co Monopole Blue Top Champagne Brut. Rumor has it that a few bottles were brought up with the salvage recently, and still tasted great.

To see the full article click here!

Holiday Hours

Massage Away the Stress! January Special

Here is the list of available massages and the savings you will receive!

Aromatherapy Relaxation Massage 60m $40 (Reg. $80)

Prenatal Aromatherapy Relaxation Massage 60m $40 (Reg. $80)

Foot Reflexology 60m $40 (Reg. $80)

Deep Tissue Massage 60m $50 (Reg. $95)

Hot Stone Therapy 60m $60 (Reg. $110)

For more information on each massage click here!