public event paper

The public event I will talk about is THE SALON at ULTA Beauty 's Cut-A-Thon! Throughout the month of October, ULTA Beauty is proud to support The Breast Cancer Research Foundation® (BCRF) with fundraising initiatives. As part of its efforts, customers can once again participate in the largest event of its kind -- THE SALON at ULTA Beauty 's Cut-A-Thon! There is a salon in each of ULTA Beauty 's 609 stores across the country and more than 2000 ULTA Salon stylists will participate. This took place on Sunday, October 13 from 11 a.m. – 6 p.m., the Cut-A-Thon offers a cut, shampoo and style or Dermalogica MicroZone Targeted Skin Treatment mini facial by ULTA Beauty 's professionally trained stylists for a minimum suggested donation of $10. One hundred percent of the donations benefit BCRF. In 2012, ULTA Beauty stylists performed more than 23,000 haircuts during the Cut-A-Thon and they are aiming to beat that record this year. Men and women were allowed but I saw a majority of women.The patrons were mostly upper and middle vales, the stylists were working class. The stylists were mostly black, the clients were from a variety of races and ethnicities. The socialization and social interaction was taking place between clients and stylists they were making eye contact and approval from their friends of how the new style would look or looks. How these women should think of themselves played a very important role as these women were primarily concerned about style. Their discussion combined with pictures had a significant amount of impact on their visits to salons. Some women while making a contribution to breast cancer and willing to take chances prided themselves on choosing styles that were radically different than their current cut. In the context of a beauty salon, information is shared, opinions and feedback are given. Information is shared and respected by both clients and stylists. The clients and stylists build relationships around the

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