diff --git a/src/app/page.tsx b/src/app/page.tsx
index 839fcd3..1457c5f 100644
--- a/src/app/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/page.tsx
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export default function LandingPage() {
         <HeroCentered
           title="Premium Grooming for the Modern Man"
           description="Experience precision haircuts, expert beard grooming, and professional styling at The Edge Barber Shop. Where tradition meets modern excellence."
-          background={{ variant: "aurora" }}
+          background={{ variant: "sparkles-gradient" }}
           avatars={[
             { src: "https://img.b2bpic.net/free-vector/flat-variety-male-avatars_23-2147676209.jpg", alt: "Satisfied customer 1" },
             { src: "https://img.b2bpic.net/free-photo/profile-shot-bearded-young-man-look-left_176420-16068.jpg", alt: "Satisfied customer 2" },
@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@ export default function LandingPage() {
           rating={5}
           author="Michael Patterson, Local Business Owner"
           useInvertedBackground={true}
+          ratingAnimation="none"
+          avatarsAnimation="none"
           avatars={[
             { src: "https://img.b2bpic.net/free-vector/flat-variety-male-avatars_23-2147676209.jpg", alt: "Customer 1" },
             { src: "https://img.b2bpic.net/free-photo/profile-shot-bearded-young-man-look-left_176420-16068.jpg", alt: "Customer 2" },
diff --git a/src/app/shop/page.tsx b/src/app/shop/page.tsx
index e938e08..3171726 100644
--- a/src/app/shop/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/shop/page.tsx
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ export default function ShopPage() {
           rating={5}
           author="Michael Patterson, Local Business Owner"
           useInvertedBackground={true}
+          ratingAnimation="none"
+          avatarsAnimation="none"
           avatars={[
             { src: "https://img.b2bpic.net/free-vector/flat-variety-male-avatars_23-2147676209.jpg", alt: "Customer 1" },
             { src: "https://img.b2bpic.net/free-photo/profile-shot-bearded-young-man-look-left_176420-16068.jpg", alt: "Customer 2" },