new hair and such

my new hair! although its not so new anymore. The fun of being a hairstylist.. I'm sick of my new hair already haha! that's okay though I already have plans.

Also I bought these the other day from etsy! so excited to get them

So things I'm currently excited for.
Tubing down the river and PNE this weekend, big family party and Tiffanys birthday next weekend, Coheed and Cambria in October, fright nights in October BUT most excited for Cam and Shannon coming back from their honeymoon on Tuesday!!!! yayy!!

Hope everyone is having a wonderful day !

working working working.. driving

This week has been super busy! Lots of people wanting to get highlights and stuff for summer which is awesome. I also started my makeover this week. I am competing in a makeover competition through redkin and chatters. Ive taken on a pretty big challenge with my model and what I'm doing, I'm not gonna say what I'm doing but I'll post pictures when I'm all finished. I'm really excited for the final outcome!

I took portraits for everyone at my work today so we can do bios for our facebook group, I'm excited to get that up and running too! We've had a facebook group for a while but haven't really paid much attention to it, so this will be great.

And I got my new car!!!!! It's amazing, I\m so in love... I still don't really feel like its mine! I'm so careful driving now haha. Here are some pictures I took the day before I bought it.

The hatchback is so awesome! Koda fits so perfectly in the back, he loves it back there too he doesnt even try to jump over the seat!


Its a long weekend so me and Matt get two days off together instead of just one! We are maybe gonna take a mini road trip (I hope). I really just want to go everywhere now that I have a reliable car.

We went on a walk the other day to a place around the lake we had never been. Its really pretty, but lots and lots of bugs. We took some pictures, sat on some rocks and explored a bunch. I've been kinda teaching Matthew how to use my camera and he's taken some awesome pictures. I love that we share intrests.

Matt took this and I edited it. I love it! I already printed out a bunch of the pictures from this  day to put in a frame that I've been wanting to fill forever. Theres more on my flickr.

Well thats all for now. one more day till the weekend woohoo!

Hair Stuffs

So I decided I would start doing some posts about hair. Processes, products I like, styling tips, colors and cuts I've done. Advice from a Hairstylist. So feel free to ask any questions you might have!

So here's a color correction I did a few weeks ago. A good reminder about how bad box dyes can go. Lots of people box dye their hair and do an awesome job. On the other hand, a lot of people buy a box of hair color from the drugstore expecting to get the color shown on the box. There is SO much more to take into consideration, underlying pigment, existing color, porus ends, natural regrowth. If you have anything but natural blonde hair, you probably wont get the results you expect to get. and most of the time in the end you spend more money when you were trying to save a few bucks. So that pumpkin spice latte copper brown is now more like a baby food orange, and you come see me to get it fixed. All of the sudden what originally would have cost you around 70 dollars for me to do, now is a MUCH bigger process.. and is costing you a lot more.

So heres a little peak into a color correction

This lovely girl had boxed dyed her hair. As you will see, it didn't come out anything like she wanted it. She was about 5 different colors, she had banding and of course the hair was damaged and porus. It took about 3 hours, four color formulas and a lot of foil. But it was worth it in the end!

Before (I'd already started before I remembered I wanted to take pictures)

 

After

TaDa!

and really, this was actually an easy one compared to some I've done. So my best advice is, know what your getting into! Don't expect that coloring your hair yourself will be any easier or cheaper. In most cases its neither cheap or easy if it doesn't turn out. So always know what your getting into :)

thats all for now

John Paul Pet

I have to share this. I mentioned in a previous post about being excited about the new paul mitchelle pet line. Its really awesome, I bough the waterless foam shampoo and the conditioning tea tree spray from work the other day and I am absolutly bananas over them!

The foam shampoo is great because our pup hates being bathed. The funny thing is, Koda loves water.. He swims and swims all summer long. I guess the bathtub can be a scarey thing for a lot of dogs though, and being that hes about 60 lbs its always quite the task just trying to get him in there.. esspescailly if Matts not home. So I love this waterless shampoo, I just put it all over him and brush it out and it works really well!

The tea tree spray is great too. I love tea tree, it cures all haha. It also repells fleas and tics which is an awesome natural benifit. I have been useing it on my cat too and she loves it! She just sits there with the most loving look on her face while I spray and brush her. Both of the coats are so incredibly shiny and soft now.

The line is a lot bigger and I want to try everything in it. I have a sample of the oatmeal shampoo that I will also try if I can every get him into the bathtub.

All the products are also very afforable which I love. And I think my favorite part is at the bottom of every bottle where is says "Cruelty Free, Tested On Humans First" heh.

Being a hairstylist, I always try and get my clients on good quality salon products and now there pets can have the same luxuries ! and at a great price, even better! I love it :D