Rocking Reds!

Its been waaaay to long since my last post. I've been wanting to showcase how fantastic red heads are right now so this is long overdue!

Red is a hard color to pull off, but when you can do it heads will turn! One of my great friends, Angie, has trusted me to turn her from a brunette to a rich red head with some chestnut lowlights and I couldn't be happier with the results! She is beyond gorgeous and currently expecting so she's full on glowing in my current pictures. Here are a few of Angie before.....

Here she is on two different occasions rocking the red and some fun layers...

Below is another client , whose hair I would LOVE to have.

She came in with a lot of violet in her hair and wanted a more natural look. I added some highlights and darkened her red a bit and here are the results...

If you are thinking about altering your look, red a really fun way to go. I had fun changing it up with these ladies!

It's almost that time!

Summer is right around the corner and that means WEDDING'S and lots of them! Its one of my favorite times of year and my schedule is filling up for updo's. Whether your a bride, bridesmaid or mother of the bride or groom you need to start scheduling your appointment! My calendar is filling up quick but I still have some availability.... therefore I thought I would share some of my favorite styles I have done over the past few years.

These ladies don't need my help to look amazing but I LOVE their hair! Annie I'm so excited to do your

wedding in July!!!

 

Quick and easy bridesmaid styles

Love these two! Angie looked like a princess and was very easy going about her hair :)

Last minute touch ups!

Jessica looking very elegant!

Simply lovely

                                                          As always I love the braids!

I hope you have enjoyed a little taste of some of the wedding styles I have done. There are more I would have loved to put up but for the life of me I couldn't find pictures (ie Megan and Tricia)

Contact me today for your wedding 580-0541 or email me :)

Happy Planning!

Straight Talk

So I had a few VERY curly haired clients come in (one of them being my adorable niece) the salon. They both had extremely long and tight curly hair. I love curly hair so much but we decided to switch things up and straighten their hair. Of course I completely spaced taking a before picture while their hair is in lovely curls and instead only got the before of their hair blown out and kind of large. I do promise the curls they have are fabulous! The first client is Kathleen whom I would take as my hair model any day! Here is her before we use the straightener....

The straightner I used heats to 450 degrees in abouuuut 17 seconds, its crazy and I love it! While her hair was wet I used Aguage ultra staightening gel followed by a tiny bit of Aquage silkening oil. Here is Kathleen silky smooth...

My cutie pie niece, Mariah, was my next straightening client. Mariah's curls were more coarse so I decided to use a mini Brazilian Blowout mask on her before we got started. The mask was on for about 10 minutes under heat then we rinsed and got started. Here is Mariah before...

 After the Brazilion Blowout mask I also used the Aquage silkening oil both while it was wet then while it was dry. Here is Mariah looking so much older than before I can hardly stand it....

Sooo cute! These are two gorgeous girls and they were so fun to be with! It is really refreshing for me to be able to do something different to clients every once in a while that isn't permanent. Thanks to Kathleen & Mariah for letting me take your pictures no matter what your hair looked like!  

CuRLs

One of my favorite things to do to hair is use hot rollers. They are perfect for almost all types of hair. They literally put the bounce back into your look. If you have medium to long hair you will want to blow dry your hair after washing it and then put large rollers in. The best thing is you can go about finishing getting ready and take them out once they've cooled. Here is a before and after to show you the fun results!

Erin has beautiful hair that is long enough to use large hot rollers, if you have shoulder length you would want medium size. You want to use the rollers right after blow drying because your hair will take the heat and curl better and then you get this gorgeous look....

Then style as needed and your ready to go!

I also wanted to give you all some ideas of another type of curl. Those of us who have naturally curly hair and may get little overwhelmed by it here are some tips. Moisture is key so once you get out of the shower keep your hair very damp, comb it then scrunch it with whatever curl product you like (I like aquage curl gel or cream) take a towel and scrunch the dampness out of the hair with it. Then blow dry with a diffuser. At that point your hair will look kind of big but it will calm down :) One way to help with that is to take a curling iron and manipulate a few of the front pieces just to soften the look. The great part about this is how easy it can be whipped up into an updo with these curls. Even the next day if you don't like to wash your hair everyday you can get out the curling iron, touch up a few pieces and you have your "honeymoon hair" its one of my favorite looks! Here is a picture of that hair type in an updo (I used the exact steps mentioned above on her)
Gabrielle was going to a New Year's party so we had to make it a little more polished. : )

**Happy Holidays**

The Holidays are here and that means party time!  We all want to look extra special this time of year mostly because well its just fun! This is when we run into old friends and family and want to be looking our best. One of my favorite special occasion looks is false eyelashes! They are so easy and they just really make everyone's eyes pop. I've decided to offer them at the salon, its only $15 and well worth it!

My beautiful and fabulous sister-in-law, Jaclyn, was in town over the weekend for some holiday stuff.  I wanted her to be my muse and thankfully she was up for it! Jaclyn has naturally curly hair, its gorgeous. She wanted to donate it so recently we made a big cut!

To give her the "girls night out look" I straightened her hair .....

Then added the false eye lashes. The before and after is below...LOVE IT!

Gorgeous!!!!

Winter Hair

So whether we like it or not winter has arrived...ugh...
We all know how hair changes with the seasons so I thought I would give you some tips to make it through the long winter.
Usually women like to go a shade darker for fall and winter. Often they run into the problem of having "flat" hair. To get a little volume back in your life highlights do the trick! They don't have to be super blond but you can do some warm honey colored ones to add a little dimension and also give you that extra boost.

We all know what its like to have static in our hair once the air goes dry here are some items that I can't live without when that time of the year rolls around. First we all want to hairspray our hair when this happens, don't. It is because the air is so dry and our hair lacks moisture. All you need is a small pinch of serum (whether its for straightening, anti frizz or shine) this will do the trick. I love the Aquage brand and sell it at 541 Salon.
Also this is when you may want to switch to moisturizing shampoo (for all those who color their hair make sure its color protecting shampoo). Lastly if all else fails and your hair just doesn't want to cooperate .......dryer sheets. Weird I know but hey whatever works! They also take the static out of clothing and some say keep mosquitos away....
So those are my quick and easy tips for fighting the winter hair!

Cancun Wedding Fiesta

This is my first "official" blog post so please bare with me if its awkward :) One of my favorite parts of being a stylist is doing weddings. I love everything about wedding updo's! So I was more than excited to be asked by an amazing bride, Laura, to hop on a plane and do everyone in her wedding party's hair in lovely Mexico! I wanted to show everyone the work I did on these awesome girls. They completely trusted my "hair instinct" and let me do what I wanted to them, LOVE THAT! Enjoy the photos!

Laura the bride