Special Guest

Along with my productive week, I also had the pleasure of sitting in on a speech from a very profound individual in the southern Connecticut area. Our teacher, Mrs. Tanisha, introduced us to this master (and her husband) Timothy Dawson aka "Smooth". 

Let me tell you, he really was smooth. Some people said he was cocky and a bit self indulged, but I beg to differ. He is success in his profession as a "Hair Surgeon". He started at the age of 15 and retired his career at the age of 33. "Ten years too late," he yelled. Haha. He was funny and an awesome person. He deserved to be the way he is... confident. He really changed my perspective on the art of cosmetology. In just the matter of an hour, he had my mind wrapped around every word he said. I definitely to that day put into effect what it means to be a hair stylist... the attire I still have to work on. But, I am proud to say that that person is a role model. I usually don't have men as my role models, not sure why I just don't, but he is the first in my book. I recorded the speech, I may put it up when I get his permission.

Productivity!

So, this week and school was unusually productive! Yeah, I know, why wouldn't it be productive? Here's some more of work... just some highlights but they are very cute.

Does anyone know where I can take a Wella Color class? I'm going to ask my school director but an suggestions would be cool... if anyone even reads this blog thingy.

I have worked hard to get to this point in my profession. Here is one of my many achievements. The Ombre haircolor is Wella Color Touch 7/45 and 10/6. So.. it came out uber cute!

Introduction maybe...

So, this is my first "post", (hehe it's fun saying "post" ^L^) and I'm just so excited I am not sure what to post. Maybe I'll just sum up everything I have been learning throughout my schooling at Brio/Marinello's School of Cosmetology. (Be prepared to be scared by the promo voice when you click the link.) 

Well, when I was in my high school years, I was very interested in fashion... but not so much fashion as it was how the clothing worked with the hair and makeup. I went to a Vocational/Technical school so, I was in "Fashion Design & Entrepreneurship". It was okay but I got very tired at the thought of doing this the rest of my life. I even had all my paperwork set up to attend The Art Institute of NYC. Everything crumbled and my dream fizzled out. 

It was like that dream of creating and styling clothing shed it's non-existent skin and out walked a new and more astonishing dream that I would have never thought about... being a professional stylist.

My brother, Jimmy, was attending one of the Brio schools. (Hairdressing runs in my family.) He told me all about this school and it turned out to be better than I thought. I learned so much so far and made so many friends. I learned how to apply color correctly, how to do a relaxer (No... it's not a perm. A perm is to curl the hair. A relaxer is to straighten out the natural curl.), how to distinguish between Haircolor and hair color, just so much more I can't even explain all of it.

I recently just reached 1000/1500 hours. (The state requirement for getting a license in Connecticut is 1500 hours.) I am so excited to graduate and work in a salon, make a name for myself, and hopefully fulfill quite a far-fetched aspiration (I'll explain in later posts.) Anyways, I have chosen my focus to be in color. I love the versatility there is in this beautiful art. So many colors, so many creations, and so many opportunities.