I am on the Salon Floor!

Well I am proud to say I have enough hours to cut, color, perm and relax hair on the salon floor.  I am so very excited.  I had my first client last Friday, it was only a trim but how exciting it was to finally be able to have a client in my chair.  We are still doing some book work currently and in a very hard chapter.  Color, everything there is to know about color.  I want to become a specialist with colors.  There is a lot of studying I need to do for sure.  Paying attention and asking questions will surly benefit me as well.  Have a great day and thanks for reading my post.

Weekend studies

Practice makes perfect, right?  Well I have a new mannequin head I just cut at school yesterday and her hair is screaming for color.  I'm thinking about coloring her hair black with red foiled in, I will part her hair into four sub-sections, starting at the bottom of each sub-section I will section off  1/2 inch horizontal partings and foil in alternating colors from the bottom to the top of each sub-section and all the way around the head keeping the color placement consistent and symmetrical.  When I'm done I will style her hair and take some pics to post. Stayed tuned.............



                                                           BEFORE

AFTER

Styled differently same haircut

The perks of cosmo school

Today while in school I had a Microdermabrasion Treatment done and my face feels great.  So soft and smooth and it cost me nothing.  This service in the salons cost upwards of $200 bucks but hey students at the school need guinea pigs and I am game.  It was my first one and I will be sure to have this done at least 2 times a month if I can volunteer again.  Its Friday and I am off till next week Tuesday.  We have a test on Tuesday covering the current chapter we are in, which covers perms and relaxers.  The chapter is technically called Texturizing chemical services.

Fridays are lab days

Today in school we are doing relaxers.  Not with the chemicals, just a mock using conditioner instead of Sodium Hydroxide or a Thioglycolate one.  Thats some serious chemicals right there.  You can get some serious chemicals burns from it too. Look here and you can see for yourself. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_hydroxide

I must admit after reading all the uses of this chemical I am absolutely amazed anyone puts this in there hair.  But the price we pay for beauty is sometimes priceless. I seen this lady's story and I thought you may enjoy the read. http://thankgodimnatural.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/natural-chic-of-the-week-isabella-brooekhuizen/

Back to school in my 2nd quarter

I am back to school in my 2nd quarter and I just love it.  We are currently learning chemical hair texturizing services and I did a bricklay perm today and I am very happy with my results

                        

Summer Break

So I've been on summer break for 2 weeks this coming Wednesday.  I must say I am so ready to be back in school.  Our quarters are 12 weeks long with a 2 week break between except for xmas I think they give us 4 weeks. My expected graduation is for September of 2011 just as long as I have the 1500 hrs required to take my state board license test. I currently have 170 hrs and once I have 200 hrs  I can start working on the salon floor part time. I am very excited to get on the floor.  I really like cutting hair, and everything else there is to do with hair.  I find it very easy to learn.  It's as if I've been there before, like maybe in another life.  Anyways 2 nd quarter begins July 15th and I am very excited.  In this quarter we will be learning Chemicals!!!!!!!! This is so going to be my fav.  I must pay close attention, I want to be a color specialist someday. I love working with colors and making statements.

A pink that last's forever!

So many times when I am out I am asked who does your hair and what color pink is that?  Well I do my hair myself, colors that is.  I have found by far the best best pink to use is made by special effects http://www.specialeffectsusa.com/hair_dye.html the color I use is Atomic Pink .  Its awesome and very bright.  I lighten my hair prior to using it. If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask.

Oh lets not forget to mention the fact that some colors glow in black light