little bangs

bangs are one of my favorite things to cut.  you can go so many different ways with them and they yield an instant look! a good fringe speaks for itself - whether it's subtle or bold.  personally i would wear bangs a lot more often if i knew wes was a fan of them on me.  i can wear my hair super short or long - he won't care but bangs are not his fav.  i'll keep revisiting them here and there to warm him up - plus - i just like them.  in the meantime...i project them on my clients ;-p

anywho - my sweet new client kerina came in for a bang trim and went for the semi-micro bangs. they instantly opened up her gorgeous eyes and brows - plus they work so well with the layers in her hair.

here are more little bangs i secretly covet ;)

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bang trim anyone? hehe

modern bowl cut

a recent haircut that i added to my repertoire thanks to my friend liska who requested it.  it's not every day i get a client asking for this look so you can bet i was excited that she entrusted it to me - and i absolutely love it on her!

different versions of the bowl (or halo) haircut make for such a fun and bold change.  here's some more inspo from one of my fav blogs, she lets her hair down - this and this.

all images by nate cole. 

thanks guys! 

Dark to blonde

My lovely friend lidiya asked me the other day how many visits it would take for her to go from brown/black hair to julianne hough's blonde. Very smart to ask that because most people know that dark dark to blonde blonde is rarely a one visit situation - especially if you've been coloring your hair dark for years.

so far she's had two appointments and i'll say we're getting there. we went from stripping all the old hair dye (you really never know what you're going to get when you do that) to fully highlighting everything else and ended up with a lovely golden blonde.  she has to get it toned regularly to control what's still left of the old stubborn color, but she's definitely blonde! anyway, here's the two week transition thus far ;)

 we were talking about how truly different you become when you change color so drastically - having to use a different color on your brows and cheeks and how even some clothes work better than others.  reminds me when i went entirely platinum about four years ago.  it did a number to my hair but lets be real, when you transition so quickly the rugged texture kind of goes without saying.  after deep conditioning treatments to replenish some of that lost moisture (one of my fav's is melu by davines - pronounced dah-vin-ess), the hair is still left with a little bit of what i like to call "true grit" (sounds like a title for a movie ;-p).  in fact that's part of what i love so much about going really blonde - the awesome texture! 

thanks guys! 

anniversary and munchkin

hello everyone! 

on thursday we found out we're having a girl! (i had a feeling :) anyway we set off for our little anniversary trip right after the appointment so we were really able to mull over different girl names.  we had a good laugh over if we named her joni and she'd be joni matchell! can you imagine the grief this girl would get all her life - she'd have to be like "yes like joni mitchell but with an 'a' instead of the 'i'". rolls eyes.  

on another note we've been married 5 years now which is nuts to me.  it's only been 5! i realize out of the almost 30 years of my life, only about 8 of them were spent with wes.  sometimes i think, who IS he even?! we become such a daily part of each other that i forget we're two different people sometimes.  is that weird?  it's the coolest feeling in the world.  we're like home to each other. i'm sure someone who's been married way longer would be reading this going "you're telling me". haha

here's a little bit about the weekend.

we spent one night in oakland after hanging out in san francisco for a day and then set off for mendocino/fort bragg. this is how i spent the night in our hotel in oakland. in a chair by the window!

we were given a smoking room - being pregnant i was exceptionally angry about this, but it was really too late and we were too tired to try to fight with travelocity and wait for them to find rooms in other hotels. 

fort bragg was a treat though. we stayed at clara's cottages which we tracked using airbnb for the first time and we totally loved it! the pics will probably be boring - we didn't do too much else other than walk along the beach and hang out at the cottage, totally unplugged for the most part.  what a difference it makes.

this is sort of a prego belly shot. sometimes i look more pregnant than others. 

the beach was pretty close to our cottage but you had to get through like three different dune "mountain" ranges and though the beach seemed close-by...if felt farther and farther the closer you got.  it was easy to get disoriented so we made land markers....like these two camel humps. or something else ;P 

that is definitely a names book - just for a couple ideas.  although it seems like that's all we were consumed with (lol), i promise we talked about a slew of other things and not just baby.  we're NOT those people.  jk!!! probably were. we also revisited how we grew up and high school years and all that.  so fun to remember and laugh about! younger and wilder days  (i would argue i'm wilder now, but...)

that's about it. now we're getting all set up for our little munchkin.  got a new home so we're having to go through stuff and eventually pack up. a little overwhelming but exciting at the same time. 

thanks for checking in guys! i really hope posts like this aren't too boring. i know i like them. i do intend to blog more about all things hair intermittently. i just like life in general all the same ;) i'll figure it out.  

madres

we spent some relaxing time this sunday at wesley's parents' house celebrating motherhood.

i enjoy our times there because they almost always involve lounging around by the pool in the summertime, or the fireplace when it's cold talking, eating, and laughing.  makes me excited for when the babe comes along - he/she will have some great company.  and if my parents decide to move back to sac, it will be double the company, ha!

come summertime, i eat cherries by the bowlful.  this bowl was full at some point.  gross fact, but i probably ate 80% of the cherries.

i think if you really appreciate someone's motherhood, you should be able to affirm that any day of the year. i will say though it felt pretty special to be congratulated with mothers day for the first time. rookie! 

that's all friends!

hair soiree

as promised ;) 

the evening turned out much better than i expected.  worth all the stress leading up to it! 

every new(er) stylist at my salon is required to put together a compilation of looks (wardrobe, hair, make up - the focus is hair) and showcase them via fashion show.  it's more a celebration of the stylist than a requirement..but you know, preparing for it feels a lot like a senior project. until it's actually fun.  and then the day of - you truly do feel celebrated. i was one of three stylists showing off our looks - anywho's you get the point. 

my theme was 90s grunge inspired - very bare eye and dark lip with much contouring and of course hair that hopefully projected the attitude of that era - you know, cool and grungy.  much credit to my sweet make up girl who interpreted my vision perfectly, my buddies at a glass jar who supplied most of the wardrobe, my co-workers who assisted me with executing some of the hair masterpieces, and of course my beautiful models who all did me a major major solid (including my husband!). just look at 'em. 

michael working some rick rack into olga's hair

bella, my co-worker's daughter, was one of my last-minute model additions. such a cutie - really pulled the looks together with her tshirt! 

great evening - i celebrated with some pals afterwards.  i think like the next day i found out i was pregnant O_o haha.

ok guyz thanks for reading! 

still here!

hi guys!

i know it's been a little tiny while (sorry!)....i have a little fashion show update in the works, but in the meantime, just wanted to check in and let ya know - i'm still here!!!

most of you who know me and read my blog (when i update) already know - BUT if you don't, i'm four months preggers - nuts! 

just a couple of things that have been happening: 

first trimester - nauseous most of the time...but functional! 

temporarily lost my appetite for sweet potatoes, quinoa, leafy greens, avocado, coffee....so frustrating! 

temporarily lost my inspiration/motivation for blogging or doing anything online, really.  

the great thing is i'm into my second trimester and am starting to pick things up again...like coffee (not yet black), avo (at least guac), quinoa (thanks to my buddy olga), and i think leafy greens are slowly on their way back too.  sweet potatoes are still far off, but it's ok ;)

wes and i are pretty pumped.  the thought of having kiddos is terrifying and exhilarating.  terrifying because things won't be the same anymore (no more just the two of us). and we have no clue what we're doing. exhilarating because...we're going to have a  little being with his/her own character and personality - a little reflection of us.  praying we do ok ;)

thanks for checking in!