It's Wedding Season!

So this past Saturday, my good friends Justin & Tanya got married! It was a beautiful ceremony at the Heitman House downtown Fort Myers. I was very honored when Tanya told me she wanted me to be part of the wedding party. Not only is Tanya a great friend, but she is also my boyfriend's sister! I was very happy that I got to be a part of it. On top of being in the wedding, I was also asked to do the hair and makeup for the day! Originally the reason I got into this profession was to do hair and makeup for special events like proms, weddings, and such. So of course I jumped at the opportunity!

We played with a bunch of different styles for up dos for Tanya but we ended up choosing a very nice side swept style with curls to accentuate her beautiful one shoulder wedding gown. For the bridesmaids, they both had short hair and wanted it all up since anyone who is from this area knows it is very warm this time of year. In the end everyone looked great! My Mother Sandra, who is a former hairstylist and My best friend Jenn who works with me at Hair to Be Different, came along to help get the aunts, cousins, and grandmas ready for the big day!

I didnt get a chance to take a lot of pictures but my mom was there to help! Heres some pictures of the bride and bridesmaids!

Here Im just doing last finishing touches on the bride before the ceremony begins

The beautiful bride!

The bridesmaids! (from left) Joy, Lani, and myself!

This picture I took from the photographer :)

Ian Zachary Training pt. 4 (Kelly)

The last few weeks we have just been preparing for the hair show. I have been working on mannequins to trouble shoot different problems that could occur while using Ian Zachary color line. We played with the vibrant mix tones to create fun blue, violet, and red pieces. We also tried different formulations to cover grey.

This past Monday, I got my friend Kelly to come in to the salon to be a model. Kelly is our other receptionist at Hair to Be Different. She has been a very vibrant blond for quite some time. A few moths ago she decided to go slightly darker so we deepened her high lift level 11 blond to a nice golden level 7. It worked well with her skin tone and was very complimentary but she was ready for a change! When we consulted with her the one thing she was kind of scared of was being too red! We opted for a beautiful level 4 mahogany with some rich under tones of red to really deepen the shade. We both agreed it was not too red as long as we left some fine strands of highlights throughout the top. Here are her before and after shots. She has a prom coming up this weekend so ill be sure to post her up do pictures as well!

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