summer update!

As most people from Florida who work in any sort of service industry would know, summer is definitely our slower time! Usually it's because of vacationing, or just relaxing on the beach naturally getting blonder. I just thought I'd take a moment to update my blog with some of the newest pictures of some more recent things I have done in the salon. We just did a networking event/rock show at the Vineyard church in downtown Cape Coral which was a lot of fun! My good friends Jose & Steve are in an awesome band called FLF which will be playing at the Orlando warped tour this year were among some of the bands who performed at this event along side Aaron Gillespie who I was fairly unfamiliar with before the show but really grew an appreciation for his music after seeing him preform. At this show, me and my fellow Hair to be Different crew styled some hair for the models they had wearing the bands t shirts at the event. We have another networking event coming up this week at Alfred Angelo bridal store where we will just be talking with some lovely brides and giving them advice as to what they should do with their hair and makeup for their big day! The nice thing about our slow season is getting to do these sort of fun events and getting out in our community to spread the work about our awesome salon! We have also recently expanded to be a boutique as well so we carry all sorts of purses, and accessories as well as a few other odds and ends to make clients experience at Hair to be Different a little bit more fun! Well enough of my blabbering here's the pics!

Here is myself, Jenna, my boss Pam, and Jenn at the networking event

Jenn and I smiling for the camera

Jenn and I styling some hair for the models! unfortunately we forgot to take a group shot of all the models sorry :(

This is Jose, the lead singer of FLF check out there music at purevolume or myspace just search weareFLF

This is Kelly our receptionist at HTBD she she was going to prom :) I did her color which was specified on IAN ZACHARY MODEL #3 blog as well as her style and makeup for this occasion

Here's another fun style I did with lots of curls to show off her bond and blue highlight I put in her hair.

This is Jade a lovely client of mine who needed a style for her 8th grade graduation!

Orlando Premire show!

I had been preparing for so long that I couldn't believe how fast it came and went! As much anticipation and stress I built up for the show was soon calmed as soon as I stepped on that stage! It was such fun, fast paced atmosphere that you didn't even realize how much time had passed by. There were tons of fellow stylists just walking by trying to get the most of all the deals and new products out there. Every so often we would have people come by the booth and watch me preforming color applications and hair cuts. We even had a few people volunteer to be models for me. It was a very fun experience! The days were long, and standing in my fabulous Jessica Simpson heals all day was not an easy task but it was defiantly worth it! Over all, I would have to say that this experience really opened up my eyes to a whole other side of the hair industry that I was unfamiliar with. It's not as glitz and glamorous backstage as I had expected it to be. You have to wash hair in community sinks, use paper towels, and hope that the person before you didn't use up all the water! But what I took back from this was a whole lot of respect for platform artists and the work they do to get to where they are. Also, I learned so many new techniques and tips that I look forward to bringing back with me to the salon. Here are some of the pictures of the booth and me preforming a color application on one of my models. Enjoy!