Good bye 20′s HELLO 30!!!

I am stoked to have spent the second to last week of my 20′s in The Big Apple! (No one is counting here…)
I am headed home after 3 days at Bumble and bumble University and a total of 6 days in New York City! I have had 8 solid months of learning, teaching and inspiring as the Network Educator at 5th Element Salon since my last visit. I returned to the heart of it all to learn advanced hair styling in the Styling II class at Bb. University. I had been warned that this was going to be a very intense course. I am reporting back with real-life-actual-information after I sweated through the bobby pinning, hair spraying, hands-on course of ponytails, chignons (bun, if you are unfamiliar with the awkward word) and the-mountain-building double French twist. Now you are probably wondering how a ponytail or chignon and a double French twist could possibly make me sweat. I do work out regularly so this isn’t due to lack of fitness! I have to say I never knew that a ponytail or a bun could require such intensity, as many steps and so much focus. Notice that I failed to mention the double French twist in the previous sentence. Just imagine, really, the strongest possible foundation to literally build mountains on someone’s head. Now that’s difficult! That’s a double french twist. …And I passe! Now I have to brag. I not only passed, I received a huge compliment from my hands on educator Sabrina Michals! Btw, she is a Bb. editorial stylist who has completely inspired me previous to this class! Ohhhh, I’m lucky! Along with being at Bumble this week, just the simple fact of existing in one of the worlds most fashion forward and ‘anything goes’ cities was completely awesome!

Regardless of the sweat, stress and fear of blowing it this makes the closing of my 20′s quite exciting!

…and HELLO 30!!!! Im so ready for you.

The end. (Or shall I say, Beginning?)

Sabrina Michals and my Double French Twists.

#THRIVE

take a moment to shine light on another persons day… It will count!

Thank you for your Love @hairgoodness

inˈspī(ə)r

this is my word for 2013.

in·spire

/inˈspī(ə)r/

Verb

Fill (someone) with the urge or ability to do or feel something, esp. to do something creative: “his enthusiasm inspired them”.
Create (a feeling, esp. a positive one) in a person: “inspire confidence”.

WHAT INSPIRES YOU?

Sun and surf inspire me…

NYC in much more than a nutshell

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31F Delta flight 2258 PDX | JFK

Wednesday 7/18/2012: 10:38am

Am I there yet?! I woke up at 4:30 and have this incredible idea that if I stay awake the entire flight, then maybe, hopefully I will adjust to the time change. 4:30 west coast=7:30 east coast. I like the sounds of it. Fingers are crossed.

I won a free gogoinflight wifi pass for the flight (hopefully I’ll get the iPad too, but let’s not get greedy here). I am surrounded by children, who are all well behaved besides the grom sitting behind me using my seat as a kicking bag. I needed a massage anyways. I just found out that my credit card has been frozen… I mean really, why would a 29 yr. old woman living in Hood River be traveling to New York City using her C.C. to hold hotel reservations and buy tickets to Cirque du Soleil? I guess I’d rather have them be suspicious of Fraud than have to deal with a maxed out card when arrive.

Ok, so the REAL reason I am going to the Big Apple is to attend not 1 but 2 classes @ Bumble and bumble University! Thanks to 5th Element for selecting me as our Bumble Network Educator, giving me this incredible opportunity to travel to New York for an experience (there WILL be more) of a lifetime! My first class (which I happened to ‘win,’ -again thanks to 5th Element!) begins mañana is a Design Class, focusing on razor cuts #straightrazorsrscary. It is a two day class where I will be learning radness. My second class (4days) is the Network Educator Class where I will be learning the Bumble way… and how to teach it when I return to 5th Element Salon. I am super stoked to have this opportunity and plan to share it with all of you (whomever you might be). So keep your eyes peeled for more posts straight from NYC!

enjoy.

i apologize if i sound scattered or misspelled anything…

the early am and the warm sun coming in the window are catching up with me…

Announcing… Miss Candyland!

“Patience is a virtue.”

I heard quite a young boy say this the other day and I am not fully convinced he knew the correct usage of this saying. It has passed through my mind several times since making me think that there was a reason I heard these words. Yes. My release of Miss Candyland to the world has taken eons… really I have no idea why. This CoLab was a joint effort between myself and Ms. Magpie (Marissa Essex) for her school Mid-Term. For me, this was just a bit of fun to distract me from my usual day to day flow. I live for these special moments. Every shoot I am reminded why I love what I do and whom I am able to work with.

Back to PATIENCE…

The reality of it is that the entire process takes patience. You never know really what you are going to get. We lucked out majorly this time. Miss Candyland was the second and final shoot of the day, meaning that we had already had hours of hard work and practice on our patients by the time we pulled this make-shift dungeon studio photo shoot together.

It takes 2… plus some cotton candy, unicorns, cupcakes, sleeping beauties and a beautiful model to make magic. Magic? Why do I say this? Because our creation was truly magical. Just wait… You’ll see. Patience….

I want to thank everyone for their amazing time & PATIENCE. I hope you enjoy Miss Candyland as much as we have.