Foils and more dating BS

I can foil like a boss now.

Starting out, I foiled slowly, and it kinda looked messy. But thanks to learning how to properly fold the foils and also thanks to my special weaving comb, not only am I quick, but the highlights/lowlights look great. It's making me good money, whenever I get a client.

I remember the first foil job I did when I was out of school...I melted the poor girl's hair. I felt like an idiot. I avoided using lightener at all costs for a while after that. Then I warmed back up to it after learning that miracles can't happen when it comes to color sometimes, and at those times, you have to say "No." Since, I've gotten better, then I got pretty damn good. I learned the values of safely lifting, that even though a brand of lightener might lift "up to seven levels", it's not safe to lift more than four in one session. I did a rather successful job of giving some neat color using foils to my friend Gwen's hair, which came out in a nice spray of autumn colors. Very nice indeed.

So I had what seemed like a nice date last night. A guy who was adorably awkward and had a funky underbite, but was still cute. I kissed him before we parted ways. However, he was asking for sexual...favors this morning and I refused. He told me "Sorry, this isn't going to work out."

Huh?

Fall...Resolutions?

It's funny how big ideas, epiphanies, and decisions come to me while I'm trying to fall asleep. Well, I got that last night.

Lose weight by substitution (because, heh, f*ck dieting, right?), and sell the cow.

Haha what?

My biggest vice is Coke. As in Coca-Cola, people. I go to work, get a large Coke from Chick-Fil-A, and usually get one refill during my shift. Then I come home and have maybe two cans. That's a lot of calories I usually don't think about because hey, it's a drink. So the Coke-drinking's gotta stop. As soon as I finish this 12-pack I'm working on.

I'm also racking up calories from mayonnaise and whole milk, which I just replaced with light mayo and 1%. Now, I usually prefer 1% anyway, but since the rest of the house drinks whole, that's what I end up drinking. So anyway, no big dietary changes here (because let's face it...I can't do real dieting without failing), but wiping out those kinda calories will definitely help. It wouldn't hurt to lay off the food court food as well (remember--I work at the mall), or at least do Subway more often than Chinese.

So, dieting aside...Onto my other "resolution". Now, I'm not going to go too much into this one because it is sexual and this is supposed to be a professional blog. But I took a sort of vow of celibacy until I'm in my next relationship. The milk ain't free no more.

Next post: FOILS!

Splitting Hairs

Familiar with the saying "If you have to ask, you can't afford it!"?

Well, guess what? If you have to ask, you can't afford it!

Ok, so Regis isn't the cheapest salon to go to. But it's far from expensive. In fact, I find most of the prices to be very fair. But it never fails when people come in and a conversation like this happens:

Female Customer: How much is it for me to get just a trim?
Me: Our cuts start at $31, and that includes cut and style.
Lady: What do you mean starts at?
Me: Well, it depends on who does it.
Lady: For just a trim?

Usually, they end up leaving. Ok, let's not split hairs here (no pun intended). There's NO SUCH THING as "just a trim". A haircut is a haircut is a haircut, no matter how much you're taking off. The only exception to this would be a bang trim or neck trim. And really, $31 for a shampoo, cut, and style by one of our awesome stylists is a really fair price ($35 for if one of the veteran stylists does it). Oh, you wanna go to Great Clips maybe and pay $14.95? Ok, fine. But you're not going to get a shampoo and style with that, nor are they really going to take the time to care about you and your hair. Their goal is to get you in and out of the chair as quickly as possible. My (and all my coworkers) goal is to take care of you and your needs, to have a thorough consultation, give you a great cut, and to make sure you know how to maintain your style and the condition of your hair. We're going to show you how. We're going to use awesome products on you and try to get you to buy some so you can have great hair well after you leave the salon. We care.

So really, it's almost like going to a high-end salon, just without the high-end price. You should be so lucky!

Happy Birthday, Asshole.

So yesterday I had a color walk-in at work. She needed her grey roots done (fine and good, right?), so I grabbed some swatches and saw that she was somewhere between a level 6 and 7 golden brown (the gold was acquired from the sun, according to her). So I mix up the color, apply, and process. Aaaand I then discovered that gold does NOT cover grey at all. Whoops. So I had to send her out and told her to schedule a redo with me. Lesson learned there.

This guy I attempted to date turns 24 today. I WAS going to take him out for fun and adventure, but a few days ago he dropped the "I can never date you" bomb on me. His reason? I'm not a big enough metalhead. Funny thing is, I DO like metal, but apparently not enough for him. Glad he told me this before I wasted my money and effort on him. His loss. He can be sad and lonely for his birthday now.

It's a Blog!

Welcome, friends, clients, and those unfortunate enough to stumble across my page! I've mentally exhausted myself trying to get this thing set up, so I'm not going to say much in this post, other than I look forward to lots of talk about hair and my silly little sad and pathetic life as a single girl.

Ciao!