New Look for 2011

Look at this lady! She is absolutely rocking this new haircut for january 2011! Sorry, no before photos on this one. I was so excited to cut her hair that I forgot the before pics! Oh, well. Just use your imagination and picture her hair being longer than it is in the pictures... yep, that's it. You are so good at this.

This is one of my best friends. I have known her since before I could read or ride a bike. We grew up around the corner from each other, and even our moms are the greatest of friends. I love connections like that, the ones that go deep in your heart and deep in your memories. In the past I have cut her hair when it was almost down to her waist, and I cut off all the length of her hair when she wanted it up to her shoulders. Now I was able to cut her hair into her "shortest hair cut ever". It was so fun, and I love looking at these pictures over and over again, she looks so good!

New Hair in December

Another big haircut for this month! This is my friend M, she decided it was time for a big change.  She has such soft silky hair with the most beautiful natural honey colored highlights, I loved cutting her hair!  I do have to say that she is so awesome because she let me post this 'after' picture of her hair while it was still partially wet. Not that it's that big of a deal, she still looks so fresh and pretty.  I cut off about seven inches of this girls hair, and thinned out about half of what was left! She had lots and lots and lots of hair. Lucky girl.  I love the new length of hair on her, it really brings out her eyes and draws more attention to her face... another good reason for embracing short hair!

Big Change

 

This is the before picture to one of the many haircuts I was privileged to do during our Thanksgiving break. It was also one of the biggest look changes out of all of them. This cute little lady was tired of her curls being so long and heavy. "That's an easy fix!" I said as I whacked off seven inches of hair.... just kidding... well, sort of kidding:

We really did cut off seven inches of hair, but it was definitely more precision cutting than just whacking it off! The first thing she said looking into the mirror was "It's so short!!!" But after a couple of minutes she warmed up to the idea, and loved it. It's kind of hard to see in the before and after pics, but we also did some highlights. They are very natural looking and subtle, but it added a really pretty depth to her one-shade natural brown color. Look how cute she is! I love this girl.

A Hair Cut

Have I ever mentioned that I love to cut hair? Well, I do. Whenever someone says,"Ya, I've been needing a trim..." I get all excited, and my mind starts to wander to all these tricks and techniques I could do on their hair. I start picturing them with amazing haircuts and hairstyles. Shorter on the top, longer on the sides, up in the back, thinner through that one really wierd looking spot...  I start imagining how it would be to have my own space one day to really cut hair again. I mean that in mass quantities. Not just one or two a week, but alot. And then I start thinking about all the friends I could make, I could have client friends, and co-worker friends, product vendor friends, etc... of course etc. because the list would obviously go on and on. I could just cut hair all day long and be this amazing hair artist.... Now let's see... where was I? Oh ya. I love cutting hair.

I do remember when I first started cutting hair it was really awkward and difficult to even try to do just one whole haircut. It takes alot of practice, and alot of training for your eyes to know what you are looking for. For those of you who are cutting Mens hair on your own, remember to step back (about 4 feet) to look at what is really happening throughout the haircut that you are doing. Also, make sure you get the edges nice and even and clean. When someone first looks at a haircut, the eyes are automatically drawn to the perimeter. This would be the worst place for you to mess up.... no pressure. :)