Inspirational Hair From Sunny Lisbon

There is amazing, creative hair coming out of Lisbon at WIP-Hairport. They have a huge collection on flickr of cuts/colors for men and women of all ages. One of my new favorites is the star on the back of the head.

Thank you to my Brides

Today I received such a sweet note from one of my brides. I felt so special that she took the time to make me a thank you note. Wedding season is one of my favorite times of year. It's a time full of love and excitement. There is talk of how you met, fell in love, the beautiful details of the wedding, honeymoons, and plans for the future. I love being part of the story of the very special day, and I love creating gorgeous wedding hair. Thank you Liz for sending the note, and thank you to all of my brides for making this season so wonderful:)

Season Full of Weddings

If you haven't visited my bridal gallery it's time:) I've had some beautiful updates...and, many more to come.

Shoot For Clothing Designer Holly Stalder

This June Jaime Ibarra, Zoe Mattheisen, Madi Roosevelt, and I created a lovely scene in Holly Stalder's backyard for her latest collection. Holly collects the most beautiful antique lace and ribbon to layer into her dresses. Since her designs are a mix of new and old materials they feel like they have a story to them that has been influenced by a past life of candle lit garden parties and lazy days sipping champagne in a drifting canoe.

I lived in Asheville, NC with my husband for 2 years. While we were there he worked at the Biltmore Estate built by George Vanderbilt in 1895. It remains the largest privately owned residence. Her dresses could have been worn by the guests of George Vanderbilt or his only daughter Cornelia when she threw a party her friends painted a huge room in their basement which can still be seen today. They had a deep indoor pool an outdoor pool, a bowling alley, gorgeous green house, a winery, stables, and plenty of places to escape and dream. This is where I imagine Holly Stalder's dresses to have come from.

My favorite part about working with Holly is she let's me pretty much do whatever I want. I can show up with a few different ideas, and she let's me play. I read Holly's comments on her designs in the Mercury Fashion show, and she said that this season she was inspired by symmetry. So, I wanted to play on that. For this shoot I found hair I loved in Bumble and Bumble's Hair Stories No. 4 It features 10 years of amazing backstage runway hair. The picture reference is at the top. And, I realized it didn't really show the front:) Holly said it was hard for her to imagine what I was doing when I wrapped to top of Zoe's hair on hair pins and added extensions to the back and top for fullness. I had it all complete in my mind, and after the shoot she said she was nervous but, she trusted me. And, that's why I love Holly Stalder:)

Beautiful Blog to Follow

There is an amazing wardrobe stylist in town Sarah Van Raden, and her blog is full of inspiring wardrobe and grace. This is worth viewing.

Chinese Garden Wedding

Robert and Renee Summer Wedding at the Chinese Garden in Portland. Check out the slide show from Paul Rich. I did hair for Renee, her mom, and sister. I thought she looked gorgeous with the orchids in her hair:)

Pureologist Certification Class Round 4

On Monday Aug. 17, 2009 I had the opportunity to take the Pureologist Ceritification Class for the 4th time!! It is an AWESOME 8 hr. in depth product knowledge class on Pureology shampoos/conditioners/treatments/stylers/company history/future goals.

A few things I took away from the class.

Shine Max not only provides shine, heat protection, fights frizz...it also hydrates the hair!!

The Pink Volume line needs to be used with heat to activate the volumizing properties in the system. It puts a moisture molecule deep in the hair shaft and it plumps up when heat is applied. (blow drier/ irons ect.) The difference from other volume shampoos/conditioners/stylers is it doesn't have a cuticle stimulant. Other products rough up the cuticle to make the hair feel dry and stand up on itself. Pureology is all about smooth, shiny, healthy hair with great color retention.

Purify shampoo is like an exfoliant for the hair. It takes impurities from the environment(car exhaust ect.) chlorine, product build up, life out of the hair. Gives incredible shine and a clean surface to work with. Use once a week follow with your favorite Pureology shampoo/conditioner/ or mask.

Also..the photos feature the 2 hands on styling demos we got to do. Thank you so much Pureology for a great class, Kyla did a great job!!