The Color Wheel of Red

So I have this client, Janelle and she has crazy red hair.
It's Bright, Vibrant, and oh so shiney!
I loved it!

(Client)

The first time I did it in January I wanted
something crazy
like it but I was way to scared to do something like it!
So for the past 3 months i have been trying to
figure out what I could do.

(Marcia Cross)

I knew that I wanted something on the
Copper side like Marcia Cross.
I was reading in Behind the Chair
(hair magazine)
and there was a picture of her and her color formula.
I was in Luck!

I thought about it for 4 more days and
finally did it on Wednesday!
I am still a little stressed about it
but I am starting to love it!
It's browner then I wanted so next time
I will change the formula just a little,
I need to add more copper but it's a great start.

My mom likes it and that's a first!

Happy Anniversary Fantastic Sams!

The Salon has been open for a year, It's been so much fun, so stressful...

you name it I have probably felt it!

To celebrate we had a Luau! Here are a few pictures of the day!
I was so busy with clients that I didn't get to join the party
but it looks like they were having fun without me.

I have a fabulous Stylist.

Corn On The Cob or Cupcakes?

It's a Cupcake! I know, Cute!

As many of you know, I enjoy baking.
I really like to make cupcakes.
I think my fascination started when I had my very first
Sprinkles Cupcake
and fell in love. It was moist, rich, the frosting was fabulous
and I loved the way they looked. So Chic!
Last year sometime I was in Barnes and Noble
and saw this adorable cookbook.
I didn't buy it right then but I
thought about it days and finally decided that I had to have it.

It's called Hello,Cupcake!

Isn't it so cute and very clever???
And yes, some are difficult but with practice and patience
anything is possibly, Right?
Well, after $40 bucks,
running around town trying to find
chocolate covered sunflower seeds and white circus peanuts,
(which I never found, so I had to use orange ones
and dip them in white chocolate)
tons of green frosting, and almost no sleep
(because I wanted my first attempt to be perfect)
I made the cutest little Bunny Holes.

(they are definitely not as cute as the picture
in the cookbook, but they're cute! If I do say so myself.)

After all of this, I have decided that I want to do
the whole Julie/Julia girl and make everything in the cookbook.
Only problem, it's going to take me forever
with there being several things for
Easter, Halloween and Christmas.
I can only make so many cupcakes
and with it costing as much as it did,
I would rather spend the money on shoes or something,
not cupcakes. (I am still trying to get in shape,
that many cupcakes would not be good for me)
That being said I am totally going to do this, it should be fun.
Maybe by the time I am done doing this I
will be ready to open my own Bakery/Cafe.
Now, that would be fun!

My, how time does fly...

I cannot believe that it has been almost been a year since my last update.

A lot has happened but nothing that is life changing,

that will be posted at once. Ha Ha Ha!

I turned 30, oh my gosh that was hard. I cried, I'll admit it . It was a lot more difficult then I excepted but at least I had Lindsay to do it with!

As I reflected on my twenties I realized that I didn't do half of the things I wanted or thought I would do. So I decided that

I would have my bucket list of things I want to accomplish

before I turn the dreaded age of 40.

This year I have made two goals.

First, I want to run a marathon by the end of the year. I don't know why,

I just want to be able to say I did it and it will help me

get into shape. So, I started to run 2 times a week in January.

For February I want to run 3 times a week and by March I want to

be running 4 times a week. By June I will be up to 6 times a week and be right

on my way to that goal.

My Second goal is to write my first novel. It is something that

I have always wanted to do so this is the year.

I haven't decided what it will be about but probably the ups and

downs of a single hairstylist with a little bit of mystery, drama, romances and of coarse a happy ending! We'll see. If you have any ideas let me know.

So, as the year progresses and I progress with my

goals I will update my blog more often.

Promise!