1965: “I can’t get no Satisfaction” and “I got you Babe” were hits on the FM dial. The Sound of Music won Best Picture. And I was born. Other things born that year that would be a part of my childhood were the banana seat for my bike and green stamps , which my family fervently collected. Who didn’t need a “hotdogger”? l
I grew up with a Charlie Brown Christmas, which also debuted that year. I collected Barbie dolls. I wasn’t so keen on the role playing but loved piercing their ears and cutting their hair. Makes sense right?
I knew early on that the hours spent in the bathroom with my mom's powder mascara and Breck hairspray were preparing me for my career.
I grew up with a Charlie Brown Christmas, which also debuted that year. I collected Barbie dolls. I wasn’t so keen on the role playing but loved piercing their ears and cutting their hair. Makes sense right?
I knew early on that the hours spent in the bathroom with my mom's powder mascara and Breck hairspray were preparing me for my career.
On my 15th birthday
I was a mere 18 when I began Beauty and Barber school at the College of Hair Design in Lincoln Nebraska. The combined course of 18 months had me behind the chair in my beloved career at a wee 19. It was the 80s baby, shoulder pads and big hair, mall bangs and punk rock. Madonna was on the scene and the “Brat Pack” were everywhere. These were my hairdressing “roots."
When I graduated from high school.
I’ve seen a lot of hair! I’ve seen styles come back around. Hair, like clothing, is always being reinvented with new textures.
Mia Farrow and Thairapy client Parris Kent both sporting the pixie.
Brigitte Bardot with the beehive, and Thairapy client Susan Lynch with an updated version of the haircut.
New hair color technology and products for every hair type imaginable make it an exciting time to be in this industry. Attending a hair show is like being in the center of an exploding kaleidoscope. The shows are full of energy and colors, excitement of young talent seeing celebrity stylists, and more mature types like me being inspired to always think outside the box.
Surrounding myself with a talented and passionate team and sharing my passion with my beautiful clients who inspire me to always learn more and be better keeps me young and invigorated. Thank you all for being a part of my life!
Surrounding myself with a talented and passionate team and sharing my passion with my beautiful clients who inspire me to always learn more and be better keeps me young and invigorated. Thank you all for being a part of my life!
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