Pin It! Color and Texture

 So week two! Chemical services - that to me is color, perms and straightening... this week I wanted to show you one pin and one pic I found.

I *love* this peacock color formation. I think the best part for me is that her base color is still natural and neutral. And with the guest having a blonde canvas - so easy to play with! I would love to play with Pravana Vivids to create this look sometime.

So below I have a gorgeous beach waves look that *can* be created using a soft perm. When rolling perm rods, they need to be placed off base, meaning no curl starting at the scalp, kind of a grown-out look. With a long layer cut - you too can be beachy without all the daily re-curling too!

April Specials at PMTS!

Earth Day is celebrated every April 22 and this month the specials at my school focus on personal renewal! Celebrate spring by refreshing your look and make an appointment to see me after 515p on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday.

Tuesdays in April
Earth Day event - Receive a complimentary T3 Experience with any cut and style service. This Wash House experience features the cleansing elements of Tea Tree with a shampoo and conditioning service, head massage and optional hot towel facial towel imbued with the scent of Tea Tree. Paul Mitchell's Tea Tree comes in three varieties, the original Tea Tree, Energizing Tea Tree with Lemon & Sage or Relaxing Tea Tree with Lavender Mint.

Wednesdays
Hooray for Highlights! $10 off your highlight service when scheduled on a Wednesday. Whether you are looking for sun-kissed highlights, or bold lowlights, we can work magic on your hair!

Thursdays
Man up! Gentlemen, style isn't born... it's groomed! Treat yourself to a men's cut for $5. Try our men's hair care line, Mitch and step out as a big hitter this spring!

Also, we wanna help our young ladies look beautiful this spring, so please look out for the school's "Queen for a Day" prom styling event... I'm sure this will be on a Saturday (and I won't be there) but I know some wonderful Future Professionals who would love to help you look fabulous for prom!

Pin It!

Welcome friends! 

Tonight I start a series of weekly blog posts based on fabulous pins I find on Pinterest. This fast growing site allows a type of "digital hoarding" that I totally dig for both inspiration of my future career and my huge hobby & craft habits. So I wanna share with you things I adore related to my future career as a cosmetologist.

So I want to show you a fabulous cut I am in love with:

 What I love about this cut is how it helps to focus on the color elements (a totally different post!), and its very flattering to her face shape. This is an excellent example of how a haircut can help define your most flattering features and pump-up your personal style.

When it comes to styling an up-do when you have fringe (or for you still in the last century "bangs"), sometimes I believe simple is best. The Beauty Department featured this wonderful casual but classy up style using the current trend of top-knot buns. (I <3 this site, it's what I'd love to be when I grow up.)

So friends, next week, I'll show you something beautiful with chemicals - color and texture! And maybe when I'm not so short on time I can write more thoughtfully. 

Catch ya on the flipside!

Pin it baby!

So after a brainstorming session with my bestie, I have determined the weekly pattern for my Pin-It posts.

So the first week will be Cutting & Styling - this includes cuts, braids, up-dos, things not involving chemicals because.....

Week 2 is chemical processes - fun with color, perms (they are coming back!) and straightening. Admittedly, I need to learn more about chemically straightening hair, but that's part of the reason behind this blog - DISCOVERIES!

Week 3 - Nails - natural, gel polish, enhancements, cool tips & tricks and designs

Week 4 - Make-up! I love make-up... I had an addiction to buying make-up, fortunately, I've been too broke to indulge, but oh my, I love the ideas I've been seeing and can't wait to share!

Week 5 - This will be the posts on "care" - hair care, face care, implement care (hot tools, make-up brushes, hair brushes, etc).....

You like?

Pinterest Crazy

Hi, I'm Kat & I'm addicted to Pinterest. There are so many wonderful ideas blossoming from the minds of so many creative people! So I think I might put those addictions to use by sharing some of my favorite pins here, on a weekly basis, rotating topics.

At my school, to cover all four important areas of expertise learned by a cosmetology student, we rotate our concentrations on a weekly basis. The four my school uses are - cutting, coloring, texture and make-up/nails. I actually want to separate make-up and nails into two separate weeks, since I think they are equally important as individual disciplines.

But where do I fit in hair care? Or styles? I don't want to have too many topics to lose track of. In school, texture includes hair drying, straightening and curling techniques, so can updos, braids, etc be added to texture? Or alternately - link cutting and coloring, chemical curling and straightening together as under one category (name ideas?), styling with blow dryers, straightening/curling irons can be added to updos, etc as "styling"? There are so many topics I love, but I wanna share my fabulous finds in a streamlined manner.

What are your thoughts?

For Kelly

Here's a few examples of concepts!