Allstar kid Andy!! Sits still in the chair and never moves his head…He looks like an adult.

“Keep your head straight, Andy, so u get an even haircut,” says Sean Henry.

A tip for stylists and dealing with children’s first haircuts is try to talk to children prior to cutting their hair; gradually introduce them to the tools you migh use so they fell comfortable and know it’s harmless.

Tips for parents and you child’s haircuts is to have your child attend one of your haircut appointments so they can feel comfortable in the salon and with your stylist.  Then they can see mommy and daddy do it too ..it doesn’t hurt.   Honestly who can blame a kid for screaming and crying at their first hair appointment when all they see is a pair of scissors coming at their face from a complete stranger!

This is all you need to know…

She has no soul, no body, no mind, but she does have Marina as a stylist!  Miss Suzy has had her hair curled!!   Week three as a beauty school apprentice, and let the curling begin for Marina.  We touched down on braiding and using the curling iron.  Now she has moved onto experimenting with and without rollers.  Let’s not forget braiding is not lost, and the practice must continue.  I’ve even had a couple new looks of my own styled by  Marina, and I’ll be sure to post soon!

I started learning about more curling techniques, and I’ve just been practicing every chance I get!  My last lesson was about setting the hair in curls, a roller set with no rollers! Haha.  This type of curling is a great way to prep for updos and excellent for lots and lots of volume!!!!  It’s neat and really interesting because you can style longer hair many different ways if you only begin by setting the hair correctly first.  For example: Loose bouncy curls or nice waves.  Another tip I learned using the curling iron is the the size of the iron depends on the tightness of the curl, ie. smaller iron=tighter curl.  As I continue into my third week of training Miss Suzy comes home with me every night.  She’s quite the site in my backseat for an unexpected passerby, Miss Suzy, just a head lying in my backseat.  She’s scared more than a few folks.

 One thing I’ve noticed since I began my studies is it’s difficult to manage my time and adjust to the changes in my social life.  Although now my friends are a little more eager to visit me since I’ve started pampering them a bit and styling their hair.   It’s pretty fun, actually.  I call them beautysmack tea parties.  I have my friends over for tea and I style their hair.  Last Sunday we went through three pots of tea.

On a serious note I have a test tomorrow on braiding, and I also have one this week on thermal.  Thermal mostly touches base on heat styling, rollers, hair dryers, flat irons, and such  Exercise and health are also very important to me.  After work I have a limited amount of time to balance the commitment to my apprenticeship, my social life, and my workout.  So I have found a  way to incorporate the two, study and workout.  Tonight I’ll be on the treadmill with my books : ).  It’s not always all about hair, I need to utilize my brain as well .  I need to be a straight A student all the way!

Here are some pics of the curls I made without rollers:

Ready for big hair?

After I ran my hands through her hair and shook all the curls out this what happened lol

Here’s a picture from the side

And when I brush the hair…vavooom!! Volume!!

Wish me luck on my test!

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Marina