Another Day Another Roller – beautysmack apprentice Marina

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!