Night of the Living Red: Lucille Ball

I'm excited for this posting which is going to become a regular feature on this little blog. Night of the living Red is my way of showing my appreciation for Redheads.

Just a Few Facts:

Redheads have on average 90,000 hairs on their head, as compared to Blondes who have 140,000.

The ancient Greeks believed that redheads would turn into vampires after they died.

Red hair doesn’t gray as much as other hair colors. Red hair initially tends to turn blond and then white

"Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead." -Lucille Ball

Since this is my first post, I thought it fitting to feature America's Favorite Redhead Lucille Ball. She was born on August 6, 1911 (same birthday as my Dad). A comedian, film and television actress. She was one of the most popular stars of her time, and still is a huge influence today. She's most recognized for her role on I Love Lucy which is still in syndication. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz made the company Desilu. After Lucy and Desi divorced Desi sold his portion of Desilu to Lucy, making her the first woman to run a studio ever. She has 2 stars on the Hollywood Walk of fame. And although she is Best known as being a redhed, Lucille was born a brunette.

photo via redhautemama.com

Hair Hero

I've started reading- It's Not Really About the Hair: The Honest Truth About Life, Love, and the Business of Beauty by Tabatha Coffey, I first discovered Tabatha while watching Shear Genius, and absolutely fell in love with her on Tabatha's salon takeover. So when I heard she had written a book I immediately ordered it from the library. ( I'm a library junkie, lucky for me its across the park from my apartment) I'm only a few chapters in but its really interesting to learn how someone I admire discovered they're way into this career and ventured out to do what they are passionate about. I very much enjoy watching Tabatha but I also take plenty of mental notes, There's a reason she has a show about reviving failing salon businesses. Shes not only creative and talented shes got business savvy and "balls". She's honest and doesn't play games. Although she can appear to be a "bitch' everything she does or says comes from a good place and has a greater purpose. She is doing what she does to benefit the owners/stylists. She motivates and reminds people why they got into this business in the first place.

Once I'm finished I'll review the book but til then here is a link to Tabatha's Salon Takeover .
Just in case you don't know who I'm talking about.



photo via youlistit.com

School Daze

So I started school and I love it. The first week consisted of Carsten Wilms, founder of Carsten Aveda, teaching us the french technique of cutting. Most people and stylists are completely unaware that there are different techniques to cutting. Heck, I had no idea until i started school. Carsten Aveda teaches two forms, French and English (the more common).

The best way to describe the difference between the two is to relate it to an artist painting on canvas.

English- an artist would paint a small area at a time, section by section. English cutting results in sharp edgy cuts. Stylist clip hair up and work from back to front.

French - an artist paints working through his entire canvas making sure each stroke relates to the next and the artist steps back to ensure the painting as a whole works well together French cutting results in softer more feminine cuts. Stylist work from the front (top) of hair...all hair remains down and each section cut is directly based on the hair around it as well as the clients features.

We didn't waste any time and by the end of day 1 I had done 2 different styles on my mannequin head, Debra. The rest of the week was the same, Carsten demonstrating on either a mannequin or on a client. The class discussed different observations of Carstens technique and then we would begin to work on our individual Debheads. Overall, The first week of Cosmetology school might have been the most fun I'd had while learning ever. Stay tuned to see where my adventures in Cosmetology school lead me.