Hasta la vista, Alpha!

Alpha Hair Level Project

Tomorrow is my last day in Alpha. Its crazy to think that I've been in School for 12 weeks now. Time flies when your having fun. Looking back on Alpha unit I can definitely say I'm happy its over. It was much more Theory (book work) compared to Intro unit. And I didn't realize how important chemistry is when it comes to hair. 

What I've learned in Alpha: I'm not a fan of setting perms...I'd rather pour bleach in my eye than roll perm rods. Its torture and your entire body hurts when your finished. I like doing color a lot but not as much as I love cutting hair. There's so many factors that lead to great looking hair color and if you look hard enough you can see different under tones in peoples hair color.  My new nerdy game is identifying what level and tone peoples hair color is on the train.  


The picture above is of my color swatch project, we had to make different levels of color using bleach and Demi color and then use those swatches to make a picture. I wanted to make something I would hang in my apartment so since our living room is horror themed I figured the Addams Family would fit in perfectly. 


I also want to Thank my friends who came in to be models during my alpha unit! Especially Kristina from Sucker4 Sequins cause she sent out messages to her W girls network to help me out. I'll be posting my model photos in my portfolio soon.

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.