the burn: side shaves and mohawks

Bring on the festivals!  For Burning Man this year my rock star hippy bad ass friends decided it was time to shave it all off and transform into the alter egos of their dreams for a week on the playa.  And with the help of me... they got lucky and we did a little house call haircut.  And the results are as shown above.

Alysha decided on the ever so feiece and trendy side shave on her long wavy hair.  For a girl with the attitude and guts as she has this cut was sure to please.  (Note: The side shave can be one of the most liberating yet frightening haircuts to recieve for a woman... only second to shaving it all off to "start over".  It is something i have toyed with for myself but never dared take the plunge as i am on a 4 year quest to FINALLY grow my hair out.  The folly of a hairdresser will always be taking the shears to our own heads over and over and over again.)  Alysha took on this cut and has since rocked it with style.  And for a chick who hula hoops by night and "moonlights" as a country club waitress by day, its the perfect haircut for her dueling personalities.  The coolest thing about a side shave is that it exposes the daredevil in her... and then with just a flip of her hair the shave is covered revealing her long luscious locks.

Alex's mohawk was absolutely major.  He came to me with a bit of a shaggy mane... and wanted to reveal his inner rockstar ( Alex is a drummer in a Portland band called Just People.)  His mohawk haircut was only complete when we added his red dyed tips.  The final look was one all his friends and fans were absolutely dying over.  A look he would love to be returning to again and maybe very soon.

Well guys since i didn't get to join you in the playa this summer.  I am glad i could be a part of their burning man magic.

amanda jones : color correction + haircut

rebekah : new texurized curly cut

Rebekah was my first "real client" in my beauty career... before her i'd had the privilege of apprenticing with a salon owner and stylist of 12 years, taking on her clientele upon her maternity leave, and working for almost nothing in the dorms of my sister's college making over students for any hands on experience i could get.  It was one of those students (my dear friend Sara Anderson) who while working at a coffee shop had the opportunity to grace me with my first client referral.  And that was when Rebekah called me up hoping i could give her a similar shaggy rocker razor cut.  I booked her appointment and now 6 years and so many haircuts later i still get to see this chick in the salon and know that she's always rockin out my latest creation in her beautifully fashionable way.  

One thing i love about Rebekah is that she's never afraid to be true to herself.  She is one of the only people i've ever worked on who fully embraces her natural hot red hue and the curly texture that most women laboriously flatten on a daily basis.  I created this cut to enhance her hair's naturally beautiful wave while also giving soft shape to her angular model-like jawline.   Razor cuts and texturizing her bangs allows her to achieve an almost effortless hairstyle each an every morning.  Easy hair is a necessity for a momma to two but that doesn't have to mean that everyone in her life can't assume she spent an hour this morning styling it just right.  That'll stay her own secret beauty trick!

new bangs.