WELL HELLO....AGAIN

YOU KNOW.....SOME TIMES THERE ARE NO WORDS.....

 

HAH.....COMING FROM ME THIS MUST BE A FIRST.....BUT TRULY...NO WORDS TO EXCUSE JUSTIFY ..WHATEVER ..THE 5 MONTH(OK 6- DO WE NEED TO BE SO TECHNICAL?) HIATUS FROM WRITING MY BLOG...BUT SINCE YOU MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN CURIOUS....ILL TRY TO JOT SOME DOWN ..SHORT VERSION OF COURSE

LATE SPRING ....DID A GREAT PHOTOSHOOT COLLABORATION IN INGLEWOOD BUT THESE THINGS TAKE TIME TO GET PHOTOS EDITED ETC....(GET EXCITED CUZ ITS IN THE NEXT POST)

SOMEWHERE IN THAT TIME FRAME THERE WAS A PREPARATION FOR ANOTHER MOVE (BLESS MY GYPSY HEART)....WHICH OF COURSE EVERYONE KNOWS INVOLVES PURGING PACKING CLEANING ..RINSE AND REPEAT

AND THEN.....THE GREAT FLOOD OF 2013 IN CALGARY, HIGH RIVER AND YES OUR LITTLE COMMUNITY WAS NOT UNSCATHED BY IT...AND THAT FOLKS SUCKED THE  MOJO RIGHT OUT OF ME....I WAS ONE OF THE LUCKY..AND AM SO GRATEFUL I DID NOT SUFFER PERSONAL LOSS...HOWEVER IT DID AFFECT MY FAMILY(MY BROTHERS' WEDDING IN HIGH RIVER THAT WAS NOT ABLE TO HAPPEN) DEAR FRIENDS, COLLEAGUES, ACQUAINTANCES , CLIENTS, OUR SALON....SOME OF WHICH STILL DO NOT HAVE THEIR HOMES BACK...AND AS THE FROG IN MY THROAT CHOKES ME..A MOM AND CLIENT WHO TRAGICALLY LOST HER DAUGHTER IN HIGH RIVER....MAY THEY HAVE THE STRENGTH TO FORWARD ON...
sad sad sad....

 

JUST WHEN THE DUST SETTLES..SO TO SPEAK..GUESS WHAT.. THAT MOVE I WAS PREPARING FOR..WELL SOMEONE HAD TO UNPACK

 

DID I MENTION THAT THE SAID SOMEONE..MOI..HAD CRUSHED HER HAND, YES HER WORKING HAND, AND UNPACKED WITH A DISLOCATED FINGER AND A "SPECIAL"SPLINTER ON THE HAND FOR 12 DAYS...GOOD TIMES 

AFTER ATTEMPTING TO CUT AND STYLE HAIR WITH ONE HAND, I HUMBLY "TAPPED OUT" ADMITTED DEFEAT AND HAD TIME OFF TO RECOVER

 

  

AND THAT PRETTY MUCH TAKES US TO HERE 

 

SO THAT BEING SAID......WITHOUT FURTHER ADU....

WELCOME BACK  BLOG          

FRONT ROW FASHION SHOW.....

AS PER MY POST ON THE VINTAGE SHOWCASE THAT I WAS ABLE TO TAKE PART IN ON APRIL 21ST.......HERES SOME GREAT PHOTOS FROM  A VINTAGE AFFAIR  WHO LAUNCHED THEIR ONE OF A KIND BRIDAL FASHIONS.
DRESSES RANGED FROM 1940'S TO 1970'S

ALTHOUGH I WAS BEHIND THE STAGE WITH MODELS AND COULDNT SEE THE SHOW, BY THE IMAGES BELOW IT WAS CLEAR THEY COLLECTIVE  PUT TOGETHER AN AMAZING PERFORMANCE...NOT TO MENTION THIS CREATIVE GROUP PULLED IT ALL TOGETHER IN A LITTLE OVER 3 MONTHS

THE "BEHIND THE SCENES" FOR ME WAS ORGANIZED CHAOS ...JUST THE WAY I LIKE IT
HAIR WAS DONE IN THE HALL KITCHEN, AND THERE WERE 6 MODELS WHO HAD 3 CHANGES OF GOWNS IN EACH SHOW, 3 FASHION SHOWS IN TOTAL FROM 1PM-3PM....YEP THATS 18 CHANGES IN EACH SHOW
SOME OF THESE DRESSES WERE SO DELICATE THAT IT TOOK 3 OF US BACK STAGE PULLING ON AND OFF THE MODEL...WITH ME CRINGING OF COURSE SECRETLY CHANTING..."DONT MESS THE HAIR DONT MESS THE HAIR DONT MESS THE HAIR"

SHEA BROWN, MY MAKE UP "PARTNER IN CRIME" DID A SMASHING JOB
THANKS SHEA- AS ALWAYS

ORIGINAL VINTAGE JEWELLERY  A VINTAGE AFFAIR
HEADPICES FROM BOUTIQUE JuJu
GORGEOUS BOUQUETS CARRIED BY OUR MODELS SARAH MAYERSON   

PRODUCTS  USED TO CREATE HAIR LOOKS WERE FROM DAVINES
I WORK WITH DAVINES PRODUCTS DAILYAT INGLEWOOD BEAUTY BAR

IMAGES COURTESY OF RW PHOTO 

DEJA VIEW....

I POSTED AN  OMBRE ' STYLE A MONTH AGO, AND AND MY GRACIOUS CLIENT JODEY CAME BACK WANTING MORE....LOVE IT WHEN THAT HAPPENS
I THOUGHT ID POST THE PHOTOS SEEING AS ITS A GOOD REPRESENTATION OF THE "FADAGE" FROM PRVANA VIVIDS AFTER 10 WEEKS. I ALSO GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRY A DIFFERENT COLOR PALATE ON HER, AS SHE WANTED TO SEE LESS REDS AND TRY THE BLUE/GREEN/PURPLE HUES
HERE'S HOW THE COLOR TURNED OUT....AND HAVE A LOOK AT MY ORIGINAL OMBRE' POST TO SEE WHERE THE COLOR WAS AT IN MARCH....

PHOTOGRAPHER IM NOT!

MY PHONE CAMERA IS THE BEST I CAN DO

BUT THE OVERALL TRANSITION OF COLORS CAN BE SEEN AT LEAST

 

AS DORKY AS I APEAR IN THE MIRROR, I DO HAVE FUN TAKING PHOTOS

IN THAT PARTICULAR MIRROR

PRAVANA HAS COME OUT WITH pastels IN THE VIVIDS LINE..

CANT WAIT FOR THIS TO FADE SO I CAN TRY THEM OUT THIS SUMMER

STAY TUNED FOR PART THREE...     

TARA HAIR POLICE.....

THE 2013 MET GALA BALL IS UNDER WRAPS AND THIS YEAR DIDN'T DISAPPOINT..
HOWEVER....  WITH THIS YEARS "PUNK THEME"  THE GALA BRINGS TO US THE BEST.... AND NOT TO BE LET DOWN, THE WORST STYLED IN CELEBRITY HAUTE COUTURE... HERE'S MY TOPS FOR BEST & WORST HAIR AND FASHION

                                                                BEST

 



NOW FOR THE FUN  
WORST














OK...THIS WAS ALMOST TOO EASY. THERE WERE FAR MORE MISSES THAN HITS
THIS YEAR
TOO BAD
I ACTUALLY HAD TO LIMIT MYSELF ON THE "WORST" LIST
HAVING GROWN UP IN THE 80'S AND WATCHING THE PUNK ERA TRANSFORM
INTO MANY SUB-STYLES I WOULD HAVE EXPECTED ALOT MORE FROM THESE FASHIONISTAS
ITS WAS ALMOST AS IF THE "PUNK" THEME FOR THIS YEAR WENT OVER EVERONES HEAD...WAS EITHER TOO "OUT OF THE BOX" FOR WOMEN IN THE PUBLIC EYE, OR "PUNK"WAS MISCONSTRUED AS HALLOWEEN??
WELL THERE YOU HAVE IT
MY PICKS
T

PS
A COUPLE CREATIVE MENTIONS..DIDN'T MAKE MY "BEST" AS THE HAIR. MAKE UP. DRESS. DIDN'T QUITE
MESH
SEEING AS I'M A LITTLE HAIRBRAINED HERE'S SOME RUNNNERS UP FOR HAIR ALONE