I had the pleasure of sharing in many fun weddings so far this season, and I will be blogging a few of them soon. I am hoping
to take pictures of the “getting ready process” so you will have them as the photographer usually arrives later on when I am about to leave.
I have hired a few assistants to help me for my larger weddings and this will help me so much!
Friday was Jenna’s wedding at Castle Hill in Newport, she is the sister of my former bride, Kara, who I just adore. I brought Krystal Treanor with me to
help since there was a time crunch and she did an awesome job… thank you Krystal!!!!! Kristin Spencer was the fabulous photographer and I can’t
wait to see the pictures. Anne and Glenn from All 4 You DJ, I heard had them dancing all night!!!! It turned out to be beautiful in Newport and I was
so happy for them. I wish Jenna and Reed much happiness and I am sad that they don’t have another sister so I can do ANOTHER wedding
for the family :( maybe a family friend????!!!! This is why I love my “job”….. I am so very lucky! Stay tuned for some blogs coming up… Tara’s wedding,
Denise and Tanya!
This is my Paul Mitchell Core Class, and Janice…. ooooh Janice ;) “mmmm hmmmmm” and our fabulous mentor is in the middle… Jen… she got me through many days of
almost crying over Janice. One thing you have to say about Janice, though is that she knows her stuff. I am sure I will be a better stylist for having her as
an instructor.
OK so, the last month or so has been really hard (actually since Feb but who’s counting?) but I need to thank some people…. I want to thank my class,
especially Lisa who kicks my butt every time I want to quit and tells me how much she misses me when I am not there. Jody, Katie, and Jen
who always tell me I can do this and can do it all, without giving anything up. Mo and Anndria, Marie too… Ryan too… oh wait, no he is gone (wouldn’t you want to know THAT story!) JAMIE, nope
she is gone too…. WELL NOT ME! I know I was talking about taking a LOA from school BUT I have decided since I have such a fabulous support
system (you all might regret offering your help) I am going to do this. I have dusted off the cape but am going to make some BIG changes. My next
HUGE thank you goes to Jackie… my former MAC BOSS (sounds like a show) and now proud to call her a friend, someone I really look up to. She
has taken time out of her busy life to write down the foods, supplements and workout plan that I should be using to get all the energy
that I possibly can out of this somewhat petite body ;) She has complete faith in me so seems kind of silly that I don’t
have that same faith in myself. Thank you Jackie xoxo.
I will be hiring a cleaning person (another great suggestion from a fabulous friend) and someone to hang out with Sam once and a while so
my Mom guilt will be lifted (thank you Marisa!)…. and I am hiring a couple assistants to help with my weddings and maybe even my office work
(still interested Jody???) My biggest mistake is thinking I can do it all and KEEP doing it all the way I did it… stupid perfectionism (is that even a word?)
I blame my 4.0 Mom for that (haha) and speaking of my Mom… she is my biggest motivator… she went to nursing school, worked, raised me
and did it with perfect grades, she cried a lot like I am, but she survived and I was proud of her, I hope Sam will be proud of me. I love you Mom.
So….. Core Class of 2010… you are totally stuck with me and I will graduate with you!!!! Dukey will be looking on, proud of all of us….
To all my friends and family…. it might get a little worse before it gets better, you may not hear from me much, but know I am thinking of
you….I have to be selfish right now in order to get through this but are we going to party after this is all over! I say a month long celebration in Sept 2011!
To my brides, thank you for being patient, you know I like to answer within 24 hours and now you are lucky to get a response in 24 days
haha… not always but it has happened :( that will change, help is coming :) :)
LAST but biggest thank you goes to my hubby and my very cool daughter (who will say I shouldn’t say cool, it makes me sound old)…. rockin’ daughter? I know you have had to deal with a few *few* tears….. and you
both are willing to be very supportive and help me out in this next year and I appreciate it more than you know. You make me
laugh through the tears, laughing is key…. laughing and letting me color your hair ;) Kevin, I know SOME DAY soon you will let me near
your precious hair….
OK so….. I am going to stop the whining and just DO IT! Not alone, but with all of you…. thank you. ANGUS helps too ;)
Fatima, Stacey and I tried to get some sleep the night before the fashion show, got up super early and hunted down some much needed coffee and
breakfast, knowing what a crazy day we were in for. The fashion show was at the casino at Hampton Beach…. great old rock and roll venue. We set up
started to get the models in for the basics of the makeup and then my job was to put all the lashes on after. Angus Mitchell, Robert Cromeans, Scott C,
Mary, Linda all in the same area as US! Angus would ask us how we were doing, Robert would stop by and say hi and they were all awesome about
taking pictures with us. I still can’t believe we spent the entire day working WITH these incredible artists. It got a little crazy after rehearsal, we only had
a limited time to get everyone ready to head backstage to start the show but we all did great under pressure. We all stayed backstage and touched
everyone up, making sure all the models looked fabulous. Towards the end of the show we were told we were going ON STAGE! The makeup team lined
up and went up after the models and hair designers, we were called IN THE FRONT by Angus and Robert…. this is something I will never forget.
I can’t believe I was asked to participate in my first signature event so early in my start at Paul Mitchell, it was quite an honor. I learned so much
that I took back with me to be a better and more creative makeup artist. I know now I can handle just about any kind of pressure, criticism and
challenge.
I am now in the adaptive program at Paul Mitchell. Survived Core and Protégé…. I seriously don’t know how some days. This has been one of the toughest
points in my life. I am trying to balance my business, school, friends, family…. I sometimes feel like a rag doll being pulled in different directions all
the time but I know it will be worth it in the end. I thank you for everyone’s confidence in me and support… I have the best friends and family. I couldn’t get
through it without your understanding. I am on the floor starting Tuesday and will be…. CUTTING HAIR! OMG… seriously, can’t believe that but I am
excited to learn, to watch the creative people around me and try new things. Pretty soon I will be doing some up do consultations and plan on
taking some extra classes on bridal hair. Thanks to my “guinea pigs” that are trusting me this week to cut their hair :)
My goal in the end of this journey is to be the best makeup artist AND hair designer that I can possibly be, take every opportunity
handed to me along the way, enjoy the ride (already did the tears, looking forward to more of the laughter)…. I hope you will enjoy following me
on my ride!
OK so I am finally doing this blog thing! I called this blog entry “my journey” and it is appropriate since that is how my life feels lately…. a crazy, whirlwind
journey. As most of you know, I went back to SCHOOL for Cosmetology at The Paul Mitchell School in February. The first week, I cried almost every night.
My instructor was less than warm and fuzzy and I went from feeling very confident in myself to feeling like a fish out of water. I also missed being at home at
night. I am not home on the weekends so nights were the only time I saw my family, I and I knew it was going to be rough but didn’t realize just HOW rough
and what an adjustment it would be. THEN the flood happened, my studio was under water, my finished basement, ruined and to add more fun wedding
season started!!!!!! I am STILL catching up from it all. I figure, if I can handle all this, I can handle just about anything. I am adjusting to school and
lately realizing just how important a strict schedule (OH I AM NOT GOOD AT THAT!) is going to be to make it all work. I am creative, people!!!! Creative
and organization doesn’t seem to go hand and hand… we creative peeps tend to be all over the place and that is me but it can’t be me… I am learning
slowly. Last week I reached a breaking point, but it was all good, it made me reevaluate and make some decisions. Starting Monday, I will be the most
organized person you have ever met (ok, maybe not but positive thinking here!)…. I am going to also fit working out back into my life. I know that not
working out has increased my stress and I need to fit it in. If I need to take a night off school for my sanity, I will do it! Guilt is not my friend and
I have to realize I can’t be good to any of my brides, friends or family if I first don’t take care of ME.
I was so fortunate to get picked to go to my first signature event for Paul Mitchell. They sent me to NH for the “What Inspires You Tour”…..
It was the most incredible experience. I received 12 hours of training from Devry, who just happened to write our color book, and heads the makeup
academy for ALL of Paul Mitchell. I learned more in that 12 hours than in my 20 years of working in the cosmetic industry. The night our training was
complete we went out to dinner, and who do we run into???? Only ANGUS Mitchell, Robert Cromeans….. Linda, Mary, Scott…. all the “Paul Mitchell Celebrity
Stylists”…. we were, of course star struck, but what I didn’t realize is that we would be with them the entire next day! I am going to tease you with that
and end my blog right there…. off to Denise’s wedding now, but stay tuned for part 2 of the fashion show experience! Thanks for reading!