What to Wear With Your Hair

Guest Blogger!!!

2010-03-26T06:53:00.000-07:00

Dallas is a Learning Leader at Paul Mitchell the School Tysons Corner and he is a Guest Blogger this week.

We were blessed with a once in a lifetime opportunity to be a part of a special event. A Future Professional and myself had the chance to share time and space with an angel to help make her prom night most memorable. When we were presented with this chance, Bobby and myself felt honored to be asked to help. I myself lost a parent to breast cancer, and Bobbi has expressed that he had a family member that suffered from cancer as well. We both felt like this cause was very close to our hearts, and knew how gratifying it would be to have the chance to brighten her night.

We began the night with speaking with the director of the event who showed us Ashley’s wigs that were to be cut and discussed with us her itinerary for the night. I brought along a friend with us, Lisa Renkin, to use as a model to try on the wigs as I cut them. Ashley had three wig choices for that night, and Bobbi and I performed most of the cuts in the upstairs bathroom of the dance hall. “

We were told that we can now go meet Ashley in her hospital room by the director of the event. When we walked in, we were introduced to this stunning young lady with a smile like an angel! She had flawless skin, and blue eyes that looked like the ocean waters. There was a calming, welcoming spirit about the room. Her mom, dad, and sister, along with others, were in the room as well. We discussed her dress choices, her wig selections, and what would look best for her. I then put each wig on her and we made decisions from there. She and her family were pleased with the decisions and were happy to have our professional help. We then had a little fun in her room with me giving a one on one cutting class with Ashley. I tried on each of her wigs, and refining them on myself as instructor/ model, and everyone enjoyed the show.

The dance hall was decorated so beautifully. I was so pleased to see all of the donations from many different organizations as well as from Paul Mitchell. She arrived like a princess in a white Lexus, and was greeted on the red carpet by the media, clowns, friends, and family. It was amazing!”

We are so glad to be a part of something so special and I am very PROUD to say I work for a company that supports such events. Thank you so much Paul Mitchell for making a difference!”

Vegas Baby!

2010-03-05T07:46:00.000-08:00

So I just returned from the Paul Mitchell Caper trip! Needless to say, it was a blast! Great speakers, educators, people and times!

Day 1:
Jordan Hoft and Erica Liercke stayed at my house before our flight for vegas. We left Vienna, Va around 4am to get to BWI at 5am. Due to this time frame, we did not have the energy to scream "Vegas baby" out the car window but really wish we could have. Our plane took off at 7am and we arrived in Vegas around 9:30am (the 3 hour time difference was strange and because of this, it was a very long day). When we got to Caesar's Palace we were informed that check in was not until 1pm. My roomies (Jessika Rodrigues, Sami McArdle and Julie Perez) and myself decided that lunch was in definite order. We went to the most adorable restaurant called Serendipity 3 and ordered a giant hot dog with all of the fixings you could ever want.

We then explored Caesar's Palace for a couple hours (of course found the mall immediately) and waited for check in.
Once we waited in a 2 hour long line with 3000 enthusiastic and patient future professionals from around the nation, we were in our room and getting primped to see the Lion King at Mandalay Bay. The Roomies and I hopped in a cab towards mandalay bay and got our first look at the vegas strip. we enjoyed a delicious steak dinner at Red White and Blue and then saw the Lion King, which was amazing. After the lion King we headed back to Caesar's Palace to get a

Day 2
I awoke early to have breakfast with my friend's parents that also happened to be visiting vegas that week! they took me to a world renowned restaurant called Hash House a Go Go. it was most scrumptious. i then headed back to Caesar's for General sessions where I saw so many great people. JP of course, Angus Mitchell (yep!), Winn, Robert Cromeans, Stephanie Kocielski, Donny & Marie Osmond and more. We had 2 very inspirational speakers: Dean Banowetz and Kathy Buckley.

After General Session it was dinner time. The girls and I headed to Margaritaville. Where we met some Alaskan friends, watched a mini show, and had balloon hats made for us by a pirate in stilts.

When we were finished with dinner it was time to get ready for the white party. once we were all dressed up in our white, we headed to the party and danced with all the other future professionals. All that dancing really got Julie, Sami and I in the mood so we decided to have a little vegas fun. we checked out a club called Voodoo in the Rio hotel. it was on the 51st floor, over looking all of vegas, gorgeous!

We danced there for a bit but knew we needed to be up at 6am for check out and classes so headed back to the room.

Day 3
6am wake up - ouch. Quick coffee and breakfast before classes started. My first class was updos with George Morales, learned 2 cool up dos. My next Class was cutting with Takashi <3>

After cutting was color class with Stephanie Kocielski where we learned the star color placement to go with the cut. How lucky am I with all those great teachers? When Classes we finished we called gathered for one last general session. JP talked to us again, we watched some great videos, saw some fashion shows and got to see all the paul mitchell artists together.

We then had a few hours before our flight home. Sami, Julie and I got some din-din and did a little more sight seeing. We saw the eiffel tower, walked to the Venetian and watched the Bellagio water show

The PMTSVA students convened in Caesar's lobby and we all headed to the airport together to catch our flight home (with a quick stop in Milwaukee on the way) All in All it was an amazingly unforgettable experience and I have paul Mitchell to thank for it!

Sunshine and Stripes!

2010-01-28T06:45:00.000-08:00

Hey Guys!

The weather has been pretty nice this week... finally wearing some skirts again! Let's just hope it stays this way. Groundhog Day is next week so I guess we'll find out!

Although January can be kind of a dreary month, staying stylish and looking good is one the best ways to keep your spirits up! I'm diggin the blazers I keep seeing around.

Another hot trend now is stripes.

Here's Miss Jessica Schmelia (with her new carrot top 'do) in some stripes and some fashion glasses.
And here's Jessica with Learning Leader Erica, both in their stylish stripes.

After school, Erica Liercke and I decided to have a little fashion shoot of our own. This is one of my outfits to show how to keep the all black looking trendy.

I wore :
Black turtleneck dress: Gift from Joanne :)
Long Vest with Lace back: Nordstrom
Lace Tights: forever 21
Boots: Bakers
Jewelry: Nordstrom & Lucky Brand
Glasses: Vintage! - Erica's mom
My inspiration was sort of hippie/gipsy.. I curled my hair and wore a band around it and minimal makeup.
lace tights are a great way to add some pizazz to your outfit and jewelry adds the flair!

New Favorite Website : www.weardrobe.com

Stay Classy Paul Mitchell!

and...
VOTE FOR RORY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTdjMhHNc6I

Robinson High School Fashion Show

2010-01-19T07:23:00.000-08:00

Oh my!

I just finished a crazy day doing hair and make up for over 70 girls and boys at Robinson High School in Fairfax. This show was put on by the juniors and seniors of Robinson’s fashion department.

The theme was childhood board games such as: Candyland, Jumangi, Battleship, Clue, etc. About 20 fellow design team members and myself headed to Robinson today around 1pm. We were paired up in twos and each team was assigned a theme. Each theme had about eight models to do hair and make up for. I was paired with Erica Liercke and we had the Battleship theme. We did back to back hair and make up until 6pm. Erica did this lovely braided, side-curl look. And I did this smokey eye, Kristen Stewert look.
If that wasn’t tiring enough for Erica and I we then packed up our bags at 6 and headed straight to Alexandria to do hair and make up for The Little Theater of Alexandria play, “Scapino”. Erica and I have been working all week on this play and may be working on it for the next four weeks. We are getting to know the cast members very well and having a great time on our car rides!

New ‘dos and New shoes!

2010-01-19T06:53:00.000-08:00

This week we had a few great new "do's" at PMTS!
Bobby added some new orange streaks and a fun style!

JoJo is looking glamerous with her lightened color and beautiful updo!

This week, I have been getting a lot of compliments on my shoes, so I wanted to talk about them!
They are called Tom's Shoes and they can be found at http://tomsshoes.com/, Nordstom's and other department stores.

These shoes are awesome for multiple reasons:
#1- They are totally cute and can still give off that funky but professional and put-together vibe, when worn with skinny jeans.
#2-They are really comfortable. They are canvas, with leather on the inside and a decent arch support.
#3-They are pretty inexpensive. They run about $40-$60.
#4-This is by far the best reason. When you buy a pair of these fashionable shoes, they donate one pair to a child in need. It's called one for one, and you can read about it on thier website! So check em out! When you buy a pair, they send you a flag to take a picture with you and your friends wearing your Tom's Shoes!!

How I Find My Style

2009-12-31T07:25:00.000-08:00

Hi!

For my first blog I'd like to talk about what inspires me and where I get ideas for my outfits. Style is a very personal thing so you have to find what works for you. I enjoy everything from classic & vintage to funky & hipster.

I stay up on my style many different ways:

Reading style books and current magazines.

Some of my favorite style books include:

*The Lucky Shopping Manual & The Lucky Guide to Mastering Any Style
*50 dresses that changed the world & 50 shoes that changed the world
*Bobbi Brown Makeup Manual

Some regular fashion magazines of mine are:

*Vogue
*InStyle
*Lucky
*Bazaar
*Elle
*Vanity Fair

Having my own fashion icons

I definitely have many celebrities i like to follow but i'll share a few that have been recent in my style:

* first and foremost the beautiful and timeless Audrey Hepburn *Zooey Deschanel is absolutely adorable and was the inspiration for my new bangs and haircolor
*and... Lady Gaga. While her style seems somewhat insane to most, it is also fearless. She does what she wants and that is what I love about her.

Looking at fashion blogs. The internet is a wonderful thing. With these blogs we are able to see fashion all over the world. There are thousands of them, but these are some of my favorites:

http://whatiwore.tumblr.com/

http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/
(there is also a book of this blog!)

http://karlascloset.blogspot.com/

http://dirtyrichmond.tumblr.com/
(i lived in richmond for a year and i totally miss it! this iswhere i will be starting my career once i graduate)

Watching television

*Tabatha's Salon Takeover!
*Rachel Zoe Project
*What Not to Wear
*Project Runway
*Gossip Girl (who doesn't need a little drama in their life? - better on tv than real)
*E! news is also a good source. They always show what the stars are wearing and usually have a short segment with a hair or make up tip to look like a celeb.

annndd last but not least, by observing my wonderful peers!

So now that you know a little about me and have some fashion tips that will hopefully help you spice up your wardrobe, be on the look out because I will be looking for stylish people to feature in my blog a few times a week!

-Geneva