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First take. Singing 2months no smoking.

I recently stopped smoking and it feels good to sing and not sound like I'm a 100 years old.

Memories made from songs The Red Hot Chili Peppers have a song called “porcelain”that I would listen to with a high school boyfriend in our suburb’s park parking lot where we would wake up an hour before class to meet up and watch the sun rise . He was petite with light brown hair , fair skin, and always had this smell that seem to be made of dreams. I always was drawn to him from the first time I saw him my freshman year my mind shut off and all I could do was stare I never said a word. Years later in my senior year I worked in a restaurant where he randomly came in and asked me if I wanted to hang out with him and he kept saying “you look soo good” my brain shut down and I said “ya”then he left excited. We probably went out for 2 months but we spent everyday together so it felt like 6 , during the time we spent together I felt like the luckiest person in the world. We lived in a developing suburb so there was so much empty land that at night we would park and listen to his iPod talk about nothing and look through the moon roof of his Honda civic eventually leading to other things . If someone ever asked me what love was I would have to say ” when your mind goes silent and all you can think is … I love you”.This moment is one of the most important moments in my life and though it has long past and I hardly dream of rekindling this flame I can listen to the song “porcelain” and feel special that Iv felt this love. Thnx josh

For your head .sex and dates. If you really like some one sex on the first date ruins the mystery. Think if in the movie Goonies if they found all the treasure in the opening scene the rest of the movie would have to be really intense to be interesting. Hooking up can be the junk food of a bad date ,that urge is natural we are all very sexual and assuming your on a first date with someone that your attracted to and your looking face to face making convo I bet sex will come to mind don't do it not on the first date. Dates should be fun where you get to know someone and make new friends while sex complicates things when done with strangers unless both participating are in it to get it then in that case it is what it is . sex is sex but sex with some one your attracted to and you know is different then with a stranger.jus sayin.

Always my first inspiration when I'm thinking about style. "What would Aaliyah do?"

I used one of my client to model. My direction was to take a brunette and see how little I could do to make a big change. The entire hair line is painted with lightener and toned with a "natural" color. I found that I want to simplify my looks way more if the final color look is too bold or over done it just isn't easy going enough for me. I'm wanting more of a mystery to the concept , I want it to draw the eye in but not keep the eye in one place and with tone i want 75% natural 25% .

Some hair from last night. I painted the front to brighten and shadowed at the crown to draw the eye toward the front. A shadow is a contrasting color placed at the base or root of the hair , it adds a depth that makes lightened hair look bold. She had a cut done by another hand that had a heavy shelf layer so we have been trimming a little every time . This is a one length with hair cut out from the inside of the cut this makes for not so heavy hair and sort of a blended tossed layer of a look. Her name is Sara. Tools- 1 3/4 inch curling iron and "does it all" hairspray from BumbleandBumble.

Yashica t4 .malerie.

   Californias capital is full of people showing style and those who are enthusiastic about it.this is about hair.what is happening in hair for northern california?bobs,bangs,super natural hair color,and blow outs.These looks are especially popping out all the time.New looks that are growing are the resurgents of straight hair and classic haircuts such as the graduated bob and  the medium one length .This photo is from cocktail week in sacramento 2013.

-I have never used that product but I have seen it on QVC what I think is that folks dont condition there hair enough  I think that theres a lot of over washing and then the condtioners pushed into the hair and over rinsed and put straight down the drain out of the hair.My tip is add condioner to hair let sit and splash some water to rinse a bit and sqweeze out any extra conditioner to leave the hair soft .The whole Wen idea is leaving the hair clean and conditioned just done over wash and condition accordingly.

I fall in and out of love with jewelry and with everything "gold" for the past couple of years I found myself really enchanted  with silver.Silver jewelry has many styles some of which I havent loved or think I will ever. Native American silver, Bali silver,middle eastern silver, celtic silver,and minimalist silver are some styles Iv found. Early mid-century european  or edwardian styles in silver are my favorite with a lot detail these pieces look tasteful and poetic while mixing well with other shades of metals for contrasting looks. Silver jewelry can seem muted so it looks great in day and at night. I mixed this silver hand pendant from the 1900's with a dark gold heart and a brass ring from the 30's on a  silver chain I assembled myself. Tip with silver is good quality would be stamped 925 or higher but older pieces from europe are stamped 825 I would say look at the quality of the pieces details if its rough then its no bueno, if its an unusual piece and you love it then go for it.

Some old photos of hair and makeup from the last three years.

favorite .

The inspiration was KISS  and pretty girls.Silver dress made by Adrienne ,face paint is a water mixing color, and curls made with an extra small iron for that all natural look.