YALL. I'm so so so excited to talk about something that I am absolutely passionate about, not just because this is what I do for a living, but because its seriously changes everything! Yeah I understand that might sound crazy, cause other people are passionate about "real things" like fitness, or world peace, etc. etc. etc. BUT this is seriously such an amazing thing that is so easy and can completely chage your confindence and outlook on life, not even kidding.
Let me just take you through my "Hair" journey and explain to you what I mean...(90% are selfies so please don't judge me...)
First we have the "dating" hair. I call it this because this was the hair I had when my ex and I broke up and Colton and I began dating! You know how apparently when you break up with someone you go and do something crazy to your hair? Well I got a very subtle ombre.... go Tay am i right?!
But really just this tiny little change on the bottom of my hair, gave me a whole new confidence and passion to take on the world even though I thought my whole world had ended, cause I was suppose to marry my ex, and it didnt happen like we thought and ended a little crazy so just getting this change made me so excited to head back up to Utah and go out on a date with this kid I had met 4 years prior! Crazy right?!
This was the "Im bored with my natural color, and so lets go chocolate brown", cause Chocolate brown literally looks AMAZE-BALLS on every single human out there. Such a great fall color, and such an amazing way to just change up my look from the "before when I dated my ex and he loved all things girly and frilly so I dressed girly and frilly even though I hate wearing bright clothing and so now I'm gonna become my own human so screw the past" type of thing... thats normal right?
This was a total changing point for me in my life and my relationship with Colton. He pulled me out of my shell and really made me confident in who I am and what I love, and love to wear, and that its okay to not be a frilly, flowery, frolicking through the meadows type of girl and to actually reach into my edgier side and show who I really am,
Then we have the "now I'm married hair, lets go back to natural me". This is by far one of my favorite looks ever cause it has the dark root that I love but the warm warm blondes that I've always wanted! Kind of and in-between color, and just a simple natural look that gave me the change I wanted to see, and the "sexy-ness" I wanted to feel since now I was officially off the market, cause all of us married girls, even though we are married, still want to feel beautiful to every one, especially our husbnd, but not just him. We want people to still look at us and feel kinda bummed when they look at our finger and see that blingin ring and think "well dammit shes taken"
This one.. now this one is a little bit crazy for some people but I was obsessed and if it wasnt so much maintenance trying to keep the blue from fading to an ugly muddy green I would probably for sure have it right now. I have never felt more bad-ass than when I had this hair. I was in the middle of hairschool, kindof feeling like I was being forgotten by everyone cause I was just so busy with school, and I was just a little "plain jane" inschool which made me kindof fade into the background. When I decided that this is what I wanted to do, thank you Kylie Jenner for making it socially acceptable, I felt like I mattered again! I know that sounds horrible, but I really felt like I finally stuck out, not to mention it was so fun wearing all these crazy colored lipsticks and totally rocking them with my blue hair!
We then have the "back to normal" hair. Now just as a side note, there were three different colors between the black to normal. It was a PROCESS so if you are wanting to go black just know it really is hard to go back, its possible, but definitely a process. I had to color cleanse out my hair to strip the black, I had to tone it so I didnt have fire hair after the color cleansing, I had to add in a color a few weeks later becuase my hair was so damaged it wouldnt hold onto anything after the color cleansing, then I had a third and final color to try and even out everything so It wasnt so obviously "color cleansed out". But we finally got it and I was able to let my hair chill for a while and re-coop from all the craziness of hair school!
Then we had the "in-between" what I had and what I wanted, which frustratingly enough, is a must if you want to keep the hair on your head. Lucky for me my hair is pretty stubborn, and tough so I was able to get out of this inbetween state pretty quickly but if you're wanting something similar, unless you're okay with chopping of a few destroyed inches, I would definitley take time to keep your hair strong, healthy, and to finally get the color you want
Finally we have THE MOST EXCITING CHANGE IVE EVER BEEN THROUGH, and the most beautiful I have felt in a while, and soooo extremely confident in myself! I feel like freaking Kardashian. I never thought that a polynesian like me, with my jet black eyebrows, would ever be able to go blonde, but thank you fashion for saying that big black eyebrows are actually pretty, cause im finally starting to see it
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Are y'all ready to see it?!
yes?
no?
okay okay i'll let you see it
Im posting this for not only women out there who are just wanting something different but don't know what to do, wanting to go lighter but don't know how much time it'll take, but also for the boys who don't understand why we spend so much money on our hair! It's all about feeling like yourself. Being confident, having a new outlook on life, and just being ready and exited to start new things, and that is why I am so passionate about hair! That's why I got into doing hair, its not because I wasn't smart, (ill have you know I graduated with a 98% in calculus and went to college to be a highschool math teacher), it wasn't because its just "easy"(cause it isnt, its time consuming), but its because I get to help women feel better about themselves, no matter their race, hair color, social status, religion, or anything else that may interfere with what the media tells women to think, but I get to make them happy. I get to help them with their confidence. I get to meet so many new people and learn, and teach, so many wonderful things to people I would never meet in a school room. It is just so amazing what I get to do every day, and to love it as well! Not many people can say that about their job, but I am so blessed that I can!
xoxo leilani
(p.s. I'm accepting new clients as well if anyone needs anything done)
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