jennyleigh

Today, as I do my normal new year planning, I am pondering "what are 'words'?".   I am making my lists that will ultimately be  stripped down to make a goals list for 2016.  It will include everything from my walk with the Lord, my role as a wife to Bradley, my role as mom to my babies,  as well as my role in friendships and of course work goals.   I have done this for so long I can't remember it not being a normal part of my new year activities.  Although I will say it takes me almost a MONTH now to get my list done where it used to be written in an hour before I was married and had kids. The obvious reason for this is the weight of my choices is much graver now .   The decisions I make and the things I choose to spend time on now have so many more consequences.  Every aspect of my life will ultimately affect someone else.  Either someone close to me or maybe someone who only sees me from a distance. I...

Hi-dy Heidi I try to do a twist on the traditional "before and after" pics as often as I can.    I really like the phrasing, "Inspiration to Commercial".   Most often people see a photo of a celebrity or a model and  use that as a request for their haircut. Now some hairdressers are not fond of clients bringing in pictures  but personally I LOVE them.   It is such a great tool for communicating with your client. It gives you something specific, even tangible, to point to as a reference. You can use it for bang length, perimeter length,  the point where layers begin or where fullness is in a hairstyle.   Things that sometimes get lost in translation when using words alone.  My beautiful model for this post is the lovely Heidi.   Having known Heidi forever, we have been through a lot over the years. We've also been through a LOT of hairstyles.   And some of them have been rather hysteric...

Now Trending : #MOLLY Hey everybody, I want to introduce you to a beautiful friend of mine, Molly. Molly is competing in the Scholarship Pageant Program at school and my salon is  so excited to sponsor her.   So for her ad in the program we went with a "trending" theme. We started off by putting a few soft curls in Molly's naturally curly hair.   In the top photo, I love how it shines  and truly looks like ribbons cascading on her shoulders. For her next look we added some clip on extensions.  These are my FAV. So easy to use.  They add fullness and/or length in a snap! Here, we used honey, golden extensions for an added 3 inches. (Please excuse my attire.  Had plans of working out.   Key word there being "plans" .) A few final adjustments and we are ready to check it out. Oh YEA!  She loves it and I do too.   Seriously, a little back combing and clip those babies in and...

Check it out! This was on the cover of the local sports page. That #18 being "upended" was my son, Kelly. Ah, how cool to get a big ole picture in the paper as a freshman??   Pretty cool, even if you are being "upended" .  We laughed so hard when we saw this.   Kelly didn't mind at all.  He joked about it and had a ton of fun with it.   You see, he was starting as a freshman for our varsity football team.   He was just pumped and excited to be a part of a team he loves so much.  Yep!  That's my boy! Both of my boys played football this year.  I loved catching this moment after a game    Kelly Freshman year Cotton playing his 7th grade year And the SMS Tigers came out as County Champs! This school year was starting off pretty great.  We were really starting to feel "settled" into our home  and life.  You know, life with 3 kids can be a bit hectic.  But we were getting into ...

All Out of Love Oh the joys of knowing some tricks of the trade!   If you've got thin, fine hair, then today's trick may just be what you've been looking for. Clip On Extensions!!! When you see how natural these extensions look,  how much thicker and fuller Tara's hair looks, you will jump on board. Here we are in my old basement.   We lovingly referred to it as  " The Basement Beauty Shop ". Right next to our 1979 Jeep, d irt bikes, work shop, Rip-Sticks, and bicycles, was where I did some magic from time to time.   So get a kick out of the duct work and overall "basement" feel in the background that somehow is just shy of a cool backdrop.   (Notice the length & thickness of Tara's hair) This is Tara who is unbelievably beautiful inside and out.  And I seriously mean that.   She puts up with me and all my goofiness.  She drives a short distance to see me at my new salon just becaus...

I have the BEST Mama in the world.  Like for real - ya'll. No joke.  She's like the bomb-diggity.  And whether or not you  use that term doesn't matter because my Mama seriously is that . She has patience that I can only hope for. She has an ability to think things and NOT say them. She may forget to get the rolls out of the oven for dinner;  but I forget to BUY the rolls in the first place. She loves helping people anyway she can. She goes WAY out of her way to help people.  It's amazing. And she' not going to tell you about it either. Oh my friends, God made her good.  So I tell you that to tell you about a card she gave me for my birthday this last year. I was turning 43.  (* Eeegads *) But the age is not important.  She gave me this card like I'm sure so many of you have seen before. A card with all of these attributes that I'm supposed to have. Well, for some reason it struck me ...