The Canyon Salon and IngridHairInspiration

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I,  along with several members of our  amazing  Canyon Salon team come together for our very first Pop Up Event of 2015. We are going to the Alexandria House in los Angeles to share our talents and touch the hearts of the women living there.  Let  me intoduce to our team: Kristy Jarvis a beyond great stylist and Kevin Murphy educator, Kerstin Hicks,  an extremely talented stylist who I had the privleage of training  under  ,  Angelic Munoz, the beautiful, highly focused and dedicated assistant and very soon to be swamped styist behind the chair, My dearest business  partner and the women reponsible for my keeping my head on and on time for my clients  Miss  Kylea Cheney, Nikki Davis, my color mentor and talented stylist, Lindsey Fuentes, the woman who used to cut my hair and have the patience to of highlight my pixie way before I became a hairstylist, and taught me how to hold shears, and my family and skin care extraordinare Miss Kelly McCauley. She keeps my skin looking and feeling fabulous, and If I coud get in with her more often would bring me utter joy and bliss!

The above ladies have graciouslly given their time to come and bring out the beauty of many  ladies who live at the Alexandria House.

To be honest I don’t know what to expect. It’s a mystery.  This group is a design in skill, love, and an immense drive to help and give back,

I am already all packed for our day. After our volunteer work many of us will ruh to my house for a quick change and go to The Wella Life Tour at a famous hotel in Los Angeles.

Pictures of our day will follow tomorrow.

Beauty Bus Experience

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A few weeks ago I posted a blog about my beauty bus visit I had with Lily and her mother. I got a text a couple days ago from Lily. She was in the hospital. “my cancer returned, I am sick in the hospital, and I need my hair cut as short as possible”.

Lily, a cancer survivor of many years, takes care of her mother. Lily was the caregiver of her ill mother. When Beauty Bus visits our clients we take care of both the sick person, and their care giver.

Today Lily is sick. Her mother had to go to a home that cares for the sick immediately. Lily was in the hospital.

My beauty buddy and I meet in the lobby and we go up to her room together. I was with a different beauty buddy today , Patty( my last buddy) was busy with SEVEN visits today and couldn’t make today. Patty has a special relationship with Lily, as do I. She requests us specifically. I must say such an honor and gift.

We enter her room and she’s beaming! Radiating light, so positive. She welcomes us, and thanks us for coming on such short notice.

She asked me to cut her hair into a pixie, as she was going to surgery in two days, and after radiation she would lose all her hair. Pixieville here we come! She wears it beautifully, and a smile went from ear to ear when she looked at this photo her Doctor took of us.

It was emotional. Prayers go out for my dear Lily, and immense gratitude to the Beauty Bus foundation and all they stand for. I look forward to her next hair cut. I know her future holds another one! She will probably stay with her cute pixie because she looked so darn cute, and shows off her beautiful face!

Beautiful Lily and her new pixie.
Beautiful Lily and her new pixie.

Appreciate Your Gifts

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Happy Wednesday everyone! I took the day off yesterday to rest. My body told me “go back to bed” at 7 am. Upon waking up getting my daughter off to school, I couldn’t quite get a grasp on my day much less myself. So I cancelled my meeting with my business coach. I was so looking forward. I needed to rest. I listened to my body. Slept all day Tuesday, and today WEDNESDAY was wonderful.

I did one of my favorite clients  hair today and copied down a few words she shared with me. Had to share.  We were chatting about our children. Ways they’ll critisize a picture of themselves, or put themselves down in some light manner. “if you don’t appreciate the gifts you are given, you run a risk of having them taken away”. She was referring to this karmically. I have always come from the school of thought  “be grateful for what you have, for what if you awoke and they were gone”.

Point is, every moment is a blessing. We all have somethng to be thankful for. Go write down 10 things you are thankful for RIGHT AT THIS MOMENT.  Stick it on your mirror. ”

Sweet dreams.