This lady made my jaw drop. No one does a center part better than Gwyneth. Maybe Mary Kate Olsen on her best day, but she wasn’t there…so Gwyneth wins for best center part. I loved her gown and her hair. They complimented each other perfectly.

Mila Kunis won for best up-do in my opinion. It looks straight out of a silent film. Her dark hair with her lilac gown looks stunning. Her gown was one of my favorites of the night.

Scarlet’s hair has never looked better. This is by far the best length and color for her. I thought her unfussy hair was a nice surprise at the Oscars. And let me mentions that someone with a body like hers would usually go for cleavage galore and I like that she doesn’t do that every year. Am I right?

Michelle Williams did it again. I love her bright blonde pixie, and I love her textured mermaid dress.  She’s a babe and I love her. (however, did anyone see her short uncomfortable conversation with Ryan Secrest? Awkward.)

On to the worst.

Amy Adams. This dress is stunning, and although she has amazing hair, I feel like it the wrong style for her structured gown. She needed something up.

As pretty as her waves were, there’s no changing my mind, she needed it up.

Reese Witherspoon. I heard people say she had the best hair of the evening. I thought it looked like a clipped in hair piece from Claire’s. I usually love Reese’s hair, but I don’t know, I just didn’t like this look. And to be honest, I wasn’t crazy about the gown either. There, I said it.

Melissa Leo did her own hair, without a mirror, on the car ride over. There’s just no other explanation. (but hey, she won an Oscar, so…)

Note: I kind of hate doing a “worst” list. It’s mean. I think about how I would feel if I went out on the red carpet, smiling and thinking I look amazing and then got ripped apart by some local hairdresser on fire. So, I hope that the women on my worst list know that I think they are all beautiful and awesome. Plus they are basically for sure millionares and maybe that will help soften the blow. So if Reese or Amy or Melissa read HDOF, sorry guys!

When I was a little girl, I saw the movie “Splash” on tv. I was already obsessed with mermaids, but seeing that movie started my obsession with mermaid hair. Daryl Hannah was my first ever hair crush.

I have since searched for the best product to give me mermaid hair, and I have finally found it. My new salon, Whittemore House, carries a line called SachaJuan, and their Ocean Mist spray makes all your mermaid hair dreams a reality. It makes your hair feel that kind of gritty, salty feel that you get at the beach.

I love it because I can use it on wet and/or dry hair. After spraying evenly throughout my hair, I just scrunch it with my fingers and shake my hair around and I’m good to go on my mermaid way!

Good news! You can actually buy some on my salon’s website.

Hi guys!

I’ve gotten the most awesome emails lately, I’m excited to talk about a lot of stuff on here. I’ve been really busy with starting at a new salon last week, so Hairdresser On Fire hasn’t been updated like it should be.

Above all else, I’m excited for more tutorials. I love making tutorials. They are so fun.

More to come, I miss this place.

Can you believe it? Back to back Tuts (pronounced “toots”.)! Thanks again to my good friend Jen for filming these with us. I think she is my braid muse. I am coming up with some great ideas for next time, if she’ll let me of course. Hooray!

Here is the inspiration for the toot! haha, fine..the tutorial (boring voice).

And if you haven’t seen “Harold and Maude”, it really is one of my favorite movies. I’ve seen it a dozen times. You should watch it! I want to be Maude when I’m in my 80s. But I’ll still be with Jake of course.

Thanks so much to my friend and model Jen for coming over and doing this fun little video with us! I hope to use her more, because she has perfect hair! Thanks for all of your tutorial suggestions, and please keep them coming!

as always, email me your tutorial suggestions to hello@hdofblog.com!

Have a great weekend, my little hairies!