Please forgive me for the amount of photos I have crammed into one post.

I was lucky to be able to attend Betsey Johnson’s Spring 2012 runway show on Monday night. I was even luckier to be on the second row! It was a lot of fun and while I was there, I realized that I had never actually been to a show, only backstage doing hair! I don’t usually do runway because it stresses me out, but being at this show made me want to go back to it. And not to mention, the hair was done by the salon I assisted at back in the day! I kept wondering who I knew back there workin’ away on the models.

So, here are some pictures from the show. Most of the photos were taken by Jake, who was back in the standing area. He opted not to deal with the chaos of the photo pit this time around. He ended up getting some good shots anyway. He had about a foot and a half long lens on his camera, so he didn’t really have any excuses there.

The hair was pretty simple. Heavy side part, with all the hair pulled to one side. Then soft flowy curls combed out all glammy-like.

Below is my favorite dress of the night. I want to buy it.

I argued with a few people if the writing on the legs were tights or if it was sharpie. At first I thought it was tights, but then I looked closely and could see that it was written and that the girls weren’t even wearing tights. NO ONE WOULD BELIEVE ME. I kept saying, they’re not tights! It’s a marker. And everyone was like, ‘nope. tights and we’re going to buy them’. I was right, y’all. I was right. We blew up this bum picture when we got home and it was a clear message WRITTEN IN INK.

Another beauty. I love the necklace and the dress.

The number one thing I was excited to show you all, is all the hats Betsey had in her collection. I just wrote about how we need to accessorize our heads more. Yay!

I decided while I was sitting there, that seeing Betsey Johnson do her famous cartwheel down the runway was one of my greatest moments in life. Everyone in the room was smilling. This woman is almost 70, you know that? I want to grow up to be like her. And her. Sometimes I can’t wait to be old and crazy.

Me with my goodie bag. Containing cupcakes, chocolate, Redken hair product, Stila eye-liner and lipstick (what the models wore in the show), Betsey Johnson socks, and pink hair extensions! Everyone working at the show wore the pink hair extensions. It was so fun. A great little touch!

After the show we hung out at the Lincoln Center fountain for a minute. I saw a million other bloggers. I talked to the Wanderlust people for a little bit. They were all sweet as can be. And I saw the Cupcakes and Cashmere girl too. And the Glamourai. I got my picture taken a few times and Jake and I called it a day.

Oh yeah! Jake gave me a camera when we split off, and I took a few pictures from the second row. AND I made friends with the cute girl next to me. (And I saw a client of mine who works for Glamour Magazine but I blanked on her name and I almost died of embarrassment)

I’d say “that’s all”, but that would make my coverage sound small! It was kind of a lot. Thanks for reading!

I just got back from a trip to Palm Springs, CA. It was a great trip and I hope to write a quick post about it later for you all. Something that Palm Springs is known for, is there amazing thrift stores and old mid-century feel to the town. It was totally a getaway for Hollywood folks in the 60s.

I went to 3 different places for vintage shopping, I swept those three places clean, but I think my favorite find is this beach turban. It is so Barbie pattern/colors, it reminds me of being a little girl. I wore this to the pool on Saturday and felt so cute. Like *I was a Barbie in Palm Springs in the 60s.

Funny story…I later was chatting with a guy at my friend’s party and he asked if I had been to the pool yet, and I said “yes! i was there today. i was the one in the turban.” I totally was just joking and didn’t think he’d have noticed me. And he said “Oh yeah! I saw you! My girlfriend was making fun of you! She was looking at you and saying ‘who wears that?’.”

Haha. My friend and I were speechless. Actually, maybe we weren’t. Is giggling considered speech? Because that is what we were. Giggling. Anyway, it was funny, because wearing the turban had never crossed my mind as something so weird.

Do you like my beach turban? Don’t you think we should start accessorizing with lots of hats like the Britts do? And the fancy people from the 60s? I do.

*In high school I was voted “Barbie Look Alike” for my senior superlatives. This is something I’m still very proud of.

I adore Lily Allen. I really do. The first time I heard Lily Allen, was summer of 2006. I was in a clothes store of some sort and LDN came on. I soon found myself in a frenzy to find out who was singing and what song it was. It took me almost a month, but it was worth it. I’ve been a fan ever since.

Anyway, Lily is basically a knockout brunette. I have to say, I always relate to the blondes more than the brunettes, but Lily has great hair, and I wish to have her sit in my chair so I could play with it. Or at least so I could brush it while she says swear words in her cute British accent. That would be a dream.

Anyway, here are a few of my favorite Lily Allen pictures. Her dark hair is looking smokin’ in all of them.

I might have to add her to my “hair idols” section. She’d be the first brunette!

(does anyone ever know the original sorce of photos anymore? i found these at random places on the interenet. none of the photos were properly credited and I’m obviously not able to either. anyway, nice work photo team!)

Hello again, from Jake. I came across these images today on Rumi’s blog (which I happen to adore, btw), and had to share them. I feel like when it comes to styling hair,  so much emphasis is put on finished product, that the aesthetics of the actual process can be overlooked. That’s reason that I think these photos are so great. That, and– wouldn’t it be awesome (and maybe kind of gross) if there really were headphones made of hair? The entire process of styling hair can be a beautiful and peculiar art. Whether back stage at a fashion show, visiting a salon, or shooting one of Reagan’s tutorials, I’m generally quite captivated by the way things come together. It’s amazing to watch the stylist weave magic with brushes and blow dryers, and to watch the way they move the hair clips around forming what could often pass for impressionist sculpture, or in this case, headphones.