A couple fellow Whittemore House stylists and I represented our salon at the new Ash shoe store opening party last night. We set up a little booth to do braids and feather clips for all the party guests. It was a really fun night and the guests were so cool. I thought they’d all be picky about what they wanted, but not a single person sat down with a plan. They all said “do whatever you want!”. I love creative freedom!

That’s SNL’s Vanessa Bayer on the left. I did her little mermaid braid and feather. She was the sweetest.

Angela and Chauntel working hard!

Another one of my braided creations

I love this action shot of the texture spray!

There were a couple of other celebrities there. A few of the 90210 girls like Shanae Grimes and Jessica Stroup. But the guest of honor was Solange Knowles, who was nice enough to pose with the Whittemore girls.

It was pretty cool to look out into the party and see every kind of braid imaginable. Also, it’s always nice to get out of the salon once in a while.

Photography:  J. Breinholt

I guess Jen is my muse.

She comes over to hang out, and next thing I know, I’m asking if I can do her hair. And she is saying yes. One thing leads to another and before we realize it, she has a full on ‘do and I’m a little out of breath and drinking gatorade to replentish my electrolytes. Having a fit of creativity can take a lot out of you.

Enough about me. Let me brag about Jen for a minute! Well, she was part of the lighting team for the biggest Broadway show of the moment “The Book of Mormon”, which swept the Tonys last night. It won in most of the categories it was nominated in, including best Lighting Design! Go Jen! (Have you seen this show? I have! If you’ve seen it, you know why it’s winning everything. It’s unlike anything else on Broadway. So clever, so funny, so unique, so well done, and slightly inappropriate!)

So Jen had awesome Tony party hair. I was awakened this morning by texts of Jen’s night. She was standing next to the host of the night, Neil Patrick Harris, and she was holding the Tony for Best Lighting design. I’m so proud of her!

On to the hair!

This only took about 15 minutes, which I find is all I need with Jen’s hair. I think it’s because it is so much like mine (aside from color and current length) that I feel like I’ve stepped out of my own body and am just doing my own real body’s hair. I think if Jen reads this, she is going to say no next time I ask, because after re-reading, that just sounded weird.

Anyway, fun times playing with hair! And fun times winning Tonys!

Did you guys watch?

And on a side note, here is a photo of Jen and I together at the Book of Mormon opening night party a few months ago. Fun night dancing next to Paul Rudd and much of the cast from SNL.