So this week is wrapping up the “Skin” section of our Workshop experience. Wednesday (tomorrow – YIKES) I perform my skin & nails practical, which will basically consist of a facial & a manicure on a live model. My friend Darling Nikki will be subjected to this grueling torture :roll eyes here:. Thursday I will take the written portion of the Skin & Nails chapters… and then… on Saturday…
I TAKE MY FINAL WRITTEN WORKSHOP TEST!!!
After I pass that (which, come on, we all know I will…now, only if i could convince my brain to work) I will have my “Intro” to the Performance Floor. YAY! I’m super duper excited/nervous/scared/hopeful!
Ok, let me backtrack and fill you all in. So during the Skin portion, you learn about the facials, prepping the room for facials, performing facials, and thanks to my wackadoo skin, what to do in case of an allergic reaction. Yeah, it wasn’t pretty. Evidently BioElements Clay Masque hates my face. it made me sad. No I didn’t take pictures of it. BUT, I did take pictures of some of the other students and with a little help from Ms. Samantha, we scored these awesome shots of Brittney sporting the headband used by guests prior to receiving a facial :
- Brittney is SO Pimp Right Now…
And here is Brittney giving me a facial about 10 seconds before we decided it really needed to come off. It was “most relaxing” 3 minutes ever, i swear…lol… until it started to burn.
- Don’t I look Relaxed?
This stupid masque left my face SO red, it looked like i had a sunburn!
- Mr. Maurice
And this is our instructor, we were having a deep conversation about salons in Las Vegas / Hollywood during break, which is why Samantha was able to get the shot – See how attentive i look? lol.
Another perk of the Skin chapter is MAKEUP! Though I do have to say the way the book says to put on makeup is a bit out of whack – for example, it suggests putting eyeliner on BEFORE eyeshadow, which may make sense to someone, but not to me at all. However, I have gotten to bring my giant makeup kit & do makeup on almost all of the students – see below for some examples:
- Brittney
- Brooke
- It’s ME!
There are more, I just haven’t uploaded them yet.
This is starting to feel kind of long, but I haven’t finished yet! Just hang in there! On Monday, (Yesterday) I took a little side trip to my local Armstrong & McCall’s store for a color class by CHI®…
CHI CLASS
Our Demonstrator was Ms. Ashley Wood & she showed us quite a few new products from Farouk/CHI like their Seven Natural Wonders of Oils – and I’m TRYING to find a link to them but they are super new Here they are . Anywho, she gave us a quick run down of what each was & what it is used for. Then she showed us some new highlighting/foiling techniques using triangular, crescent, and V shaped sections instead of the traditional square/rectangle sectionings. I was pleased overall. She showed us their new line of INFRA Highlight colors, both the semi-permanent and the demi-permanent. And we got a nifty goodie bag that had some samples & magazine, and most importantly, a CHI color chart – YAY!
The next time I’ll have a chance to update will be this weekend which will be after i am officially ON THE PERFORMANCE FLOOR and into REHEARSAL!
Lipstick & Razorblades 