Le fauxhawk

I was OBVIOUSLY bored the other day, so I styled my hair into a "fauxhawk".



Personally, I think it turned out great - fun & a little bit edgy. The Hot Tamale actually liked it.

Makeover #1

This is my good friend, "Timbri".
She is a 30-something "stay-at-home" Mom to 5 little girls, ranging in age from 10 to 3 months. She also cares for other children in her home. Needless to say, she is a VERY busy woman.

"Timbri" has shoulder-length hair that is very dry and thin and she very seldom wears any makeup. She wanted to change that, so this is what we did:



1. We started by lopping off 10 inches of hair. We then took the hair clippers and, using an extended No. 8 guard, we cut the rest of her hair to all one length.

2. We darkened her hair about 1 to 2 shades from her natural color. ("Timbri" is very light-complected and the darker hair will help highlight her face.)

3. We shaped her eyebrows, which helped frame and define her eyes.

4. We then applied her makeup. We first evened out her skin color by mixing an ivory liquid foundation with some face moisturizer ("Timbri" has very dry skin). We went back over it with a dusting of mineral foundation to help set the foundation and make it last longer. FOR HER EYES: we curled her top eyelashes, applied a medium brown eyeshadow on the lid, lined the upper eyelids ONLY with a navy blue eyeliner pencil, applied brown-black mascara to the upper eyelashes ONLY, applied a gold eyeshadow under her eyebrows for highlight and filled in her eyebrows with a light blond eyebrow pencil. FOR HER LIPS: we applied a pearly pink tinted lip balm as a base and topped it with a melon-colored lipgloss.

As you can probably see in the pictures, "Timbri" is very fortunate to have a gorgeous natural flush to her cheeks, making blush unnecessary. Her lips have a nice, even shape so we did not need to line them.

You may be wondering why we only applied the eye makeup to her upper eye and left the lower eye bare. That is because we did not want any mascara or eyeliner smudging under the eyes, thus creating dark undereye circles. Our reason for using brown-black mascara on "Timbri" instead of the standard black is because she is so light that the black would look too harsh.

Her hair now takes just about one minute to take care of and her makeup only takes maybe 5 or 10 minutes and she looks more sophisticated and confident. Doesn't she look amazing?!?!?!

Thank you, "Timbri", for this fabulous opportunity!!!

Coming soon . . .

I was given the opportunity to do a complete makeover on a close friend of mine yesterday. I will be posting the before and after pix here soon!

I changed my mind . . .

Okay, I went back and looked at my "improvised" outfit from my March 3 post and I've changed my mind. I don't like it at all - improvised or not. My black ballet flats look wierd. I'm sure it's the way I'm standing, but they just look wierd. The sweatshirt is pretty bulky and my skinny jeans also look wierd. Again, probably just the way I'm standing. Oh well . . . hindsight is always 20/20!

The Hair Part Theory

Today on MSN, there is an article that discusses the perception of various aspects of hair in the workplace - style, color, part, etc. The article on MSN only has excerpts of another complete article on elle.com. Well, this whole idea fascinated me so I went to elle.com and read the article.

What I found most fascinating was the Hair Part Theory done in 1999 by a brother and sister by the names of John and Catherine Walter. They theorize that a left-sided part "draws unconscious attention to activities controlled by the left hemisphere of the brain—i.e., logic, problem-solving, linear thinking, etc.—and that politicians with left parts historically fare better. In a 2001 New Yorker article, the Walters even supposed that Al Gore’s right part was the reason for his losing to the left-parted George W. Bush, pointing out that only three elected American presidents had a right-side part."

They further theorize that with a right-sided part, "unconscious attention is drawn to activities controlled by the right hemisphere of the brain—i.e., visual, artistic, and musical skills, nonlinear thinking, etc. “The best writers, eggheads, and artists tend to part their hair on the right,” noted Washington Post writer Henry Mitchell in 1979, who hypothesized that Jimmy Carter—a president plagued by unpopularity—switched from a right to left part midterm in hopes of separating himself from this elite and regaining a “populist image.”" (Elle.com, 2010)

The Elle.com article also says that a center part is considered to be more edgy and bold.

I currently have supershort hair (think crew-cut)


(no, this is not me)
in a deep burgundy shade (#36 from Loreal Feria - chocolate cherry) and it will only "part" on the left-side. Does that mean that I'm going to be the first female President of the United States?!

She approved!

I received confirmation this last week that the Mini-Fashionista loved her birthday outfit! Yesssssssss! I guess the good thing is that she actually wore it out of the house.