Welcome!

Where should I begin?
I guess when I found out that I had a love for the beauty industry would be best. Most would be surprised to know just how young I was. Try 5 years old. I had a wonderful Aunt, who was also my Godmother, named Louanna. Louanna went but the name of Aunt Ann to me and I thought the world of her.
She had a small little beauty shop built in her backyard and I thought that it was wonderful. I loved the feel of the beauty shop. Even the smell of hair color and perms!
I was amazed at the fact that she was a hairstylist. She seemed so beautiful and strong and confident when she was working. Her clientel consisted mostly of little old ladies that wanted their weekly shampoo set and their quarterly perm. But they were faithful! And punctual. You could set your watch by these ladies!
Once I graduated from High School, I immediately signed up for Beauty School. I was not sure what I wanted to do with my future, but knew that I had a love for beauty. I thought that it would be a good idea to spin my wheels for 9 months and figure it out.
I must say, beauty school, or at least the one that I attended, was less than inspiring. I entered the program with high hopes. My dream was to become a Master Colorist. The program at my school sucked! All it was about was free labor for the school salon.
There were days that students were even pulled out of the theory classes to take clients, some having no lunch breaks..etc. So I kinda lost the "passion".
Off and on, through out the years, I would try to get back into the beauty industry. I worked in a few salons, managed a spa, worked as a spray tanning tech, owned my own salon, did the booth rental thing...but something was always missing.
Fast forward till a few years ago. I had been working as a waitress/bartender and had horrible hour. I decided that once again, I should get back into the indusrty.
So I took a shot and transferred my license. I started working again, and it was like WOW!!!!!!!! I FINALLY HAVE IT!!!!! I FINALLY HAVE THE PASSION THAT I HAD BEEN MISSING FOR SO MANY YEARS!!!
SO, what did it? I think it was a combination of quite a few things, first off...believing in myself and having someone else believe in me. As my confidence grew, so did the passion.
I now feel like my wings are spread wide open! I have to keep moving up and growing. I have a fire inside that needs to be fed. SO, I am drinking up any knowledge that I come across. I want to be cutting edge. I will NEVER lose this passion or become that stylist that does the same thing on each client!
I created this blog to follow along with my career and to post tips and inspiration :)
I hope that you all enjoy.