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I started my hair career in West Palm Beach, Florida. This is where I learned about how much water impacts our hair. The majority of the water in Florida is treated with minerals. You may also encounter this with well water…often times leaving the water too hard or too soft. Now get your mind out of the gutter and read on for the most common minerals to cause less than stellar hair. *Iron and manganese can turn your hair orange when oxidized. I would watch natural blondes lift to the color of a rusty penny and not budge. *Copper can produce a green tint in the hair. This actually happened to me earlier this year…I discovered my town’s water has quite a bit of copper in it. *Calcium can build up on your hair causing it to weigh down and potentially even break. It’s very hard to detangle and feels like there’s almost a coating on your hair. Investing in a shower filter is the fastest way to eliminate these minerals negatively impacting your hair. Just remember to replace the filter as needed so it continues to work its’ magic. Not only will your hair look and feel better, your salon color experience will benefit too.

When I woke up with a kink in my neck the other day…I wondered where it came from. This is coming from the girl who went down face first on a slip n slide (twice) in her early 20’s. Little did I know that I would be paying for that down the road. I have all of the at home repertoire for my ailments. Theragun, epsom salts, heating pad, foam roller…I even invested in some scam of a mat with crystals in it. I’m a sales person’s dream when it comes to self care. I’ll try anything if it makes me feel good. I do have to do all the things to keep this body in check to do what I want it to do. I visit the chiropractor every other week as well as acupuncture. If you haven’t tried acupuncture…you must. It’s healed my tennis elbow (aka hair dresser elbow) as well as reduced pain and tension. Both of these healing services have gotten me very in tune with my body. So bring on all of the things self care. I will gladly chat with you about what has worked for me and what hasn’t. Let’s heal together. Xo

Have you ever accidentally burned yourself with a hot tool? The sizzle and burn are real! It’s actually identical to accidentally burning oneself when pulling something from an oven. Imagine how that can burn your hair? Believe it or not, our hair is an extremely delicate fabric. Yet we burn it with heat, yank it with brushes and pull it with elastics. If we can approach our lovely locks like the finest piece of silk that it is, I guarantee you, the hair will respond. Here are some tried and true tips that I swear by: *shampoo the roots only; condition the mid/ends only. Your roots do not need conditioner and your ends do not need shampoo. * wash your hair 2-3 times a week. If you need to wet it, run conditioner through it. * use hot tools sparingly on the lower setting with only one pass. * wear a silk scrunchie at night * don’t use a round brush on soaking wet hair. Make sure your hair is 75% dry and then go in with a round brush. Our hair is super fragile when wet so we need to baby it. * use a microfiber towel * Replace a lightening service with a glossing service once or twice a year. Your hair will thank you.

I’ve cried about my hair twice in my life and both from my own doing. Being a hairdresser…part of my responsibility is to share my hair trauma to prevent clients from experiencing unnecessary pain. I was taught from an early point in my career to cover faces of models and/or celebrities when someone brings in a picture. Here’s why: 99% of the time we want to look like the person in the pic…it’s not about the hair. In the late 90’s, early 00’s…I had to try a pixie cut two separate times. Once was inspired by the flawless Charlize Theron in “The Astronaut’s Wife”. The cut was perfect but to my horror, I was still me. A year later I thought, second time’s the charm. This time I brought a pic of Connie Nielsen’s new blonde pixie. I left looking like the Real Slim Shady and attempted to fix it at home with the final result looking like Kelly Osborne circa 2002. I didn’t touch my hair for a year after that. This is why today, I’m loving that so many inspo pics are from the back of the head. There’s a lot more room for transparency here but it can also nuanced. If a blonde brings in a lot of brunette pics….we need to talk. Because a cut looks entirely different depending on the color of the hair. Tricky right? Breakups, deaths and job losses are three things that typically make us want to do something drastic to our hair. It’s something that we can control in this crazy thing called life. I will pull my stool over and talk things through before we pull the trigger. 9 times out of 10, it’s not actually what you want. You’ll thank me down the road and if you’re still wanting it for your next appointment, we will absolutely go for it. This is one of the many reasons I call it hair therapy.

As a child…I always felt like an outsider both in school and at home. I never quite found my “peeps” and knew that there was something more to life waiting for me. I loved playing with my Barbies as a little girl or shall I say, I loved to cut their hair off which made my parents ELATED. No matter how many times they threatened to take away my Barbie’s…I couldn’t stop. It was my first addiction. So when I told my parents I wanted to go to beauty school…they weren’t as excited as I. I listened to their suggestions by going to to numerous colleges and changing my major at least 5 times. When I finally enrolled in hair school at the age of 22….it was the first time that everything made sense to me. It felt like home…where I was always meant to be. My inner child was finally able to do what she longed for. So when I eventually opened up my own salon…it truly become my second home. Clients often comment on how they feel like they are home when they enter my salon. I can say that my clients leave looking much better than my original muse Barbie. Though I do wish I had my first haircut of hers on display for it was a true masterpiece to me.