Sample eval - Comfort the guest

Comfort the Guest
This was a neat-O sample to play with. A Thermal water bottle. Fill it with warm water at 8 a.m. Midnight it is still spraying comfortably warm water. What a nice treat for a client. No more shot in the head with ice water. Nicely made. Good quality materials. Mine is brushed stainless. Several colors avail. Better get you one.
More info here.
http://twitter.com/comforttheguest

Cutting my own hair - Chapter 11

Cutting my own hair – Chapter 11

Taper guides

I have always laughed at the left and right side clipper guides that Andis sells with their home cutting kits. They seemed amateurish to me. I have used them to demo in consumer presentation, but have never considered them serious tools. Well, a change in perspective can create a change in attitude and opinion.
I have been using these angled, tapering guides to cut the corners and around the ear on my own haircut. They really work well. I knew that they would. I knew that they do. I can do the tight corner taper with a #1 guide on my own by tipping the guard… hey, that is the skill you develop as a pro… but these little suckers really make it easy. Since the front corner is the first thing you notice on a short tapered haircut it is important that this point looks good. And these guards have made this very easy. Try ‘em on your own head. Still would not use one on someone else. Pic is included just in case you are not familiar with these.

Thoughts from Porto Rico

Roman inspired sandals

For quite some time we have heard that Roman inspired sandals were to be hot. My recent trip to Porto Rico proved this to be the case. They were everywhere. They were especially more noticeable in a nation that really loves its heels. Women everywhere wear heels. Heels in the restaurants. Heels all over the hotels. Heels in the streets. Even heels at the beach. A trip to them mall and poking around in shoe stores and you can hardly find a pair of flats. Away from the tourist areas this was even more obvious. At the mall in the neighborhood with the locals on a Saturday afternoon… every woman at the mall is wearing heels… except the ones in the Roman sandals. Then today in NYC… on the street… lots of Roman sandals.. Even saw variations of them I the form of Roman inspired sandals with a high heel. Likely to be seen soon in Porto Rico.

Pony Clip hair cut

I did a pony clip clipper cut at the show today. Have not done one in a long time. Back in the day I did 'em all the time.
This one had a design, zebra stripes cut into the clippered bottom... stenciled in with black and white pencil too.
This is a pic I found on line for those of you who do not know what a pony clip is (or was).
http://www.hji.co.uk/hjimages/images/qhs2639/hji/medium/1984-ponytail-crop.jpg