Ladies.... we all know that when it is time for an appointment, it is time! But, what do you do... So I scheduled my appointment for two weeks. I went on with my week. At least I wasn't gonna miss my boy playing. I was happy about that!
The weekend rolls around and Kolby reminds me that we are going to take Homecoming pictures by the pond in our neighborhood.... and I immediately thought, "um I can't take any pictures til I get this gray hair covered up" So, I immediately called my friend, Amylia (we are both blonde's) and asked where she gets her hair done, I was going to use her person this ONE time!
I got the info and called but they couldn't get in on a busy Saturday...so they told me they would call me if someone canceled! Well, I got that call, but it wasn't with the girl that did my friends hair. It was with another one of their stylists...but they reassured me that she was wonderful! So no worries...this salon has been around for years! On to my appointment I went!
So, I am sitting in the chair discussing with the girl and three others (her co-workers) how I want my hair. I felt totally comfortable and actually at ease as I listened to them all discuss their opinion on the best mix to create the color that I wanted for fall season. She proceeds to get all the supplies ready and of course my questions and hair history begins.... So how long have you been doing hair? You are familiar with doing curly hair? What products are you using? etc. (I have had hair disasters in the past, so I have to make sure they feel confident with curly hair) She tells me that she knows how hard it is to find someone to do natural curly hair and she felt my pain, because her daughters have natural curly hair and it put me at ease. She made me feel confident with every answer! Plus she had the two other girls that she was consulting with. So all was well! We chatted and visited as she proceeded to put the foils in my hair!
Shay sent me a text, asking me where I was...so I just happened to have a picture at this point because I sent a picture text of where I was...
NOTICE HOW MANY FOILS ARE IN MY HAIR...... (remember that as I continue my story)
And the "cover up the gray" project continues...
LONG STORY, A LITTLE SHORTER (or longer).....She takes all of the foils out of my hair and I notice this funny look on her face. I was in the washing bowl and I can tell that the foil don't slip off of my hair... She is kind of just picking them out of my hair! I asked her with exclamation, "Is something wrong?" She answers, "No, just getting some left over conditioner out of your hair." That response doesn't feel right to me and so I say..."A little conditioner never hurt my hair... I 'll just take a look in the mirror and let's start styling and drying."
SIDE NOTE: Kelley paid $1800 out of her own pocket to get these extensions for me! They ordered European curly, blonde hair! (very hard to get your hands on) I did not know this until after the fact! Amazing lady full of compassion to make my situation right!
I walk in and meet Buddy Sharp, that greets me with the biggest hug and kindest words of sympathy for my hair situation but then mentions, "what if this is right where God wanted you to be"
Buddy is a special soul... He lights up a room with his big personality and warm heart and big smile! Grateful to know him and be blessed by his talents!
{Now, here is a little back story... I had been praying for some new connections for my Scentsy business. Little did I know that the answer to my prayer was going to be through this unfortunate situation.}
So here is my hair extension day....
THIS IS MY HAIR AFTER THE AMAZING EXTENSIONS
I cant even imagine the last 2 months without Kelley and Buddy loving me and supporting me through this hair disaster! Giving me these extensions to allow a little growing time has been a lifesaver!
It hasn't been easy... In fact, its been hard! It's been hard to match my curls to the extensions. It's been hard to keep the extensions from getting tangled. It's been hard to fix it everyday, as I have to wash it EVERY SINGLE DAY! It has been hard to keep the extensions from not getting matted together. I have had to wear my hair back in clips every day. But I also know that valuable things often come through hard situations! Valuable lessons, beautiful connections, and more self worth!
Even though my hair journey is gonna be a LONG one...I am cherishing the new friendships that I have made. Kelley is a wonderful person that has a huge heart and has touched me with her committed efforts to get my hair back to normal! Not only does she see me weekly, she and Buddy have shared some amazing hair products with me that has made my hair grow twice as fast! I am loving MONAT!
Next week I will have the extensions removed and I am nervous! But, I will go with it! Whatever it looks like and however short! The blessings have been worth the cost of enduring this. I am grateful to be reminded once again that I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me...even with some jacked up hair! Short hair coming soon!
THANK YOU KELLEY AND BUDDY!
I got the info and called but they couldn't get in on a busy Saturday...so they told me they would call me if someone canceled! Well, I got that call, but it wasn't with the girl that did my friends hair. It was with another one of their stylists...but they reassured me that she was wonderful! So no worries...this salon has been around for years! On to my appointment I went!
So, I am sitting in the chair discussing with the girl and three others (her co-workers) how I want my hair. I felt totally comfortable and actually at ease as I listened to them all discuss their opinion on the best mix to create the color that I wanted for fall season. She proceeds to get all the supplies ready and of course my questions and hair history begins.... So how long have you been doing hair? You are familiar with doing curly hair? What products are you using? etc. (I have had hair disasters in the past, so I have to make sure they feel confident with curly hair) She tells me that she knows how hard it is to find someone to do natural curly hair and she felt my pain, because her daughters have natural curly hair and it put me at ease. She made me feel confident with every answer! Plus she had the two other girls that she was consulting with. So all was well! We chatted and visited as she proceeded to put the foils in my hair!
Shay sent me a text, asking me where I was...so I just happened to have a picture at this point because I sent a picture text of where I was...NOTICE HOW MANY FOILS ARE IN MY HAIR...... (remember that as I continue my story)
And the "cover up the gray" project continues...
LONG STORY, A LITTLE SHORTER (or longer).....She takes all of the foils out of my hair and I notice this funny look on her face. I was in the washing bowl and I can tell that the foil don't slip off of my hair... She is kind of just picking them out of my hair! I asked her with exclamation, "Is something wrong?" She answers, "No, just getting some left over conditioner out of your hair." That response doesn't feel right to me and so I say..."A little conditioner never hurt my hair... I 'll just take a look in the mirror and let's start styling and drying."
She hesitates to let me look in the mirror. As I sit down in the chair she immediately turns my chair away from the mirror and starts blow drying my hair. By this time, I KNOW SOMETHING ISN'T RIGHT! I immediately turn the chair around to the mirror with a little force and MY FACE TURNS PALE IN AN INSTANT! I begin running my fingers through my hair only to find that there is NOT ANY HAIR IN THE FRONT OF MY HEAD! I ask her, where is my hair... WHAT HAPPENED?? WHERE IS MY HAIR?? WHERE IS MY HAIR?? I am keeping calm ( a little, OK so maybe not so calm) and I just kept repeating myself like I was in absolute SHOCK! She begins to tell me that I had some baby hairs and so on and so on! I told her I DID NOT HAVE ANY BANGS OR BABY HAIRS AND TO PLEASE TELL ME WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO MY HAIR! She continues to beat around the bush and not tell the truth! ALL OF A SUDDEN... A lady comes from around the corner and says..."Oh no you are not gonna "BS" her... YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED... You over processed her hair and it ALL BROKE OFF, EVERY SINGLE PLACE THAT YOU HAD FOIL"
AND THE TEARS BEGAN TO FLOW DOWN MY FACE! I AM IN COMPLETE SHOCK AT THIS POINT.... MY HAIR IS GONE!
I CAN'T QUIT CRYING! MY HAIR IS LITERALLY GONE!
So, that lady was the owner, and I just happened to be so blessed for her to be there...as we were the only two left at the salon! I really don't know what I would have done if she hadn't have been there to come around that corner and be so honest and outspoken! She literally made me get up and come over to her station and helped me wipe away my tears and said, "I will stick by your side and do whatever it takes to get your hair back to where it was and better!" She basically cried with me! I was so touched by her compassion! I shed tears for the girl that ruined my hair too. She didn't mean to do it! It was an accident! Come to find out, She has been a hairdresser for many, many years but has been out to have twin girls and raise them for a few years and was just coming back into the salon. Her mind was scattered and she was distracted and lost track of time as my hair had the product on it and literally burned it right off my head in every single spot that had foil! I had alot of emotions!
Kelley, the owner begins to try and salvage what she could and decided that straightening my hair would be best for a short term solution! She did all she could... but really it was a disaster! When my hair is straight it is nearly down to my lower back... and here is where it was after this fiasco.....
I WENT FROM THIS....(all the hair across my forehead is gone and all over my head my hair is broken)
TO THIS.............
Yep...as you can see... My hair is to my shoulders STRAIGHT. So imagine where it would be curly!
I was so sad! Notice the front.... WELL YOU CAN'T NOTICE... BECAUSE IT IS GONE! As you know, it takes twice as long to grow curly hair to the length that you want it and so this meant maybe close to a year or better to EVEN BEGIN TO GET CLOSE TO WHERE MY HAIR LENGTH WAS!
So... I left the salon that day 6 hours later and cried all the way home! And the next day and the next! Every time I went to look in the mirror I just cried! It was so bad! I couldn't do anything with it!
The third day, I woke up and said, enough is enough! It is what it is, and you can't un-do this! So, I decided to make the best of it! Kelly had offered to introduce me to this guy named Buddy Sharp (a former Dallas Cheerleaders hair stylist) to get extensions! I had never had extensions and so I knew that it would be extremely hard to match my hair to any extension. But she said if anyone could do it...Buddy could! So I prayed about it and decided to try it! I called Kelley and said let's go for it!
SIDE NOTE: Kelley paid $1800 out of her own pocket to get these extensions for me! They ordered European curly, blonde hair! (very hard to get your hands on) I did not know this until after the fact! Amazing lady full of compassion to make my situation right!
I walk in and meet Buddy Sharp, that greets me with the biggest hug and kindest words of sympathy for my hair situation but then mentions, "what if this is right where God wanted you to be"
Buddy is a special soul... He lights up a room with his big personality and warm heart and big smile! Grateful to know him and be blessed by his talents!
{Now, here is a little back story... I had been praying for some new connections for my Scentsy business. Little did I know that the answer to my prayer was going to be through this unfortunate situation.}
This IS where God wanted me to be! We begin to chat and share about life and he invites me to bring Scentsy to his extremely busy salon and set up all throughout the Christmas holiday. And Kelly also came to my appointment for support and also shared that she would be buying all of her stylists Scentsy this year for their Christmas gifts! I knew that my prayers had been answered! Yes, I believe that sometimes our blessings come in disguise of other things like hair catastrophes to help us grow and learn and endure!
You see, I learned alot about myself through this disaster! I didn't realize how much my hair was a positive spot for me...without my hair I felt blah! Which made me ponder what life is like for the beautiful souls that endure cancer and lose all of their hair! I began to be grateful that I still had some hair. It made me feel fat to have such short, burned up hair. Which made me realize that I have fallen off from taking care of myself the way I need too! Which has encouraged me to get that part of my life right AGAIN! I looked in the mirror one day and had alot of negative things to say to myself...(which is not a regular thing for me to do...I was just feeling down from my hair) I saw my double chin, and the wrinkles on my forehead that my hair used to cover, and the scars where I had severe sunburns in the past! I couldn't cover any of it up! Which made me stop and think how much my Heavenly Father loves me exactly how I am..scars, wrinkles, double chin and all! I needed to love me with broken off, burnt up hair too! I began to be grateful for this experience and how it had opened my eyes to bigger and better thoughts!
So not only did I realize all of these beautiful things, I also grew my Scentsy business in a big way as the orders continue to come in at my weekly hair appointments!
So here is my hair extension day....
Long side is extensions and short side is my hair all broken off and damaged!
THIS IS MY HAIR AFTER THE AMAZING EXTENSIONS
I cant even imagine the last 2 months without Kelley and Buddy loving me and supporting me through this hair disaster! Giving me these extensions to allow a little growing time has been a lifesaver!
It hasn't been easy... In fact, its been hard! It's been hard to match my curls to the extensions. It's been hard to keep the extensions from getting tangled. It's been hard to fix it everyday, as I have to wash it EVERY SINGLE DAY! It has been hard to keep the extensions from not getting matted together. I have had to wear my hair back in clips every day. But I also know that valuable things often come through hard situations! Valuable lessons, beautiful connections, and more self worth!
Even though my hair journey is gonna be a LONG one...I am cherishing the new friendships that I have made. Kelley is a wonderful person that has a huge heart and has touched me with her committed efforts to get my hair back to normal! Not only does she see me weekly, she and Buddy have shared some amazing hair products with me that has made my hair grow twice as fast! I am loving MONAT!
Next week I will have the extensions removed and I am nervous! But, I will go with it! Whatever it looks like and however short! The blessings have been worth the cost of enduring this. I am grateful to be reminded once again that I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me...even with some jacked up hair! Short hair coming soon!
THANK YOU KELLEY AND BUDDY!
