Highbrow Hippie Blog

A beautiful and peaceful start to another year of LIFE. A few months ago, like many others, I began to feel like the walls were closing in on me. My body was in incredible pain from standing 12 hours a day, and my anxiety was sky high- a by product of working through the pandemic and not given the option of socially distancing, as there is just no way to paint hair without physical touch, close contact, and a heavy exchange of energy. While clients for the most part have been phenomenal regarding our measures to keep everyone safe, each time I encountered resistance I would feel overwhelmed with panic. I would sit with Myka and our bookkeepers reviewing our budgets and goals, and wanted nothing more sometimes than to just scream at the pace and pressure of it all.

Many of my newer clients first come to me looking for some sort of color rehabilitation and/or correction. Unfortunately, by the time they make it to my chair at the atelier, the hair cuticle is often so damaged that there is little to be done- the shine is just gone. So when I first tried ColorKick a few years ago, I was blown away at the difference in my clients’ color, and the overall health, texture and integrity of their hair post color service. It significantly changed the way I approached my balayage and other color processes.

Between the seemingly never ending mass shootings and the upcoming Derek Chauvin trial verdict, I'm feeling unsettled these days. America has long shown itself to have a history of violence, but this acceptance of it is next level. Mass shootings daily and not a peep from a lot of people on social media. As the mother of young son, I desperately want for us evolve, but it seems that our history is becoming our present.

Redheads! Whether soft and romantic, or bright and electric, it takes a special confidence (unless you’re one of the lucky 1 to 2 % born with it) to pull it off.These are just a few of the unique women I’ve been lucky enough to collaborate with. As a colorist, redheads keep your formulating skills sharp, as there is always a balance to strike of when (and where) to hold back and practice restraint in the formula, and when to just go for it and add pops of copper, gold, or auburn.

2020. It’s been a hell of a year, no? In some ways it feels like it’s gone on forever, in other ways, like time stood still. Like most of you the biggest thing on my mind has been the recent election and after 8 months of COVID and 4 years of foolishness from you know who, it finally came. To say I was excited to vote was an understatement. I requested my Georgia absentee ballot sometime in May and was...