This is my hair last Wednesday when one of Marlees co-workers practiced doing a blow out on me. Alicia and I went down to Axis on Pender as hair models (our favorite job ever) and got our hair washed, and blow dried all for free! It was amazing.

As you can tell, though, my hair was all very…LONG. It felt like I had a sack of hair on my head. While nice for Winter, it really was not working for Summer.

I had this plan to keep this hair for the Summer and then get a new do for Italy, but by mid June, I just couldn’t wait any longer. I might has well have had a fur coat on my head.

It had grown to the point that it was life less, had no spunk to it, and just would not straighten properly.

I finally made a LONG over do appointment this past Saturday, and walked my pretty little behind down to Coal Harbour, on the most glorious of Saturdays.

I sat down in the chair and Marlee produced her magic.

Hello layers, and body, and volume, and flare!

She only cut an inch off the length, but she layered the hell out of it, making it feel so light and airy. It’s like I have nothing on my head now! There is so much more life to it and I am loving everything about it! Even when I put it in a bun it doesn’t feel like my head is going to topple over!

There is a part of me that does feel naked now that I don’t have a sack of hair on my head, but that will quickly go away as the hot Summer days continue and I remember what I use to have for hair.

I am LOVING it!

So…have you made your appointment with  Marlee yet?

I followed the link to LuShae Jewelry and was pleasantly surprised with the wonderful pieces they create.

It took me a while to finally pick something to order. There were so many choices I was debating over. I love the Summer Bouquet, but they were sold out of that, which I now see they have stock of. Darn! The Wreath Pendant and Contemporary Circle Pendant also caught my eye. All the pieces were just so beautiful, I really didn’t know what to pick.

Finally I settled on something I knew I would get a lot of wear out of this spring; the most amazing Cocktail ring I have ever seen! This Floral Cocktail Ringis so fun and the colours are just stunning. Purple is so big this season that I have already planned outfits around it! I’m so excited to have this pieces as part of my jewelry collection, because I don’t have many pieces of this caliber.

The ordering process was simple and fast.

The sizing chart that they provide on their website makes it easy to figure out your ring size if you don’t already know. I ordered my ring at a size 7 because I wanted to wear it on my middle finger. It’s a little loose, but I like it that way. It looks awesome on my hand!

I was really pleased with the whole experience, and I am excited to have this beautiful piece as a part of my collection.

Chunky statement jewelry is so big right now, and I’ve got the perfect ring to sport around!

So, back in December I was the very first person who’s hair Miss Marlee J cut! Woot Woot! She did an amazing job as I’m sure you will be able to see in the pictures.

Peek-a-Boo face!

Cut, Dried, and Styled. Pretty damn hot if you ask me.

I love that I now have an amazing hairdresser at my finger tips!

Then…

A couple of weekends ago, Marlee asked me to come in and be a model for a day so that she could practice doing up-dos on a real person instead of her Judy Doll. Humm, have my hair played with and styled for free? SOLD!

Marlee curled it all out and played with it a bit. We weren’t sure what to do with it all until we watched a styling video and were inspired!

The hair style they showed was done on straight hair, but Marlee compromised.

The Stylist.

Rock Star Hair.

I absolutely ADORE the hair style she did.

There were so many great ones on the styling video we watched, I can’t wait for her to do my hair for the next big event I have to go do.

If there is anyone looking for an amazing hair experience I HIGHLY recommend going to Marlee. You can tell this was her calling in life. She is amazingly talented with a pair of scissors and a comb!!!

I can’t wait to go back!

I have been toying with the idea of starting a fashion section on my blog now for quite some time. I’m sure you’ve heard me mention it before in different mediums. Fashion is so much a part of my life, even if I don’t consider myself  a ‘fashionista’, so it only makes sense to dedicate a blog to it. Well, that is finally what I am going to do.

I became inspired yesterday and have created a project for myself that is going to last a year. Its going to be called ’365 Outfits a Year’. I don’t want to give too much away but I’m sure you can imagine what its about.

Along with the project I am doing, the blog will also feature things that I have bought, styling idea, fashion tips, trend forecasting, and just general fun things about fashion.

Alicia has already started an awesome fashion blog, and I’m not about to go out and copy her, but I think that even if we do talk about a few of the same things it will end up coming out differently since we both have different styles. Plus the main feature of my blog will be the 365 Outfits project. But I do LOVE Alicia’s blog and the way she puts together outfits.

I have set the launch date to be Jan 1 2010, that way it will be easy to count out all the days. If it turns out to be a success I may carry it on for more then a year, but we will see how it goes. I am very excited to put the website together and explain my mission.

I guess it is safe to say that for the next 28 days I am going to be quite obsessed with setting everything up.

2010 will be the year of Fashion.

This is what I have been working on for work for the past two days.

How closely will you be following the trends?